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I’ve watched these videos, I get a kick out of Recon Cat.

When I go out to feed the sheep, cardinals come flying in to swoop down, grab a morsel and fly away to consume it safely away from trampling feet. I enjoy them in their beauty. In this picture, on the post cross bar, is a tiny brown speckled bird. Don’t know what it is, but a bunch of them...

Well today didn’t go at all like I thought it would. I went to the post office this morning , came back and Specks was laying out in the field. She hasn’t been too perky the last couple of days so I was concerned. I went inside, came back out and Specks was in the newest pallet palace I built...

Yesterday was sunny, gorgeous and I played outside. I cleaned out both round bale spots, and set new bales. I have only run son’s big 100 HP Kubota tractor twice, with son walking along beside me, telling me what controls to use. That tractor has so many fancy fangled controls, buttons and...

It has warmed up to 36F DEGREES!! I bundled up to go outside st 32 degrees and actually got hot and had to shed my Carhart jacket. 😃😃😃 I only had to carry one round of boiling water. Supposed to warm up to 52 degrees today and only 26 tonight. I’m gonna turn my water back on this afternoon at...

I like that philosophy! No such thing as fail!

Yup, water is vitally important in sub freezing temperatures. Plus I have moms with nursing babies, thus the Boiling Water Bucket Brigade, toting hot water to thaw the ice buckets. I’m out several times a day to keep ice busted and more boiling water as necessary. Lowest it’s been is 16F but...

Up at 4;00 AM this morning. On my second cup of coffee. Yesterday morning it was 18F, but before daylight it dropped down to 16F. Today it will be a high of 52F!! I’ll be able to turn the water back on at the meter. But I’ll still be hauling boiling water this morning to thaw out frozen buckets...

It’s 18F this morning, that’s real cold for East Texas. No fun! Still dark outside, I’ll be hauling buckets of boiling water to thaw out the buckets so sheep can get a drink.

Coffee is ready. It’s 18F degrees outside. For East Texas that’s COLD. 🥶 Anatolians just started howling, must be answering coyotes. I’ll be carrying buckets of boiling water this morning so the sheep can get a drink.

Pictures of my very own personal snow storm. Yeah, kinda pitiful. But 50 miles south of me clear to the coast got slammed. Well, slammed for Texas. LOL The South is having problems. News showed a blizzard in NEW ORLEANS! It will be 18 degrees here tonight but In Beaumont, right on the...

I carried 2 rounds of boiling water to the sheep and stirred up some Ice Slab Soup for them!

Coffee is ready! It is cold in Texas! Snow has the Gulf coast shut down. Houston freeways are empty. Sure enough a pileup of three 18 wheelers is on a long overpass just south of Houston. Looks like I got a little snow, but the bulk of the storm stayed south of me. I’ve set 2 pots of water to...

I’ll be boiling water this morning. I carry 2 buckets half full, because I can’t carry a full bucket. But at least that way, boiling water doesn’t slosh out on me. Houston is snowed in, still snowing. It seems to have missed me. There was a little on the porch when I let Carson out to go potty...

Woke up at 4:20, made coffee. Have water turned off due to hard freezes this week, better safe than sorry. I drew up water in the house and filled a large tub outside that is set where the sun can melt the ice that is sure to form. No panic here. I’ll stay off the road so the Ice Road Cowboys...

Monday morning, it’s quiet, took girls and their dogs to meet their parents at my sister’s house yesterday. We had a fun week, weather was cold, but sunny days made it nice. Girls had a great time. Mud to stomp in, ice on sheep water buckets to break, bottle lamb to feed, sheep to pet, 3 ewes...

@Gardening with Rabbits twin babies! What a blessing. Over our many years on this forum, we have shared a lot with our friends here. I’m delighted for you. You are an awesome grandma and these twins will keep you on your toes! It will take you, DD and any help y’all can drag to the garden, to...

This is a protein tub. It gives extra protein and minerals for the sheep to lick. This is the ewes going bonkers over licking the protein tub. This is Tiny’s triplets, a couple of days old, dried off, cleaned up and looking good.

Yesterday was a glorious day. It was sunny, the wind blew cold, but tolerable. We left before daylight to go to the feed store, 45 minutes away. Carson always goes, in HIS back seat. I fold the seat up and there is a pull out tray that I keep a blanket over. But I folded the seat down for girls...

We have only named a few, I’m not keeping all of them! The triplet ewe lamb I want to keep, they named her Marbles. I get interesting names from the girls. My favorite is Frimplepants. No idea where that came from. They really want me to keep the triplet ram lamb, all colored up with that...