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Friday, September 7, 2012

Poor Willard's Almanac

It's that time of year. Even though it doesn't feel like it.



"What's a sheep gotta do to get a haircut around here???"

Sheep shearer extraordinaire Bill Haudenschield called last Friday to let me know they were on the way next week. And even though he'd have probably fit a quick stop in for us regardless of how many sheep we had to shear, because I'd already shorn the Cotswolds myself back in one of the heatwaves (also known as THE WHOLE SUMMER :-/), I didn't want to make them come set up just to shear the last two longwools. They get shorn twice a year and yes, their wool grows back in plenty time for winter.

So...you know what that meant.



Willard in front of the fan before and after. Willard loves him some fan action.



Here are a few Twitter pictures you may have missed from back when we were integrating Blossom into the main flock. Willard moved into her temporary stall, kicked her out, pushed her cot out of the way and parked it in front of her fan. Oh, Willard.



And then went so far as to roll all the way over.

Sheep aren't supposed to sleep like that.

WILLARD!!!



"Yeesh, I'm fine. Lighten up, lady."

I really enjoy my camera apps and quick posting them on Twitter like that. I decided to start saving those pictures in a Photobucket album as a backup and ended up adding it as a slide show on the right hand side of the main blog.

The earlier pictures are no longer accessible though so (when I get some time) I'm going to try to pull my favorite baby Blossom pictures off my phone so they'll always be there. It will be fun to flash through them. Even the pictures of dumb ole Willard ;-).

I sheared Keebler and Willard the other day and ended up re-shearing Rebecca Boone as well because she'd already grown out so much I was afraid her fleece would be too long by next spring. Keebs, Mister Melodrama, peed on his freshly shorn fleece as I was shearing him (I shear them standing up) so his has already hit the wash tub.

I have a bunch of pictures and maybe a video (?) to share of my trip to Ohio Valley Natural Fibers last week (including Renny's roving :-). It's supposed to cool way off this weekend. Maybe I'll get everything caught up.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ;-)

2 comments:

Tammy said...

Love the Willard 'action' shots. Esp. the ones where he took over Blossom's stall and even moved the cot. I have a couple of sheep that sleep flat out like that and it never fails to scare the tar out of me.

Take care. Cooler weather headed here too. Yeah!
Tammy

Terry and Linda said...

I would like to get caught up also...way too much to do and company is going to 'drop in whenever they get here' which I had to talk myself into it's okay if the house is dirty and the yard is just now weeded and you still need to wash windows...and....

And just settle down and enjoy them.

(Oh, yes and I'm fat and wear jeans for dress up and she is a size 5 and has never heard of jeans...)

I have to keep reminding myself....I really do...I am... reminding myself

Linda
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