Ba Ba Black Sheep, Have You Any Wool???

I thought that sheep everywhere grew wool. Many of you probably did to. Well, we're wrong. Here in Belize the sheep grow only a thin layer of hair. (not wool!) On Wednesday, May 6, 2015, Nery, Daddy and Grady went to a farm in Duck Run 1,2 or 3.(we don't remember which!) There was one bigger black one about 7 months old. There is 2 white ones about 3 1/2 to 4 months old.(they're the youngest) There is 2 light brown and black ones that are about 4 to 4 3/4 months old. There is also one brown and white spotted one. I named one of the ones with light brown and black, Tilly. Grady named the brown and white spot one, Lollipop. Keaton named one of the white ones                . Momma named the big black one, Negro and one of the white ones, Gringo. And one we still need to name. In all we got 6 lambs. We are feeding them the sprouts we are growing and they eat like pigs!!

 

This is Negro, chowing down some
sprouts.

All of our lambs in their new home.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last night,(The 8th of May) we went to Nery and Mariens house to sew some dresses for us girls. When we finished cutting out the pieces, we went out back to hold the baby cats. I named one of the 1 month old ones, Pint because it was the smallest out of his litter. After that we all went and climbed the 'Belizean plum' tree. When the plums are ripe, they are about the size of a very large grape. When they are premature, they are green, but as the get older, they are a red colour. After that, we all went down closer to the road and played at their play set for a while. When we came back up to the house, Grady, Nery, Marien, Daddy and Momma went inside to get supper ready and to just sit down. Then Summer, Nikki, Keaton and picked 4 or 5 Kumquats and then climbed up the mango tree and talked about funny movies over a BIG snack of kumquats. In all I had about 8 kumquats!!! My  mouth was tingling like crazy after that from the sour/tart/sweet flavour. Then we went inside, washed up our hands, then had a nice supper of escabeche(es-ca-be-chi), stewed beans and nacho chips. Escabeche is a type of soup eaten in Belize. It is a lime broth with chicken and allspice in it. It is my favorite Belizean meal besides rice and beans. While we were eating, we had the idea to ask Marien if we could watch the new movie they got called 'Missis Doubt Fire.' It is about two people who get divorced and the court says the dad only gets visitation rights one day a week. The dad says that one day a week is not enough, but the judge says only one day a week. When the mom is looking for a nanny to watch the kids when they get home from school, Daniel, the dad, goes to his brother who is a costume designer and tells him needs to turn him into an old lady. They try many costumes and make up but nothing fits. Finally, the last costume is a perfect one. Her had to wear an old lady dress too!! When she(or he) calls the mom to get the job as a nanny, the kids fall right in love with their new 'nanny.' He goes through times that I thought the mom would find out.But finally, it all ends well with the being able to see his kids every day. It was a 5 star movie for me!!!

 

Sorry I can't tell more, but I will in a week or so. We are just off to Nery and Mariens house to feed the lambs and have some carrot cake.

 

Bye for now......

~Paige Dietrich~