Look! Another rainy day.
While normally I'd be thrilled about a cool, rainy day, the Bluegrass Classic Stock Dog Trials are this week and the rain is messing up my "vacation". This is my favorite weekend of the year. I set up my little Punkin's Patch tent, watch and listen to the dogs and sheep work all day long, visit with friends, make new friends, catch up on some spinning and knitting - in between eating the local scout troop's pancakes for breakfast every morning - and sometimes even take a lamb (or two) with me.
So, while the boys are sleeping and I'm watching the weather channel trying to figure out the best time to try to go get set up this afternoon, I'll try to clarify a question (or two) I've had regarding names around here.
Keebler - his nicknames are pretty obvious - Keebs, Keebster, Keebles...
Graham Lamb - he hasn't gotten into enough trouble yet to warrant anything more descriptive unless I'm calling them together and then sometimes it's Beets, but he doesn't seem to mind.
Iris - Iris Maybelle, Iris Maybelle McGillicutty, Mavis.
Miss Tilly - here's where it gets complicated. And sort of funny. Miss Tilly, The Garden Weasel, Weaslie, Miss Weaslie, Tilly Bobby, Short Round, Haz Mat, Cheesely and Dammit Weaslie (hey, she's a corgi - nuff said ;-). She adds a new name every few months, so I'll try to keep you posted.
Fiddle - Fifi or Wiwi
Eli - nothing
Brushy and Comby - nada
Claire Bear - frequently called Snowball (the Simpson's cat) or CB
We'll leave all the adult sheep for another day. The sun just peeked out, so I'm going to make a run for it!
While normally I'd be thrilled about a cool, rainy day, the Bluegrass Classic Stock Dog Trials are this week and the rain is messing up my "vacation". This is my favorite weekend of the year. I set up my little Punkin's Patch tent, watch and listen to the dogs and sheep work all day long, visit with friends, make new friends, catch up on some spinning and knitting - in between eating the local scout troop's pancakes for breakfast every morning - and sometimes even take a lamb (or two) with me.
So, while the boys are sleeping and I'm watching the weather channel trying to figure out the best time to try to go get set up this afternoon, I'll try to clarify a question (or two) I've had regarding names around here.
Keebler - his nicknames are pretty obvious - Keebs, Keebster, Keebles...
Graham Lamb - he hasn't gotten into enough trouble yet to warrant anything more descriptive unless I'm calling them together and then sometimes it's Beets, but he doesn't seem to mind.
Iris - Iris Maybelle, Iris Maybelle McGillicutty, Mavis.
Miss Tilly - here's where it gets complicated. And sort of funny. Miss Tilly, The Garden Weasel, Weaslie, Miss Weaslie, Tilly Bobby, Short Round, Haz Mat, Cheesely and Dammit Weaslie (hey, she's a corgi - nuff said ;-). She adds a new name every few months, so I'll try to keep you posted.
Fiddle - Fifi or Wiwi
Eli - nothing
Brushy and Comby - nada
Claire Bear - frequently called Snowball (the Simpson's cat) or CB
We'll leave all the adult sheep for another day. The sun just peeked out, so I'm going to make a run for it!
