Loren did a great job on another hay feeder today. This one is 16 feet long giving the sheep a total of 32 feet of space to eat hay in the barn. The simple welded wire panel basket is a good design. Wish I had done it a long time ago but here we are. Loren helped me count and stack my remaining bales and I was startled to find how little hay I have left. Have to call for hay in the morning. Luckily Loren has a trailer and will pick it up for me. We found three poor hens, frozen on eggs, in the bales. There is chicken feed and corn all around the barn but they chose to sit on eggs that never hatched and starved to death. Poor girls. I'm trying to catch my hens and put them in the chicken room where I can control things like this, but they don't come willingly. Loren is turning out to be very handy to have around. I got some sewing and spinning done today, and spent quality time with all my animals. I'll hate to leave little Sadie to go to work tomorrow. She is so much fun and very energetic and playful. I am so worried about her getting into things while I'm gone. Today I found my pin cushion on the sofa with all the extra long dressmaker pins pulled out. I have to drive farther than usual tomorrow for a staff meeting at the sister BOCES school in Masonville, 40 miles south on route 8, on the way to Deposit. I'm set in my ways and hate a disruption in the Force, but gotta deal. At least no real storms are forecast and the roads should be clear. Somehow I managed to finish a Bundaflicka tote today. I've had the fabric forever. It's a lovely earthy tapestry that is very practical. I like the way the buttons came out. Better stoke the fire, put my jeans in the washer for tomorrow, do a quick barn check then hit the hay. My hay, that is, not the sheep's, of which there is very little. Woe is me.
As usualy I am in awe - you manage to acomplish so much, it is hard to belive that you too have the same 24 hour day the rest of us do.
ReplyDeleteGlad you have the help you need so much.