Tonight while a farmer was putting the sheep to bed, there were good opportunities for admiring the local wildlife. An owl was seen flying overhead - quite possibly the one we had seen before. Similarly bats were spotted fluttering against the sunset, by the sickle moon. It was quite picturesque.
Shepherding skills increase greatly with experience. Tonight's challenge was to singlehandedly get five sheep into the paddock, which didn't really want to go in, while not letting fifty-three out, which weren't keen on staying in. Mission accomplished in perhaps five minutes.
The sheep are, as the hot weather dries some of the grass, going for the greener leaves preferentially. Given that the weather has had another hot burst, reaching 95 degrees fahrenheit today, this may be a blessing in disguise for the grass, by reducing the actively transpiring leaf area.
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