My daughter, the Iowa Brown Swiss Princess!
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March 10, 2018 at 10:07 pm
Congrats to your daughter.
March 11, 2018 at 3:53 pm
Thank you! 🙂
March 10, 2018 at 10:55 pm
You must be so proud…of both of them! I am clueless…is a brown Swiss the type of cow we see in the photo. It’s a lovely creature…so soft looking.
Did she raise it herself?
March 11, 2018 at 3:53 pm
To answer your first question, yes, this is a Brown Swiss in the picture. It’s one of most gentle animals I’ve ever encountered. They are curious to a fault, playful, and intelligent! This is not one she raised. Our daughter was crowned Friday night, then came back Saturday as there was a state sale of nothing but Brown Swiss. There were animals there as young as two weeks, and as old as six years. We raise the little ones and after two years, they typically go back to the farmer. 🙂
March 11, 2018 at 1:38 am
Aw, so cute! And that is an impressive tiara.
March 11, 2018 at 3:47 pm
Well, if you are the princess, you have to fit the part, down to the tiara! She loves it! 🙂
March 11, 2018 at 8:52 am
Gorgeous! Daughter and Brown Swiss. 🙂 Proud dad.
March 11, 2018 at 3:46 pm
Proud dad, indeed! 🙂
March 11, 2018 at 12:46 pm
When I saw the picture originally, I didn’t imagine that she was holding on to a cow. I have not lived in a farming area or been much involved with 4H. I love that you posted that picture. Opens up some new views for your readers.
March 11, 2018 at 3:46 pm
Thank you! We’d gotten home late and I wanted to write about it, but this seemed so much more simple, yet more powerful than my words could have been! 🙂
March 11, 2018 at 5:08 pm
Congratulations! 🙂