Jest Another Day in Pear-A-Dice - Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm in Alberta

[drumstick diva]

Funny coincidence. Just when I got a souvenir in the mail(sister & niece came home from Ireland)a little stuffed, black faced sheep - I am enjoying the photos of your real ones on here. Yours are much cuter tho. Plus mine doesn't seem to be growing at all.

 

[CanuckBock]

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Funny coincidence. Just when I got a souvenir in the mail(sister & niece came home from Ireland)a little stuffed, black faced sheep - I am enjoying the photos of your real ones on here. Yours are much cuter tho. Plus mine doesn't seem to be growing at all.

Well yer stuffy ovine would certainly grow here...if kept in the house that is & away from dog teeth! LOL

What I mean is all the dust bunnies bun) would stick to the plushy and that black faced sheep would GROW in volumes!

Is there any possible way at all to get a photo of the darling sheepy your relatives mailed you?

Congratulations on the new lambs!
The word עדר - = eder- is a herd
The word אדר= also eder- is a stuffed animal....
I think that you have predicted his future! ( )

I too find it coincidental...some weeks ago (my time flies when having fun!) I drug Rick (no, he did go willingingly-he is a GOOD husband to entertain his wife!) to a farmer's market in Calgary. The purpose was two fold, entertainment of going to a place we have never been and trying out a burger made in a city bus (parked permanently at the farmer's market). The burgers were OK for restaurant food BUT the inside market was fun. I went into one store and there on the wall...were these...and yes, I did laugh.

(I have to meander off to work...will post photos when I find them...again...lol )​

Taxidermy but of the fake fur kind...can you EVER imagine designing and sewing these...what FUN indeed!

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My sister has another episode of her show on air at Joy TV... she says just for me, she
has said a line on the program..."Shucky darn and slop the chickens!" Anyone want to guess the context of where that quote came from? I'll try to find it later here...a hint, tis a well know cartoon character, but which one?

Doggone & Chicken UP!

Tara Lee Higgins
Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm, Alberta, Canada

 

[BantyChooks]

Tara... Was that quote from "Garfield"?

 

[CanuckBock]

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Summer Solstice today, eh...looongest day of the year!

Tara... Was that quote from "Garfield"?

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https://garfield.dale.ro/garfield-1980-february-13.html

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Awesomeness and my Sis said,

Hello!

You will laugh your head off since in my last TV episode I added something just for you!

We were filming at Maan Farms and I said “shucky darn and slop the chickens”…only you would get that one.

You can check out all past episodes on our YouTube channel at https://goo.gl/yLrkD1

The new episode is not posted there yet but will be after next Saturday.

Hope you can watch! Cheers and Love, L

PS Sheep TV looks just great!

Yeh...BantyChooks has proven her wrong...ever so wrong...there are more and more persons like moi...how wonderful!

Here's yet another Sheep TV episode...

June 15 2017 - Sheep TV
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Have to go hunt down the stuffies now so I can post them on my earlier post here...

Doggone & Chicken UP!

Tara Lee Higgins
Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm, Alberta, Canada

 

[BantyChooks]

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Summer Solstice today, eh...looongest day of the year!

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https://garfield.dale.ro/garfield-1980-february-13.html

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Awesomeness and my Sis said,



Yeh...BantyChooks has proven her wrong...ever so wrong...there are more and more persons like moi...how wonderful!

Here's yet another Sheep TV episode...

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June 15 2017 - Sheep TV
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Have to go hunt down the stuffies now so I can post them on my earlier post here...

Doggone & Chicken UP!

Tara Lee Higgins
Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm, Alberta, Canada

Garfield was one of my favourite strips. Should poke around and see if there's any re-runs.

 

[CanuckBock]

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Garfield was one of my favourite strips. Should poke around and see if there's any re-runs.

The link goes along daily...so you could see the re-runs of the strip.

Can't seem to locate the trip to farmer's market but I will have to go looking in more detail.

In the meantime...little walkabout this morn.

Come join me on the Man Porch for a coffee (or tea, even herbal)​

On Monday eve, we did more work on the new water feature. Rick had picked up the hose required for the pump and to install that, it meant he had to lift the fountain out, used the tractor to put it back in and then he filled the pond! We spent a very pleasant evening, water filling and I decided while there, haul in the limerock to finish around the pond. I had done some limerock topping in the bird yard too earlier that day.

You all know the dogs figure the new water feature IS their own personal dog waterer...all like 450 gallons of it. Eeep...

'Cause you just gotta play ...

Play ...

and play ...

But need re-hydration...

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The pad for the two vehicle garage which we hope to see built this summer...hoping!

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Doggone & Chicken UP!

Tara Lee Higgins
Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm, Alberta, Canada

 

[CanuckBock]

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Found Farmer's Market clicks...May 27...

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Some of the stores inside...

Honey and chickens...sweet?​

Goat and Lamb...

Seafood on the Prairies...no thanks, eh!
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I bin too spoilt to have caught it out of the Ocean...so shipped seafood, nope, I would find it off...

Here's the STUFFED BISON ... What a hoot!

Same store...hilarious, eh!
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There was another head mount...a wolfy too...

Pappy will tell you your fortune??

Burgers from a city BUS!!

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And did we ever laugh as we were leaving...

I guess if you have a Ferrari, you park where ever you wanna...guess you can be rude because, well, uh, you can afford to PAY the PARKING TICKETS...

We laughed because out in the country, you'd get a good cuff behind the ears for being that stupid--block the road because, what? You're MORE special than the rest of us?? Hardly. Out in the country, no fines, no one care's about generating money that way...we care about kindness, rightness, decency and properness...act like an ijit and park in the way and someone will take a swat at you...FINE...fine and dandy like. A parking fee is suppose to be a deterrent to make people act properly but obviously not working as this click points vividly out.

Oh well, just glad we don't reside in the city, eh. Fun place to visit and then vamoose from.

Rick and I got overwhelmed...so we will go back to the Market as there are lots of stores we never saw and it's fun to visit places like this. I said VISIT, right?

Doggone & Chicken UP!

Tara Lee Higgins
Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm, Alberta, Canada

 

[CanuckBock]

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In my search for the farmer's market clicks...I remember I have not posted this...

We have a bull, a hairy big horned bull (Scottish Highland cattle) that we pass on the way to the cities on our loser laps. Rick affectionately calls him FREEZER BEEF. This beauty of a bull, he lives with draft horses, guessing Percherons like Deb's. @perchie.girl

Well I had to howl...the one day I made Rick stop so I could take better non-blurry photos of Freezer Beef instead of the usual on the fly by...and this was a two photo sequence...try NOT to laugh...for us going past this place, we want to KNOW where Freezer Beef is at, is he doing well and yeh...

He's like, "Bugger off...people always clicking my pic!"

Can you see his response...if not, here's same photo...

Yup...I am so busted..."BLAH!"
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What can I say...he's a cutey...with ATTITUDE too...

I am sure Teila will delight in that one... @Teila

Doggone & Chicken UP!

Tara Lee Higgins
Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm, Alberta, Canada

 

[CanuckBock]

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Love your Jacob's ladder plants.

Then you would probably enjoy the Solomon's Seal [polygonatum biflorum, multiflorum, odoratum] too...

Took a while to get very many...planted only one to start...
To see how it did? ​

http://www.solomonsseal.net/abouttheplant.html

Solomon's Seal (polygonatum biflorum, multiflorum, odoratum, etc.) is a medicinal herb that has diverse health restorative properties. It can be used as a herbal tincture, salve, tea or supplement. As an alternative remedy, it may offer relief, healing or mending to sports injuries and other conditions related to tendons, joints, ligaments, bones, bruises, connecting tissues, cartilage, etc. It also soothes and repairs gastrointestinal inflammation and injuries. It is effective for feminine issues, such as menstrual cramps, PMS, bleeding, and the like. Additionally, it is known to lower blood pressure and relieve dry coughs.

Solomon's Seal has a rich history that goes back many thousands of years. Herbalists and healers, both in Europe and North America and the Far East, have written about its diverse effects on numerous conditions. In 2010, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (Natural Resources Conservation Service) identified Solomon's Seal as a Culturally Significant Plant, noting its medicinal and restorative value among North American Tribal (Original Nation) peoples. It is our understanding that the National Institutes of Health is presently researching the benefits of Solomon's Seal for heart health.

Western documentation is largely anecdotal. Gardener's and nature lovers know the plant well, for it is easily identifiable and can be cultivated. Wellness practitioners using alternative healing methods are somewhat familiar with the plant and praise it; however, their number is still small and documentation is limited. Herbalists, chiropractors, among others are increasingly validating Solomon's Seal's effectiveness. Traditional Western medicine, based on allopathic or invasive procedures and pharmaceuticals, has provided little knowledge or interest in integrating Solomon's Seal with treatment. However, researchers are engaing in projects to determine the herb's healing qualities for a number of conditions.

Jacob's Ladder in here also!​

It grows well for us here...with our 40 below winters.

Love the dangle flowers!
As do the bees!

The tops of the leaves are pretty

One of my shade gardens...this one is in front of the
Heel Low/Doggone Dog Kennel

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The article says something about pea sized berries (dropberry) though I have never noticed any. I will have to watch in future to see if we do get berries, the wild birds are notorious at helping themselves FIRST.

Doggone & Chicken UP!

Tara Lee Higgins
Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm, Alberta, Canada

 

[BantyChooks]

Re: link:
D'oh! Thanks kindly. I'll go check it out.