linking with Madge at The View From Right Here for the Weekly Top Shot and A Rural Journal for Your Sunday Best
please don’t forget to comment on Wednesday’s post before 8 p.m. today- it’s a give-away!
Weekly Top Shot
Yesterday
422 bales of hay from the graveyard field yesterday! It is the field where we run the lambs after weaning and winter the hoggets. This was a very good yeild and much better than our first day of hay making.
We’re back at it today, as we’ve already got the old barn field down. But first we’re off to bring the ewes and lambs in from pasture for a health check and second round of CDT shots. Maybe we better get a little breakfast first. 😉
If you haven’t already, be sure to comment on Wednesday’s post – it’s a give-away!
{this moment}
A Friday ritual.
A single photo – no words – capturing a single moment from the week
A simple, special extraordinary moment.
A moment to pause, savor and remember.
Participating with the SouleMama blog.
Please don’t forget to comment on Wednesday’s post – you could be the lucky winner of a Sheeps and Peeps Farm 2013 Calendar!
Friday’s Fences
evening light… a sunbeam shining through the forest
joining Life According to Jan and Jer for Friday’s Fences
Please don’t forget to comment on Wednesday’s post – you could be the winner of a 2013 Sheeps and Peeps Farm Calendar!
Morning Greetings
Athena’s white ewe and little black ram,
One of Juliet’s lovely twin ewes,
One of Fiona’s big guys, and
Aurora’s good looking ram (top to bottom)
What a joy to be greeted by these beautiful faces each morning!
And, don’t forget to comment on yesterday’s post for a chance to win one of our 2013 farm calendars.
Sheeps and Peeps Calendars!
Well, they’re here… our first farm calendar! It’s 8 1/2 X 11 inches, spiral bound and printed on high quality paper. The good news is they are now available in our Etsy Shop, but wait… there’s even better news. We are giving one away to a lucky blog reader. To enter the give-away simply comment on today’s post.. Comments will be closed on Sunday at 8 p.m. and the winner chosen by Random Number Generator. Good Luck!
Connents have been closed… a winner will be announced tomorrow.
Comment #10 was chosen by the random number generator – congratulations Wendz!
Almost Summer
After weeks of seeing relatively few deer, mostly bucks and yearlings, they are back out in full force and new life seems to be everywhere. During the last week, our family has come upon a fawn hidden between fence rows, ran over one with the hay mower which miraculously was unhurt except for a very small cut on its leg, carried a very shaky newborn out of the road and up a bank and almost hit one while brush-hogging. When a mama deer tells her fawn to stay put… it stays put! We are so glad all these encounters had happy endings.
In other news, our haymaking season has begun. Saturday was a beautiful day to get the first 215 bales in the barn. The two frosts and snow we had in April really set the broad-leaved plants back and our yield was significantly lower than last year. We’re hoping for some good grass-growing summer weather and a thick second cutting. We are so thankful for family that helped… from the mowing, tedding, raking, baling, stacking, unloading and more stacking…all the way down to the littles who cut up tomatoes and mushrooms for the meal that Mom and Lena had ready when the field work was finished. We are blessed.
Bella with the Lambs
A quick peek at Belladonna with the lambs last weekend… and we’re off to get the morning chores done. We’re making hay this afternoon… guess that’s the official start of summer here on the farm.
Don’t forget to comment on Thursday’s post… you could be the lucky recipient of a skein of our farm-grown, hand-dyed, millspun yarn!
{this moment}
A Friday ritual.
A single photo – no words – capturing a single moment from the week
A simple, special extraordinary moment.
A moment to pause, savor and remember.
Participating with the SouleMama blog.
(Don’t forget to comment on yesterday’s post to enter our give-away! If you are new to commenting, you can use OpenID for a quick way to enter.)
It’s a Give-Away!


Calico Hogget 2-Ply Millspun
Spring Maple Longwool 2-Ply Millspun
If you could not attend our Open House on Sunday, here’s your chance to get your hands on some of our millspun yarn. We decided to give away a skein of our hand-dyed! They are all 100% wool from our wonderful flock, sent away to a woolen mill to be spun. You can read more about the yarn by following the link below each photo. To enter the give-away simply comment on today’s post, and let us know which one is your favorite. Comments will be closed on Sunday at 8 a.m. and the winner chosen by Random Number Generator. Good Luck!
Comments are closed. Thanks to all who commented. A winner will be chosen shortly.
And the winner is…. #9 wee whimsicals! Many thanks to those who commented.
Check back we will have another give-away soon.