I was not a farm girl although I grew up in rural Nova Scotia … mostly in an area of rocks, trees, and a few pastures with thin cows, so I assumed the painted horned animals I saw in Boston were male. Today’s Telegram and Gazette (www.telegram.com) has an article "Colorizeds arrangement in gray, black" [not a great title] about Mary Galli’s cow titled, "Moo-chas Gracias" which is painted black and white with red roses climbing the back thighs. cow1

The Cow Parade, an outdoor art exhibit that began in Chicago seven years ago and has toured cities worldwide, ends up with each artistic cow being auctioned off for charity. Boston’s proceeds will go to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s (where I worked many years ago) Jimmy Fund. cow2