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Boo will have to mind the baby today, it will be a busy one.

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Dawn across the sea of snow.

Marcel is doing very well. By yesterday afternoon he was following me about the kitchen. Boo Nanny is having to adjust to her lambie rising up and standing and being almost a tall as his Nanny.

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Boo is trying very hard to be gentle, but  Boo is only just, maybe, almost a year old. Boo is a puppy too. And he desperately wants to play.  So he and Marcel are under supervision only for now.  Now that Marcel is walking Boo will lay down and wack Marcel’s ear up, with his nose, again and again, trying to get him to play. Then leap before him, crouched.  Then lick him all over with vigour.  Then run ahead and run back. “Get up and play –  get UP!!”  But no Boo Boo. This Baby is too fragile.

Still,when everyone is sleepy they are perfect together.

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Yesterday popped up above freezing with a stiff breeze so out went the washing.

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I checked the bee’s store house, no sign of any bee eating anything. But that was to be expected. In the next few days it may get warm enough .. we will see.

Yesterday I picked up a bottle of PG 600 from the vets. It is basically an estrogen replacement. Sheila is reluctant to come into heat so this will flood her system with hormones and hopefully give her a  kick start into fertility. Today Sheila will receive, via injection (from The Piggie Midwife :not me),  a good big healthy dose of PG600  (6- 10 cc’s the sperm man said) then 5 – 7 days later she should (hopefully)  be in heat and then she will be visited by the Arch Angel Hershel  (I was brought up Catholic I am allowed to make these kinds of jokes) via the Piggie Midwife:not me and her catheter, and  hopefully, fingers crossed and etc,  Sheila’s reproductive system will have kicked into action and we are back in business.

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This is Sheila’s naughty face.

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The sperm of the Arch Angel Hershel  (image below stolen from his site .. there is a very kind man on the other end of the phone there if you need advice) will be delivered Monday evening via an unsuspecting courier.

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So fingers crossed.  Again. (Maybe he was just very young when this shot was taken, he looks so small next to our big beautiful girl.)

And later today my new milking machine is due to be delivered.  If it has not been held up by  the weather.

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Daisy would beat me with a stick if she saw how wide she is looking in this shot. But really it is just the lens ( yeah right!) – I wanted to catch her shadow.

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NO, Pania you are not fat honey.12tuesday-040

You are just round and warm. And waiting for Godot.12tuesday-060

Dusk approaching across a sea of snow.

I hope you all have a lovely day

Your friend on the farmy

celi

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  1. Good morning. You sound in better spirits today, although I don’t know how you manage after all you’ve been through/are experiencing.

    I plan to hang my laundry out today also given the temp will, once again, reach 40 degrees. Yesterday I was scraping away ice and snow in shirt sleeves. But, tomorrow, we are under a blizzard watch. What a long and weary winter this has been in southern Minnesota.

    I am clinging to the promise of spring, as are you.

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    • Not another blizzard, you poor thing, but I said to john the other day; Feb is usually when we get the snow, so no use looking for spring quite yet.. soon though.. soon.. c

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      • Today I was scraping, shoveling and chopping and the sweat was literally dripping off my ears! In Feb.! MPR I feel for you, here in east central Wi. we’re on the other end of the weather system and expecting sleet, snow and freezing rain. You’re so right, it has been long & weary.

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    • Strangely Boo does not like the cats near the lamb, so he has been sending them off. Marmalade has discovered the verandah today and is sunning himself. He doesn’t care! c

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  4. So glad things seem to be getting back on track your end! Seeing the Sun sure helps us find more energy I think. Although this morning is dull, drizzle and damp. But I’ll take that over the white stuff – which is s..l..o..w..l..y melting, leaving behind nothing but MUD!
    Had a problem with my kitchen floor, it started sinking! So my great contractor spent a day in the tiny crawl space, jacking up and putting in pillars under the kitchen. Fingers crossed it will be ok now! Think with all the ‘moisture; in one shape or another has made things shift. Still the cottage has been here sine 1900, so I hope it will last a little longer, at least the rest of my lifetime!
    Hugs Lyn

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    • Oh no, your lovely little cottage sinking into the mud.. lets hope when things dry up it will get stable again.. We have Abundant sunshine today.. i am off out to hang another load of washing out in it! c

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  5. I am so pleased that Boo and lambie are progressing so well. Once Marcel is up and running you will really see some fun.
    you sound a lot happier today than you did in past few days. You have had lot to contend with and it looks as though the worse is over and we can look forward to many new babies arriving.
    take care sweet lady…we are all rooting for you xxxxx

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  6. Poor Sheila, first a nasty case of PMT, then the Immaculate Conception…(I too am allowed to make these jokes). All of the nasties, none of the fun. But I think she’ll be an excellent mother; after all, she has a very advanced sense of humour!

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  7. As for Mr. Sperm, yes, he is small except in one glorious anatomical detail, which protrudes with pride. How are you holding up with all that snow, Celi? I’m curious about what it does to the mind and mood day after day after day after day.

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    • Other than getting very good looking legs from high stepping through deep snow to walk the dogs, I think the biggest thing is the brightness, today is very bright, I need sunnies inside! Wonderful though.. much better than the gloomy days. But still the snow has not affected my mood, just my mobility.. c

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  8. Wow all that snow would be enough to keep me indoors… I love your Boo, what a dog, deserves a book written about him in the future… hope the pig has lots of piggies in the future…

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  9. I agree that the boar looks young and very handsome too. The first time that we hired Boris the Boar to service our two girls, he was young and hansom too. The second time however he was a bigger, seriously ugly brute with a mean nature to go with it!! Hope all goes well with your plans and that wee Marcel continues to thrive.
    Christine

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  10. Delivery from Randy for the non-catholics 🙂 Marcel is a very large puppy …. glad he is on the road to growing up big and strong. Wishing you a whole patch of green something soon. Laura

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  11. Aw, poor Boo doesn’t know a Lamb is not a playful pup….He thinks Marcel looks kinds like an odd puppy…. Happy Wednesday…. One day closer to spring right? I’m so ready for a little color….

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  12. Your posts always put a smile on my face, because no matter what is happening, you always find something good to share. This winter has been rough for you, so forty degrees must feel like a heat wave! (I am imagining how nice your laundry is going to smell when you fold it later) It was 70 here yesterday and now we are expecting thunder storms. Sheesh! Marcel looks good on all fours! 😀
    The above is so random, a mish-mosh of thoughts, but you can’t make paragraphs from just one sentence, or so I was drilled in school. 😉 Sending you wishes for a very lovely day, Celi!

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