Animals
- Happy Sheepy Feet
It's been such a long time since Faith and Hope have played like they did when they were tiny lambs.They used to race all around their yard, kicking up their heels.Summer's heat and thick wool coats put an end to that. Yesterday, while out...
- Life Is Good!
Socialization of the lambs has been a huge success. It seems that Faith and Hope both inherited their mother's personality. Whenever we enter the sheep yard,all three come running. It's a toss-up as to who loves belly rubbings better... the...
- Gracie And The Lambs Go On The Lam
One of our daily tasks right now is the process of socializing the lambs.Gracie....she's been a piece of cake...all it takes is a packet of Ritz crackers and she'd follow you anywhere.ANYWHERE! That is, until yesterday morning....when for some...
- Following The Leader
You may have wondered... when you saw yesterday's post of the lambs outside...how I got Gracie and the lambs outside by myself. Gracie is such a good girl and leads very well...especially when I am carrying a pack of Ritz crackers! The babies just...
- Weekend Wrap-up
It was a cold, gray, drizzly weekend...but there was a bright sunny spot that I basked in... Tyler spent the weekend on Grammie's farm! We spent our days playing Legos, doing puzzles, playing with play dough, and playing with the set of Brio...
Animals
Grammy Camp....Day One
Now that we are in the heat of summer,
I have stopped leading Gracie and her lambs back to the barn each night.
Instead, they stay out in their yard all day and night.
Their mornings are spent grazing.
Their afternoons are spent under this grove of trees,
resting in the shade.
And their evenings are spent at the hay feeder.
They have their houses for inclement weather.
This arrangement seems to be working out just fine.
As for socialization, everyone comes running when I enter their yard.
It's the Ritz crackers...they are the best socialization tool ever!
The lambs are getting quite a wooly coat on them.
I can hardly wait to see what it will be like by next Spring.
I should have lots of wool for spinning next year!
Tyler and I had quite a busy day yesterday.
We did some pre-kindergarten workbook pages, played with play dough,
and spent the rest of the day outside...
hiking in the woods...
playing on the pirate ship...
with Bobby
(aka Puss in Boots!)
and swimming in the pool.
It was great fun to have help with farm chores!
At the end of the day, after we tucked the animals in for the night,
I showed him my magical place beneath the grape arbor.
He agreed that it was quite magical, indeed.
"Thank you for showing me this, Grammie," he said,
"I love you even more than I did before."
My heart melted!
It was a very special day....just the first of five special days.
I must say.... by the end of the day we were both exhausted!
- Happy Sheepy Feet
It's been such a long time since Faith and Hope have played like they did when they were tiny lambs.They used to race all around their yard, kicking up their heels.Summer's heat and thick wool coats put an end to that. Yesterday, while out...
- Life Is Good!
Socialization of the lambs has been a huge success. It seems that Faith and Hope both inherited their mother's personality. Whenever we enter the sheep yard,all three come running. It's a toss-up as to who loves belly rubbings better... the...
- Gracie And The Lambs Go On The Lam
One of our daily tasks right now is the process of socializing the lambs.Gracie....she's been a piece of cake...all it takes is a packet of Ritz crackers and she'd follow you anywhere.ANYWHERE! That is, until yesterday morning....when for some...
- Following The Leader
You may have wondered... when you saw yesterday's post of the lambs outside...how I got Gracie and the lambs outside by myself. Gracie is such a good girl and leads very well...especially when I am carrying a pack of Ritz crackers! The babies just...
- Weekend Wrap-up
It was a cold, gray, drizzly weekend...but there was a bright sunny spot that I basked in... Tyler spent the weekend on Grammie's farm! We spent our days playing Legos, doing puzzles, playing with play dough, and playing with the set of Brio...