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Monday, March 24, 2008

There WILL Be Lambs ... :-)

Great Plains Tulip should be the first. She is due March 29th, but with the extra leap year day, I figure she is due on the 28th. With all of my ewes, I figure they can go up to two days before that date, or two days after. So I will be watching for something starting tomorrow ... :-)))
Even my ewe lambs are bagging up quickly. I think it may get busy during the first week of April.
My beloved Iris, the world's most perfect sheep (IMHO) is also due that week. She has only ever singled, but I have requested twin ewe lambs this year. She was bred to Nelson, a 75% UK katmoget out of Great Plains Cherry and Todhill Hornblower (via AI).
Beechtree Sorrel is due April 1st, and might just go around that time.
Beechtree Miss Marple is due right after Tulip, on March 30.
This is Great Plains Sylvia. She is an F1 Greyling (1999) with an AWESOME fleece. She is also bred to Nelson. I didn't see her bred, but for the past two years, she has lambed within 36 hours of her daughter Tulip ... so I'll be watching this loving and gentle ewe as well.

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Will

We are in the midst of a MAJOR winter storm here ... as are you all I expect. My wonderful daughter--in-law sent me some new pictures of Will ... and her ... that have brightened my life at a time when it truly needed to be brightened ... :-) Thank you Kerri. I love you ... :-)


There will be some significant changes here at Willow Garden over the next little while. Hopefully, I'll know just what these changes will look like within the week and I'll be able to let folks know ... but not until I know ... ;-). In the mean time ... enjoy my Grandson, Will and his so very dear Mom, Kerri. I sure do!!

It is all good.

:-)

Sunday, February 24, 2008

What I Did On The Weekend!

Kate, Anna, and I went to Toronto to visit with Will and his parents. February 24th is my son's 33rd birthday. Strange ... but in two years ... he and I will be the same age ... hehehe.My nephew Mark and his wife Angela brought nine month old Claire over to visit with Will and Anna. It was TRULY baby heaven ... :-)
Will is almost ready to take off crawling ... and sure knows how to roll around.

Anna had fun playing with Will's farm animal collection. She has the same animals at home in her collection.

Claire ... was thrilled to get to sit on the couch with the 'big people'. What a smile on that little charmer ... ;-)
Will and Anna had fun together ... until Anna cried. Every time Anna cried ... so did Will! Then Anna would stop ... and Will would still be crying, so Anna would start up again. I am hoping that this 'routine' will be short lived ... LOL


And here are a couple of pictures of 'my boys' ... Christopher William ... and William Elliot.
It was a WONDERFUL birthday celebration! Happy Birthday Chris! I love you.

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Anna - Valentine's day

I have not done a good job of keeping up my blog. For that I am sorry. There is just so much whirling around in my life right now that I need to deal with ... and I am.

In the mean time ... This little doll is Anna on Valentine's Day.

This weekend I am going to spend some time with Will. And THIS time ... I WILL take my camera ... :-)

I love these two babies ... and the parents who produced them ... :-) At this point in my life, the babies and their parents ... make it all worthwhile ... and keep me going ... ;-)

Tuesday, February 05, 2008

The Most Beautiful Little Boy in the World!

With weather ... and work ... and changes in my life (which I'll elaborate on further in the near future) ... I haven't been to see Will for a few weeks. My Daughter-in-Law Kerri (who I love beyond words), sent me these pictures of my Grandson.
And of course, I cried! He is just the most BEAUTIFUL little boy in the world! I miss him so much ... and hope that he never forgets who his Grandpa is ... and that his Grandpa loves him.
I am hoping for a visit next Monday afternoon ... which is a day off from work ... :-)

I LOVE YOU WILL!!

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Anna - at Six Weeks

Like much of North America, we are in a cold snap right now, with very high winds and drifting snow. Kate needed to go into town to get some things and didn't want to take Anna out in the weather ... so ... she called to see if I'd babysit. I said 'YES', even before the question was out of her mouth. So ... Anna and Grandpa spent much of the afternoon together ... :-)
When she woke up, she was a bit unsure of what mood she'd be in ...
but then she heard that voice ... and knew that Grandpa was here ... and that he is a 'push-over' ... so she'd get whatever she wanted. That put her in a VERY good mood ... ;-)
Kate came home, earlier than we were hoping ... and Anna begged me to stay ... in her own way. But, alas ... I had sheep to feed!

Happy Birthday Anna!