Hair Cut Day

I kept meaning to go out last week and take pictures of everyone while they were still in full fleece because as much as I love knowing my sheep are comfortable and cool, I miss tucking my hands in their long curly fleeces, so shearing is a little sad for me.  I also planned to take a bunch of pictures throughout shearing yesterday and didn't manage to get that pulled off either.  

I did take this quick picture of Krista and Maggie right before we were ready to start shearing and I love the two of them side by side.  Krista loved both of her lambs, but was always a bit sweeter on Christopher as a baby and I remember watching Maggie get just a tiny bit less attention and thinking about what would happen once they both grew up.  Christopher still hangs with the family, but Maggie is always the one right by her side.  

I did take some pictures of a neighbor's sheep as she was getting shorn and while you don't know or recognize this sheep, if you look behind her, you might recognize the orange and white kitty.  Bullseye stuck around for all the people showing up and the clamor of sheep moving and the first sheep being sheared before he decided it was a bit too noisy on the front line and moved onto the hay stack behind him.  He's come a long way and is just a darling kitten.

Thankfully I had the idea to set up my iPad to do a time lapse video throughout the afternoon and that worked really well and is a fun souvenir from a good day with my favorite sheep and friends.  

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I realize some of you can't watch it without an IG account, but I don't know any way around that so just know that I'm sorry.  Maybe some day I'll try to get YouTube going, but at this point I'd just be happy if I could keep the blog current.  Hopefully now that the stress of shearing is over and I feel like a huge weight has been lifted, I'll get re-focused...pun intended.