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My little sanctuary for retired ewes to live out their lives peacefully.

08/05/2025

Contented sheep ☺️

29/04/2025

Some sad news today.
Maya, the gentle Herdwick, passed away this evening. She was 15.
She had been getting increasingly poorly for several weeks - lacking appetite and with laboured breathing. But her passing today on this beautiful evening was peaceful.
I took this last photo of her yesterday, sensing that her time was near.
Rest in peace sweet girl.

20/04/2025

Scruffy Sugar Beet Sunday. And a nice mackerel sky.

25/03/2025

Kitty, Daisy and Annie decided to form a band (probably in the grunge rock genre), then Dogsheep came along and decided she’d be the lead singer. Allie in the background will be backing vocals. The second pic is their album cover. 🎶😄😎

05/03/2025

Sad news. Sweet lovely talkative Lola passed away today.
There was a subdued atmosphere among the sheep, they know when a death has occurred. Today it was the passing of the original matriarch.
She was very old. No-one knows her exact age but she was over 20.
I only took over her care in 2020 but over these last 5 years she transformed from a feral and timid creature to a trusting and affectionate happy sheep, who would come running over for food and treats.
She had been a bit more tired these past few weeks, but not ill, and lived her life to the full right up until it was her time to go. Yesterday I gave her a nice head scratch as she was lying resting, though I had no idea that would be the last time I saw her alive.
We will miss her baa and her presence.
Rest in peace Lola. (circa) 2002 - 5/3/2025

02/02/2025

What a trio of scruffs!
Daisy, Amber and Annie: ‘Why would we sensibly wait til you put the sugar beet mash in the troughs, when we can stick our whole heads in the bucket whilst trying to trip you up on the way?! That’s much more fun!’ 😂

28/01/2025

It’s New Year Raffle time.
This month all proceeds will go towards vet bills (3 of my ladies Lola, Rosa and Charlotte are on long term medication for arthritis, which is quite costly), with any extra going towards hay, straw and ewe nuts.
All donations as always, are very much appreciated.

Entry: £2 per name, or £5 for 3 names.

Prize: £10 and a hand painted and lacquered pebble sheep keyring!

The winning name will be drawn at random when all names have been selected, and the lucky winner will be notified.

To enter, please select a name or names from the list below, write it in the comments or send as message (checking no-one has already chosen the same name/s!), and send the relevant fee to the link at the bottom of the post, or pm me for bacs details, or to pay in cash.

Good luck and thank you! 🍀🐑🍀

Names:

Kora
Annie - Annette M
Myrtle - Janet C
Daisy - Janet C
Charlotte - Tony and JD
Felina
Rosa - Jo S
Porridge - Janet C
Maya
Kitty - Jo S
Poppy - Tony and JD
Dogsheep - Allie A
Allie
Lola
Amber - Helen O
Smudge - Helen O
Ivy - Dave T
Pepper - Jo S
Jenny - Sam B
Hazel - Allie A
April
Freya - Shanna M
Coco - Karin T
Clover
Bramble - Dave T
Lucy - Tony and JD
Maple - Karin T
Blossom - Karin T
Barley
Meadow - Annette M
Petal
Alice
Willow - Dave T
Cloud -Sam B
Talulah - Allie A
Nutmeg - Sam B
Honey - Annette M
Molly - Shanna M
Misty
Sorrel - Helen O
Luna - Shanna M

PayPal.me/lisastew27

24/01/2025

Here’s the crew today, totally unphased by the weather, but always on the lookout for more treats!
It’s getting a bit windier now, but nothing particularly out of the ordinary for the west coast in January..

10/01/2025

Camping out with the sheep in minus 6 degrees!
Daisy was poorly yesterday. Totally off her food, head down and looking uncharacteristically miserable, not even showing any enthusiasm for a granola bar. Myrtle had been similarly but to a lesser extent a little off the day before. My first thoughts were that they’d eaten something toxic. Sure enough, upon a thorough check of the perimeter, we located the source. A rogue rhododendron right in the back corner of the wooded area, which had evaded detection and disposal last year. It was disposed of yesterday thanks to Vlado and Daniel with their chainsaws.
With all the snow it must have looked like a fresh green treat. Despite getting plentiful ewe nuts and hay daily, those fresh (but poisonous) green leaves were clearly tempting to Daisy and Myrtle, and quite a few had definitely been nibbled.
I treated Daisy with a drench of activated charcoal and electrolytes (the charcoal binds with the toxins). She showed a small improvement yesterday evening but Tanya and I decided to camp out in the top shelter with them, just to check that she and everyone else would be ok overnight. So we made a quick trip home to layer up, collect sleeping bags, hot water bottles and a thermos and settled down for the night with the girls.
Delighted and relieved to say that by this morning Daisy was making great progress.
And this evening when we went back along to check, she was back to full appetite, giving me kisses, nudging for more treats and head butting some of the others.
The first photo shows Amber who slept happily on my sleeping bag (and kept my feet toasty warm) for a solid 7 hours! 😀❤️

09/12/2024

One of my favourite sounds in the world - sheep contentedly munching hay. 🥰

03/12/2024

Yay! We have a winner!
Congrats to Karin Thompson who chose the winning name, Coco. 😀

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