I love the action of this picture. And I like how the sky adds some excitement or action as well. This is the oldest group of lambs at The Training Center and they are headed for their night paddock near the house.
I like the action of this shot, too. Both tell a story, or if you look closely there are several stories, but this one, even though just seconds later, has a completely different look and feel. I love the two Border Collies working together, the flock dogs, the cheeky lamb on the left...
The first picture was the puzzle shot...in case you weren't playing along :-).
No preview this time and I made it a little harder, just for fun ;-). Remember, you can change the number of pieces and a few other things if you follow the icons at the bottom of the puzzle screen.
Enjoy!
Don't worry, I'll post the complete picture later :-).
Somehow the subject of shearing sheep blindfolded came up Sunday. I didn't believe it could be done. Bill swore he did it all the time at fiber festivals.
"I don't believe you."
"Yeah, I do! Half the crowd is all for it and the other half is No, no, don't do it!"
Shaking my head.
"You just haven't been paying attention."
"Bill..."
"Here, you don't believe me? I'll shear this next one blindfolded."
The next sheep up was Burrnie. I know Bill well enough to know he wouldn't hurt a sheep. He has been shearing for a long time. Maybe it is mostly by feel? And there are no, um, pointy parts on Burrnie, whose shape can best be described as "round". I decided to let him show me up.
And he did.
Want to see him shear a sheep blindfolded? (scroll down)
I really wanted to title this Hair Cut Day, but I guess it's technically Haircut Day...which just looks wrong...but I looked it up...so I decided to just go with Shearing Day and avoid the entire situation ;-).
Shearing Day, other than being a long, hard day for Bill, went off without a hitch. I had a ton of great help and company and for the most part the sheep behaved very well, even Petunia. Maisie again got her new 'do standing up...and only bit me once. We'll put that in the "win" column haha.
Rebecca Boone now aka Rebecca Two
I'd love to know what Willard is telling Baaxter. Or maybe I wouldn't. Except Willard is a sheep of Impeccable Character, so he's probably just laughing because Bill hit a ticklish spot or something :-).
That is Baaxter under that huge pile of wool!
And this is Tavia, who actually was sheared at the end of the day, but I wanted to put her picture in here after one of the big sheep to show either how big they are or how little the Jacobs are.
The last picture of the "babies" - Bullwinkle and Levi were working Rebecca Three and Stella pretty hard for either a cookie or to open the gate so they wouldn't have to get their big boy haircuts (haircuts with an s looks fine ;-). With Liddy, Andy and Woody.
An extra special treat this year was/is (looks like I need to go back to English class :-/) the fleece tags. Dana gave each sheep the sweetest sketch of them being sheared, their name fancied up and some even got little notes about what was talked about or happened while they were being shorn.
They are beyond adorable!
Her husband documented each one, thankfully, before any lanolin soaked into them. After the fact it was pointed out that I could have stuck each one in a plastic sleeve. Maybe she'll come back next year wink wink ;-).
We all liked that Little Liddy got a pink sheet :-).
And here he is...the one you've been waiting for...Momma's Lil' Butterball :-D.
That's Rebecca One raking up. The numbers are in order of how long I've known each. Rebecca One spun the original Punkin yarn for me years ago, long before I ever dreamed I'd have a flock of sheep and be spinning yarn myself. Crazy, eh?
"This is really not what I expected."
All grown up (sniffle).
Bill pulled a great trick on me again this year. I'll post that story tomorrow. Poor Burrnie... ;-)
