Bridgemoof--Sheep & Wool festival

[Southern by choice]

I am soooo blessed! Get this... Straw got up early I suppose went and took care of all his goats and my buck and all 4 LGD's! Then at some point my teenage daughter slid on by me and went out took care of both chicken buildings, 2 "for sale" pens and all of our dairy goats! All I have to do is take care of 2 house dogs and 40ish baby chicks in the house! Soon to be moved to the nursery bldg! So I'm doing laundry and dishes and drinking coffee! Yes... Life is good! and I'm warm too!

I really need more land. I have a lead on some sheep! Don't tell straw though, I'll never hear the end of it!

I really hate when people forget to drain the hoses, they were all frozen this morning. Yes, the winter thing is a pain, and we're still in fall! Yes, I am a wimpy southerner!

Well, I guess I better go make the beds!

 

[marlowmanor]

Aw Southern, I wish you luck and warmth!

WE have a riding mower with a wagon, the wheels are perma flat or the battery is dead, or both. There is some reason it is just sitting in the barnyard and we are not using it! So not only did I push the wheelbarrow down filled with corn, I loaded up a bale of hay on top of it, too. But it didn't tip over! Woohoo!

I made it through morning FREEZINg feeding, lol. You know how in the middle of summer you imagine to yourself what winter is going to be like? And then all of a sudden you are out there and the water troughs are frozen, you are slipping over frosty ground and you realize OMG its winter! Right now! When did that happen?

Canadians, disregard this post. Southerners are wimpy. It was only a balmy 32F this morning and listen to the whining. And right now I am sitting in the warm house drinking a hot cup of coffee while I whine.

Well you did better than I with the wheelbarrow, a hill, and hay. I tried that. and had the wheelbarrow tip over about 3/4 of the way to my destination! It's in my journal, I shared the fiasco a couple days ago! Luckily I didn't have a wheelbarrow full of feed though. Just a couple cinder blocks and the goat feed for the night. Lost a little of the feed, but the goats cleaned up what I didn't get back to put in their feeder. Worst part, I didn't need to fill the hay barrel like I thought I did, since it was half full because some of the hay was stuck in the lid.

 

[BrownSheep]

As long as there is less than a foot of snow on the ground I am happy. Which, as of now, there is no snow so the world is a great and wonderful place....now if only I could stop the wind.

 

[Bridgemoof]

Aw Southern, I'm so glad you got help! I'm on day 5 of solo feeding and I'm worn out! Tim actually sent Lencho over to help me this morning, but I didn't know it and he showed up just as I was walking up the hill with the empty wheel barrow. But I did get him to hay the stalls and bring hay down the hill for the sheep, though, so that was a help! Now I'm inside warming my frozen tootsies and I will remain here for a while! Yay! One more feeding to go, Tim and Annie will be home tonight but not until after dark.

Marlow, it's a good thing those concrete blocks didn't fall on your foot!

I'm going to work on my felting today because yesterday I practically had no time to. Last night after I finished feeding, though, I started making a mini felted ferret as a Christmas ornament. It will be cute! I will post pictures today of my angel tree topper and my Woodland Santa, although he's not quite finished, and my mini ferret ornament.

Okay, off to do laundry!

 

[Pearce Pastures]

Your felting is so cool. I want a felted goat for my desk. I tried to find a stuff one once but no luck. So animal feeding, felting, laundry---make sure to take a nap somewhere in there

 

[Bridgemoof]

It's just about nap time right now! I'm pooped.

OH! Forgot to tell you guys, and if this was a sheep you would have heard about it by now, but one of our goats, the only Alpine goat we have left, is about ready to have a baby! She's a really pretty goat, too with brown, white and black markings on her. Come to think of it now, though, I'm not sure who the daddy is! Maybe Mikey, our Boer buck. Anyways, I will keep you posted.

Here's how the Christmas action figure lineup is looking:

Woodland Santa. Still is missing his hatchet.

 

[jodief100]

Those are so nice! You are very talented.

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

That's awesome!! How long does it take you to make them?

 

[Bridgemoof]

Thanks you guys! I've really enjoyed making them. Each one is a little work of art, and as the faces start to develop, it's very interesting. It still amazes me that I can make something like that all out of wool. It takes me a couple of days to complete one. That's just working on it here and there. But that doesn't count picking the wool, washing the wool, dyeing the wool, carding the wool, lol. But I love doing that, too. I love wool, I love sheep! My sister keeps bugging me to make more ferrets, and I want to make more Santa's, so I made a ferret Santa. lol I might end up giving it to her for Christmas.

Annie and Tim got back from the show on Sunday night. They had a great time while I was slaving away here at home. But I would rather have been here than a boring horse show, that's for sure. And as you can imagine, the peace and solitude I was enjoying being here on my own is out the window.

All the animals are doing pretty good. Taco, the outside pot bellied pig, had a big belly ache the other day and was constipated. So I locked him up because he had been out just laying in the corn bin eating corn for a few days. So I gave him some fish oil capsules and some pig food. He seems to be feeling better now. He's gotten so huge since we got him, due to the free ranging corn. I need to slim him down a bit because I don't think it's healthy for him. I'm not sure what fate he will have, but I don't want Tim to give him to Lencho to eat. He was Tim's friend's pet pig, and I don't think it's right to take somebody's pet and eat him. The mini pigs are still running around the house, and are still FOR SALE! lol They are really cute, but they have to go. Of course Tim's plan for selling them quickly for big bucks is not exactly working out as planned.

THANKSGIVING
...is in 2 days. I have no idea how many people are going to be here. At least 7. We've done no shopping. I don't have a table big enough for everyone. Tim and Annie want to make about 6 pies. Am I stressing? No. I simply am not giving a hoot. I have beautiful stuff for serving and setting the table in my horse van storage unit. But it's too packed to get into to get anything out. All thanks to Tim. A long story I don't want to go into right now. I'm just thinking about the family that is renting my house, and using my beautiful big dining room table for their family dinner. I hope they have a lovely holiday. That house is great for entertaining and it is so pretty during the holidays. Ours will be chaotic.

Okay, peeps, have a great day!

 

[Bridgemoof]

I just looked at my e-mails and I sold an ornament on etsy! To someone I don't even know!