Under the weather

I have been a little sick this last week.

I am a firm believer,

 that when you are sick the best way to get better sooner,

is to go out into the fresh air.

You breath germ free air,

stretch your muscles,

feel the rays of sun on your skin

stroll along and get some of nature's medicine.

Nothing is nicer than walking with your 13 year old son,

and a bunch of over enthusiastic border collies,

visiting with the various animals along the way,

walking a dead end gravel road in the evening sun,

in northern Alberta.

So, here are pictures from my; "get better quick walk":

The chickens are also venturing further a field now that things are a touch warmer.

Don

Puppy love

Roy

Dexter

The fun part, is that the border collies have unbridled energy, they play, and herd and jump up and down the snow banks.

The best part is catching up with Roy,

we chat about all kind of things.

We talk about school, and his friends,

what he is learning, and every now and then he calls to me to take a picture of him.

He runs around on the snow banks, he makes snow angels, he plays with the dogs, and thinks I should join him while laying on our backs in the snow so that the collies can come and swamp us with attention.

He has profound insight into himself,

he says to me:

"Mom, did you know that boys of 13 are either 3 years ahead in their age, 

or 3 years behind?"

So, I asked him which one he was,

"oh 10" he says, while laughing at that.

Aah, the innocence!

Anyway, not quite better yet,

so will need a few more of these heart warming walks.

Have a great weekend!

Synchronized swimming

In Shadow's former life, he must have been in a team of synchronized swimmers.
The team may have  consisted of a bunch of sheep.

So, to give you an idea how it goes, watch this:

Okay, let us get going now with the partner event.

First, let us start lining up,
no pushing and shoving please



Good, find your partner:


Ready?
Ready.




Start with a slight right leg lift:


Then, a glans to the right:



Great! Now look straight ahead again:



Now, a complete head turn to the right

Perfect!

Uhmm Sheep!
You need to stay in line and pay attention, please.

Shadow, stop giving your sheep the stink eye for not being totally in sync.

No, don't look the other way now..

C'mon

Gee-sh, just stop pouting, okay?

Well, let us try the group event then.

See, that is going well!

The end!

PS:

For those who don't follow the trials and tribulations via Facebook,

I have made the decision to breed

Luscious Lucy to Valiant Vuk.

If all goes well, the breeding should take place any day now.

If successful, towards then end of May, we should have pups again.

Lucy

Vuk

I will blog a more detailed personality description of these two, another day.
You can also check out our website at
www.grazerie.com/sarplaninac

Hope you have a great weekend, and remember to stay in sync!

A glorious day

Sometimes all the daily chores just flow,
the work,
 does not even feel like work.
Today, was one of those days.

A day filled with sorting lambs,
vaccinating lambs with Roy ( he is an awesome lamb catcher),
feeding sheep,
filling the grain silos with barley,
feeding dogs,
working collies,
taking pictures,
watching the fences reappear out of the snow,
seeing water in its fluid state outside,
walking in soft snow
 and best of all,
 the warmth of the sun ( plus 4C or 34F) on your bare arms.

Aah, the lovely start of spring.

Here are some pictures from today:

Shadow man

Katcha

Lucy