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

[CanuckBock]

Heel low:

I call him delicious!

Well delicious weigh in.

Yesterday, ewe lamb Èden weighed 62 pounds (born June 13), Èvangelina weighs 51 pounds and Èder weighs the same, 51 pounds (twins born June 10).

Oh how the girl dogs have grown...
They arrived from New South Wales, Australia
in the crate they are in front of! ​

Still working on getting a weaning ram lamb for company for Èder...see where this all goes...I do know that three porky lambs fit in my largest wire crate...or one porky ewe like Duro...

Duro
​

And nope, if'n yer wanting to air fly a sheep...these wire crates are not IATA approved...so don't even consider it.

We use this particular WIRE crate for plopping into the back of a pickup to transport a shape if needed...or dogs, or whatever. Not so much for birds as most will flap themselves to death in an open wire pen. Closed kennels work or cardboard boxes with holes punched in for air. Gotta have air, but not too much!

Hmmm...enough crates and kennels here?? Well???

Thank goodness, possible squirrel attack thwarted

Yes...jest like the movie UP...

?

Which likely, Benny has never viewed. Time to go to the movies Benny and take at least ONE child so it looks like you're going to a child's movie for a legitamate REASON!

Yeah, gotta watch those sneaky squirrels. Good dogs!!!!

Every dog's nightmare...you were goofing off and missed the squirrel invasion.

Funny part is, is that pile of tarped lumber, contained a WEASEL (long-tailed weasel Mustela frenata), this spring. I would be more expectant that Emmy would be after a weasel as a threat than wimpy squirrels!

Shalom to all!

Yes Benny...Shalom to all.

Trip to get new vehicle (new to us- 22 years is old for a Suburban I suppose!) was near nine hour drive. Glad to have it.

Lacy likes it immediately -
Trips to get hugs from strangers...she's GAME ON!

Em's not so convinced this suits her style!
It is afterall...a shade of RED as in Maroon, eh!

Inside and...

Outside! ​

Super low miles (twenty two years old with 62,000 miles...works out to like 2,818 miles per year or 7.7 miles a day). That said, the original owner (am the third owner now) managed to mark the outside up pretty good...I guess he was near death and his faculties were a bit risky. So he managed to mark the one back door, creased the hood, put some pretty decent rock chips all round, most all of the damage is on the driver's side outside...inside is nice. AH but that is fine because this can be my daily driver...if and when I am NOT driving the Creul Bus...LOL

Run outta picture file room again...

Doggone & Chicken UP!

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

 

[CanuckBock]

Heel low:

Photos from the Movie UP to help Benny understand SQUIRREL!!

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Up/

A feisty septuagenarian teams with a fearless wilderness ranger to do battle with a vicious band of beasts and villains in this computer-animated adventure scripted by Pixar veteran Bob Peterson and co-directed by Peterson and Monsters, Inc. director Peter Docter. Carl Fredricksen is a 78-year-old balloon salesman. His entire life, Carl has longed to wander the wilds of South America. Then, one day, the irascible senior citizen shocks his neighbors by tying thousands of balloons to his home and finally taking flight.

Doggone & Chicken UP!

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

 

[CanuckBock]

Heel low:

OK...where was I...who am I...uh yeh...

SQUIRREL!!!!!!!!!!!​

...

Oh yeh...ran outta photo file room...

Aug 23 - Man porch...summer coming to a close soon!​

Jest about the time everything is going great guns...summer closes...but not for a bit, eh...30+C weather and no rain this week...makes me weak and ever so glad I am not driving the school bus just yet!

Dogs (Lacy beside me like norm!) helping to put the ram away...

Boss Man has shed out rather nicely

Boss Man - got his top coat in place...
Sharp Dressed man?

​

Sharp Dressed Man
ZZ Top
Clean shirt, new shoes
And I don't know where I am goin' to
Silk suit, black tie
I don't need a reason why
They come runnin' just as fast as they can
'Cause every girl crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man

Gold watch, diamond ring
I ain't missin' not a single thing
Cufflinks, stick pin
When I step out I'm gonna do you in
They come runnin' just as fast as they can
'Cause every girl crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man

Topcoat, top hat
And I don't worry 'cause my wallet's fat
Black shades, white gloves
Lookin' sharp, lookin' for love
They come runnin' just as fast as they can
'Cause every girl crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man

Songwriters: Frank Beard, Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill

​

Beautiful evenings here...going from one water feature on to the next.

Aug 27 - Koi Pond

Aug 27 - Pond in Orchard

Orchard and behold...

Excellent apple crop on this tree!
We tried one out...sweet, crisp, juicy and delicious!

Run the dogs and then we all go sit in the Orchard

Blessed with a life that is good! ​

Doggone & Chicken UP!

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

 

[drumstick diva]

UP was a very good movie, I cried!! Always good to see Foamy out in public. Can't tell what Emmest is doing but, Lacey has her bark to gnaw on.

 

[drumstick diva]

Shalom Benny, holidays are coming up.

 

[CanuckBock]

UP was a very good movie, I cried!! Always good to see Foamy out in public. Can't tell what Emmest is doing but, Lacey has her bark to gnaw on.

I like the movie UP . It was a sorta sad beginning but coming to terms over the entire movie, I think it has a hidden deep message that life can still go on...for a couple when one has to go like Ellie did. That part sucks, but with Carl going on a trip in his house like he did (Russell in tow), it was whimsically (and emotionally draining at times!) fun!

Em's inspecting the water plants Rick has found the time and energy to get hung in the Orchard pond this weekend. Everything smells new and Emmy has to inspect. Lacy is indeed chewing birch bark and Styra Foam is doing circles...she never stays still when out and about...found running at large in a city park as a feral dog when we adopted her...she never ceases and just lays there much!

 

[drumstick diva]

Do the girls have any dog shows coming up this fall?

 

[CanuckBock]

Do the girls have any dog shows coming up this fall?

Lacy will be going to the November show and hoping there will be other ACDs there for competition in breed. Otherwise, we will have to compete at Herding Group Level. She needs one more point for her Conformation Championship (I believe...my mind is mush lately!) to be finished.

Emmy still abhors crowds with too many people. This weekend, Emmy and Lacy got to go to a pet store to buy rawhides...Lacy was thrilled, Emmy put up with it.

Rick and I figure over time Emmy may get better with this or not...but if she never does, no worries... She has two points and took Best in Breed the first show we went to so that may be as far as she wants to go with the showing aspect. It is more normal for Cattle Dogs to hate shows. Lacy LOVES shows...all those people that give her pets, attention, and love. She'd adore going every day.

I'd be a personal wreck if we had to deal with crowds of people every day...so I guess MY temperament is more like Emmy's than Love Bug Lacy's.

​

 

[Akrnaf2]

Shalom Benny, holidays are coming up.

Yes indeed, Rosh hashna at the 20 of September! I LOVE THIS PERIOD OF THE YEARS! Love the holidays of Tishrey!

 

[CanuckBock]

Yes indeed, Rosh hashna at the 20 of September! I LOVE THIS PERIOD OF THE YEARS! Love the holidays of Tishrey!

The Month of Tishri

http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday1.htm

The month of Tishri, which falls during the months of September and October on the Gregorian calendar, is probably the busiest time of the year for Jewish holidays. In the month of Tishri, there are a total of 13 days of special religious significance, 7 of them holidays on which work is not permitted.

These holidays include the holidays known as the "High Holidays," the most important holidays of the Jewish year: Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. A 2000 survey showed that only 46% of all Jews affiliate themselves with a synagogue, but 59% fast on Yom Kippur. If a Jew ever goes to synagogue (other than for weddings or bar mitzvahs), it is for these holidays.

A whole MONTH of holidays? Well OK>>>13 days of special days of which SEVEN you cannot work on. So long as it is PAID holidays, I would enjoy that! Otherwise, UNpaid holidays do not make the bank account grow...I got creatures and feed to buy, so I work.

I work for BIRD SEED!


And dog feed, and sheep feed, and human feed...
and oh shut up and just FEED me!
​