I forgot to tell you about what happened with the sheep last week….

We had to move the sheep around so we could do the checks on the ewes feet.

Farmer and I had a little disagreement, so he went off on the farm and I thought “bollocks to this, I will do it on my own”

1 The lambs needed to go down to near where the ewes were, and the ewes needed to come up to where the lambs were.

The lambs, being my faithfully trained and gorgeous bundles of fluff were brilliant. I yelled Martha, the whole lot came running and followed me out of the field.

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Do you ever think about the time before you had kids/got married and how you imagined it was going to be?

And now you’re like: I’ll give examples for this:

Pre kids: My kids will never draw on walls!
With kids: let’s put a frame around that and call it art, shall we?

Pre kids: my kids will never spend all their time on computers
With kids: here’s the iPad, or do you want the phone, or computer?

It’s time for our annual “operation toilet seat”.

If you’re unfamiliar with this story, it involves a certain person constantly breaking the toilet seat. We don’t know who that certain person is because everyone denies it but it happens once, twice & sometimes 3 times a year

1 This time I flipped my lid a little. The sad broken little toilet seat was left to fester for days before I discovered the torture it had been put through; broken hinges, it’s lid removed from the bum sitting device, it wasn’t even connected to the toilet anymore.

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Some light hearted humour for you, feel free to add in:

Rules on the farm:

1. Sod's law states you will always need to pee after; putting on numerous layers; whilst wearing bib and brace; when your trousers are wet and stuck to your butt; when your hands are mucky. 2. Always make sure you have more than you need. Exact dosing quantities for the animals you have usually see you run out on the very last animal.

Let's pretend that didn't happen...

😂😂

A sheep thread ⬇️

Now some of you may remember I’ve got a stinking cold and sheep work to do today.

It didn’t start well.

First the mule wouldn’t start.

Then Farmer forgot me, or rather to help me get the mule, the bits and sort the race out again after the weekends clean

1 I’m in and out of the mule (once it finally started) opening and shutting gates.

Farmer gets a stern talking to.

Then our yard & road is filled with HiLine and Western Power vehicles who are here to turn the power off (oops forgot that)

One parked in the gateway to the ewes

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Muddy dog is a bit whiffy at the moment, and moulting *oh the fun of having a dog!)

So I decided he needed a good brush and a wash...

But that never quite goes to plan...

1 So first the brushing. Except MD won't sit still. Plus he really lives the attention so he keeps trying to lick me with devotion. He has really bad dog breath (he eats shit, what can I sat) and he managed to tongue me. Dog breath tastes like it smells btw.

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