One mile down the road is a local dairy farm. 

They can't afford to have fields that the cows can be in all the time, like the other two neighborhood farms, so they let the cows out as much as they can, groups taking turns to romp and run and stretch their legs. 

This farm created a brilliant restaurant with all recyclable dishwear and food they make all themselves, with local artisans and producers and farmers selling their wares too.

 It's hard in this photograph to see the cows getting to run around in the upper left corner, but because the ground is firm and there is no snow at the moment, someone decided to let them have some relief and fun from their boxes. 

In the meantime, the day is sliding to a quiet close, the earth in its limitless cycle of turning on its axis, the sun shining through the atmosphere and over and over and over all on earth presented with the gift of one more sunrise and one more sunset, here on the fields leading to the Bald Eagle Nesting Area, on the banks of the Connecticut River, in Hadley, MA.