Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Making Adjustments


The snow has almost disappeared.  Bent and broken temporary, interior fencing has been popping out of what remains.  The hope is that today and tomorrow we will get everybody, if not back in place, at least in a new more appropriate place. 


This particular co-habitation is not supposed to be taking place.  Poseidon and Aragorn, the rams, managed to walk out of their paddock several days ago and have been chasing Hannah and Hermione (and each other) ever since.


Bella, however, has had other ideas and has established herself as the care-taker and peace-maker within this group.  It has been a joy to watch her at work.   
















We've finally been able to feed hay to the ram lambs in the corral, so they have at least been able to get out of the barn.  We're hoping to repair and reorganize enough in the next couple days to get all the lambs out of the barn and back into secure paddocks.  Everyone is safe inside the exterior fencing (which we still need to make it all the way around to check for downed limbs) but it is kind of chaotic inside that fencing.  At least, so it seems to the shepherdess/s who are used to having some semblance of a plan for each season.
So today begins, two weeks behind in the fall chores, and a new plan being created somewhat on the fly.  Oh well, as Leonard Bernstein, once said, "To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time." 

4 comments:

  1. I wish I was prepared for the cold like those wooly, wooly sheep. I would like to bury my hands in their wool right now : )

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  2. Looks like winter has found you. Love the picture of your Bella with the sheep.

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  3. I love Bella stitting between the sheep!!! I had to look two times, because first I thought, it's a sheep, too :)

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