It’s the perfect day to pause and remember that each and every season we have so much to be thankful for. Here’s hoping you and yours have a beautiful day! Happy Thanksgiving!
Tag: sheep
Late Winter
As we go through our normal day to day late winter chores, this year we’re busy getting ready for some early arrivals. Nine of the ewes were bred early by two ‘bad boy’ fence jumping rams and are due, not in April with the rest of the flock, but in the next couple weeks. It is a challenge to adjust our usual spring lambing and feeding routine to a winter one, but we’re working hard on the logistics.
We’re also working with Tilly, the family milk cow (wow, it feels really great saying that) who will be having her first calf in March. We’re so excited about this addition to our family and our daily routine. So wish us luck for the next month or so, it’s been a long time since we’ve milked a cow. Oh, and be sure to stay tuned for the baby pictures ☺
12 Sheepy Moments of 2014
{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.
Pick a Mug
We introduced two new mugs at our Open House in June, and now you have a chance to win one! Simply comment below.
And, of course, we have to share the big news that we finally made it back in the hay field today… 420 more bales in the barn!
7/25 update – Comments are closed, a winner will be announced shortly.
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Friday’s Fences
Looking back a couple of weeks, at the intersection of permanent and temporary fencing, the sheep come to water, salt and minerals. They love to watch the wild turkeys pecking and scratching on the other side.
Open House
Please join us for an afternoon of music, visiting with old friends and making new ones.
Learn about wool! Meet the triplets ~ Merry, Pippen and Samwise!
OPEN HOUSE
Sunday, June 2nd from 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Music by Aurora Celtic
Pony rides (weather permitting)
Wool, Spinning Batts, Roving for Hand-spinners
Naturally-dyed Yarn and Hand-Dyed Yarn
Photographs, Note cards, Mugs
Spinning Demonstrations
Bake Sale benefits historic Mt. Olivet Church
Weekly Top Shot
Perhaps not the finest or best composed shot of the week, but definitely a family favorite as we caught Siar shaking off her blanket of snow.
(Just as she was successful in shaking it off, so too are we hopeful that this is the beginning of the shepherdess/s shaking off a week of winter blues.)
joining The View From Right Here for Weekly Top Shot
Weekly Top Shot
JACK
He’s become self-appointed pasture patrolman… breaking up disputes, chasing interlopers, etc. Yet come lambing time, he will be first on the scene of a new birth, encouraging the first-time mamas and watching as the babes take their first steps.
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Sunday Muse
The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests
and his own are the same.
~ Stendahl
Please don’t forget to comment on Thursday’s post – you could win a skein of Poseidon’s beautiful yarn!