Our Llama Honeydew moved onto her new farm a month ago and along with her went the sheep. Teapot and I spent a full afternoon trying to get them ready for their new digs... we wanted them to have a healthy start to living in a new place. The gentleman who bought them gave me some misgivings since I didn't feel entirely sure that he knew what he was getting himself into.... but then I didn't know anything at all about sheep when I started shepherding and they and I ended up no worse for the wear. So it came as quite a shock on Remembrance day when Teapot came home from the Cenotaph and said, "you know those people by the name of F-------? Well they have Honeydew and the sheep!"
Oh yes, I knew who he was talking about. They were one of the only families who had sheep in my vicinity when I first moved here 14 years ago.... but they had retired and stopped having sheep about 8 or 9 years ago. Evidently while Teapot was having coffee and cookies and meeting with the people who stayed behind after the service at the ceremony the wife of the F------- couple came up to him and told him that they had purchased our sheep.... (I wonder if the guy we sold our sheep to turned a profit! : \ Hmmm....). To say that we were surprised that they had changed hands once again would be putting it mildly. But we are easy going people and took it all in our stride.
With all that has been going on I have wondered why we have not been contacted regarding the ram. The guy that we sold them to was supposed to come pick up the ram ages ago. The ram is still languishing (he's missing his girls for sure) here in our yard. It is breeding season. For Pete's sake (I wish I knew who Pete was.... but I digress) what the heck is happening... people can't seem to get it together. But finally I think that we have a plan in place. The lady came and spoke to me at the Remembrance day dinner in the evening and told me that she would come and get the ram in a couple of weeks as they were still trying to get things set up to take the ram.... she told me about how Honeydew had moved in and was taking good care of the sheep and that she was settling in and that they had even managed to get a halter on her. (That's more than we were able to do in all the years that she lived with us.) I guess they had to coax her with lots of grain but the sheep were happy to follow her in and out of the trailer... she is now getting used to their dog and is spending her days watching for threats in her new digs.
Now while I have put them out of my head, I have occasionally looked out into our yard and wondered what's happening with Honeydew and the sheep. So I am glad to know they have moved to a place where shepherding is familiar and where they will care for them the way they should be. I might even be able to buy a scattered fleece from them... It's all good, and hopefully... just hopefully we will see the end of the ram (Ipwitch) soon too.
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