Today we moved sheep. A bucket of grain seems to encourage most of the ewes to follow me, which makes life easier. They will all be together in a smaller pasture for the winter, since we have to feed hay. That allows the pastures to rest and grow as well. These two boys lost their harems as all the ewes are now together. So these two are reunited and deciding who is top ram.
This is John, who grabs a ram by the horns and leads here where we want them to be. He is showing me the new pitchfork he picked up while out getting other items we needed for construction.
I have been following a BlogSpot “object of design” where she has been playing around with different designs. This one looked like fun, so I played with it this afternoon. But before I make it up in other than scraps of fabric pasted to pieces of paper, it needs more work.
I finished the end of October projects by getting these socks done and
embroidering these guest towels with cute little Hatched in Africa ladybugs. They were a free download several years ago and I needed something quick and easy to gift.
Autumn: These lovely ears of corn are turning into these kernels. I had thought they might be popcorn, but they are not. So they will be ground as needed in recipes. Aren’t they pretty?
We woke up to piles and piles of dead leaves. They are so crunchy as we walk through them.
They quit fighting each other just long enough to do some barn damage. They were inside this stall, and the girls were outside. What is the fastest way to get to the girls? Right through the wall! Ram! Ram! Ram! and he almost made it. I called the neighbor who has an electric cattle prod which did get their attention. They are now across the driveway from the ewes and still contending to see who is the dominant ram. The prod only gives them a bit of shock to get their attention and to keep the person behind it safe. If it really hurt them, they wouldn’t need it several times in the space of a few minutes.
He shaved her down and found that the skin had been pulled off, but the flesh was unharmed, so some fly spray, an antibiotic and she can go out with the others in a couple days. He thought this actually happened 4-5 days ago. And a certain new little puppy will be fitted for a harness and we will tether a bouncy ball to her to give her something to play with other than sheep. No boredom on this farm.
But on a happy note, so much rain fell during the time we were gone, that the pond has started filling again. The ducks and geese will be so happy.
We are home again! and I won’t bore you with tons of photos, but maybe just a couple will be okay.
We missed her mother in this photo as she was in the kitchen serving more food. I think daughter, Jen, took this photo.
Yes, I dropped those two stitches, but decided just to leave them until tomorrow when I was better rested. Sometimes doing something when tired just makes a bigger mess. But I wanted to show you that I really did some knitting on my travels. And when rested, this will be an easy fix.
Leaving Seattle and some rain for
for somewhat sunnier skies in California, where we are veggin out.
or maybe not completely. They came back from Costco and said “make this all fit in the refrigerator” It is food for tomorrow night’s engagement party.
I have started a pair of socks. I brought enough yarn to make two pair, but it seems I haven’t been knitting a lot.