Are the sheep OK?

http://youtu.be/5G0Sp7I7X4M

Our llamas checking out the newly shorn sheep 

Just another February day at the farm

Visiting with the wee woolies and llamas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djIoOq1YBpI

Not mine!

What I thought I walked into was 2 sets of twins. (Cough!) Midnight made it Crystal. Clear. That the little guy was NOT  hers. Holy moly!!  That means we have our first set of triplets, ever!  Welcome Cotton's 3 musketeers!!  Oh you are so cute!!

Round Bone Hockey, New floors and an onion in my couch

Our new floors are gorgeous, I love them, so easy to clean!!!  Never thought I would say this, but I am in love with a steam mop!!  Wahoo!  What neither of us anticipated with this new is was that a new sport was going to be created by our beloved border collies.  We call it Round Bone Hockey.  What great fun it is to hurl the round bone then watch it slide across the floor like never before.  Sometimes it ends up across the floor, other times rolls into another dog or BINGO, it goes bouncing down the stairs!  YAHTZEE!!!! 

Boo!!! To carpet say the dogs, well, and for that matter so do I.  Carpet and dogs, not a good match, at least at this house.  The next quest is to find a few area rugs to add obstacles to the round bone hockey game they like to play, maybe they will look at it like lane and it will turn into more a Round Bone Bowling game. 

Now the for onion, I know my husband said he had bought an onion.  For the life of me, I could not find it in any of the grocery bags.  So I thought maybe it just didn’t make it.  Oh well, its just an onion.  I moved on and grabbed a shallot instead for that nights dinner prep.  Then what do I spy in my couch?  A round dark brown ball shaped item across the room in my couch.  All of our tennis balls are green, hmmmm.  Yup, sure enough, my onion in the couch.  Not sure which canine it was, but I can say with certainty it had been abandoned for not behaving like a ball. 

The Love of a Great Dog

The love a great dog

Can’t be measured in inches, feet, ounces or time.  What your love a of lifetime gives to you is truly immeasurable.  A beloved red border collie named Pete passed from this realm into the next, early this morning.  I know his mom is feeling a huge hole in her heart like I felt when I lost my Junie Bug.  It stings, burns & hurts like no other feeling.  Made me want to swear, curse and kick the walls.  It felt like my heart had been ripped out and run over.  The thought that you have more time than you really do burned in my head.  By age, Pete had many more years to frolic and play, I think that is why we feel robbed when our companions don’t live out their senior years with us.

6 years later for me, I still very much miss my Junie Bug, I know now I always will.  You can’t be that big of a personality and not leave a mark on at least a few people.  She left a gigantic crater sized hole in me.  She was a gift to my life of epic proportions.  She pushed me to do all sorts of things I didn't know I was capable of .  Those gifts I am still learning & using to this day.  May be it wasn't so much a hole she left....maybe it was bringing me to a level of awareness that I didn't know I could attain, hmmmmm...expanding out to new horizons can be scary at first.....I do my best to be still and listen, for there is so much to take in if you allow yourself to receive those gifts.

Keepsake made by my hubby

Junie Bug and me

I know this can be a tough time of year for many people, it brings up all sorts of memories of family, friends & loved ones that are no longer here.   May I suggest that we honor them by being still in our thoughts and allow ourselves to receive those gifts they can still give us. 

Go give love to your dogs, cats, horses, llama, sheep or whatever companions that you share your life with now, don't forget the people too.  :)  May we always BE giving and receiving in love.

Namaste, Merry Christmas and BE love

Friday Funny: I be puppy....still

I sit here in my home office working away on this grey Friday morning.  I hear rain and think, wow it’s really raining outside.  Then I turn my chair that overlooks my back yard and see that it’s the puppies.  Yes indeed, they have learned how to turn on the hose and are running through the water and making mud.  Oh joy!  Yet another “task” added to my day. 

Kodi-Bear and Buster couldn’t be more proud of themselves for this great accomplishment.  Tails wagging, doing the buckin’ bronco through the stream of water that has now made mud in our yard.  If there was any question that the puppies were “boys” this ought to clear any question of that.  They are, 100% boys.

This is one sure fire way to have me say, you stay OUTSIDE the whole day, or until I can get you a bath.  They say what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, well then, I must have achieved Wonder Woman status by now….my only questions is why the heck hasn’t my costume shown up yet?!?!

I hope you are laughing, I am Happy Friday!!!.......and I ask myself, what else is possible.

Hmmmm.....2013

Not sure I’m a fan of 2013 yet, it has certainly pitched me some doozies, on all fronts.  Yes, I got some gorgeous & talented pups.  That I will not deny.  They did come at a high price for us, emotionally and physically.  I love them dearly and would dearly love to see the last 2 go to wonderful homes that will celebrate all they have to give.  Work too has been “interesting” thankfully I can say I’ve been doing this awhile and don’t allow all those “interesting” things up root me.  I can laugh and say this too shall pass, and indeed it does.

Some parts of me can’t help but feel like I have let Sally down.  I was hoping we would be trialing and continuing to strengthen our trialing bond.  I very much miss my sheepdog trialing friends!!!  My bond with Sal at home leaves me speechless. She is such a sweet and sassy soul.  That’s what drew me to her from the day I met her.  I desire to do right by her and celebrate all of her talents.  Zeke and Tweed have voiced their opinions as well.  It’s goes something like ….”Hey! Did you know we are border collies?…. that means we like to herd sheep….maybe we should do that”(nose nudge)…..”  “Remember what sheep are? Yeah, they are those wooly things that live 10 miles down the road.”  I’m getting better about getting adult dog time in.  The pups don’t take as much time as they used to.  It can be challenging with 3 puppies, house training, socializing and all those important puppy moments one must get in x3.  I have to say when I have gotten Sal, Zeke and Tweed out on sheep, it’s as though we haven’t been gone at all.  I am so happy and thankful for that.  Great foundations hold and stand the test of time, that I know is true. 

Timmy

Sally & Pups

(Sigh) I am in space that seems to require more personal quiet time than I am able to muster at the moment.  Remember a couple of posts ago that I was going to focus and concentrate on what is important?  Yes, I have am doing that in small ways, my chickens and beautiful colored angoras have all been placed in new loving homes. For that I am extremely thankful.  I’m now considering finding homes for my call ducks too.  I’m thinking BCs and sheep are what this girlie should focus on. 

Our yarn sales are going very well. With that success we will be announcing some exciting news come early 2014.  I love the yarn and roving our sheep are producing & apparently so do other people!!!  Gotta love that!!!  We’ve stuck to a breeding & wool criteria program over the past 5 years and it is paying off with wonderfully soft fleeces that are both colored and white.  We have added some new blood lines and we are very excited to see what that will produce.  We are looking forward to spring time.  We will be busy with lambs that I know are going to be beautiful.

With that I am going to say good night, post a few super cute pictures and steal a few moments of personal time since all the canines have tucked themselves in for the night.

Wylie and Zeke

 

Wylie, Zeke and Sally

 

Do you think Tweed looks serious enough?

I will leave you all with this quote…..it made me chuckle.  Extra funny as it was posted in someone’s office…..that person will remain nameless  “descendite ne illegitimi”.  No, it was not me.