Casey...I have missed your daily post. Great pic! Moni...wonderful to see your family! LOVE the bike! My daughter makes handmade soaps. She just sent me this pic of her latest cut. This is an all natural Oatmeal, Milk & Honey...I think it just looks soothing! The worst part of handmade soaps....you have to wait at least 6 weeks before they are cured. :/ But they are worth it!! :)

One of three hikes I went on Saturday. All three were birding hikes at a sanctuary called Starr Ranch. Those who still watch Barn Owl cams will recognize the name. Got there at 2:30pm, went on two hikes, had dinner there and then once the sun went down went on an owl and bat walk. Very cool place. Jodi-

I like how we are derailing this thread with talk of cheese. So I looked it up and I didn't realize from your post above it was a mixture of the two types of milk. I've had sheep cheese before (soft spread one) but my sheep do not have good enough udders for milking. There teats are teenie tiny. PITA to milk. Also, though I'm sure it would be good as a cheese, last year I did try sheep milk for the first time from our sheep and thought it was soooo disgusting. I'm sure it would be good in a cheese though since it was very strong. I have done feta before and it was very easy and very good. It looks like a similar concept, just different bacterial culture. I love cheese.

No ants on my peonies. I have not see any of those large black ants anywhere on the property. However, those itty bitty things are all over the yard and this rain has got them making big hills all over the place. On the peonies, I rarely see anything on them except an occasional flying insect.