Thank you for the warm welcomes
............ Not too much 'maritime influence' here, I'm in the Z7 part south of Roseburg, normally, hot dry late May/early June ( 80-90+) through September/October, NOT the Willamette Valley, we don't average as much rain the rest of the yr as 'they' do.......... We live at 1575 and don't live in a 'fog belt' either ( you'd have to go to Medford in the winter for 'serious' fog ...
.................) This mornin' it was 20, though, that generally doesn't happen often or for long ( I still giggle when talkin' to my friends on the 'other side', yesterday it was -20 at my friend's house, so 25 at mine, wasn't so 'bad' :biggrin:, the first yr we moved here, it was 5 am, and I was 'having coffee' with a friend form 'there', she was tellin' me how glad she was that it was supposed to 'warm' to 0, I looked a the thermometer on my porch and it was 40, took ALL of my willpower not to say "nanner, nanner"
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Yup, my 'baby', Txiki, is gonna be a big girl, her Momma is well over 100# .......... Frankly, I 'need' BIG, she's gonna have to hold her own for a while, until I get her a 'pardner' ....... I live where things that go 'bump in the night', eat you ............... In the last couple of yrs there have been 7 cougars that have been killed ( trust me, there's more, only the 'problem cats' ) The attacks on livestock and domestic animals has be terrible...... By the grace of God, my sheep have dodged that bullet, I have neighbors on 2 sides that have lost an entire herd of goats and several Jacob sheep ( not to mention 'down the road' and the horses that were maimed) I believe it is better to have a 'deterrent', that can 'take care of business', if necessary ......
I did take a couple more pictures this weekend........... Txiki will be 4 months on Friday, she stand 23" at the shoulder and I weighed her 3 weeks ago at 38.8#s
She looks so 'regal' in the first shot, I had to post this one, cuz I know better ( she can be a goofy girl)
The ewe is on the left, she is due to lamb ( fingers crossed) about the middle of March, she is a dorper/St Croix cross... My ram is on the right, Binx, such a calm nice boy, he is 100% Black headed Dorper
