Better late than ever...

Mowed the field today about a month late but it is done till august.

The mature sheep will be able to graze this in the fall.

It will save on feed costs and my sunburned body.

I chugged water like it was nectar from the gods during mowing.

I also tucked a towel over my legs to prevent more of a sunburn to them.

My kiddos spoiled me for my birthday awhile back.

A certificate to take the grey away if ya know my meaning.

A double layer scarf/cowl from my favorite book/movie Pride and Prejudice and some socks with  both having quotes from the book.

The expected Gamma picture of Miss A taming the wild jungle cats.

It's a challenge to keep her from torturing them each minute of the day.

Maybe ...

Without any provocation this morning my daughter called to tell me a story that she thought I’d appreciate.

I did.

Preface this with : she’s NOT a morning person and I left her a text with instructions for morning chores (when I went to babysit granddaughter for morning) before she goes to the beach to relax on her day off with a friend.

I think maybe I did a good job with my kids.

They all randomly and regularly talk to me.

I smile each time.

It’s a great feeling each time. 

I like them and think just maybe they like Madre too.

It’s the small things like this that make life worthwhile.

Chicka update....

Really do not have motivation to blog or write in sentences, lol

This chicka comes home from camp today.

It's been a long week and I miss conversing with her.

This chicka slaves away for Gamma (as she pronounces Grandma) 

without complaining about chores.

Course the vacuum is top heavy so she never actually stays level with floors therefore she doesn't suck up dirt but who cares.

This chicka lost part of her upper nose and no idea how.

I could show more gruesome pics but won't gross ya out.

She's eating and drinking normally so I'm leaving her be to see what happens.

It's a science experiment and learning chance I guess.

This chicka can not be seen cause she tore her way out of the crate at my son's house.

She has severe separation anxiety which is a nice way to say...

She's a bitch!

Well thats all for today.

Weekend is almost here

Picked this cutie up for the weekend.

Her "Mama" is at her daughter's wedding.

She cried for first hour before flopping on sheet couch for shuteye.

I need to cover the furniture.

She is shedding like crazy.

Some stress, some time of year.

I sent this to my younguns a few days ago.

Absolute silence came back my way.

Hmmm...

Is that guilt or admission of....

Off to sheep tend.
Tomorrow working at accountants job.
Sunday going to fetch another lamb for LN.

Ghosts?

What is it?

A game of hide and seek?

Ghosts?

Nah, just R trying to put a duvet cover on.

She crawled inside the opening to tie the corners on.

Suits her generation and aesthetic but I prefer quilts.

Poor Pink, we dressed her in a halloween costume after moving her owners Mom in SC.

She was not pleased.

 

Finally me and my bestie at the bar!

Z's new house has carpet in living room so no more eating and drinking there.

Not a bad idea to only eat in kitchen area anyhow.

Miss A is learning the new rules and seems happy to comply as long as I sit with her.

Barstools are fun!

Tomorrow R, R2 and Miss A and I are off to IKEA.

With R and Z both moving to new houses within same month they want small things.

It's fun to see them try new things out.

I am along for my truck bed and moral support.

I may look at some things though...

Wednesday off to western PA to pick up another ewe lamb.

This time its a White Lincoln spring lamb.

Variety is good.

Long drives are becoming the norm.

In early July a 12 hour drive to Indianapolis, Indiana to All American Junior Sheep Show.

Then off to our state fair at end of month.

I need a vacation.

Hmmm... 

No garden yet because of nonstop rain.

I am still going to try to get one in if rain stops for 24 hrs.

I an waterlogged.

Broke my code...

I broke down and sprayed weeds this morning.

Two tank fulls in the backpack sprayer.

I have held out as long as possible however I am only one person.
If I had help but that's another story in itself.

The constant rain, no cattle, no hogs, only sheep combine for a lot of open fields and gobs of weeds.

Thistles, inkberries, ragweeds, wild cheeries are popping everywhere.

I broke down.

Yep it's poison but they will be thinned down.

Come fall I'll have plenty of breed sheep to eat it down but not now with show string.

They are confined to keep their fleeces in show condition.

The older ewes are sparse as we rebuild from crossbreds to pure with one out for breeding also.

Off to NC...

Hope I see brown dead stuff when I return although this kind seems to 

take a week to show when my son sprays it.

Interesting spring/early summer...

After about 10 days of rain we finally had a dry day followed by another rain day then a sun day.

Finally dried enough to hang laundry and mow yard.

Ugh it was so thick and wet.

I'm not a fanatic mower so it is good enough for me.

If ya don't like it come mow it better ;~}`

I have been busy with this nugget.

We have 5 kittens about a month old now.

Miss A is a terror to them, always petting and holding them to their dismay.

She will climb in the dog cage they were born in on the porch and never leave.

Also busy with this nugget.

Home for the summer and showing her market lambs at the county livestock show.

It rained heavily Friday when we hauled them down, unloaded tack, set up and 

again on Saturday at the show.

She starts her summer internship tomorrow.

Welcome to adulting LN.

This week Miss A brought a kitten inside and watched cartoons with her and her juice.

I asked her Mom to pull some "I am at Grandma's and always dirty clothes".

We just about ruined these tights crawling through the dog crate and sheep pen.

I just can not handle this sassy pants.

Her look is her Daddy's.

Lord help us all!

They are moving and fixing up a house that hasn't been occupied in a few years.

It is daunting but he will get there.

More space and a step up when done.

He's always climbing.

Not every kid needs to go to college however if they do not they better be

as hardworking as he is.

He will live as good as if not better than college graduates because of his work ethic and ambition.

Proud of my kid.

Still hope he gets a dose of karma when Miss A turns out to be like him!!!

Not much to say otherwise...

Headed to NC to help a friend move this weekend.

Girls road trip...

Sheep, ETC

LN is done with her first year of college.

Her friend and I took her sheep over to MD Sheep and Wool Festival Thursday night 

of first weekend in May.

Friday after feeding them I drove to PA to pickup LN and all her belongings from her dorm.

We drove back to festival and she fitted and showed her sheep and entered leadline.

Sunday night we walked them out to trailer and back to Delaware we trucked.

It was easier than fighting the traffic behind the barns.

 She won her Senior Leadline class with Sprout her birder at her side.

I love this wool outfit she made.

It was for National Make it with Wool but she chose not to attend.

I am glad it is being utilized.

LN and her friend bowed their heads in shame after placing last with her one lamb.

Just kidding they were gossiping as the other sheep were placed.

She knew the lamb was smaller than the rest of the class so was not surprised at the judges placing.

Her other yearlings in the Lincoln show did better.

It's a learning process.

We were penned in a central aisle so petting from the public was the norm.

LN had to compete for the sheeps attention as she worked.

Pet me PLEASE!!!

Goofy girl with a long dread caused by winter rubbing .

I do not know where these crazy fools find so many places to get in trouble.

Listening to a lightening storm blowing through.

Hopefully it is taking the 90* heat back where it came from.

Weekend mess...

Eventful but not exciting weekend mess...

Lucy is only a year old. She gave birth this morning to 5 kittens. 3 orangish, 2 blackish... She chose the dogs porch crate as her nesting birth spot. S brought her home last year against my wishes so I told him to take care of her. (I take care of all animals and I’d had enough.)He never followed through on fixing her but swears he will now . A day late and a dollar (or 5 kittens) short. Should be easy to rehome I hope.

Hopefully she’s a good mom. 

Her figure bounced back quickly lucky duck.

Pebbles dreads are hanging mon! I tried to de tangle the burrs stuck on them so she could see through the vines. She wasn’t impressed.

The garden is worked up so no excuses {sigh}.

Hopefully I’ll start this week with peas. Spring has been so crazy it’s been hard to judge when it’s safe.Some people have already planted but most around here are just beginning to till up their ground. 

These girls are always so helpful no matter the chore. Overnight they pulled the trash bags off these tubs so I had to lay heavy gate panels over them. Hehehe they don’t realize bathtime is approaching this week.

This chore couldn’t be put off any longer. Sporadic clumps of weeds and onion heads were the worse to get through. It begins !

I’m wiped out so I think I’ll stop and knit some.

Supper is in the crockpot. Pioneer beans, S loves them and will eat them all week. I also baked a batch of brownies and frosted them this morning for my mom n law to take to her lioness quarter auction. They smelled so good but I let S have the one that didn’t fit on the serving platter. Willpower is hard.

Just me...

This is me to a T.

I am so independent that it bothers people.

I am because I had to be.

If no-one was there to rely on for me how else was I to be?

It was survival as a child and a way of life now.

So it's a catch 22.

I have to be so I am but no-one likes it but they don't do for me so?

The smile is extra...

I smile when they try to change me without doing anything different for me.

Confused yet?

I'm not.

I am just me ya see?