I knew it. I knew the day would come when the 600 pound boar and sow, Duke and Penny got loose. Thank god we noticed before they stopped traffic on Doctor Bird Road. With apples, grain, and patience in hand we finally coaxed them into the top paddock with the sheep. At which point my old Romney ewe thought she'd tell Duke who was really the Duke and who the livestock run in belonged to. Oh boy. The ewe didn't know who she was up against. At this point I realized Duke could not have a slumber with the sheep and goats and my work was not complete. Time to gather more apples and patience and find a way to get him back to his own pen. Mission complete. Would have been nice if we could have had some beautiful, sunny weather for our mission. Instead the kids and I returned inside brown as old berries and ready to collapse. The kids sat in the barn afterwards and watched the barn swallows and gave the goats some scratches while I mused about all the projects to be completed! Oh mercy, farming is a lot of hard work.
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