Funny thing happened on the way to the birthday party...

Recently we went to our Nanny's son's birthday party. He is 10 years old - hard to believe, especially since the Nanny started taking care of the dogs when her son was 4 months old. Where does the time go? Anyway, guess what we saw just up the road from our house...

A peacock! Actually it was a whole family, but by the time I got my camera out, the momma and what had to be at least 20 baby peacocks had already crossed the road and disappeared into a wooded section.

Unbelievable! There are lots of turkeys & guinea fowl around here, but peacocks? That's a first for me.

When we got to the Nanny's house, we saw the Nanny's sweet little sheep, Sosi. Remember her from last March when the Nanny brought her over to meet the dogs? Here is a picture of Sosi back when she was still wearing diapers.

Here is Sosi now. She had just spent her second night out in the pasture with the rest of the farm animals instead of in the house.

Is it me, or does she look the tiniest bit angry for having to sleep outside? At least she had company-- a couple of other sheep, a cow, a donkey, and some horses, including this big boy.

I think his name is Timothy, or Teddy, or something with a "T", and he is one of those horses like the ones on the beer commercials, but I don't remember what they are called right now. He came to live with the Nanny several weeks ago after his previous owner could no longer afford to care for him. See his hip bones sticking out? That's after he has already put on about 300 pounds. Our vet says Timothy could use another couple of hundred pounds. Poor sweet boy, but he has found himself a wonderful home now!

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It must be the sleep deprivation, because there cannot be a lamb in my living room.And if there was a lamb in my living room, it certainly wouldn't be wearing a diaper.

Nope, not on the furniture, either.


Or taunting the dogs through the glass doors.

It's just not possible. Before you get excited, no, it's not my lamb. Her name is Sosi, and she belongs to Nanny G who comes to the house at lunchtime and lets the dogs out three days a week. Sosi lives in the house and gets along great with dogs, cats and kids. Nanny G insisted that Emma, Tara and Cooper not eat Sosi, so we let them into the house and sure enough...
...the dogs love Sosi! I think I need a lamb.

That's it for now, as I am headed back up to the hospital. Thanks for the good wishes for Mom - she is doing much better, they even took her off IV fluids, and will hopefully come home tomorrow.