More babies!
Penny (goat) had two buck kids today. I’m getting better at reading my stock. When I headed off to work today, I looked at her and thought to myself, I’ll bet she has her babies today. I was right. Unfortunately this is
Month: February 2009
The best laid plans …
I got off work at 1:00 yesterday, did a few errands, then came home and did a few things around the house. When Wally got off work we went to visit with his mother and then stopped by a house we’ve driven
Auctions and leaves
Oh, the prices were high last night. I couldn’t believe some of the sorry animals that went through that ring went for as high as they did. I was hoping to score a goat or sheep to bring home to butcher for
Foundation Work and the Kess Challenge
People (and dogs and other animals) are put into your life for a reason. I bought Kessie from her breeder based on pedigree alone. I was convinced that a dog with a stellar pedigree would be an amazing stock dog. That is,
Preparing a meal is a bit like painting
I love food. I love to cook. I love to read cook books. I had quite a bit going on yesterday in the food department. I suppose if anyone walked into my kitchen while I was preparing food (note, the term “food”
I need to figure out what I want to do with my life
Walmart is killing me. I cannot work closing shifts, I just can’t. I didn’t get to bed until 12:30 this morning and my feet still hit the floor between 4 and 5 AM. I tried to go back to bed to sleep
A few pictures
First heading out into the back pasture: Over hill, over dale we will hit the dusty trail: Almost there!
I’m about through with this cold!
Just got back up from bringing the sheep and Rose down to the ElectroNet. When we go down, the goats come along as well. Often it’s only Rain and Dawn who come with us, but today, everyone, including Dusty came along for
Watch … and learn
On Saturday, Wally and I reset the ElectroNet then I went back to the house and got the Three Stooges (Fern, Cian and Kessie) and Wally and I went for a walk. The Three Stooges were up in their runs while we
School is always in session …
Over the next couple of days, Gel is going to get lessons in appropriate use of his teeth. I went down to give the sheep water and they drifted out of the ElectroNet. I had the other dogs with me and it