Dairy Calf Hutches Under Sleet in Lombardy

Harsh tropical light floods a wide panoramic view of a Lombardy farmyard where a row of wooden dairy calf hutches stands rigid against driving sleet. The sky appears as a washed-out white sheet, colliding with the dark, wet wood of the structures and the silver-grey slush coating the ground. Beside the hutch line, a stack of metal milk buckets gleams with condensation, their surfaces reflecting the chaotic sky. A sturdy windbreak made of wooden planks and stacked bales shields the area from whipping wind, bending sparse early spring grass flat against the mud. A water trough sits nearby, its surface rippling under the impact of falling ice pellets. At the edge of the frame, the rim of one bucket catches a sharp glint of light against the grey slush.