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It was about as beautiful outside today as it can get and we enjoyed it. The neighbor called early this morning and said that one of your white dogs is out and it turned out that it was Maisy. It's no big deal since she won't go anywhere but if she can get out, other critters can get in, so we...

Yes but we keep going. :)

I had my six month post op appointment with my shoulder surgeon and he seems satisfied with my progress so I have one appointment with him at the one year point. Unless I screw it up, I should be through with him for awhile. I don't have as much strength built back that I would like but there...

The sheep are not happy but they are surviving. We have gotten 5 1/2 " in the last 24 hours and it has been non stop since about 2:00 last night. We have had the big wind gusts but so far we haven't had any damage to fences or structures. We have some trees down not surprisingly since the...

There are 11 that are real lookers but we will watch them for a bit longer before deciding.

We brought all of the sheep in today to get caught up on everything. It turned out to be an all day event but we got caught up. Everything went as it should but we now have one yearling ewe that has acted out enough that she will be going to the market when we take a load of lambs in. I only...

Our main herd size has varied from where it is now upwards of 60 so it isn't like we haven't been there before. :)

We have 24 now but there are that many lambs that are just super

This is about my favorite time of the year. You try to predict what kind of weather you are going to have because of lambs being born and then when it all comes to an end, you had a good one or not. Hopefully it was a good one. We are Thankful that we had one of those Good Ones and now play...

The weather has been cool but clear for the last few days. The sheep have gotten ridiculously loud demanding feed whenever I am down in the handling area but I only feed once a day to supplement their hay. They think they should get it every time I am down there. I have a doctor's appointment...

I have been around ATC for most of my adult life but I'm seeing things now that just gives you nightmares as a controller.

We were planning on using our Ram pickup yesterday but the battery was dead and all the checks said it wasn't going to get any better. We took the battery out this morning and went in and got a replacement battery. I guess I haven't had to buy a battery for some time but this one was almost...

I don't like the cold any more than anyone else but I like it that we have it and it kills back the parasites.

The water to our house stopped running this morning and just came back on a few minutes ago. This is liable to be an expensive fix for whoever broke the line. We found out that a farm called them yesterday to arrange for the utilities to come out and do the "before you dig" thing with the...

We weren't sure how much milk the latest twins were getting since they seemed to be stressed out and hungry. We have been supplementing Mom's milk with additional bottles and they seem to be thriving. This was a first timer ewe yearling so she gets a pass this time. This is one of those that...

Our TDS tech just finished installing our new internet service. When I retired, it took me forever to get used to how slow our internet was since my work system was about as fast as was available. Today we went from just a step above dial-up back to lightening fast.

It's pretty obvious that we quit doing fall breeding because of the weather but the Katahdin ewes keep showing that they don't care. We have two yearling ewes that Oshi did not breed but Jack did. We went down to the stall yesterday morning and there was a ewe that had twin ewe lambs. She was...

He has it figured out and you just make it easier for him.

This weather is an absolute yoyo. We had a high of 33 today and it is supposed to be a high of 40 tomorrow and down to 20 in the morning. The sheep don't seem to care but I have the stall open and the heat lamps going and they are all in.

Our herding dogs still act like pups but they are 8 and 9 years old. I have had good luck with long term pets. I had a Maltese that lived to be 17 years old and spent most of her life sitting next to me in a recliner. and a Macaw that lived with me for almost 18 years and he spent a good...