Obi Won Is Here!!

Obi Won is here!
My friend Jo and her husband Mark delivered him yesterday.
We had an awesome visit!


The llama girls came in from the field to see who the new arrival was.
There was some sniffing, a small bit of spitting and some tail wagging lol!

Here's the promised pic of the small little lamb
She's doing extremely well and is able to get herself into all sorts of mischief!!

It was a beautiful day here today by the hills.
Dh and I are celebrating our 22nd anniversary today.
We plan to go out on the town tomorrow evening.
Will be nice to spend time with dh.

That's it from by the hills!

Yard Chores

So there is this hedge between the two front lawns.
I had asked for help trimming it back in June.
However , with being so busy this summer, it didnt get done.
Last weekend Mel decided that it was time to trim that hedge!
He started his hedge trimmer and went to it!
Didnt take long at all!

Below is a picture of it being trimmed.

Just finshing the last bit of trimming.

Whatcha think of his self propelled 18ft hedge trimmer??

The thing about Practice

The thing about practice is that

they say it makes perfect.

I have been knitting baby sweaters for practice.

Whatcha think?

I still have to block them and add buttons yet

Thats it from by the hills!

Until next time ;)

Summer Blooms

Been A busy time By the hills!

No time to blog at all

Managed to take a few pictures of the plants in bloom.

Thats it from by the hills :)

At a yard sale last weekend , I found some material for $2 a bundle.

I sewed up a pair of summer pjs for Moira today.
Its my own pattern and she is quite happy with them!

She is modeling them below!

Summer is keeping us busy here..
With farm life, haying, a bit of gardening, organizing things.
We had a heat wave recently but it seems to have gone back to more normal temps.

Thats it for now , from by the hills!
Cya again real soon!

Stash Organizing!

I bit the bullet and hauled all the house stash out of the house

OK not including a few bags in the living room.

The kids helped me.

They dumped it right outside the door but they did help!!

Took more than a few hours.
BUT its DONE!!

Woohooo!

And the sun was shining so it was a lovely day.

Thats it from by the hills!

New Baby!!

Yesterday morning a new baby arrived on the farm :)

One of our younger ewes had a little ewe lamb.
AND I DO MEAN LITTLE!!

I weighed her and she was just under 4 lbs!

What a delicate looking little thing!
I checked her this morning and all is going well.

Will be checking her again in a few hours.

Thats it from By the Hills!

Baby Knitting

There some twins expected in Dh's family so
I have been a knitting cute little baby stuff!

I used my own pattern for the little hats and socks.
I want to make a baby sweater set as well.
Will try to post pics when I do!!

That's it for now from By The Hills!

Wynyard Sports Day

On Saturday we went to town for the sports days.

Pierce was in the school marching band for the parade.

Unfortunately the camera messed up and no pic of the band :(
I picked up some flowers for my flower beds and patio pots too!

Just a few pics of the blooms!

Just after dark , they shot off the fireworks. What a wonderful display!!

Did manage a few good pictures of those!

Thats it from by the hills

New Chicks!`

One of our bantam hens sat patiently waiting for her eggs to hatch.
Of the nine she set on , 7 hatched.

Shes very protective of them. They arent all from her own eggs.
I gave her a variety from the henhouse lol.
So 4 black striped and 3 yellow striped ones.
Most of our hens are rare breeds.

Thats it, from by the hills!