sheep_herder

Did not have a clue how long I might be around, and did not expend much energy thinking about it. What will be will be.

Headed out about 10:00am after waking from a nap following checking the sheep at 5:30am. Fed and watered the livestock and took care of a new lamb. Drove into town and ate Congregate meal at the 600 cafe. Came home and arranged to get a truck load of hay. After getting the hay, I drove to town and bought some groceries. Returned home and fed and watered the livestock. Returned to the house and later drove to town and brought home a pizza. I just finished eating my share, and I think I will watch a movie until it is time to check for new lambs. Feeding and watering chores were done with my wife. Temperatures were in the teens and 20s.

22F and light snow at 3:00pm MST

Nope, thank goodness.

Just came in from checking for lambs, and the clouds had cleared enough that we were able to see the moon in almost full eclipse at 11:00pm MST. The clouds were moving over the moon as we came in the house.

Between them they had three lambs, and it is pretty obvious how they should be separated. However, when we found them the lambs were nursing off either ewe, so we put them all in one pen, and they are just one big happy family. All three lambs are eating and that is what is important.

We are cloudy with temperatures in the 20s and 18mph NNE winds.

We've sometimes had to wait for the snow plows to run before we ventured out, but we've normally lived on school bus routes, and they are the first roads plowed. When living in Brookings, SD, several of us had to spend the night in Jamestown, ND, when traveling from Mandan, ND, back to Brookings. They closed the roads due to snow and ice.

It has never happened to me.

Seldom, except for news late at night, and turn it off when they start repeating the news.

From today

I once had a pedal break off near the end of a 400 mile ride in North Dakota. It was a bit challenging to ride the remaining 5+miles with one leg. Luckily we had done a bit of one leg pedaling in spin class. I think that helped.

Hope you are OK!

Seems like some of the violence in tv shows gets worse over time. The first season is not bad, but it progresses, to more violence in the following years. I often quit watching at some point.

Smokey refuses to come inside. He sleeps in a cubby hole made with straw bales in the barn.