Missing Willow Farm

Bella had twin bucklings this morning.   They couldn’t look any different from each other, and both are so cute!

It’s really fun having kids around.  They are very hard to catch but are soft and snuggly when you do.  Bella’s the size of a house, she should add to the menagerie soon enough.

I traded in my two year old Baby Lock embroidery machine for the top of the line Ellisimo last week and have been having a blast with it.  I sew a lot, practically every day.  I had my eye on a decidedly not top of the line one when I walked by the Ellisimo and noticed it had a tablet plugged into the side of it.  Intrigued, I asked about it and was told you can draw on the tablet and the machine will stitch what you draw.  Shut!  Up!  That made the decision easy.  A lot of the commercially available embroidery patterns are cutesy and country and just not me.  I am no longer bound by the artwork of others.  Huzzah!

Wayne is one of Nellie’s boys.  His brother’s name is Garth.  He has a little hint of brown on the tips of both ears which makes him adorable.  Party on!

Brian was out doing heavy chores with the tractor for a good part of the day when Jack and I went out to feed the animals.  Jack went nuts when he saw him on the other side of the fence.   He’s such a daddy’s boy.  Every time Jack makes a fuss over Brian, I tell him I want a puppy of my own for Christmas.   It’ll never happen but a gal can dream.

Backlit by the low evening sun, this little one struts her stuff!

Maya’s just over a month old, and almost half the size of her mom.  She’s the queen bee of the lambs, they follow her everywhere.

LC (aka Elsie, aka Little CoCo after her mom) had a kid of her own this week, a little doeling.  We’re calling her TLC (aka Teeny Elsie, aka Teeny, aka ‘T’).  She’s a stocky, solid little darling.

Jack’s rolling around in the hay feeder, letting us know it’s time to bring another round bale out.  He’s helpful that way.   Actually, it’s because there’s poop up there from the goats.  We can’t keep them out of it.  It’s a cattle feeding ring, so won’t keep the smaller animals out.  Including Jack!

Jack got a new wubba in his Christmas stocking.  He doesn’t give it up… ever.  You have to snatch it from him as he’s backing away.  Having two to toss wears him out faster than just tossing one.  This is a game we play with him morning, noon, and afternoon.  Border collies have a lot of energy to burn!  We fared very well with the snow last night, just a few inches.  That is on top of three days of hard rain so the driveway is too slippery to even walk on, much less drive.  Good thing we don’t have to go anywhere today.