sleeping in a corner of the garden

but come springtime they will cover the rhubarb again.  The ram in the extras is one of three that have been feeding well ready for duties on bonfire night when they meet the Jacob ewe harem for the first time.  On All Fools Day the first of their progeny is likely to appear.  Am in Dorset tending my brother and sister-in-law who have been laid low with the ghastly 'cough' which is making the rounds - he has been in hospital with pneumonia and she has been in bed for several days at home - hoping they may be ok enough to leave tomorrow.