Some Interesting Bovine-Americans

 I would turn myself over to a qualified therapist if I knew the right specialty for somebody who has become too easy to please, and too appreciative of humble pleasures.  I have even become too easily amused, by bovine-Americans of all things!

The forest was 8000 feet in altitude and had 100 yard wide firebreaks on the side of the dirt roads.  That means no trees, but good grasses and flowers for grazing.  This guy was quite a looker, and he had an appreciative harem:

 

 The cow in front had a cowbell on that made me think of a late RV blogger whose German surname meant cowbell. (treichel)  Fortunately the cow gave me something more cheerful to think about.  She had such a bossy, busybody-ish attitude.  She kept staring at me and demanding that I get permission from her for everything.  She was amusing.

Cows do not always act 'dumber than a bag of rocks.'  Mother cows sometimes act surprisingly protective around their offspring.  And calves can sometimes act sprightly and almost deer-like.  But I've yet to meet a bull who lived up to their fierce reputations as "El Toro."  They have been influenced by modern human males in the western countries, apparently.

At any rate it was fun to sit down and read a couple Wikipedia articles about bovine-Americans.  There are plenty of grazing-animals in the western states so it is easy to take them for granted.  We should not.  They are worth appreciating for the revolution in human life that they led to.  Seriously.  The least thing the Democrats could do is to add a B to their alphabet-coalition, for bovine Americans.

Think of that quote from John Wayne in the movie with Maureen O'Hara, "McLintlock:"  "God meant this land for the buffalo.  Cattle do all right.  But it doesn't take to the plow."

Indeed, that sums up the western states in North America quite well.   And it's true for vast areas in the world.  Dry "scrub" land is easier to find than rich farmland, especially before irrigation became easier.

From those Wikipedia articles I learned that 'buckaroo' is an Americanization of their Spanish predecessors' "vaquero."  It is redolent of how the Spanish 'juzgado' became the American 'hoosegaw'.  A therapist of some kind is probably needed for anybody who loves etymologies!