Rain poured down on Lake City's Waterski Days festivities Saturday, but let up just enough to allow the most exciting event on the calendar, the cow-milking contest! Heretofore, some snapshots in which the high drama unfolds, starring our own Joe, Elmer, E.W., farmer, fisherman, naturalist, essayist, punster and dad/grandpa/great-grandpa/uncle extraordinaire:
Throughout, the two Jersey cows that provided the milk for the four-team event appeared udderly nonplussed.
The excitement in the crowd was palpable as milking time approached. Note Joe's No. 1 fan, Mavis, front and center. Granddaughter C., next to Mavis in the purple scarf, came all the way from Stanford University in California for this event! Granddaughter K., standing in the back row, came all the way from Wisconsin! Their dad, cousin Davy, was also present, somewhere back there. We regret that we did not get a photo of his handsome self, including his truly stunning, possibly prize-winning case of poison ivy. But we digress ...
Also in the crowd were fabulous dad-mom/grandpa-grandma/uncle-aunt combo Charles "John" and Katie Kirkwood. You can tell by the looks on their faces that they took this very seriously!
Also present was a shy Jersey calf, charming the little humans and possibly inspiring the contest cows to produce more milk simply by its presence.
The contest drew nigh. With Zen-like, oops, we mean Lutheran-like calm, Joe approached the spiffy brown cow assigned to his team, assessed the situation, said a few secret words, something like,
How now, brown cow, it depends on thou ...
... prepared to milk ...
... and,
go! Joe was BY FAR the best milker. We were all so proud! However, ...
... Joe's team came in second because as a team it wasn't as consistently good, overall, as the first-place team. Too bad they didn't have individual honors! Though, on the other hand, when we see what the winning team won -- the cow figurine above -- we're not so sure winning was everything. We cousins are used to more tasteful trophies, like the Coveted Burnt Wienie Award, which, has the scrapblog editor mentioned lately?, she won. But we digress ...
... congrats, Uncle Joe, for remembering so well the skills you learned long ago at the L-shaped farmhouse!
Throughout, the two Jersey cows that provided the milk for the four-team event appeared udderly nonplussed.
The excitement in the crowd was palpable as milking time approached. Note Joe's No. 1 fan, Mavis, front and center. Granddaughter C., next to Mavis in the purple scarf, came all the way from Stanford University in California for this event! Granddaughter K., standing in the back row, came all the way from Wisconsin! Their dad, cousin Davy, was also present, somewhere back there. We regret that we did not get a photo of his handsome self, including his truly stunning, possibly prize-winning case of poison ivy. But we digress ...
Also in the crowd were fabulous dad-mom/grandpa-grandma/uncle-aunt combo Charles "John" and Katie Kirkwood. You can tell by the looks on their faces that they took this very seriously!
Also present was a shy Jersey calf, charming the little humans and possibly inspiring the contest cows to produce more milk simply by its presence.
The contest drew nigh. With Zen-like, oops, we mean Lutheran-like calm, Joe approached the spiffy brown cow assigned to his team, assessed the situation, said a few secret words, something like, How now, brown cow, it depends on thou ...
... prepared to milk ...
... and, go! Joe was BY FAR the best milker. We were all so proud! However, ...
... Joe's team came in second because as a team it wasn't as consistently good, overall, as the first-place team. Too bad they didn't have individual honors! Though, on the other hand, when we see what the winning team won -- the cow figurine above -- we're not so sure winning was everything. We cousins are used to more tasteful trophies, like the Coveted Burnt Wienie Award, which, has the scrapblog editor mentioned lately?, she won. But we digress ...
... congrats, Uncle Joe, for remembering so well the skills you learned long ago at the L-shaped farmhouse!
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