The morning chore is a team thing, Team Bedlam, I call it. I do the water, Maria usually  brings the hay out in two trips, a few leaves for the horse and pony, then another trip for the sheep. It can get unruly at first, the sheep charge the big feeder because they are hungry and don’t understand the concept of waiting, so Red is the boundary enforcer, he gets between the two feeders and  keeps the sheep in their place so they don’t swarm me or Maria.

Fate keeps order in her own unique way, mostly by running circles around the sheep until they get dizzy. It seems to work, Red provides back-up. Team Bedlam is an effective, if not always entirely efficient, machine.