Two weeks down...Whew! I would be lying if I said these last two weeks have been easy on me. But going into the third week of Shepherdess Mania, I am more confident about the Sheep Adventure.
As my standing joke goes, I have kept them alive for two weeks and I am hoping to be laughing and saying my joke next week. But seriously, I am not kidding. The rain, the new diet, the new pasture and well, just new everything confused the sheep's internal infrastructure. And if Freddie D was feeling blue this day, it was Tootsie feeling down the next. I was on a learning curve and I was uncomfortable. Growth requires anyone to step outside their comfort zone and well, I was in a foreign country away from my comfort zone. I couldn't even speak the language.
Once the sheep arrived, we did not have a house ready for them. We did have a pop up canopy for them to lounge under. The deluge of water that many of you experienced the week before Memorial Day put us in the hurt locker for dry land. I started second guessing the acquisition of sheep and thought maybe I should have gotten pigs for my new pigpen of a pasture.
Here in Suffolk, Virginia the land is flat and the water likes to stay right where it lands so the pop up canopy really was only a top cover. The ground underneath turned into a pigpen. We soon realized that moving it every day was useless. So Tommy, our resident DIYer, pulled out all the wood he had been stockpiling and started to build The House of Wool.
The only thing that confused me was I wasn't sure who was in charge anymore. By the looks of the scene, it appears that maybe Hamburger is in charge of the construction.
Maybe it is a dog's life
So constructing The House of Wool in the driveway is great & all but how are we getting it to the pasture? The House of Wool is going to need a nice set of wheels. We carted a not good for much lawnmower from Sims Palace 1.0 to Sims Palace 2.0. It was technically out to pasture. It had a nice set of wheels on the back so a lot of Liquid Wrench later, we managed to pry them off.
With the help of the tractor, we pulled The House of Wool to The Baaaalands. Before we could build the walls, the sheep gave their blessing and plopped on down.
The Wheel of Wonder
The House of Wool is a work of rustic art by our resident DIYer and his best friend. With the Royal Guard, Donuts, standing watch The House of Wool is complete.
Lady Puddin Pop approved
With a grin on my face, I bid you Adieu, WoollyShire.
The end of the storm