Sheep in the mist

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.......

....................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