I walked out to the barn the other day to be met by THIS face!  Isn’t it hilarious?  Looks to me like she has gotten into a whole bottle of marshmallow sauce.  Actually she had tried to finish off the salt lick.  The tell tale was all over the block of salt!  Right after I snapped this photo she got herself a big swig of water.   Timing is everything!

On another note.... Did you know that marshmallow comes from a plant?  Probably not the fake puffs we buy at the grocery store.  The sweet gooey substance is stored in the root bulb of the Althea plant (or is it a weed?).  Supposed to be medicinal.  Feeling sick?  Eat a marshmallow!  Wouldn’t that be easy?  Here is a picture of this plant.

Marsh mallow is native to Europe; it was brought to America as a medicinal plant. The grayish, velvety leaves are a good way to distinguish this from other mallows. Found in the northeast.

Quite pretty, huh?