Silhouette… between storms
Coming back up the hill after checking on Willet and Luke
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Tag: in the pasture
Pasture Buddies
Although it seems to be hard to capture these moments of camaraderie… they are both so spoiled if they see you near the fence they come running… Liam and Samson have developed a mututal respect. It is neat to watch them in the field, spending time in the same area, respecting each other’s boundaries but obviously enjoying each other’s company.
Turkey Crossing
Samson has been quite entertained by the wild turkey family coming and going through the pastures. We must admit it’s a lot of fun watching them puzzle things out… back and forth… over, under and through the fences.
{this moment}
A Friday ritual.
A single photo – no words – capturing a single moment from the week
A simple, special extraordinary moment.
A moment to pause, savor and remember.
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Solstice to Solstice :: Gather
gather
during the heat of the day, the sheep gather
somewhat awkwardly on the side of the hill
taking advantage of the shade trees
each spending some time picking and choosing
what they think is the perfect spot
response for week nine of the thirteen weeks of summer
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Saturday in the Pasture
A foggy, early morning greeting at the barn was followed by a most enthusiastic group of lambs coming into the barn for FAMACHA scoring. We have been lucky that this year’s lambs come right in, all the way into the barn without requiring one of the shepherdess/s becoming a border collie.
Once we finished the scoring, we thought we better separate the yearling ewes from Liam before they begin cycling, and we were surprised next spring by very early lambs.
That went very smoothly, except for Larry and Moe who were left behind with Liam. They spent much of the day walking the fence line; trying to figure out why they weren’t allowed to join the others. They finally gave up and settled under a shade tree.
The yearling ewes moved through the pasture in a huddled group for awhile, but in no time at all were grazing right along side the breeding ewes, happy in their new paddock.
{this moment}
A Friday ritual.
A single photo – no words – capturing a single moment from the week
A simple, special extraordinary moment.
A moment to pause, savor and remember.
Participating with the SouleMama blog.
In the News
As much as the Olympics have been dominating the news, it was, of course, inevitable that the farm animals would catch on
platform diving
100 meter dash
rowing
the gymnastic floor exercise
and certainly the favorite of all… the parades!
Curves
There was much excitement when the prompt for yesterday on Shutter Sister’s One Word Project for August was seen ~Curves~
Immediately we knew that we wanted to somehow capture the feeling of the curving enclosure of this portion of the granddaddy green pasture.(the top, from the bottom and from the side). It is a beautiful spot on the farm and produces a multitude of feelings… refuge… sanctuary… shelter… a favorite.
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Athena’s lovely ewe lamb
It almost looks as if the others are gossiping behind her
They’re actually huddled around the mineral block
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