Mike on the daily walk

First fire of the year

The weather broke today long enough for friends to come over for bbq and campfire a good time was had by all

Limited blogging capacity

Well I think tweaky is going to computer heaven.  I am getting a new one today and the transfer will begin. Until then here are a few things that are new. Sorry about the weather but its the content that matters
So here I go.

Anyway that`s mike the Border Collie he is here while Scot us away trialing. Billie refers to his a demon puppy.   He is - in all honesty more than a little naughty.
I built Billie a garden around the old well . . .

It has yet to see its full potential.
Here is the remodeled fire pit.

Also I have a new mode of transport. New could be over stating it but new to me and I love it
Yep its an Argo not too fast but it really is allterrain

The Depths of my Dedcation

So there was a problem with my newest attempt to continue the blog there is lots new and I do indeed have lots to blog about however ....

once I get tweaky back together I will upload my newest posts

Starting up

Sometimes I take a lot to get things going. . .I have been really keen a few times but something has always come up. So no more excuses I am pulling out all the stops and re-doubling my efforts.

With some help and some luck 

I'll get this blog up and running lickety split

lots more to come

 Because some times it's worth the wait

Neglected !!

I have been a poor blogger. . .but that's not news.  Anyway in my efforts to not inundate anyone with pictures of lambs I have neglected the fact that  I have more than one now.

While I am still waiting for some ewes to finish their business, I currently have 6 ewe lambs and 2 ram lambs.  They are pretty neat to watch, and with little exception, the moms have been pretty good.

This Katahdin, was supposed to be dog food, alas as further proof of my poor shepherding skills she got knocked up and produced my two cutest lambs to date:

They constantly snuggle with each other and in general are pretty sweet.

Yep that's pretty much my lambing blog for this year. . . just waiting on two lazy ones to get their business done

Dry Spell

Or rather a Cold Spell,

It has been ridiculously cold, and frankly we all have suffered through this so I won't rant on and on about it here.  I really have just been waiting for something to blog about, something worthwhile, intriguing, etc. . . . . Well,  here goes.

On Sunday, Judy and  I had out sheep sheared, I was hoping when I booked it (months ago) that it would be warmer out, alas, it was was -26 out to greet my newly sheared sheep.  Luckily they have a barn with a ton of straw in which to seek refuge.

The lady who does the shearing has a real job as well but shears small flocks, llamas, and alpacas, whe did a great job and for $7 you can't really go wrong.  Turns out shearing is a family affair with lost of visitor coming and going to watch I can't say it was all that warm while we performed this task either, though we were in a barn and out of the wind.

The fruits of our efforts are destined for naught as wool is essentially worthless,

The main reason I wanted to shear my sheep was to examine just how far along my ewes were in their pregnancy. Turns out, pretty close Two day later Tuesday TODAY in fact,

I came home from and excursion for pie to find. . . my first lamb, he is a ram soon to be not so ram-ish.  He and his mother appear to be doing well.While the shearing went on we discovered that all of the ewes are pretty close this one is not the one anyone expected first.  

He's a little squirmy and wasn't that easy to photograph.

Anyway, finally really had something to blog about this could have been two but I thought I would economize.