Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Benita's Birthday

Very long day at TFL...Spent the morning cleaning up and prepping bread and dinner for the solar oven.  Grabbed a quick lunch at the GrubShack and met up with my new friends from Finland - Tuomas and Maija.  They are in Texas doing a number of different stories for Helsingin Sanomat, the largest daily newspaper in Finland.  Glad they had a chance to work me into their schedule.  They spent about 7 hours here topped off with FL solar oven bread, broccoli with rice, and cornish game hen.

The real star of the day was Benita.  Today she turned 23 years old.  I gave her a new mineral block to lick as well as extra portions of all her favorite snacks.  6 human well wishers stopped by this morning and 7 bovine buddies this afternoon.  Special thanks to all her fans that sent birthday cards to her!  She got cards from all over the nation as well as Spain, Hong Kong, Australia, France, and South Africa 74,92,40,0,B
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12 comments:

  1. Larry PraterApril 5, 2011 at 11:02 PM

    Happy 23rd Birthday, beautiful Benita, I hope you have many more.

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  2. stanisApril 5, 2011 at 11:55 PM

    Happy Birthday girl....

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  3. RickyApril 6, 2011 at 12:11 AM

    Happy Birthday you queen of the prarie..

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  4. Mary RoseApril 6, 2011 at 5:30 AM

    Happy Birthday Benita!

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  5. K1MGYApril 6, 2011 at 6:14 AM

    Benita. Sweetie! Congratulations on your birthday.

    And if you would wish to learn some Finnish language, you can begin with the name of that news daily who visited:

    http://www.hs.fi/static/verkkoliite/audio/speakfinnish/helsinginsanomat.wav

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  6. Michael PeckApril 6, 2011 at 9:17 AM

    Happy 23, Bonita Benita! Chica mas fina of the Longhorn Tribe!

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  7. UnknownApril 6, 2011 at 2:06 PM

    Happy birthday Benita!

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  8. UnknownApril 6, 2011 at 8:54 PM

    And to you too John!

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  9. Liberty N. JusticeApril 8, 2011 at 2:03 PM

    I'm so happy to see the card that we sent to Benita for her birthday!
    All the way across America, from the formerly great state of Connecticut to the blistering Texas desert. I'm sure she enjoyed the regalia for her birthday.
    Louie and RayRay are thrilled. Many a more Bovine Birthday wishes to you, Benita.
    Liberty, Louie, and RayRay

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  10. creativeKaytApril 9, 2011 at 8:28 PM

    Benita shares my Birthday!! How exciting.

    Happy belated Birthday, Benita! And many more!!!!!

    :)

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  11. HannuApril 17, 2011 at 2:40 AM

    Hello John! Your story was puplished in todays' Helsingin Sanomat in Finland. Interesting! BR Hannu

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  12. UnknownApril 24, 2011 at 8:07 PM

    Hi John,

    Read about your Field Lab in NYTimes. Happy Easter.

    Mary

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