Bestest Friend and I are doing a blog project. Each day we will write a blog post on a predetermined theme randomly chosen by a random noun generator. The theme for the fifth day of the month is "Drawing." I am such a bad artist that I've started taking photos of town landmarks and putting them through an app that creates pencil drawings.
*************************
Last month, I showed you our local museum's cow. Last week I went to go get the "night" side of the cow.
After running it through the black and white filter, here it is!
I went last Thursday and it was a slow day at the museum. Both the volunteer who was manning the information desk and two staff people asked me if I needed help and I felt really terrible about going in there, taking one photo, and immediately leaving, so I wandered about for a few minutes.
There are cows everywhere.
I just feel like I need to stress that these seven breeds are Aryshire, Brown Swiss, Guernsey, Holstein, Jersey, Milking Shorthorn, and Red & White. I only had to look up two of them. I'm not even orignally from Wisconsin.
*************************
Do you prefer the original photo or the filtered design this month?
Original! I love the colours.
ReplyDeleteI know dairy cows and that's about it. Definitely not an area of expertise for me, so I'm VERY impressed with your knowledge of the various breeds.
I just know them because that poster is ubiquitous in most homes in the state. LOL. I don't know if I'd be able to actually name a breed if I saw a cow in person.
DeleteHa the museum staff would totally have understood you just wanting to come in to take the photo. When I started my local tourism rampage at first I felt like I was bothering people and then I learned that the reason why people work or volunteer for a museum is that they love it. They appreciate whatever it is that brought you to their site - whether it's to take a long time to delve into every little detail or just to take a cow photo;-)
ReplyDeletePhoto > drawing for this one.
I sort of feel terrible because they work so hard at this museum. Oh, well, I'm sure I was counted in their number of visitors and that's probably all they really care about.
DeleteGood for you- you recognized five of the seven "wonders of Wisconsin." This looks like a funny little museum. I definitely like the photo better this month!
ReplyDeleteIt's definitely a small-town museum. Worth coming to if you're already in town, but not necessarily something you'd go out of your way to see.
DeleteI am obsessed with cows and have been since I was little. Not being funny. And I didn't even grow up on or near a farm.
ReplyDeleteMaybe that's why.
We lived down the road from a dairy farm and sometimes the cows would break free from the fence and come into our yard. I have a healthy respect for cows.
DeleteI love these cows-- so fun to see them around town.
ReplyDeleteIt IS fun. Cows everywhere in Wisconsin.
DeleteI might get Holstein and Jersey.
ReplyDeleteHey, it's a start. It won't take much studying to get you up to all seven.
DeleteCows are amazing, and I love all the cows in your post! Thanks for visiting my blog too.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if I love cows, but I sure do appreciate how important they are to the history of the area where I live.
DeleteThe Husband and I have this inside joke about cow paintings. Years ago when we were first married, I bought one at a consignment store and ever since we've contemplated buying another one to compliment it... There is something about the big big cow eyes that I just love...
ReplyDeleteHe was just at the Minnesota State Fair last weekend and texted me a cow painting, but I couldn't justify the four figure price tag. But it was a lovely cow painting.
YES! I was just at a home in Iowa last weekend with a lovely close-up painting of a cow. So ubiquitous here in the midwest. I'd love to own a nice one myself. LOL.
DeleteThe original this time! I love cows (I'm nominally Hindu--so 'sacred cow' is literal for me LOL).
ReplyDeleteIf you're ever in southeastern WI, hit me up and I'll take you on a tour of the museum. LOL.
Delete<3
DeleteLove the photo. I need to make my visit and soon, I suspect. Seeing the cows in person is required, I think. Also? I am not a Wisconsinite - I've never seen that poster! (Note: I have been in very few homes of other people here, so there's that...)
ReplyDelete