Tilly – “All together now… Happy New Year!”
Happy New Year
Happy Winter Solstice
Welcoming back the light… Happy Winter Solstice!
Meet the New Mister
We’d like to introduce the ‘New Mister’ in the flock – Frey (Anglo-Saxon God of Fertility). He is a Teeswater – Finn cross. We are so excited about those beautiful, curly Teeswater locks, but kind of hoping the Finn prolificacy doesn’t come through too strongly 🙂
Alfresco Skirting
We took advantage of a break in thunderstorms to do a little alfresco skirting. What a pleasant experience with a background of birdsong, bleating lambs and answering mamas. We were even joined by a beautiful visitor 🙂
Happy Summer Solstice!
Sunday Muse
“…thinking of driving again the gravel roads of America at thirty-five miles per hour in order to see the ditches and gulleys, the birds in the fields, the mountains and rivers, the skies that hold our 10,000 generations of mothers in the clouds waiting for us to fall back into their arms again.”
from “Cold Wind” by Jim Harrison
Happy Mother’s Day!
Shearing Day
Saturday dawned with sleet, hail and strong winds… not the best way to begin shearing day. Joe and Melvin made short work of our 37 ewes as we ooohed and aaawed over each beautiful fleece as it came off and was bagged. We vaccinated with CDT, checked FAMACHA scores and checked body condition. By the time we moved the ewes back out to pasture, the skies were blue and the sun was shining. What perfect timing!
Lambing will begin in the next couple weeks. And of course we can’t wait to get our hands on all those gorgeous fleeces!
Six Months
Hard to believe… the boys are six-months-old! They are doing great and are right now on their own with the bred ewes. They do still have their… ummmm… teachable moments but all in all they have wonderful natural abilities and are just amazing.
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| Asher – ready to take off down the hill |
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| Birka – guarding Hera |
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| Red – watching the chickens |
Farewell to February
February said farewell in a lovely way… cold temperatures but lots of sunshine. It seemed as if suddenly the birds truly believed that spring would soon arrive and began their songs in earnest. March 1st definitely roared in like a lion, but oh, on that last day of February, we all enjoyed the sunshine and had a renewed sense of hope.
