Sounds Like Kidding Season

摘要

Kidding season must be close. I know this because I'm standing up in the middle of a Gravenstein apple tree on a sunny January day with pruning shears doing "tree pruning yoga." This is a term I coined for the stretching and contorting of the body tomake all the proper cuts to ensure a good late summer harvest. While I'm disciplining the heirloom trees, I'm being serenaded by the pregnant does in the main milking barn close by. The rhythmic chorus of the pregnant girls' moans at their mid-day relaxing time is at full volume. From the higher-pitched alto sounds of the smaller, soon-to-be first fresheners to the deep baritone sounds of the mature Nubian most likely carrying quads, there is a full spectrum of sounds emanating from the barn.