It is an absolutely gorgeous winter
day. Bright, bright Sun on snow; it is a dazzling day. We weathered
the storm okay. It wasn't a bad storm; just sudden. Usually, we ease
into Winter. Ice on the watering pans that needs to be broken. An
inch or two of snow, now and then, that the sheep can paw through to
get at the grass and it melts in a day. In this scenario, it was a
beautiful Fall day, and the next day, was full fledged winter. I am
using the hose to water the animals on one day and the next I am
hauling water. It looks like it might warm up a bit next week, but I
doubt if I will be using the hose for watering the animals until
Spring.
We moved the sheep that were in the
North pasture and put them in with the ones in the South pasture. It
was something that made sense to do anyway. We only have eight sheep
now and the South pasture, can support twice that many easily, and
they have a barn they can share. The North pasture was originally the
goat pasture and it is fenced with cattle panels. We discovered that
goats eventually find a way to get out of a woven wire fence. With
cattle panels, the problems are over.
When we decided to quit milking goats,
we put hair sheep in the North pasture. The pasture is adjacent to
the house and it is pleasant to watch the sheep from the window. We
will miss that experience. We hope to connect the two pastures in the
Spring. I thought it might be difficult moving the sheep, across the
yard [fifty yards?] to the other pasture; but, it was easy. Noah put
a halter on the ram and I lured the ewes with a bucket of corn.
Without haltering the ram, he would have tried to butt me along the
way; he can makes things unpleasant!
I am having hay delivered today. I was
able to find enough useful hay to make the sheep happy. It was old
hay, slightly moldy, that I was going to use for bedding. It works
for an emergency.
We celebrated Naomi's birthday Saturday [a week late]
and she and Elijah stayed over two nights. It has been fun. Naomi has
to work Thanksgiving [she is a nurse] so she will miss the big
holiday where all my kids and their kids get together to celebrate. I
have six children, the oldest Laura was born in 1960. The youngest
Naomi was born in 1979 and four boys in the middle; Stuart, Matthew,
Andrew and Noah. We always gather on Thanksgiving. We have eight
grandkids, seven boys and one girl.
I am not eager to comment on current
events. It is the end times. That is the strife and turmoil, that
occurs, as an old society dies. It doesn't help much to focus on it.
We need to leave the old way of making every thing into a war and
focus on love. We are awakening. We will accept who we really are. We
just want to express our love for each other. If we take out eyes off
the divisiveness, conflict and general turmoil, we will see our
awakening preceding. Talk to people. All they want is love, peace and
joy. It is ours. It is inside ourselves; know it and extend it.
I have mountains of dishes to wash. And
I need to be available when the hay comes.
Look to the light. It is there. Smile.
Sparkle- life is grand!
Love and Peace, Gregg
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