The day started well enough, the mists of mellow fruitfulness an all that malarkey was in full swing,
little t got over the shock of finding the pups all gone, except one called Ripley. See the dog blog to see the closing ceremony of Team GB and their departures.
So it was an ideal sunny morning to go for a trot around the Bonsai Mountain with Spotty. We had hoped that info sent via carrier pigeon sent by Technohermit would prove false but as we got to Sleepy Hollow we could see Roxy in her final resting place. Roxy, for those who don't know, is the most accident prone Ryeland ewe ever created and has had to be dragged from the grip of the Grim Reaper a number of times. She has been found upside down on the point of death and harassed by crows in our field, upside down in the yard, on the Bonsai Mountain, on the ridge, has had dead lambs extracted by the vet, been pulled from fences, ate so much she nearly exploded and almost got run over when she fell in front of Rene. Each time she returned from the brink of extinction and carried on eating. We used to joke that she had 9 lives. Seems they were all used up.
Thankfully there were no dramas to her eventual demise, it seems she just lay down for the final sleep last night, I saw her at 7.30pm upright in the lane, but today at noon she was a bit farther along and very prone. So 002 of our flock, for she was our second sheep,( Crispen is still here in Goatanamo, 001), has now joined Rita and Rosie who went to the eternal pastures a while ago. Roxy would have been around 9 years old so had a good innings for a sheep so she cant complain.
Neither can we, after an incredibly trying week, and one where my beautiful and oh so patient wife frightened us to death by becoming very ill, some friends turned up bearing a gift they had made. It was supposed to be given in a few weeks when Red Kite moved to its new location, instead they thought we needed a boost now and so presented us with this lovely hand made Red Kite Tree. Its good to have your faith in people reaffirmed.
Day 10 30 30 lvl 12 pace maker 11.8 km The Darkness One Way Ticket To Hell And Back
2 comments:
Sorry YBAOSPW has been so ill Tony. I've missed a lot ofat Rock HQ through being in hospital but have caught up now. Glad she's on the way back to better health after a bad bout :)
Poor Roxy....a good if accident prone sheep. We'll miss her :( Regards Claire.
So sorry to hear about Roxy, but she had a very good life. And she had a death that wasn't painful unlike some of her other accidents. Also saw that you will be keeping Ripley, since you had to spay Reba will you be using her as your new breeding female ?
And I know her older half sister keeps having false pregancies so will you be spaying her as well ?
Kit
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