The old barn, the hayfield, those puffy clouds *sigh*… the glory of autumn
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Happy Autumnal Equinox!
Wishing you a beautiful first day of autumn! Hope you enjoy this lovely video by Bruce Dale about our little corner of the world.
Happy Thanksgiving!
“He who thanks but with the lips
Thanks but in part;
The full, the true Thanksgiving
Comes from the heart.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wishing you all a day that finds you surrounded by those you love. As we sit down with family, we will be counting your friendship among our many blessings. Thank you!
In a Cloud
The fog that began Saturday evening, was still clinging to the ground all day yesterday. It was very surreal, kind of (what we imagine it would be) like walking around inside a cloud. Although it wasn’t raining, you could not help but be drenched from the fine mist that constantly surrounded you. In spite of chill in the air, it was really quite beautiful.
Weather Update:
Rain began during the night, and we now have been issued a blizzard warning from 6 p.m. tonight through 6 p.m. Tuesday, with the worst of it coming around midnight. Most of the leaves are now off the trees, so we’re just hoping the lights stay on. Stay safe everyone!
Shearing Day
National Hug A Sheep Day was celebrated in grand style here at the farm. Yesterday was shearing day and there was a whole lot of sheep hugging going on. Forty-nine bags of beautiful lambs wool now just waiting for she who seeks wool and works willingly with her hands (to paraphrase Proverbs).
As usual our shearers, Joe and Melvin, did an amazing job. We are so grateful for their help and friendship… as we are, also, to our catchers, throwers, baggers and sweepers!
A cold, thick fog moved in last evening and hasn’t moved an inch. As you can see it really hasn’t fazed those naked lambs a bit. They were lying right out in it, chewing their cud as if it was a sunny, sixty-degree day.
Like everyone else in the Mid-Atlantic, we are preparing for the big storm headed our way. Snow predictions range from 4 – 24 inches, wind gust predictions up to 60 mph – we’re battening down the hatches hoping for the best.
Weekly Top Shot
Color has been fading fast, but a few trees are still clinging bravely to their leaves.
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Solstice to Solstice :: Still
“I said to my soul, be still, and wait…
So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.”
~ T. S. Eliot
response for week five of the thirteen weeks of autumn
the solstice to solstice project with urban.prairie.forest
Belle and Liam
Breeding season is beginning a little early this year. Belle, one of last year’s market lambs, has been moved into the back paddock with Liam. This is an experiment, of sorts, to see what kind of lambs we get from crossing a meat breed ewe with one of our Border Leicester rams. We are curious to see how fast it grows, its rate of gain, and if it reaches show weight by the time the Buckwheat Festival rolls around next year.
We usually don’t begin this early because we like to lamb in the warmer early spring weather and after the pasture grass begins to grow. The rest of the ewes will be brought in early to mid-November. For now, Liam gets the early nod. He is equipped with a marking harness, so we will be able to calculate the approximate birth date. Already we’re curious… what will the lambs look like… what will their wool be like… dozens of questions floating through our minds. We’ll see what answers very, early spring brings!
Sunday Muse
“October’s poplars are flaming torches lighting the way to winter.”
~ Nova Bair
Weekly Top Shot
Just as you top the little rise in the cemetery, if you look back over your shoulder, you can see our old barn roof peeking out of the wooded hills
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