Meanwhile, down at the sheep farm, everyone is asleep.  Somewhere across the driveway there is a pig sleeping, blissfully unaware of his future date with my knife and fork.  There are goats with distended udders dreaming of stealing from babies.  There are some chickens.  And then, having drifted off after counting themselves, are these guys.

So as it turns out, I have distorted the facts.  Goats don't dream of criminal activity.  The pig may not exist, I haven't actually seen him.  Sheep don't count themselves.  More importantly, everyone is not asleep.  Clearly I am awake.  

This leads the final distortion of facts:  At the moment, I am not down at the sheep farm.  Instead, the sheep farm is almost exactly 3.3 miles up the road.  Myself and the adorable sheep above are actually at a farm house owned by the daughter of my employer.  The sheep farm has way more sheep than the sheep in the above photograph.  It also had, as of this morning, a dead sheep.  

Today was my first day as a farmhand on the sheep farm.  After parking my bike and walking into the barn I was given two loops of twine.  

"Tie these around the hind legs of the dead one over there."

"Which one?"

"The dead one."  

So I did.  By the time I got back to the house with the currently sleeping lambs, I basically fell asleep, only to wake up at 12 AM.  

Allow me to recount a few things I learned today.  

• Sick sheep don't fare too well in the heat, the heat finishes em off
• Goats and sheep with kids and lambs are kept in the barn, as are mares being raised to slaughter soonish
• There are at least two cuts of hay.  The first time you mow a hay field, it's First Cut and yields twice as much as the second time you mow the hay field.  Second Cut is more nutritious with more leaves to stem.  
• Cows poop on the other side of the enclosure from their food
  

Now it's time for to rejoin the lambs, goats, chickens, and probable pig in sweet slumber.  Before I do, I am going to make a few promises.  First, I promise to provide some form of image with each post (OC).  It might just be more photographs of lambs, but that's not a problem amirite.  Second, I promise to follow up with in-depth discussion of various farm phenomena.  I have already begun looking on farming forums about why Second Cut hay is more nutritious than First Cut.  Third, I promise to update at least once weekly.  Finally, I promise that if you're okay with death and poop, this blog should be safe for small children (my youngest brother for example).  When it's possibly a tad risque, I will place a warning.  Like a black curtain in an art gallery.  Like so:

WARNING: THIS NEXT SECTION CONTAINS MATERIAL NOT SUITED FOR YOUNGER AUDIENCES

Basically sheep photography is porn for sleep.  A visual stimulus to make you sleepy.  Sheep Smut.