Some sheep here seem to get more than their fair share of online attention. It's not always all about Maisie or Jared or Short Round or the lambs...well, it usually is all about Maisie...or else someone pays the price ;-).
Still, there are lots of really great sheep here and in an effort to keep up a better blogging routine, I'm going to start doing a Sheep of the Week feature and give someone else a chance to shine. It will probably be whoever gets a good picture during the week, but if there's someone special you'd like to see, shout it out in the comments!
This week's Sheep of the Week is Baaxter Black, also known as Baby B or by what he thinks his real name is, Lamby Lamby. Baaxter was one of our funniest and most precocious lambs and he got in so much trouble as a baby.
We made the mistake of giving him a piece of a corn chip in the kitchen one day - I'm sure it was really early on - and he became a corn chip junkie. He'd climb as high up the counter as he could and try to steal corn chips and if he knew you had chips in your hand or on your plate, he'd jump on you like a naughty dog.
He still loves treats of all kinds, but tends to hang towards the back of the crowd during cookie parties. If I want to sneak him something, all I have to do is quietly call "Lamby, Lamby" and he ducks around and comes to find me.
Baaxter's wool is no longer black, but a fairly light gray. He's a Jacob/Polypay cross, so it's pretty soft and very easy to spin. I have a blanket I wove from his lamb shear and my Carbeth sweater came from his second shear. I seldom get to use the blanket because Archie has claimed it, but I wear the sweater all the time. His gray added a hint of color to the Lamb Camp Bottle Lamb yarn.
Baby B is still a character. At nine he's starting to slow down, but he still goes out to graze with everyone. He likes it when I sneak him some extra food though. His favorite person in the world is still Auntie Reg and I'm going to wrap this up with my favorite Baby B video :-).
13 comments:
Cutest little lamb ever!
Love this new focus!
Adorable!!!K.Littrell
How is it 9 years already! That video gave me a big smile. I have a question. who is now the chicken sheep?
Finally found this.......sheech. Susan
I found your blog the year Baxter Black was adopted. I still enjoy every post as a non-Facebooker. This Sheep of the Week idea will be fun.
I Love That cute Sheep
This is a great idea. I'm still a Maisie fan (from a safe distance) but love the chance to catch up with the rest.
�� He was a fun bottle lamb.
I very much look forward to sheep of the week. I do remember Baxter as a wee lambie with all that bounce.
I used to listen to Baxter Black,the poet/vet, on NPR so loved it when that was the name given to this lamb.
It doesn't look like there are any requests here, so I'll initiate with Biscuit and Muffin as separate votes.
-cheri in urbana
Fun Video!! Say it is not true he cannot be nine already:)
Baxter is 9! That is when I started following you, cuz that precious face drew me in. Consequently, he's always been a favorite of mine, and I'm ecstatic to see him shine today. A corn chip from me would seem to be appropriate next time he talks you out of one. 😇😉
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