Posted by jackie | Posted in chickens, shetland sheep | Posted on 03-04-2010
When I woke up this morning, (April 2), I couldn’t believe what I saw… Read the rest of this entry »
Grover Cleveland, the name of our 22 president, AND the name of our lamb ram born last year.
Ondra likes to name some of the sheep after dead presidents. We have Reagan, Madison, Grover (Cleveland), we had Abraham Lincoln, and we have an orange cat named Garfield. Read the rest of this entry »
I am going to interrupt my old llama stories with current farm activities. I will continue the stories after the flurry of stuff around here settles down again.
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Posted by jackie | Posted in cats, chickens, lifestyle, shetland sheep | Posted on 23-12-2009
Below is OUR version of the 12 days of Christmas. Study carefully and learn the words below so that you can sing along with the video at the end! (inspired by the ‘accordionist’ in us all)
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me:
Guinea Fowl in a pine tree… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by jackie | Posted in Weather, shetland sheep | Posted on 16-12-2009
Here we are, only 9 days till Christmas. Do you have your shopping done? I DON’T. And neither do the sheep. Well, I take that back. Madison and Lydia are “cooking” something in their ovens and will present their gifts in the spring. The others also will give their WOOLY gifts to us in the form of fleeces in the spring as well. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by jackie | Posted in lifestyle, shetland sheep | Posted on 15-12-2009
We have been VERY busy. I had to make an unscheduled trip to Seattle to see my mom who was in the hospital. So I am behind on EVERYTHING. The good news is my mom is getting better (slowly).
The day after I got back from Seattle, I had to go to Spokane area to get the “girls”. The “girls” being my 2 ewes–Madison and Lydia, who were bred by Bluster at Thistledown sheep. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by jackie | Posted in cats, chickens, dogs, goats, shetland sheep | Posted on 02-12-2009
Yesterday was an active animal day at our place. Ondra had spent the night in her new chicken coop. Yes, that’s right, spent the night! Read the rest of this entry »
“Johnnie.”
“Yes, teacher.”
“If there are twenty sheep in a field, and one gets out through a hole in the fence, how many sheep are left in the field?” Read the rest of this entry »
Today’s blog is not for the faint of heart, and is the opinion of a SHEEP LOVER. Read at your own risk (you might be in danger of agreeing with me).
A little known sheep fact is….sheep are God’s favorite animal. I am prepared to back that statement up. Here goes… Read the rest of this entry »
“He gives snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes”. Psalm 147:16
We have snow. About 3 inches, and it’s not melting. This could be IT, the start of the rest of winter. We may not see the dirt till March. We should have done this before (but were TOO lazy); picking up all the “stuff” laying around, like rakes, poop shovels, cages, sledge hammer, bikes and others too numorous to count. Now it will be a mad scramble. We don’t want to have something vitally needed (like wallets, credit cards-haha), buried, till spring. Read the rest of this entry »
