2021-03-21: New baby black!

2021-02-03: So this just happened. Image: chickens in the back yard.

2020-10-18: Today’s berming supervisor, checking progress.

2020-08-27: To no one’s surprise, 🐑19 loves broccoli 🥦

2020-08-24: Today I learned how the neighbor moves the sheep between yards. 🐑

2020-08-22: Boop is more than a little big now. 🐑

2020-08-22: New ram next door. I wonder what next seasons’ lambs will look like.

2020-08-19: This handsome guy seems to want to play hide and seek.

2020-08-19: Hooboy, this girl gave me a scare. She was sleeping in the shade, I saw no movement. Fortunately, …

2020-08-18: The branches satisfy! 🐑🌳🍃

2020-08-17: Full yard!

2020-08-16: New neighbor! How now, Brown Cow? I’m always sad when I see solo animals in yards. Two often …

2020-05-02: Stella! 🐑 🍊

2020-04-29: And…. up! 🐑

2020-04-28: Managed to sneak a carrot to Stella before the others swooped in. 🥕🐑

2020-04-22: Squeeeee! A baby black in my yard! Yay! 🐑

2020-04-21: Note to self, the new ram is a bit of an ass, so throw a second orange to 19 when he is around.

2020-04-04: Baa baa black sheep! Neighbor has two baby blacks! Squee! 🐑

2020-03-15: Wait, these weeds are literally in your coral, 19. You won’t eat them unless I pluck and hand …

2020-03-13: Weed disposal. 🐑

2020-03-11: Burr butt. 🐑

2020-03-10: Threw the weed pile over the fence to the neighbor’s sheep. They lurve me now. 🐑

2020-03-10: In today’s food experiment, the girls tried and decided they do not like steeped tea leaves. …

2020-02-26: Grabbed a couple buckets of clover from the yard where the sheep have no access. They are currently …

2020-02-25: I am dying from cuteness over here! 🐑

2020-02-25: Welcome to the world, Burr! I am delighted you are here. Please let me cuddle you. 🐑

2020-02-19: Well, okay, because you’re offering. stomp

2020-02-14: These two! 😍🐑

2020-02-05: I am happy to report that sheep are wiser than we are, refusing cupcakes and icing for a healthier …

2020-02-02: Orange rinds uses to be problematic for me, altering the composition of my compost bin. These days, …

2020-01-25: Lazy Saturday morning under the grapefruit tree, as one does. 🐑

2020-01-23: These two! They have me trained, I fear. A minute of yelling at me and 💥 food arrives. 🐑

2020-01-22: “Hey, I have some leftover rinds. Think the sheep may want them?” “Oh, I very much …

2020-01-21: And I thought managing one would be difficult! Welcome to the world, Bim and Bop! 🐑

2020-01-04: The girls are back in my yard! Dodge has gone … elsewhere.

2019-12-19: Wembley has opinions about not being in my yard any more. I agree, Wembley, I agree. 🐑

2019-12-14: Gimme a kiss, he says. 🐑

2019-12-13: What are the chances we can have a sheep feed? 🐑 We suspect low. :)

2019-12-12: I swear, when they aren’t yelling at me, this is the only way I see them. 🐑

2019-12-11: Going to feed us? 🐑

2019-12-10: Sigh. These two woolies are picky eaters. 🐑

2019-12-09: Grain it is! 🐑

2019-12-08: Here we have Chewy and Bluey in their action poster pose. 🐑

2019-12-07: Dodge doomed himself. He took out his owner last week, much the way he took me out last month. After …

2019-12-06: She let me know her name is Chewy. 🐑

2019-12-05: Well, one definitely doesn’t know his place. Dodge has been chasing him around the yard, …

2019-12-04: Wembley and the girls have rotated pastures (not a euphemism), with these two woolies visiting me …

2019-12-03: Am really not a fan of how much the sheep have churned up parts of the pasture. Unsure as of yet how …

2019-12-02: You see those girls everywhere these days! 🐑

2019-12-01: “I will charm you yet!” “No, Dodge, no you won’t.” 🐑🐑🐑

2019-11-30: Not a fan of this guy, but the fruit picker keeps him at bay, so we are adjusting.

2019-11-29: I think I might have 300 versions of this picture of Wembley. 🐑

2019-11-28: The sheep have switched clothing. 🐑

2019-11-27: Portrait mode with sheep doesn’t quite work. 🐑

2019-11-26: At the right angle, I can see how big Wembley has grown!

2019-11-24: I title this one, “Wembley in Light” 🐑

2019-11-23: Late night foraging, caught in the act! 🐑

2019-11-22: The recent rains have me nervous about releasing the sheep to the west yard, with the ground so soft …

2019-11-21: Yep, green papaya is definitely sheep food, too. 🐑

2019-11-20: Spaghetti squash rinds? Yes. 🐑

2019-11-19: Maybe I should rename this stream to The Daily Wembley … 🐑

2019-11-18: “I’m not coming closer until I know you are going to feed me.” 🐑

2019-11-17: She kept yelling at me until I brought her food. I’m pretty sure I know which one of us is …

2019-11-16: Well, the fruit picker is both long enough and big enough that Dodge hasn’t eyed me since I …

2019-11-15: This girl makes me smile. 🐑

2019-11-14: These guys! 🐑

2019-11-14: East neighbor saves his grass clippings for me to toss to the sheep. I managed to lure Dodge to the …

2019-11-13: Took me a dozen limes over the fence with lots of pointing before 16 clued in and ran to the east …

2019-11-12: When I opened the back door this morning, they all started yelling at me. When I didn’t …

2019-11-11: Ended up throwing half of yesterday’s pear harvest to the sheep, trying to give one to the …

2019-11-10: You’d have thought I didn’t feed them, what with the frenzy they devoured the branches I …

2019-11-09: 19 is coming back into my yard in two weeks. We discussed ways to feed the herd during winter when …

2019-11-08: These 🐑 are definitely enjoying the feast. I can’t tell if the girls are pregnant or well-fed.

2019-11-07: Kinda sad this guy lost his balls, he’s a sweetie. Though, the former might be the cause of …

2019-11-07: Called Jack today to confirm massive amounts of mulberry leaves are okay for sheep. He said yes.

2019-09-20: The closest Snook and I managed on this Paris adventure was literally a drive-by.

2019-09-08: Not a sheep. Related: BEAGLE!

2019-08-26: I really wish my irrigation times would stop being between 1:00am and 4:00am. The mid-afternoon time …

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2019-08-02: Phoenix sunset.

2019-07-29: The flood bringeth the saddest gifts, sometimes.

2019-07-29: This month’s experiment: tossed desert grass seed down the morning after irrigation, before …

2019-07-29: Disturbing irrigation discovery of the month: the last tree in the yard is a roach sanctuary during …

2019-07-23: Oh, sheepies, I have missed you. Next time, don’t bum-rush me as a greeting, please.

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2019-07-07: Neighbors let me feed their horse. He is still a little skittish around me, but I am skittish around …

2019-07-07: The Daily Sheep

2019-07-06: Hrrrrrm.

2019-07-05: View on way home tonight.

2019-07-05: Nominally clear horizontal surface. This happens… quite rarely.

2019-07-04: I love how Dot chills in the divot I dug when berming the house.

2019-07-04: Tracks on today’s walk

2019-06-27: This really shouldn’t amuse me as much as it does. #summerinportland

2019-06-26: Well phooey.

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2019-06-21: I used dirt from a leftover pile to berm the side of the house, making a shallow hole in the pile. …

2019-06-20: Tonight’s culinary adventure: roasted shishito peppers.

2019-06-19: The living room may not be the best place for a pool, we’ll see.

2019-06-16: Here we go again!

2019-06-13: So many things 🇨🇦 does right.

2019-06-13: All about Jonathan’s presentation. The meal was also delicious.

2019-06-03: The neighbor offered peaches that would have fallen soon after the irrigation. I said, “yes, …

2019-06-01: Say yes to new adventures.

2019-05-29: He follows very closely. Not turning my back on this one.

2019-05-28: So, name one place on the internet where you can go, express this thing you are excited about, and …

2019-05-26: ##Death Count: 1 I really struggle with farm life sometimes. Yes, I know that death is a part of …

2019-05-25: Clink!

2019-05-25: The local owl family has been perched on the roof, puking. 😒

2019-05-25: This pine tree has thirsted for years. I finally gave it the water it needed last week. I thanked it …

2019-05-25: This meal’s apertif

2019-05-24: Next up, removing the dishwasher to find the leak source.

2019-05-24: Allergies or cold? Don’t know. Taking no chances.

2019-05-23: Clink!

2019-05-23: Today’s blackberry haul was significantly less than the previous haul. I suspect the sheep …

2019-05-23: Nothing quite like popping something into the oven and realizing 10 minutes later that you have no …

2019-05-23: Prepped for the freezer!

2019-05-23: Notes from the farm, unsure about these now.

2019-05-23: Late evening clouds, underlit by the city.