: I feel I know more about navigating the Great Lakes to the Atlantic via the St Lawrence Sea Way / …

: Roadside tree clearing happening, I suspect to reduce wildfire fuel near the highway.

: Somehow I feel that new car owners don’t quite have the joy of refilling all the different car …

: The fight scene at 18:00 in Roadhouse (2024) makes the whole movie worth watching.

: Wisdom from 1989

: Doodles from Zoë

: Carpet closeups

: Walking out of my apartment this morning, I heard an argument happening across the hall. I stood …

: Going through boxes of stuff, came across two pages from a book, with words I did not know circled. …

: New baby black!

: So this just happened. Image: chickens in the back yard.

: Today’s berming supervisor, checking progress.

: To no one’s surprise, 🐑19 loves broccoli 🥦

: Today I learned how the neighbor moves the sheep between yards. 🐑

: Boop is more than a little big now. 🐑

: New ram next door. I wonder what next seasons’ lambs will look like.

: This handsome guy seems to want to play hide and seek.

: Hooboy, this girl gave me a scare. She was sleeping in the shade, I saw no movement. Fortunately, …

: The branches satisfy! 🐑🌳🍃

: Full yard!

: New neighbor! How now, Brown Cow? I’m always sad when I see solo animals in yards. Two often …

: Stella! 🐑 🍊

: And…. up! 🐑

: Managed to sneak a carrot to Stella before the others swooped in. 🥕🐑

: Squeeeee! A baby black in my yard! Yay! 🐑

: Note to self, the new ram is a bit of an ass, so throw a second orange to 19 when he is around.

: Baa baa black sheep! Neighbor has two baby blacks! Squee! 🐑

: Wait, these weeds are literally in your coral, 19. You won’t eat them unless I pluck and hand …

: Weed disposal. 🐑

: Burr butt. 🐑

: Threw the weed pile over the fence to the neighbor’s sheep. They lurve me now. 🐑

: In today’s food experiment, the girls tried and decided they do not like steeped tea leaves. …

: Grabbed a couple buckets of clover from the yard where the sheep have no access. They are currently …

: I am dying from cuteness over here! 🐑

: Welcome to the world, Burr! I am delighted you are here. Please let me cuddle you. 🐑

: Well, okay, because you’re offering. stomp

: These two! 😍🐑

: I am happy to report that sheep are wiser than we are, refusing cupcakes and icing for a healthier …

: Orange rinds uses to be problematic for me, altering the composition of my compost bin. These days, …

: Lazy Saturday morning under the grapefruit tree, as one does. 🐑

: These two! They have me trained, I fear. A minute of yelling at me and 💥 food arrives. 🐑

: “Hey, I have some leftover rinds. Think the sheep may want them?” “Oh, I very much …

: And I thought managing one would be difficult! Welcome to the world, Bim and Bop! 🐑

: The girls are back in my yard! Dodge has gone … elsewhere.

: Wembley has opinions about not being in my yard any more. I agree, Wembley, I agree. 🐑

: Gimme a kiss, he says. 🐑

: What are the chances we can have a sheep feed? 🐑 We suspect low. :)

: I swear, when they aren’t yelling at me, this is the only way I see them. 🐑

: Going to feed us? 🐑

: Sigh. These two woolies are picky eaters. 🐑

: Grain it is! 🐑

: Here we have Chewy and Bluey in their action poster pose. 🐑

: Dodge doomed himself. He took out his owner last week, much the way he took me out last month. After …

: She let me know her name is Chewy. 🐑

: Well, one definitely doesn’t know his place. Dodge has been chasing him around the yard, …

: Wembley and the girls have rotated pastures (not a euphemism), with these two woolies visiting me …

: Am really not a fan of how much the sheep have churned up parts of the pasture. Unsure as of yet how …

: You see those girls everywhere these days! 🐑

: “I will charm you yet!” “No, Dodge, no you won’t.” 🐑🐑🐑

: Not a fan of this guy, but the fruit picker keeps him at bay, so we are adjusting.

: I think I might have 300 versions of this picture of Wembley. 🐑

: The sheep have switched clothing. 🐑

: Portrait mode with sheep doesn’t quite work. 🐑

: At the right angle, I can see how big Wembley has grown!

: I title this one, “Wembley in Light” 🐑

: Late night foraging, caught in the act! 🐑

: The recent rains have me nervous about releasing the sheep to the west yard, with the ground so soft …

: Yep, green papaya is definitely sheep food, too. 🐑

: Spaghetti squash rinds? Yes. 🐑

: Maybe I should rename this stream to The Daily Wembley … 🐑

: “I’m not coming closer until I know you are going to feed me.” 🐑

: She kept yelling at me until I brought her food. I’m pretty sure I know which one of us is …

: Well, the fruit picker is both long enough and big enough that Dodge hasn’t eyed me since I …

: This girl makes me smile. 🐑

: These guys! 🐑

: East neighbor saves his grass clippings for me to toss to the sheep. I managed to lure Dodge to the …

: Took me a dozen limes over the fence with lots of pointing before 16 clued in and ran to the east …

: When I opened the back door this morning, they all started yelling at me. When I didn’t …

: Ended up throwing half of yesterday’s pear harvest to the sheep, trying to give one to the …

: You’d have thought I didn’t feed them, what with the frenzy they devoured the branches I …

: 19 is coming back into my yard in two weeks. We discussed ways to feed the herd during winter when …

: These 🐑 are definitely enjoying the feast. I can’t tell if the girls are pregnant or well-fed.

: Kinda sad this guy lost his balls, he’s a sweetie. Though, the former might be the cause of …

: Called Jack today to confirm massive amounts of mulberry leaves are okay for sheep. He said yes.

: The closest Snook and I managed on this Paris adventure was literally a drive-by.

: Not a sheep. Related: BEAGLE!

: I really wish my irrigation times would stop being between 1:00am and 4:00am. The mid-afternoon time …

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: Phoenix sunset.

: The flood bringeth the saddest gifts, sometimes.

: This month’s experiment: tossed desert grass seed down the morning after irrigation, before …

: Disturbing irrigation discovery of the month: the last tree in the yard is a roach sanctuary during …

: Oh, sheepies, I have missed you. Next time, don’t bum-rush me as a greeting, please.

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: Neighbors let me feed their horse. He is still a little skittish around me, but I am skittish around …

: The Daily Sheep

: Hrrrrrm.

: View on way home tonight.

: Nominally clear horizontal surface. This happens… quite rarely.

: I love how Dot chills in the divot I dug when berming the house.

: Tracks on today’s walk

: This really shouldn’t amuse me as much as it does. #summerinportland

: Well phooey.

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: I used dirt from a leftover pile to berm the side of the house, making a shallow hole in the pile. …

: Tonight’s culinary adventure: roasted shishito peppers.

: The living room may not be the best place for a pool, we’ll see.

: Here we go again!

: So many things 🇨🇦 does right.

: All about Jonathan’s presentation. The meal was also delicious.

: The neighbor offered peaches that would have fallen soon after the irrigation. I said, “yes, …

: Say yes to new adventures.

: He follows very closely. Not turning my back on this one.

: So, name one place on the internet where you can go, express this thing you are excited about, and …

: ##Death Count: 1 I really struggle with farm life sometimes. Yes, I know that death is a part of …

: Clink!

: The local owl family has been perched on the roof, puking. 😒

: This pine tree has thirsted for years. I finally gave it the water it needed last week. I thanked it …

: This meal’s apertif

: Next up, removing the dishwasher to find the leak source.

: Allergies or cold? Don’t know. Taking no chances.

: Clink!

: Today’s blackberry haul was significantly less than the previous haul. I suspect the sheep …

: Nothing quite like popping something into the oven and realizing 10 minutes later that you have no …

: Prepped for the freezer!

: Notes from the farm, unsure about these now.

: Late evening clouds, underlit by the city.