Stjarna's first Body clip

Very happy Stjarna, sporting her first Body clip. She did really well.

Stjarna, with Dyfra and Edda in the background. I did not clip Stjarna's legs and could not clip all of her face because I was using my giant clippers. Love how she is still shinny after being clipped.

I think Stjarna's major lack of proper care for all those years by the previous owner and her age, is still causing her not to shed her coat normally. With Stjarna, the fur on her neck was still really long and her body was a little shorter but no where near what I would call normal. No where near slicked out like Dyfra's coat is.

She does seem to be a lot happier not sweating like she was before I clipped her. I did have her tested for Cushings but that was neg.

Maggie, Sheep and Flowers

The lambs have about tripled in size. They are halter training well, super friendly, smart and love to be scratched. I have them in with Maggie now and they all get along well.

Japanese Flowering Cherry....what is left of them at Sunset last night. There are beautiful carpets of petals on the bright green grass.

The weather has been mostly rain, so everything is bright and green, quite beautiful out.

Hoping we get a week of sunshine soon.

Coffee Cake and Strawberries

I have been remiss about showing photos of yummy food. LOL Here is a wonderful Coffee Cake my DS made, served with fresh strawberries. Makes a wonderful breakfast!

Nari in Spring

Nari, walking through a lush carpet of bright green grass and flower petals.


Very happy to have good weather and perfect Temps. She even caught a Kangaroo Mouse yesterday and was quite proud of herself.

Rainbow clouds and flowering trees

The Grandmother Crab Apple tree is just loaded with flowers now.

Spring is really here and the Japanese flowering cherry trees are in full bloom finally! And a carpet of petals on the ground. Much more impressive in person though.

So many flowers, that the tree branches are bowing.

We had some rainbow clouds the other day that covered the sky in a narrow band. Sadly the camera had a hard time capturing the colors but I will share the photos any way. If you click on the photo, you can see a larger photo.

Finally a Day of Spring ~

Finally, after a very wet March, April and beginning of May, we had one day of beautiful weather so the Flowering Japanese Cherry tree decided they had better start flowering now.

I love this view.

The Flowering Cherry Tree the evening before during Sunset.

The Japanese Cherry Tree, flowering at the front gate. This is the one I had to cut back drastically because of the snow this past March. So it looks a little rough around the edges but still pretty.

So after our stunning day yesterday, it is back to heavy rain.

New Riding pants

I know, boring news. But hey, I haven't had any good riding pants for oh... goodness.. since my DS was a year old. Back then I was nice an thin, now a days, well, lets just say I have a well rounded figure.

Unfortunately, my camera doesn't like cloudy days and low light, so the photos aren't the best.

These are boot leg Jean Breeches, with a very long knee patch. They are a really good quality denim, should be able to handle, tree branches, blackberry bushes and the like with no problems.

Finally getting Stjarna to learn how to bend around my leg and flex her body more.

Have to say these riding jeans are super comfortable!

Tribbles

This is a Tribble, the cats, love Tribbles.

The reason Star Trek had problems with Tribbles is because..........

They didn't have any Cats on board to keep them under control.

Now you too, can enjoy Tribbles without worry, because for each dozen Tribbles, we will throw in a free cat. ;O)

Here let me help you

DS on the phone with his Father, trying to figure out how to change the back windshield Wiper. Which of course, means Nari has to see what he is doing.

Here you can see if she is asking him, if he needs help.

You can click on the photo to see a bigger picture.

Nari decided she needs to show him how it is done, so she jumps onto his shoulders.

Here you can see Nari trying to get to the refill so she can put in on the car for her person. LOL

Riding Stjarna

I did not put my international Orange Vest on for this ride, should of, so you can see it. Was thinking to do something with the Breast Collar so it would glow like the Parson's.

There is no way, anyone can say they didn't see you or you looked like a Deer with this on.

Cars also slow way down on the road, which is wonderful!

Anyway, Yesterday I did a short ride on Stjarna. Have been able to keep her sound but it has taken lots of meds, supplements and a really good Farrier. She also wears Gloves with gel inserts on her fronts.

But she is so very happy going out and being with me. Quite a zippy mare now that she is in good health.

And what a beautiful place to ride in.

Lots of Hail

In fact, ever since we moved to the NW from NH, I have never seen so much hail. I did not get a photo of it but I heard a weird sound and looked out the bedroom window, and here comes a wall of white.... very impressive to say the least because it was hail. Small hail Thank goodness.

And it was Bouncy hail! Tried to take photos of that, but wasn't really able to capture how impressive it was. If you click on the photos you can kind'a see some of the hail bouncing back up.

Where's Spring and some lamb photos

INSTALLING SPRING...
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Sheesh... Mother nature sure has some kind of sense of humor.

Halter training the lambs. They are doing really well and following quite readily. So I let them eat around the house this morning, while I was doing some chores.

Very picturesque capture, lambs near the very old fruit trees. Which by the way haven't even flowered yet. The Fruit trees, not the lambs. ;O)

They are really friendly and are exploring all over the place. No worries with them. First time on the porch, at least they did not leave any ....ah .. presents like Edda does.

I heard a banging at the back door and .....Guess who came knocking and steaming up the windows? Can you see Mia to the bottom right?

Stairs no problems for lambs.

No worries with these two. They wanted me to come out, then they followed me perfectly and I lead them back into their pasture. Think they wanted to go back in! Smart lambs.

Fruit trees are just budding out but haven't even flowered yet. :P

First Magnolia flower just starting to open.

Daffodils, hanging their heads because of the weather but at least they are finally starting to Bloom.

And can you believe it, we have had a pretty heavy frost 2 mornings in a row and the temps feel more like late Autumn instead of spring, for goodness sakes.

But at least it is still pretty and green.

Naming the Lambs and the new Scratch thingy

The Cats had decided scratching the back of the chair was a fun thing to do. Me, not so much. So I found a heavy duty card board scratch thingy, not sure what else to call it. And that has seemed to of done the trick. They now happily play on and scratch the new thingy, not the chair. Just wish I thought of it sooner.

Was trying to get Mia to pose pretty for me but she was more interested in playing.

After reading about all the interesting ah.... name ideas for the lambs by my friends and DH ;O) LOL....

I had these two names pop into my head, Apollo and Atlas. Both are named after satellites, as I figure once they figure out where their grain and hay come from, they will be running around me, like two satellites.

It hasn't been a full day yet since they arrived, but this morning when they saw me walking towards them with the feed bucket, I sure had their attention. They even followed me into the shed. Apollo was the first to come up to the bucket before I could back away. Atlas, stood off a little with a hopeful look in his eye, so I backed away and he came and ate out of his feed pan. I do not think it will take long to tame them the way I want. So halter training can start next week.

I do really enjoy having sheep again.

Looks like we are going to finally have a much needed break from the rain today. So much to do, so little time to do it.

Katahdin Lambs arrived this morning.

I have a bit of a grass problem... too much of it in my horse paddocks. I do not want to use Toxic stuff to get rid of the grass, so the next best thing is sheep. They can graze the grass so short the horse's can't get to it but it leaves a cover over the ground and less likely to get muddy.

If things weren't the way they are, would of gotten a couple more. But as they grow the next couple of months, they will start eating more and more grass and weeds.

Can't tell you how much I have missed having sheep. These two wether's are Katahdin hair sheep and I love the colors they have. Another plus, is I do not have to shear.

Will leave them alone for about a week and then halter training begins. Need to be able to move them from pasture to pasture and want them a little more tamed out. Glad I kept all my old sheep stuff from back when.

Katahdins are a medium sized sheep, males weighing between 180 and 200lbs when full grown, so the biggest sheep I have ever dealt with. And one of the few US breeds of sheep.

Spring ? Well Almost

DS going out to do a burn for me. Of course Nari has to help and rode on DS's shoulders all the way out to the burn pile. Nari loves going everywhere with DS and helping him out!

Down in the Valley area's, it has been full spring for a few weeks. Up here in the hills, we are not quite there yet. This is the first spring flower we have blooming. The Japanese cherry trees are no where near blooming yet.

March was extremely wet, in fact the most rain I have ever seen here and April isn't starting out any better.

The next hill over, the one we named "Rainbow Hill" doesn't disappoint. All we need is a little rain, no problem there and a bit of sunshine and we always get a rainbow, this one is a large double!

Above is the close up and below, can see the double.

NOT moving to VA

No go on the Move, they decided to not pay for the fencing and wanted to up the rent $400.00 a month. Neither which we can afford to do.

If we had that kind of money, we would of taken one of a couple of nice rentals that had big 6 stall, full barns with lofts, many out sheds, fully fenced and crossed fenced and turn key for horses. One was asking $1,300 a month the other $1,500 a month.

So $1,600 a month for a place not set up for horses, no barn or fencing... lets just say if I had the money I would pass on it any way.

We would rather just own our own place and not get jurked around by land lords.

So will be here until the Farm sells.

Tree over driveway now out of the way.

Before and after pictures of the Branches of the Japanese flowering cherry tree in the drive way.

Tree over the drive way as been trimmed. We had to use a ladder, hack saw and pruners, managed to get it trimmed as far up as we could. I got the bigger branches and had DS do the clean up. Might not be able to get a big truck in but at least I can get the E out. Once the roads are plowed that is, what a mess out there.
DS heard something like a tree coming down and then he said Mom, the power lines are bouncing. Sure enough, told him if them come down to run to the house. Luckily, all they did was bounce wildly.
The adventures in Oregon. :P

Had to add this photo, kind cool, snow is sticking every where!