tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277134212024-03-13T20:15:57.667-07:00A Blip on the RadarStories of everyday life on our farm, featuring cats, our little flock of Shetland Sheep and garden life, plus a recipe to try every once in a while. Wait, now there is spinning and crocheting, don't forget spinning and crocheting all that Shetland wool... So, thanks for stopping by - who knows what you'll find!!Tina T-Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13054132355737998706noreply@blogger.comBlogger1138125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27713421.post-47389478992415111902019-10-19T13:10:00.001-07:002019-10-19T13:10:50.682-07:00Birthdays and other things - January 2019 January is my birthday month - Mother Nature celebrated by having the snowdrops bloom early!<br />
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The Shepherd & I went to The Outback Steakhouse in Burlington for my birthday dinner - which included a trip around the back roads to see swans and snow geese.<br />
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So pretty and SO NOISY! <br />
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And eagles - we were lucky and got down there in the afternoon feeding time. Lots of birds in the trees!<br />
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And flowers for my desk at work. Never too old to celebrate a birthday. <br />
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<br />Tina T-Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13054132355737998706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27713421.post-84350913756725255692019-10-19T12:56:00.001-07:002019-10-19T12:56:19.275-07:00Some thoughts - January 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One of my very favorite Christmas presents from my older sister is the Christmas wreath that she makes and sends to me each year. She uses lots of different kinds of greens so it is very festive looking.<br />
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We are getting quite a collection - we have this one, a green one, a reddish one and a blackish one. They provide a bright spot of color all winter in the garden. <br />
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And you can't forget to get yourself something for Christmas. These pretty poinsettia earrings were made by a lady named Iryna Chajka who I follow on Instagram. She has an Etsy shop called <span id="react-root"><a class="yLUwa" href="https://l.instagram.com/?u=http%3A%2F%2FEtenIren.etsy.com%2F&e=ATN_BS5RyHmk0fjcCRJLNC55enKzRWWlgGoF-UA_A-K5ijaTbRfKbGQU-Os1PSS70Wfqzhh2pqFiz2g6SIr0cK7_dc55ro8A" rel="me nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">EtenIren.etsy.com</a> and her stuff is lovely. She does a lot of succulents - earrings, jewel boxes, etc. Prices are reasonable, and even though she's some place in Europe, the earrings came really fast! </span>Tina T-Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13054132355737998706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27713421.post-69604671858044697002019-10-18T23:12:00.001-07:002019-10-18T23:12:21.104-07:00Spinning projects November 2018<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfN2riCioAaW3UWK6y3xKiFKsdC6dMep_tkaAvai4Q9pnbrSVpgi8kASj9rjXdu1FFUU2nBPGBNdjcRmn2XsZHEm_jQc1-EmkiJYXLRvFMtODNYQWHB3cgXTgxAhy-2jQCzef57g/s1600/1107182223.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfN2riCioAaW3UWK6y3xKiFKsdC6dMep_tkaAvai4Q9pnbrSVpgi8kASj9rjXdu1FFUU2nBPGBNdjcRmn2XsZHEm_jQc1-EmkiJYXLRvFMtODNYQWHB3cgXTgxAhy-2jQCzef57g/s320/1107182223.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
One of my treasures from Black Sheep Gatherings past. This is called Paper Roses. <br />
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One of the first projects on my new e-spinner. I'm also working on some roving from our sheep for another sweater for The Shepherd. </div>
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<br />Tina T-Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13054132355737998706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27713421.post-35522084848102781822019-10-18T22:58:00.000-07:002019-10-18T22:58:20.591-07:00Beautiful Mt. Baker on a fall day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sometimes I can't believe we live in such a beautiful place! I love seeing Mt. Baker when out and about. I often wonder what the first settlers thought when they came "around the corner" and there was our beautiful mountain, just shining and welcoming. </div>
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The local indigenous people say that once you live in the shadow of this mountain, you will always come back, no matter how far you roam. </div>
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The Shepherd's garden went every which way last summer, including this wayward acorn squash that set itself up in the black pine by the driveway! </div>
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A beautiful little acorn Squash from last summer that we enjoyed for The Shepherd's birthday dinner. Spoiler alert - he saved seeds and they had crossed with the butternuts so he got all kinds of different things this year. </div>
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It wasn't too bad until after the first of the year. But here they are, turning grass into wool. That's their superpower! Tina T-Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13054132355737998706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27713421.post-37241938472772067352019-10-18T22:36:00.000-07:002019-10-18T22:36:35.237-07:00November 2018 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello - Just catching up the blog "for the past year" I had hoped to post from my phone, but for some reason, the link is broken and I just haven't had time to look into it. <br />
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So here is Gracie - giving you her best Caturday smile. Tina T-Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13054132355737998706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27713421.post-83700585370855901192018-10-17T15:04:00.001-07:002019-05-03T00:44:35.330-07:00Just another fall day in paradise<div dir="ltr">
It was beautiful for a walk about on Saturday and I couldn't help myself from taking a picture of our lovely yard. The Shepherd really works hard on keeping it that way too. </div>
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Tina T-Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13054132355737998706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27713421.post-26510360481145639222018-10-17T15:03:00.001-07:002018-10-17T15:03:56.673-07:00The end of the season.<p dir="ltr">All that's left in the garden are the butternut squashes. They are a mini variety, just the right size for dinner for two. </p>
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It's green bean time again. It's also what's for dinner for the next month or so. Sure glad they are tasty. </div>
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One of my least favorite times (well, really my VERY LEAST favorite time) on the farm is weaning day. <br />
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Everyone is gathered up, and moms go into one pasture and babies go into another.<br />
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Our friend Nancy G. came over to help. We coincided the weaning with ear tags for all the babies. <br />
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You see, in order to take an animal off our premises, it MUST have an ear tag. The Shepherd got a rather nasty letter from the feds for taking a couple of ram lambs to the auction without them last year. <br />
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The feds want to know where our sheep are at all times. <br />
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Hmm - too bad they don't feel that way about immigrant babies. Sorry, I digress...<br />
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So, we have 22 sheep, 12 babies, 6 mamas, 3 yearling ewes and one auntie who is a non-breeder.<br />
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The have all been screaming ever since Friday night - the lambs wanting to know where there mommies were - the mommies, whose udders were getting tight, wanting to know where their babies were - and the teen-aged girls and Auntie Donna wanting to know what they were missing out on...<br />
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Hey, you, where'd you put the lambs? <br />
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Moooommmmm, mooommmmm, where are you? Tina T-Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13054132355737998706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27713421.post-57316131375152922542018-06-06T18:03:00.001-07:002018-06-13T23:57:38.018-07:00Peacock colors<div dir="ltr">
I was looking for a change-up in my life and decided to get some color streaks in my hair. I couldn't love it more. </div>
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Tina T-Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13054132355737998706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27713421.post-29905128020439367622018-06-05T13:39:00.001-07:002018-06-13T23:57:57.957-07:00Loving spring in the northwest<div dir="ltr">
Dogwoods are just one of my favorite flowering trees. This one is outside the restaurant where I had lunch with my girlfriend today. </div>
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This peony was given to me about 10 years ago by my friend Diane H. Even though it's planted in kind if a sketchy place (more rocks than dirt,I think)it has flourished and has about 8 or 10 buds on it this year. They start out dark and as,the,blossom opens it fades to pink. Such a beautiful flower. Thanks to my friend for so many years of beauty! </div>
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Tina T-Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13054132355737998706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27713421.post-79179830150343087182018-05-22T17:17:00.001-07:002018-05-22T17:17:09.533-07:00Dreaming of summer<p dir="ltr">The Shepherd is just going nuts with too many things to do right now, and then there are all these little plants that need transplanted out of the seedling,flats. A farmer's work is never done<br>
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Oh my. These lambs are growing so fast you can almost see them change from day to day! </div>
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Tina T-Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13054132355737998706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27713421.post-25030781285167719182018-05-01T18:06:00.001-07:002018-06-04T00:18:52.681-07:00Down the garden path. <div dir="ltr">
Happy May Day all. </div>
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Tina T-Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13054132355737998706noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27713421.post-13344971113373174602018-04-25T23:30:00.000-07:002018-04-25T23:30:12.225-07:00They saved the best for last<br />With one more ewe left to lamb, on Monday afternoon The Shepherd told our friend Nancy that he wanted a "Panda Girl" - or a ewe lamb with a white head, dark eye patches and white socks. <br />
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Well, what do you know? <br />
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His wish was granted.<br />
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Meet Cali - or, "Marietta's California Girl" <br />
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Her dark color is Dark Brown, and she's cute as a button, don't you think? <br />
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He let mom's and babies who were born last weekend out this morning - Pure Pandemonium! But so fun to watch, and listen to. <br />
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Pictures soon. Tina T-Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13054132355737998706noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27713421.post-89293801127069207722018-04-22T23:40:00.000-07:002018-04-22T23:40:20.711-07:00One Busy Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's been a nerve wracking time waiting for the lambs this year - after Vanessa having triplets and taking so LONG to do it - The Shepherd was starting to get just a little bit sleep deprived.<br />
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So even though he was thinking that Lyla and Katie might have babies today we still went ahead and headed off to church this morning. <br />
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Sure enough- when we got home - Katie was in full labor and a little freaked out - the little one would not pop out - he had to pull her out. Turns out her elbows were kind of compressed and when he got them straightened out - plop, out she came. Katie is a new mom, but just fabulous - got her up and cleaned off. <br />
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One more check on Katie before we left and discovered she'd had another one. All seemed healthy, so we went ahead and drove out the driveway. <br />
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Dinner at The Outback Steak House was delicious.<br />
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And the tulips were quite beautiful. <br />
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An added bonus of a flock of snow geese - picking up some extra calories before they head out for summer nesting grounds. <br />
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Here's a picture of Katie with "Colleen" her second one - has about a half dozen white hairs on the top of her little brown head. <br />
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And this was our surprise when we got home - Lyla had a set of twins too! The littlest one was still wet, so they couldn't have been more than a half hour old. <br />
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That's 4 more ewes!!!<br />
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Happy Earth Day and Happy Anniversary to US!<br />
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That's 9 lambs, 2 rams and 8 ewe lambs - Now he has to decide who goes and who stays - that's the hard part. <br />
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Happy week to you! Tina T-Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13054132355737998706noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27713421.post-22654848073447673472018-04-16T13:51:00.001-07:002018-04-22T23:04:34.019-07:00Out in the wide world<div dir="ltr">
The triplets got to go outside yesterday. Two moms down, 4 to go!! </div>
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