And This Little Pig said Pups & An Exchange

Evie is such a laid back mum.

All of the Magnificent 7 pictured. Can you find them all?

 My black and cream boy, just like his big sister Podge. 

 Podge taking a look over the side of the whelping 

box. My God 6 boys!

 Podge checking out the brothers & sister, under the watchful eye of Evie.

 Two black & creams together.

Friendly Stitchers Fall Exchange this is what I sent to Mary in France.

 

And the beautiful exchange I received from Mary, 

which sits proudly on top of  my bookcase.

Well, I'll try and post tomorrow, but Sue and I are off to see Ben Affleck's new film "Argo", can't wait.

See you next time... LiBBiE in Oz :@

And This Little Pig said Puppies Day 2 & 3 & 5

Yes I am behind, in just about everything, 

the pups are now 9 days, there eyes are 

starting to split and will be starting to open

in the next couple of days. 

Photo above, two days old.

 Mum! Please! People are watching!

 Two days old. 

 Our girl is a little cheeky :@

 Three days old, and all snuggled in together.

It's spring here in Oz, and we are going from high 30's C back down to near 0.

Five days, and yes she is still poking her tongue out.

Meah finally getting a chance to check out the new 

house members, she waited for Evie to go 

out to the little girls room.

I think she believes that if she stares at them long enough...

  

...they will go away :@

So tomorrow will have... wait for it... more puppy photos, and photos of an exchange, received and sent.

See you next time... LiBBiE in Oz

And This Little Pig said New Puppies!

Yes we have been keeping a secret, but first Mary this is the reason your exchange was not posted today.

Seven Little Bundles of Joy

 This was Evie last night, with her not happy face :(

 I left for work this morning at 8.30am, to quickly do a few things and go back home. I thought she was only in the early stages of labour, if that. As what always happens a few things came up to do, so I didn't get back  home until just before 11.30am to six puppies. SIX! 

 Tonight all lined up, it goes like this... Boy, Boy, Boy, Boy, Boy, Boy & Girl

Yes you did read that right 7 puppies - 6 boys and 1 girl! She is chocolate.

Anyway yes I have been worried, as Evie was so big this time, I really thought we were heading for a Caesarean, but she came through like a trooper. 

Meah is quite funny she gets all upset if the puppies whinge, Quincy is quite jealous, and Podge is very intrigued, she was really funny when I put the whelping box up in the kitchen last week, she walked straight in laid down and went to sleep, as if to say I know this, it's hard to believe that it has been 20 months since I have had litter of puppies.

Now you can all look forward to weeks and weeks of puppy photos :@ The other pups I have been babysitting get their 2nd needle tomorrow, and will leave a few days after that, well except for Ezri.

Mary your exchange will be in the post tomorrow, and yes your parcel arrived today, it is beautiful, thank you, and will put photos up tomorrow, between pup shots.

See you next time... LiBBiE in Oz

And This Little Pig said Meet... Lota Photos

 Ezri Dax & Flynn (as in Errol)

 This is Ezri, and I am in a lot of trouble, as I have totally fallen in love with this little terror.

For starters she is a mating that I told her breeder never to do, which is a dapple to dapple mating as sometimes it doesn't work, well both Ez and her brother are deaf. Ez really can't here a thing, her brother does have a low range of hearing. BUT...

And this is a big but, in Oz we are not allowed to register (pedigree) excess white puppies (this is where the deafness comes from), a small spot on the chest is alright, half the head, her throat, chest, belly and all four feet and legs, white tip on tail...Definite no no. Anyway doesn't stop her being a beautiful puppy, who is always looking for me.

Trouble... Yep... Trouble.

I'm telling you, I can see a white rabbit!

  Now this is Flynn, he is Ez's half brother, same dad, and he will be staying with me, to see how he grows.

He's old green eyes, not blue.

 Blue eyes, and a love of camera straps.

 Same for Flynn, can you see his dapple coloured belly, it goes up his chest to the base of his throat.

 Ezri practising her freeze shot

 Stop! Please no more photos.

 Sitting still for all of five seconds.

 Flynn is a little more content to sit around.

Can you say Mummy's Boy?

The good news, all seven, yes that's right I am babysitting seven at the moment, not five. Flynn, his three brothers and one sister, Ezri with her brother, they are about 10 days younger, have all had their needles on Wednesday, and so far no sick puppies. All happy, bouncy, eating and yapping. So fingers crossed, things continue to go alright.

See you next time, there might even be some stitching :@ LiBBiE in Oz

And This Little Pig said No Cow-Day BUT...

 DUCKLINGS!!!

 Hatched this morning.

 Not sure if the other six eggs will hatch.

Mum and Dad are called Max and Millie, they are white Call Ducks (bantam/small ducks).

Tomorrow there will be puppy photos.

See you next time... LiBBiE in Oz

And This Little Pig said Cow-Day Wednesday

 Pretty

 More Noses

 One More

It's all in the Eye

Well my home computer is back home :@ Not a virus, thankfully, the 'processor' went kaput, so the hard drive has been replace, more space, nothing lost. So now I have to find all my ancillary programs to put back on.

Currently planning an Autumn Exchange on Friendly Stitchers-UK finally settled on a design for my Swap
Partner.

Took photos of Flower's pups at the weekend, will try and get them up tomorrow, along with some fabric for a new quilt I have planned. Home to the family farm for an extended weekend, taking the pups with me.

See you next time... LiBBiE in Oz

And This Little Pig said Cow-Day um Thursday

I was going to post last night, but just as I was getting out my USB stick to start on the photos, the virus protection threw up a warning, saying I had a problem and please restart. Ok I have a problem, the VP took out the infected file, a start-up file, so the computer is now at my wonderful IT man, don't know when it will be coming home. Thank God for laptops.

 Cow-Day turned out to be nose day

 What have you got there?

 Kinda reminds me of Donkey in Shrek

 Don't you just love the frown line :@

 You know if I sneak around behind Martha, she won't see me.

Look she came back.

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who has been commenting, I do try and reply to everyone I can, but some people have "no-reply blogger"... DJ :@ Yes DJ I do sleep, but so far my week has gone like this...

Saturday - Store Cattle Sale, and first day of Spring. Sunday - took Kalypso up to Mum and Dads two and a half hours each way. Monday - Finished end of month, funeral, processed store cattle sale. Tuesday - hey that may not have been so busy oh wait, finished end of month on real estate ledger, processed two paddock sales, and two private bull sales. Wednesday - Weekly cattle sale. Thursday - took sick computer to IT before work, processed weekly cattle sale, and another private paddock sale and got ready for Friday. Tomorrow Friday, Stud cattle sale. Back to Saturday - think I might just sleep in :@

So no stitching this week, but truly think that might just be on the cards for Saturday and Sunday, wait have to mow the lawn sometime this weekend!

So see you next time... LiBBiE in Oz