Stanford University has a whole lot of land (where incidentally my place of work sits). Among it’s holdings is “The Dish,” where a radio telescope dominates space undeveloped except for cattle graing and a paved, recreational trail.

Standford/Palo Alto is a college town and all, but it’s really not bucolic and quaint and untouched by the outside world. It’s very developed in a mall, California way. But, the view of wide open fields and ample cows makes you feel like you’ve headed to the country.

Here’re a few animals I snapped whilst M. ran twice around the four-mile ring, and I strolled at a leisurely pace.