End of an Era, Sheepless.

After a long hiatus from this blog, I just don't think I can catch up! We have had a fevered, cool summer here at Cowfeathers Farm. July saw us enjoying the wonderful company of our French Exchange Student, Xenia, with whom we fell in love instantly. She accompanied us to the Kentucky Horse Park for Middlest and Youngest to compete with our Pony Club region against the top competitors from Pony Clubs in every region except Hawaii. But July was soon over, and Xenia was once again back in Paris. We miss her still!
But in August we did not enjoy the "dog days" of hammocks and cool drinks. No, August means Band is back in swing, school starts, and then Huz and I were off for a trip to The Netherlands, where he presented some research at a meeting of Rad Peeps, and then we visited with family, and one of my best fronds ever- ReRe, roommate from College, who lives in Amsterdam with her adorable family.
We are now home, the Grands, who stayed with the kidlets while we were gone have flown back to their own nests (Huz's parents took the first week, mine took the second). And we are staring down September.
She has shown us some changes in just this first week of her month. We are down to one rooster in the barnyard. Winston departed to be someone's soup after growing way too big for his britches and stalking us for sneak attacks. Then Chuck the ChickenDuck and our senior roo, Uglybird, got into a stramash and a few days later, Uglybird was found dead. The Roo-icide is still under investigation. Chuck the ChickenDuck is in custody.
And, yesterday, the entire flock of sheep left for greener pastures. A nice family of Shepherds purchased the flock to start breeding in the sweet, handle-able dispositions of the Border Leicesters into the more difficult Hamp-Sufflolks they already raise. I am sad, but glad. Middlest was done raising and showing the sheep, and they needed a new job.
But, it seems awfully quiet around here.
Bye-Baaaaaaah.