One Hot and Sunny Afternoon

Well ... it is a hot one out there ... but absolutely beautiful! I couldn't resist taking some pictures of my Hexham (Bluefaced) Leicesters. They looked so cool (literally) under the cedars by the rail fence.
Hazel has such an elegant look about her ... even if she does try to be coy with the camera, at times ... :-)
MacLaine is always willing to explore and try new things.
MacLaine and Calder would make such great students in a classroom. They are such good listeners ... hehehe
The shy ones in the flock ... Kale and Brae ... will get photographed next time I am out there with my camera ... ;-)

One Last Trip to Get BFLs

Well ... I have decided that if I am going to 'do it' ... then I had better just 'do it'.

Soooo ... next Friday, I am scheduled to import two more Bluefaced (Hexham) Leicester ewes and another ram from Brenda Lelli's Beechtree Farm.
Above is Beechtree Hetherington, a yearling ewe, in full fleece. She produced, and raised two coloured lambs this year.
Above and below is Beechtree Platinum, a two year old ewe, also in full fleece.
The following series of pictures are all of my newest ram lamb ... an F1 CarryHouse, out of a coloured ewe. I like him ... a lot. His name is Beechtree Kale.

Tail-Gate Party ... Willow Garden Style ... :-)

Well ... we had the coolest 'Tail-gate Party' yesterday ... just not the usual kind ... :-) My neighbours (and friends), the Bosley's, came along to help.
Nick, my 200 pound LGD mats rather than sheds. This year I opted to have a professional animal hairdresser do him up right.
A little medication from the Vet helped ... ;-)
it was a slow process let me tell you! It took almost two hours from injection through to hair cut finished.
Nick didn't seem to mind. I may ask for some of what the Vet gave him ... for my own use ... hehehe
Nick looked beautiful once he was done. AND ... everyone used to say how Nick was all hair. NOT TRUE! The boy is down-rite FAT. Just don't tell him I said that ... as we are the same size ... LOL

More Exciting Than My New BFLs ...

Here are yesterday's ultrasound pictures of my not yet born, second grand child ... :-)Obviously related to me, when you notice the belly ... hehehe
Proud parents to be are my daughter, Kate ... and son-in-law, Tim.

Well done you two.

:-))

The Choices Are Narrowing ... ;-)

Well ... the choices for my Bluefaced Leicesters are almost made. Actually, I am leaving the decisions up to Brenda Lelli, who is the Queen of BFLs in North America ... IMHO.

Above is 85-Black, a white ewe scheduled to come to Willow Garden. Behind her is 71 - Black, a white ram making the journey.
This little girl is 80-Black, a coloured ewe hoping to make the trip.
And then, of course, there is 43-Yellow ... the guy who talked me into this in the first place ... hehehe.
Of the ewes pictured above and below ... 70-Black above, and 2-grey below ... only one will be chosen for the trip. I wish I could just bring in both ... but ... the paper work is filled in already for two rams and three ewes.

I am (not so) secretly hoping that I can bring in 70-Black. I'm not sure why ... but there is just this 'look' about her. I think that she just LOOKS Canadian, eh!

Shetland AI Lamb Fleeces ... Maturing

I am pretty happy with what I saw when I caught my AI lambs for their CDT shots today.
They are growing some very cool fleeces ... ;-)