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.
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.
Yesterday popped up above freezing with a stiff breeze so out went the washing.
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.
This is Sheila’s naughty face.
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.
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.
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.
NO, Pania you are not fat honey.
You are just round and warm. And waiting for Godot.
Dusk approaching across a sea of snow.
I hope you all have a lovely day
Your friend on the farmy
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
78 responses to “Boo will have to mind the baby today, it will be a busy one.”
My goodness, that’s a lot of snow! My goodness, that’s a lot of pig handsomeness! I don’t know how they get a pig stud (probably not correct terminology there) to stand like a horse does, but that’s a fine figure of a pig, even if he does appear to be a bit smaller than Sheila. I think it will be a good match. Love seeing Marcel up and at ’em and Boo looks very proud of himself in that shot, as well he should be. I forget that he’s a puppy when I see how responsible he’s made himself for these two younger tykes. Glad to see and hear that everyone is fine on the farmy today. You deserve peace and tranquility for quite some time.
Peace and tranquility are somewhere in my mind, never far off.. morning betsy.. c
Wonderful pictures, as always Celi! I always love seeing Sheila’s face, and was wondering about Big Dog, as he hadn’t appeared in any shots of late. Good to see him ‘lookin’ good. And of course Marcel. So, so sorry about Meadow and her other lamb. Farm life can be very difficult at times. On a happy note for me, I’m in Arizona with my sis soaking in the sun and 80 degree temperatures. So needed after this past winter! Hopefully spring will be home to stay when I get back in a week! 🙂 Sending you warmth from AZ!
Oh .. what i would do for a sister in Arizona! wonderful! c
One in Jamaica would be even better!
ha ha ha true!! c
good boy Boo!! I knew you could it for Mama ~ save little Marcel! you a good caregiver!!
I love that shot of Sheila! She’s telling you I like life the way it is ~ I don’t need to get pregnant!
Boo and Marcel running around ~ playing where’s crazy little Marmelade!
Have a good one ~ Carol
Morning carol, hope all is well over your side of town.. c
Perhaps Boo is just mistaking the lamb for a Bedlington Terrier! It would be an easy mistake to make! Such a good little dog he is, though… Mine would probably just try to kill the lamb. The Bigger girl might behave, though.
This morning he is doing much better, but this poor wee lamb walks all over the house with one dog trying to make friends and the other (Ton) trying to herd him gently to the door and OUT of the house. c
I’m so glad Marcel is getting healthier. Hopefully someday soon she’ll be strong enough to play with Boo.
He will soon be bigger than Boo which will amuse me!
I don’t know where to start. Boo really does need a children’s book –actually two so far –all about him. He’s so extraordinary. He must wonder why this boy big as he is doesn’t want to play. And then poor Ton doing what comes naturally! Poor Marcel.
I don’t know how you keep tabs on all that is going on on the farm. You’re a whirling dervish, I swear. And such a funny line “unsuspecting currier”. Hope Marmalade doesn’t stray off the porch. I worry about him meeting a predator.
Marmalade is an inside cat, he does not go far, but he does love the sun, they all come in at night now. That is the best i can do, hopefully it will be enough..
A lovely post – all the pictures, and the news, and Sheila’s smile and and and.
Love,
ViV
Your lovely first photo of the sun rising is just what you need. Hopefully you will have more sunny and less trying days in the coming weeks. 🙂
Your sea of snow is going to make a huge flood of mud! ICK!
Although, I’m always glad to get too mud season and then THROUGH mud season.
We have coyotes in the cows and calves. Not good
Linda
http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com
It already is MUD season here and I am having to put up child gates to keep dogs from bringing it in! Sorry to hear you have a different kind of dog causing you problems! We have them here in VA too, but luckily I have a 6ft fence around the major part of my property so chickens are safe.
Both the dawn and dusk photos are simply stunning, Celi. They really show the austere beauty of the landscape. And I hope the milking machine arrives with ease and isn’t delayed. I always wish for you ANY convenience that would lighten even a wee bit of the load. Nanny Boo is a sweetheart. ox
I’m so thankful the little one is doing better. Boo is obviously the resident nanny!
Was so sorry about Mama. Glad Marcel is doing better with Boo’s help. Boo the Wonder Dog!
Lambs do not have claws and teeth to defend like kittens do. Nor do they hiss, spit or growl. They are prey animals, unlike cats and dogs. They even smell like prey. Rough play can escalate very quickly to something very ugly. I tell you this because it happened to my bottle lamb. Keep a sharp eye out. Now that I see the handsome boar, I will admit that Sheila might (might) be ever so slightly plump. Pleasingly plump, that is.
Oh yes, Thank you for bringing it up. This is why i have the dog crate. When Boo is with the lamb he is under supervision. In fact Boo is pretty much under supervision all the time! And when the Lamb gets to wader about Boo goes outside.. This wee fella is way too fragile, plus Boo cannot think he can play with sheep.. He is of course allowed to lie quietly and guard them.. c
Thank you for my positivity poll today!
Good old … er, young … Boo!
Still, it is rather sad that the Boo/Marmelade bond seems to have drifted.
Not necessarily inevitable. We had a cat/horse one which was lifelong.