It's our anniversary!

Happy anniversary, Bob! 

I'm so blessed to be able to share my life with such a wonderful husband.

4-27-1973

Ahhh, green grass

We have been trying to rotate our pastures now that we have reduced the horse herd.

Sunday afternoon we allowed them into the fresh pasture for a couple of hours. They can't have all the green grass they want or we would have lots of tummy aches.

This is Fancy, our buckskin yearling QH. That's her mom, Goldie, in the back-ground.

And this is Locket's little mini filly.

She was having a lot of fun playing in the new area.  

She was really interested in the miniature mares who took the opportunity to roll and scratch off the loose, shedding hair. Here she is watching Satin Patches enjoy a good rub.

The llamas are starting to fit in

Bob turned the mom and daughter out with the sheep and they were just fine with the arrangement. 

Spot and the boy will later go with the miniature horse herd. They weren't as pleased...

Last lamb of the season, again

Our Tunis ewe "Grannie" was bred later than the others so we have one lamb that is quite a bit younger than the rest of the flock.

She had a nice big ram lamb, we though she was going to have triplets as big as she was. She has a huge udder now if he will just nurse a little longer at times. I worry about him.

Town Hall for Hope - Be There!

Its time for our nation to band together to rise above the fear! Town Hall For Hope isnt just a one-time event; its a nationwide movement to bring hope back to all Americans. 

April 23rd - Check the website www.townhallforhope.com or www.daveramsey.com for locations near you. 

What's new on the farm? Llamas!

We have been looking for a guardian for the flock of Tunis sheep. Even though Bob's coyote deterrent has been working well, we felt the lambs could still be in danger.

We did a lot of research on guard animals... dogs like Great Pyrenees, Anatolian Shepherds are popular around here. Donkeys are another common protector of livestock. We wanted something that ate the same thing as the sheep if possible. So we settled on a LLAMA!

Our search for a suitable llama led us to a nearby town where a lady had four she wanted to sell together. So they now live at Unicorner Farm! Here is a photo of them while they were still in the trailer this evening.

We have them penned next door to the sheep so they can get used to each other. We are thrilled with the  quality of the four.  We hope they will take their jobs as coyote patrols seriously.

We did have a llama before, named Chipper, he lived with our miniature horses. Unfortuately, he had a heat stroke the year after we moved to the new farm. Llamas are llovely animals, very calm and they walk so gently. They make a neat humming noise and are very curious.

Now we need names for our four new acquisitions. Any suggestions?

The older female on the left is white with tan on her face, a 2 year old female black and white, the mama llama is dark brown and the yearling male is solid white.

Avery loves music

My grand-niece, Avery really enjoys upbeat Christian music...  I caught this little video of her yesterday in church doing a little happy dance... should we tell her Baptists don't dance?  ;-)