Yesterday I unexpectedly received a box from the UK. It was from my friend Veronica who lives in the Northern part of England. In it were a number of goodies… First off, there was a lovely book all about Shetland Sheep. It’s a lovely book and I would strongly suggest it to folks looking to …
I had a number of people inquire about Rita and how she’s doing. So I figured that I would show you. Please note, there’s a lot of blurring in the photos as it’s very difficult to photograph something that is almost perpetually in motion! The love affair with Simon the Siamese cat is still going …
Simon the Siamese was born on our farm but we aren’t sure to whom and we sure as hell don’t know who his daddy is. We don’t have any Siamese cats on the farm nor have we seen any lately that look the way he does. However, Simon doesn’t let his unknown parentage stop him …
Last night Dad and I took Herbert, Remington, and Garth to The National Cattle Congress in Waterloo, Iowa. They are going to be breed representatives for the Shetland breed. I hope they behave…. All the way there, Herbert was jumping up on the window ledge of the back windows of the van to look out …
I had a fabulous and very busy weekend this past weekend. First, I went to a Neko Case concert at the Hoyt Sherman Place auditorium. It was an amazing concert which I have no photos from as the artist had really strongly expressed her desire for the event to not be photographed or filmed and …
So, some relationships just don’t work out. Both parties can be trying to be what the other needs in a relationship but if it isn’t there, it just isn’t there. That was what happened with Mikey and I. Mikey needed a stronger personality and will than I have (those who know me just went “whoa!” …
Tonight I broke a cardinal rule of farming. There really aren’t too many of them. It’s not like there’s a published rule book for farming mojo. At least not one that I’ve ever seen. So I guess I could say that I broke the cardinal rule of farming. I had the audacity to think to …
I haven’t written much about Homer here before for a couple of reasons. For starters, I wasn’t completely sure that he was going to live for very long. You see, Homer is the Jacob ram that came along with Marge and is Lisa’s father. He had some….. issues. Namely, one of his horns was growing …
Those of you that haven’t been reading my blog for a long time may not know that I wasn’t always an Iowan shepherdess. I actually have a degree in Horticulture from the University of Florida and used to be in charge of a greenhouse outside of Apopka, Florida. I tell you all of this so …
As I mentioned in my previous post, Charlotte finally had her lamb, a little ewe. She’s being a good mama to her and keeping her pretty protected so I was only able to get a few shots of her last night when she wasn’t basically a shadow behind a pillar or a bin. She’s a …
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