Darcy
I’ll post about writing eventually (promise), but I haven’t written much lately because we’ve had eight calves in the last two weeks on the farm. For a herd only milking about forty cows, that’s a crazy volume. Even better, six were heifers, which means more adorable baby cow pictures and names!
The much-anticipated Jane Austen calf was indeed a heifer and, after vigorous discussion, she is named Darcy (and is uber-adorable, as you can see). She’s spunky while still being chill, so I think she’ll live up to her name fabulously.
Nutmeg had never given us a heifer before, so we ran to the spice rack for name inspiration. This calf is nuts (I found her running in the sweet corn patch when she was only a few hours old), so I was pulling for something like Cayenne or Cardamom. She was obviously too wild to be a Cinnamon. In the end, Allspice was a strong contender but we settled on Clove. (no picture because the thing doesn’t stand still)
Bonnie’s calf called for a solid Irish name and there were several strong contenders, but once we found “Blair,” my husband reminded us of Bonnie Blair the Olympic speed skater, and we couldn’t say no to that!
With a mother named Grace and a father named Valor, our third baby (sorry, no picture yet) could only be Guinevere. Also top of our mind because the husband and I are hooked on the BBC’s Merlin series.
In the last two days, Iris and Aspen both had heifers as well. Iris is the daughter of Ilse (as in Casablanca) and sister to Ingrid. Aspen’s previous two daughters are our “diva” line: Aretha and Gladys. Anyone have any other good diva or “I” names?
Blair
Blair and Darcy say hello
July 8, 2011 at 11:34 am
These pictures are so cute they hurt! I vote “Iman” for the cow name. She is fierce! Or old-school “Whitney” because I’m a child of the 80s. Thanks for sharing all the adorableness!
July 8, 2011 at 12:38 pm
Hehehe I’m going to be doing the Tyra “fieeeerce” all day now
Love the Iman idea, we’ll see if Father in Law agrees. Thanks for the suggestions!
July 8, 2011 at 12:14 pm
Lara put it perfectly–it hurts with adorableness! I need to come visit NOW. (Love the story about Clove!) And Darcy is the best name for her! I thought of Whitney, too, for a diva name. Also: Diana, Barbra (even better: Babs) and Celine. “I” names are hard: Ida (a top girl name in the 1880s, along with Bessie and Irene; yes, I do research for blog post comments [sigh]). Oh! Can’t believe I didn’t think of Isadora. And there’s always Ikellye.
July 8, 2011 at 12:39 pm
I love Babs, but we try to avoid naming cows after family members (have an Aunt Barb). Celine is great and LOVE Isadora. Thanks for the research