Better late than never

Spring was in the air today as I walked the mutleys around the bonsai mountain. So much so that the snowdrops have finally made an appearance, a bit later than usual due to the cold weather but its good to see them, even if these are in the garden of the ghost house and not ours. As we are on the dark side of the hill ours might be further delayed, but like they say good things come to those who wait.
Now to the uninitiated in the goings on at Rock HQ it might look like we are not making any progress but we are moving forward at a great pace. Much admin was done today and the paperwork and labels arrived for Hetty our imminent Dexter. I managed to stop them sending the "minimum" number of printed labels for out "herd" and persuaded them to send one sheet of 25 labels rather than the over the top 500, save the trees and all that.
Our sheep are happy and healthy, the pink eye has gone, it did flare up again in three of them but after another round of me playing nurse they are all better. The thought of me wrestling them to the ground to drop antibiotics in their orbits has no doubt hastened their desire to get better. They are looking good. And fat. Some suspiciously so. Crispen our Ram was sent away at the crucial time last year but it looks like he may have caught at least one, Roxy is looking like a giant marshmallow on matchsticks waddling around the yard.
I think I found the remains of Rosie up on the hill, curiously enough at the entrance of sheepskull lane. A new sheep skeleton has emerged from the dead bracken, I couldn't find a tag so cannot be sure its her or one belonging to the militia, but she has been missing for about four months along with Meg and there have been no live sightings of either of them.
Some good news is that there may be a litter of puppies here in nine weeks, Rocky and Reba have done the deed so hopefully there will be a result round about the 2nd of April. Also on the cards at that time is a visit from my family, which will mean Dad will get to see Rock HQ for the first time in real life.
There is a slight techno problem and as soon as I sort out the gitwizards who manage the site it will be resolved but for some reason the .com version is not working but the .co.uk version of TFTR is. I don't know how it works I only write it but normal service will be resumed asap. Meantime our visit rate has gone up 41% over last months figures meaning that some 30,000 visits were made, so thank you all for your support, we appreciate the emails and comments. Its good to know that some of you out there have had very similar experiences to ours. Especially with goats. We are not alone!