Tag: Sadie

Scenes from a sunny (!) weekend-

Finally got the tomatoes in.

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This year we’re going almost exclusively with cherry tomato varieties (with the exception of one Cougar Red plant) as these are the only ones that ripen up reliably during our short summers.

We’re trying out a new thing this year-  red plastic mulch. Hoping it will keep weeds down, and the yield up. Everywhere around here seems to be sold out of the red plastic tomato greenhouses (a perforated plastic bag that slips over the tomato cages), but we’ve got some of those on order too.

Also did some tractor-ing. High on the project list this summer is re-furbishing the north end of the sheep shed and turning it into hay storage.

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Tractors are might good for cleaning out sheds, and digging post holes!

Love the tractor.

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(yes it’s only supposed to be that tall)  🙂

It was pretty hot here by PNW-in-June standards- about 80, I think.

Here is Sadie cooling her jets in the sheeps’ water-

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And here she is after exploring the pond (no action shot on that one… she knew not to try it while I was watching)

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The poor goldfish are probably terribly traumatized.

And finally, once the lawn is mowed and I’ve washed all the pond out of Sadie’s hair, I find some time to sit and work on the sweater.

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I love happy endings.

Out and About

Pups in motion-

Go Walla, go!

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Fetch, Sadie, fetch!

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Good girl, Sadie.

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And sheep at rest:

Handsome Frank (sporting an almost all white face these days. Weird, eh?)

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Edgar on the rocks (with a twist?)

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Snuggle sheeps getting their chin schritches

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Chone trying to nibble my earlobe

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Egger portrait

Stashbuster top-down raglan sweater marches on-

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I really like how it’s coming together, but it’s becoming apparent to me that there is not going to be enough of the darkest color to finish up the sleeves, so I went back to the stash to formulate a Plan B-

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I think I’ve got enough of Mariah, (of Little Country Acres) to pull me through
And it’s an amazingly close match for the Border Leicester I used at the neckline.

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Long live the stash!

Bits & Pieces

Oregon Vest:

Zipper has arrived!

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Installation to commence as soon as I can squeeze it in.

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Stashbuster Top-Down Raglan:

Passed a major milestone this week- finished the raglan shaping and put the sleeve stitches on hold.

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The rounds go so much faster now that there are about 1/3 fewer stitches on the needles!

Spinning:

First skein of Chone! (Sadie inspecting)

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You can tell it’s him by the persistent little veg bits sprinkled throughout. That’s my little Pigpen. 🙂

New Girl on the Block

The Male to Female ratio is finally balanced on the homestead.

Meet Sadie!

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Sadie came to us from the Whatcom Humane Society, in Bellingham, WA.

She’s a sweet, happy girl who loves to pose for photos (yea!)

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and roll in chicken droppings (eeks!)

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She’s got a few pounds to lose before she can really romp like she wants to,

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But she is such a love.

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A big, squishy, golden love.

Wally is a little jealous (he’s been getting crazy amounts of attention as an only dog),

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but he’ll get over it.

And Boo Kitten has gone into seclusion to contemplate the implications of this development.