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Happy calves

Calves, those cute little things, so full of energy, so curious about everything, so happy!! When the work gets rough and feels like it never ends, so comes the miracle's of life to brighten up our day. One was waiting for me this morning, it's just few hours old in this picture.



It's funny to watch them, while some are carefully discovering the world, the others are packed with curiosity and can be quite characters already at very young age. Our little Northern Finncattle is a very good example of a fast calv, before you have time to say "cow" she is gone from one place to another.

Surprisingly still for a moment


Luckily she gets tired also sometimes

So that's about it for this Sunday. It's been bloody freezing and now more snow is falling down again... I guess everyone is pretty fed up by now, but spring is just about to come, little more patience and then this winter will end. Good luck for the people suffering with winter and heads up for the spring!!

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