5/20/2020
(Above: Yet another cowmooflaged Wagyu calf.)
Active Summary: This morning’s early morning regimen consisted of writing, calisthenics, and a beef pasture check with Padre. On returning from the pasture, we worked some cattle around for about 30 minutes, and then I made my way back home. There, I wrote for a while longer, cooked up a big ole pot of tomato stew for lunch (consisted of chopping & sauteing mushroms / onions / garlic / brussels sprouts, adding a number of Italian herbs & spices, and tossing in a Parmesan rind for extra flavor). As the stew simmered, I chopped up a watermelon, and I ventured outdoors to search for a missing Wagyu calf. The search ended up taking about 45 minutes, but I did eventually find the diminutive bovine and carry it back to its mother. Morning activities concluded with a tasty albeit light lunch of tomato-and-vegetable stew.
A special Sandwich Isle Salsify I included within today’s stew. Interestingly, this is one of the Salsifys I transplanted. Apparently they are much more prone to splitting after being dug up and transferred to a new location. 
A hefty pot of tomato stew before it had reduced via simmering. 
A picture I took whilst searching the waste-lagoon for a missing calf. All I found there was a rampant mass of flourishing weeds. 
Delving into the sunflowers for the missing calf. 
I do believe that is a hiding Wagyu. 
On returning from searching for the hidden Wagyu, I decided to stop by the Master Blend freezer room for some seltzer. On entering the office, I found that our resident Holstein calf (needs cooling during the midday’s heat) had seemingly caught its head in the corner. 
I pulled the little creature into a sitting stance and found it to be doing quite well. I think it was just sleeping. 
A delectable and healthy lunch of tomato stew.
(5:08 PM Update:) Afternoon activities began with more writing, a brief rest, and then by my venturing outdoors to help with cattle-related activities. The latter bit consisted of: feeding, catching bovines for embryo transfers, checking calves for ailments, collecting blood from a couple calves for genetic testing, and riding around the beef pasture – again checking calves for ailments but also searching for the same calf that I had to find this morning. I almost fell off the Segway once due to running over an especially large manure pile*, but other than that the ride was uneventful. Padre and I took a brief seltzer break, and now I am back at Jacobhouse writing and putting together the majority of this day’s entry before our evening pasture patrol and evening dinner at La Cuisine of Ocala.
Final Note: Here are few of the pictures I took of this evening’s meal; it was tremendous!
Poutine. A delicious combination of French fries, mozzarella cheese, pork belly, and gravy. 
Lobster bisque. A seafood aroma and savory flavor. 
Lamb chops and truffle mashed potatoes – a superb combination of flavors. 
Madre’s roasted chicken – served in an in-house gravy. 
All of our dinners combined. The only picture I neglected to take was of the Caesar salad. It, too, was quite delectable. The anchovies mixed particularly well with La Cuisine’s Caesar dressing. 
I finished off dinner with a large scoop of LC’s chewy & creamy olive oil / rosemary / honey ice cream.
*This becomes more of a problem in dry weather. The cow pats – sometimes quite sizeable – harden beneath the sun and become just as hazardous as coconuts when it comes to riding a segway. The thing about cow pats, though, is that there are a lot more of them than coconuts!