Written for Crispina’s Sunday Picture Post –
To The North. Here’s where the image took me.
Geraldine the ewe wore her number with pride. Blue Six. Not Blue Four, not Blue Twelve …. Six. She’d been told it meant nothing, just a farmer’s tally, but Geraldine suspected otherwise.
Her twins, however, were less impressed.
“We want lunch,” announced the pink-eared one on the left.
“We want lunch NOW,” clarified the one on the right, whose ears were, if anything, even more pink.
Geraldine sighed the sigh of a sheep who has explained the concept of “in a minute” approximately four hundred times before noon.
In the distance, a darker sheep grazed quietly. Unbothered. Children content.
Geraldine watched her for a long moment.
“Must be nice,” she thought, wistfully.
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The Elephant's Trunk 
Has me singing. Time was, I knew all the words, right from the intro. But time passes, and the kids are now able to feed themselves. And anyway, my number was always 4 🤪😂💖
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Hahaha! It’s amazing what happens with a little passage of time. The country song is right …. “Don’t Blink!” 😂😍
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🤪😉😃😘
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And does eat oats
and little lambs eat ivy
a kid’ll eat ivy too, wouldn’t you?
That brought back a happy memory, thank you.
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Memories for me as well! It’s a fun little song and my pleasure to share. Thanks, Mark.
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I was to have lamb for supper tonight, now I feel guilty!
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That feeling will pass, I’m sure. Enjoy your dinner! 🐑
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Lovely, Nancy. I was to have lamb for supper tonight, but now I feel guilty!
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The grass is always greener…
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Ain’t that the truth!
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Oh so sweet Nance and great song to go with it 🙌
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You are too kind Ange. Baa! 😊
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♥️
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Baaaah!
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Oh, ewe! 😂
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Cute!
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😊
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I think “six”
means,
the number of chopsticks
she has in her bag of tricks …
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I think you might be onto something! 🩵 🥢 🎶
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😀🐑🐑
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Maybe a little song is needed, to settle those babies down?
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I think you might be right Liz ….. just not this song! 😆
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🎶Mairsey dotes and dosey dotes and liddlelamseedazies…🎶😄
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😂
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Oh! For peace! 😉 💜😁
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I remember those days well! Thank you, sis 💜
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Lol Sis so do I. 💜👏
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A sweet story
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I’m glad you think so, Sadje. Thank you.
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