Thinking of things to come

Well I am getting a tad bit excited about the Paxton Valley Sheep Dog Trial we are having in May for the 7th year! It will be great to see all the familiar faces probably for the first time this year. I found this old picture I sent out the first year we had changed the field.



Tweaked the field some by taking out the sharp corner where the fence goes up to the shelter on the Away side. Should help the Open outruns flow better.

The trial is now full with a waiting list so that is a good thing..except the people on the waiting list :(

So until May......................

I Am Catching Up

Feeling kind of guilty that I am not keeping my blog up, I have at least gone out and taken Pictures today....It's boys day at the farm. When Tripper retired to being the only horse, he was lonely so we put the rams out with him. Now he has friends and guards them faithfully and shares his hay but not with as much enthusiasm.

Just a Nice Saturday at Home

Well since I am a bit lazy on the weekends, pictures seem to be the easiest way to keep my blog updated. So after working the Border Collies and being happy with that, I took a walk to check some fence changes we are going to make and took some pictures.


Clairice who is 7 years old now.

Sonny aka "Bubba" now 11 months old.

Sheep doing what they do best..Eating!



Lambies


These kids play me out

"Mom, open the door"

The old girls

Cute ones

Fire Sale

Remember when we got evacuated this summer/fall because of the fires? The sheep were all seperated in nice pens at their "foster home" but the ram lambs had to figure out that the opening in the waterer between pens was just big enough to fit their bodies through so they joined the "girls". Luckily Len and I came out in the yard just after it happened but now we have 9 lambs from 5 ewes. The boys were busy. So here are some pictures of a few of the bandit boys offspring:






Three hour old lambs.



Here are the lamb watchers...can be sung to the tune of "I'm a girl watcher", just substitute lamb for girl.

Merry Christmas to all

And so it is Christmas, words in a song but it is Christmas Day! Started out having to work 3 hours but was home at 9:30 to have coffee and open our gifts, then a big breakfast. We both did very well in the gift department but the hit was Len's Wii! So far we have been boxing..yes I was a knock out but I kicked his butt at the shooting range Ha! It certainly is an addictive thing to have around me thinks.
So now you have to endure the doggie present pictures since we don't have kids opening presents pictures. After they entertained us with some antics, we all went for a big walk out to the back field. I should have taken the camera. What a gorgeous sunny day!
So notice in the pictures the livingroom flooring that we ordered did NOT get here in time for Christmas but we can live with plywood for another week.

Mirk wonders why the girls are hogging all the toys...



Rosie likes the sheep that honks and has a really long neck...



Jen says "Indestructible my foot!"



Lyn says "Look at my new bed and toys"

The Weekend and Mom's Visit

Here it is the weekend..yahoo! Len's Mom came out to visit and we went out to string Christmas lights and then I worked dogs but Mom was getting chilly so no working dog pictures. Here we go....

Millie's car..she has arrived!



Sonny likes to see what is happening in the yard.




There, just rip the screen or stand up higher.



And the sheep wonder what the big white dog is doing...



Millie and I in our finest outfits.






Here are Rosie and Kip waiting to go work.



O Christmas lights, O Christmas lights...squint...then you can see them.

Fire in the Night

It was a snowy but warm Saturday so Len decided to burn the "burn pile" since it was safe. It was a roaring blaze most of the day but had died down for the night. Took these pictures in the dark and snow.




Look in the middle toward the back of the picture. There are the gremlins in the dark...waiting for the "let's go" command to race up the driveway.