Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Feeling Sheepish Within the City Limits

Too shy really to get a picture out of the shade. This is one of the sheep at a friend's house - within Boise City limits. Sheep are unusual in town, it's much more likely that people graze horses and cows on their "ranchettes."

5 comments:

  1. Well at least its an attractive sheep.

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  2. Gosh, I just realized that I have never petted a sheep in my mumble-mumble years. The Philippines is really too hot for sheep — I've seen a few and they looked pathetic. I like this one's black face and feet.

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  3. Diva, what's the difference between a ranchette and a farmette?

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  4. Hey Wayne - probably real estate marketing appeal would be my guess. Ranch is a word that plays more into the Wild West theme that people pretend they live.

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  5. I like the term ‘ranchette’. We call them ‘hobby farmers’ here in Tasmania. There have been a number of awful cases of neglect where they’ve just gone on holiday overseas and left animals to fend for themselves.

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