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Sheep in the mist

9/23/2015

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Hello All
Now the question is, how do you know if your sheep have escaped when it is foggy? The answer is you don't until the owners of the property phone you to let you know that when they returned from work there were no sheep in the field. 
How do you know that they were out all day if no one actually saw them leave? The answer is that their hoofprints can be tracked in the freshly moistened, soil, doing a tour of half the farm. Then down to the river for a midday siesta, discernable by lightly flattened grass. Then the afternoon spent wandering aimlessly picking at the new green regrowth until the furthest field is selected for beddie byes. 
Still not sure it was the full day.... this is a dead cert when the offending children have been returned to their fenced environment so exhausted that they lie down in their field and do not move at all for the following 18 hours other than to move their mouths chewing their cud contentedly.


Sorry in advance for the next pic but.......
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....................I have officially received my first Christmas ham order.


So just to give you a heads up and if you feel sorry for me and don't mind freezing your Christmas ham and/or would like to spread the cost of Christmas let me know soonest, there are some going in the cure as we type. I promise I won't let you know that there are 92 days left .


See you all soon
Helen
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Memories lost and memories found and some demolished by the fug that I used to call a brain....

9/10/2015

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HEY KIDS, DO YOU REMEMBER OUR LAST FAMILY HOLIDAY IN 2012!
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As usual life has been a little busy with the kids having started school again and me having sat diligently filling out the same pile of forms with exactly the same information that I have been putting on their forms for the last 11 years. Good job we live in a large forested area "Le Forêt de la Double" as it's just so handy to pop out and cut down another tree when the paper supply is getting a little low.
I am currently under immense pressure to organise delivery of the girls, purchase presents and cater for the latest round of Birthday parties that are looming on the horizon. I am hoping that number threes find, outside our butchery door, is going to help me out a bit over the next few months. She needs a bit of practice with the camera focus but not bad for her first close up photo. Probably if she had used a proper camera rather than my phone it would have been clearer.
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It is very scary how quickly the year seems to roll round as we have done silage (already!) this week. It seems like yesterday when Gavins parents were here and we had the last lot delivered. I am sure we are running a bit later than last year but cant find my photos to prompt my grey cells. They must have been consumed when the computer went on sick leave.
Here are some nice action shots for all you tractor enthusiats out there;-) Definitely a Claas and Fendt for those are not up to speed with the colour coding on tractors ;-) The trailer is....a blue one.... Yes my powers of machinery and equipment identification have now reached their limit.
So Gavin and I spent a pleasant evening on Wednesday remembering that, no it is not possible to remove water from tyres, and that yes, there is no way to throw a tyre without being covered in dirty stinky water.
Have a good week see you soon
Helen
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    Helen Franklin

    I am farming sheep and goats on the Dordogne/Gironde border with my husband and our 3 children. We have an on farm butchery and sell our meat direct to the public via the markets and delivery points in our local area

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