The Dance...

It was a rainy, drizzly day yesterday.

Wouldn't you know that on that kind of day I decided to go out and sit with the sheep for the first time since I started selling them in the early summer?

I know that I was avoiding being close to the sheep to try and minimize the pain when they left.  Now that I'm finally home again, I've decided that rather than avoid the pain, I'm going to enjoy "The Dance" while I still have them!

The ram lambs have gotten so big that I almost didn't recognize them!

I'm completely in love with "Bacardi" ~ the big white, Polar Bear son.

If someone doesn't jump on buying him soon, I may just wether him and KEEP him.  At least for as long as I'm still living here...

My sister Penny now owns Tia Maria and Kahlua.

Kiss is the only adult ewe still residing in the Bluff Country.

That little Tia Maria is adorable!

And Kahlua is a COOKIE MONSTER!!!

It is SO good to be back home.

DREAM says...

KEEP  DANCING!

One last time...

The sheep will all be leaving for their new homes soon and I decided that I really should start halter training some of the lambs.

"Jack Daniels" 

(Shaela, HST)

As per usual, they were THRILLED...

But eventually came around.

"Bacardi"

(white, Alice grandson)

 This is one, VERY athletic ram lamb!

I wish  that I had caught some of Bacardi's flying leaps but the delay on the digital camera takes too long and I never clicked at just the right time. 

And then, there was:

 "Jim Beam"...

I REALLY like this ram lamb!

Then again, I think Bacardi is awesome as well.

Talk about "athletic" ram lambs! 

These three boys are still for sale. 

I was going to work with some of the ewe lambs as well but it was just TOO  HOT.

I've got ten more days before I go in for my mastectomy ~ I'll get the girls started

soon...

What's that?You want to see SHEEP???

Well, OK then:

The boys are getting big!

This is Jim Beam, feeling frisky.

He is an awesome ram lamb!

Who should probably be separated from his mom...

SOON!

Of course not all of the ram lambs are all that grown up...

Firecracker

Still cute as a bug and his fleece is coming in with wonderful crimp!

Both of these boys (as well as several others) are available for sale.

Email me for more information

Have you ever seen a 3 day old FIRECRACKER???

High above the ground!

Mighty flashy!

And he knows it!

;-)

We had our own Fireworks!

Bluff Country Chance waited until July 4, 2011 to deliver the very last lamb born to Bluff Country Shetlands.

Without further ado, I'd like to introduce:

"Bluff Country Firecracker"

Firecracker is a good sized HST ram lamb who looks moorit & white now but will probably be fawn and white like his Mama.  I just love his markings!

Wow!  This is my year for HST ram lambs!  I've got Jim Beam (moorit & white) and Jack Daniels (shaela and white) available as well!   (Captain Morgan and On the Rocks are sold)

Firecracker had his first adventure in the big pasture today (while the rest of the girls and lambs were in the side pasture) and enjoyed following his Mom around...

Chance wasn't too happy that I was 'stalking' her boy with my camera!

But Firecracker didn't seem to mind one bit!

It's kind of fun having a new baby around again. 

Dom Perignon, Brandy, Tequila, Duke and Hero all left for their new homes today.

Firecracker is sired by Polar Bear (white).

Bear's the only adult ram that I still have left for sale.  Whoever gets him will be one lucky shepherd.  He is AWESOME and has given me the most gorgeous lambs!   It's a bit frustrating to see the quality of my flock improving so dramatically, right as I'm about to give them up.  At least I can 'retire' feeling that I've accomplished something.

I'm very proud of my flock.

Dream says...

"Poor Alice!  She's been crying all day and running around looking for that handsome Dom Perignon.  She's still got Tanqueray but nobody's slipping a missing baby past that old girl!  She knows how to count to two..."



Loving the Lambs...

My Beautiful Baby Girl took leave from the Navy to come home and take care of her Mama. Needless to say, I am a happy camper!   Although Katie exhausts me with her constant working/cleaning/cooking/organizing (I was young once too!), she too is finding the time to relax and enjoy the perks of the Bluff Country...

Chance is so obnoxiously friendly that it's

OBNOXIOUS!

Little Angus doesn't want to get lost in the crowd.

Katie explains "the rule" for ram lambs:

Four feet on the ground and chin up!

It may look cute when they're little but a full grown ram MUST have a healthy respect for his owner or he WILL be trouble.

Angus seems willing to learn.

We introduced Zaria and her twins, Kahlua & Mimosa to the rest of the flock today.

Mimosa was a bit shy at first

But Katie reassured her it would be fun.

I'm not too sure that Mimosa was convinced!

All in all, it was a beautiful day in the Bluff Country and the Katie's getting great fodder for her Facebook page...

DREAM says...

"It's getting pretty crowded around here!  How's a girl supposed to get any privacy???

I've got an idea...check back tomorrow!"

What are you up to NOW, Dreamer?