I was surprised, awed, and overwhelmed when none other than Professor Batty (flippistarchives.blogspot.com) walked in the door!
And then, before I even got over my star struck excitement, I introduced Professor Batty to someone as Jon. Which is not his name, never has been his name, but my brain consistently insists that is his name. He drove five hours and I called him the wrong name.
A weird guy once said to me, "there's an asshole in every crowd, and sometimes it's you."
Nevertheless, he didn't say anything to correct me, and we had a good time, anyway. I couldn't just let him go straight home after the book reading, so we wandered around my little town and ate dinner.
Not there. Here:
He took lots of pictures for maximum internet embarrassment later, I'm sure.
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When I got home, I talked on the phone with my wild and crazy mother, and then I realized I had sheep to look after. I walked out and discovered Sevilla the sheep had had twins! They seem strong. It was starting to rain, and I felt it was important for the newborns to have shelter. I opened the gate that leads to a small shelter. Sevilla and her twins were as far from the shelter as they could possibly be. I figured that if I took her babies to the shelter, Sevilla would follow. So, I put one little lamb under each of my arms. One of them was still wet from being born! They started squirming and crying,
"Mwaaaah! Mwaah!"
"Mwaaaah! Mwaah!"
And I started marching across the field. Sevilla followed, with a deep,
"Baaah! Baaah!" And the little ones kept squirming under my arms,
"Mwaaaah! Mwaah!"
"Mwaaaah! Mwaah!"
"Baaaaaaaah"
"Mwaaaah! Mwaah!"
"Mwaaaah! Mwaah!"
Going across the field... And then Sevilla had to stop and get herself a drink. She took her own sweet time, too, (she did just give birth, twice) while her twins squirmed in my arms,
"Mwaaaah! Mwaah!"
"Mwaaaah! Mwaah!"
They have high pitched cries, almost like baby humans.
Sevilla finally decided to follow me again. I put the little newborns in the shelter.
"Mwaaaah! Mwaah!"
"Mwaaaah! Mwaah!"
Sevilla followed. Everyone else followed, too. Sheep everywhere!
We now have four live little lambs, total. Three still pregnant.
A personal appearance by Batty is a rare and wonderful thing! In the excitement with all of your neurons firing on 8 cylinders it is easy to be overwhelmed and make a small error. I am pretty sure the esteemed Professor will find it in his heart to forgive you.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the lambing, too!
You turned the tables on the paparazzi!
ReplyDeleteWe'll always have "Dick's" to remember.
Thanks again for a wonderful afternoon.