Sheep and Cows

Before I forget and leave them totally behind, I wanted to share the small herd of sheep and cows we found at one of the maple syrup farms.  These are not part of the family's main business, but are raised more for fun, and to give a teenager a challenge!   Good idea if you ask me.

It was a small herd of sheep, about 20.  It was a teenage son's project to raise them.  They were quite friendly (or else they were used to getting treats from visitors).

You can tell they have recently been sheared.

The flock of ewes were just about ready to have their lambs, which would be sold later.

They also have two Highland Cows ('Heilann Coos' to us), and this one has the classic colouring.

But they don't have a Highland bull; they have this Aberdeen Angus bull instead.  So all of the calves are Highland x Angus crosses.

It's a very small herd of about 4 calves, so I think they're raising them just for fun, or for their own beef!

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Meantime, my computer gremlins continue to interrupt things.  The computer shop certified my computer totally healthy, and suggested I get the signal checked.  So today the ISP guy came out (we get internet with the cable TV), and ran all his diagnostics.  He concluded that the signal was fine, and it could only be the computer.  Luckily though, in our small community, these two gentlemen know each other and chatted about the puzzle afterwards.  They suggested that I move the computer up from my basement office to sit beside the modem and see how it works.  If it works there they suggested getting a new stronger WiFi card.  So I've done that, and guess what - it works!  I'm going to leave it here for the weekend and if it keeps working I have hopes the problem is diagnosed properly (finally).

Again today I was out hiking the trail, and getting pictures of a small waterfall that only flows in the spring.  I have so many waterfall pictures to share I think it could fill the blog for at least a month!  Over the last two months I've visited 14 waterfalls, several more than once, and taken lots of pictures of each.  So starting tomorrow, I think we're going to visit some of these while the pictures are still relatively current!  I also got out and did a little garden work, in my t-shirt!  We have one micro-daffodil blooming, so now spring is officially here.

Just as a teaser for tomorrow, here's Jones Falls which we visited yesterday in Owen Sound.

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