As you can probably guess from the title and the picture, I had a little “incident” with Penny recently. Last week our family was awakened at midnight by a persistent pounding at the door. While we don’t live in the middle of nowhere, we do live at the end of a LONG street with only a handful of neighbors; therefore it was quite unusual for someone to be 1) POUNDING ON our door and 2) to be doing so at such a late hour. Needless to say, we were extremely concerned about who might be at our door.
Turns out it was a member of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. Our cow Penny, for reasons only known to her, decided that it would be a good evening to push through her fence and go for a stroll. When I say a stroll, I really mean a 1 mile romp down our road, all the way to a reasonably well traveled 45 MPH road. Why that far? I have no idea.
At 12:30am, I drove my truck to the end of our road, parked, and walked an additional ¼ mile to find Penny being tended to by the Sheriff and Animal Control. After thanking them and apologizing, I lead Penny the entire mile back to the house. We were extremely fortunate that she wasn’t hurt and didn’t cause any damage.
So I ask, do you think you want to own a cow?
Ahh, the trials and tribulations of farm life -it still beats living in the city any time! Although I must confess I’d rather hit a pot-hole than a cow!
I agree Charlotte (on both counts)…
Thanks for relating that crazy story! I always suspected there was serious late night hanky panky in the works on Karen Woods Road….
If you’re serious about finding a place for Penny, let me know. I’ll make inquiries Bahamaway….
You bet Joe. As for Penny, no, we are keeping her. The question at the end of the post wasn’t specific to Penny. It was meant for people who have a bucolic view of owning a large animal….
Tim, you obviously need to moo-ve further away from those pesky neighbors. (sorry)
You are funny….However I think you are watching way to much Phineas and Ferb (sounds like something Phineas would say).
I acquired my addiction to terrible puns long before Phineas and Ferb hit the airwaves