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Monday, January 02, 2006

Rain rain go away...

This morning as I drove out for my espresso fix the radio said No. Cal was getting a break in the rain. It was pouring as I listened and the main road was flooding... Came home only to realize well over 25 feet of the neighbors rickety wooden wall/fence had come down.We have very young lambs and their idea of fun is to scoot through small holes. We have the sheep separated, ram (his name is Jet, after Jet Li) plus mothers-to-be and mothers and their lambs and the sheep too old or too young to have babies. So, there we were in the pouring, driving rain, moving the sheep out of that field and into another and then making repairs on our side so we could move the mother ewes back into the lower field once that portion of the fence was repaired (using the word "repaired" advisedly). Ick. Handling wire in the cold rain is no fun.

Then we discovered the tarp over the pen for the new ewes and lambs was about to bust from the water collecting on top of it. More makeshift repairs involving bailing out the tarp and sticking struts underneath. Then we noticed a very large branch above the pen was actually broken and hanging in the crook of another branch. Out with the chainsaw... On our way back to the house to dry off, we noticed a tree that looked funny and discussed having the tree-guy come out later and take it down. That, however, is no longer necessary as the tree has fallen into the other neighor's field and is currently only marginally held up by his sturdier fence.

In other news, my son and I made green cookies. The all-weather soccer field is under water and his practice has been canceled. I started A Feast for Crows last night and now I think I will get back to it. I'm starting to feel antsy from not writing.

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