So, onto the sheepish issue that has come upon me. This kind of reminds me of snowpeanut except that no one is tearing down gates or getting out of my yard.

I’ve seen the sheep around, of course. How can you not? They are brought in by the herd, left in someone’s yard to eat away all of the tall grasses and weeds, then they disappear.

I was, however, finally fortunate enough to meet the owner of the sheep. I saw a family of sheep (ram, ewe, lamb) in a yard down the street and commented to Warren that I’d like to have one or two in my yard to clean it up. He talked to one of his landlords and voila’! Next thing I know, there is a family of sheep being herded up my street towards my yard.

I’ve had them since Saturday and I must tell you…my grasshopper population is practically gone. My weed problem…what weed problem??? My yard has been reduced, reused, recycled.

Unlike goats, the sheep are not climbing the fence to get out. They are not eating my wood deck or the wooden fence. They are eating only the grass and the weeds.

Talk about sweet! They are amazing. These are the sweetest animals. I go out to talk to them and they listen. They are a bit skittish but it’s fun to have them there.

Now I just have to figure out how to till under all of their…ahem…droppings.

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Rain came last night. It poured from the skies for hours. It was incredibly beautiful. People were out whooping it up as the rain poured down.

I’ve never seen so many people so happy for a downpour…but we were.