Once in a while, I look out in the field and see something like the scene above. My first thought is, "Oh no, there's a ewe down. Is she dead ?". How, I ask you, could this possibly be a comfortable napping position? Wouldn't you have a permanent kink in your neck if you tried sleeping like this? Usually I clap my hands or yell or watch for a twitching ear. This time I walked right up to her before Gabby roused herself. Two seconds later............she's up and back to business as usual.
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(that's my good girl, Olive, in the middle) |
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After a very, very slow start, my Tour de Fleece challenge has finally left the starting line. I'm going to have to spend some quality time at my Hansen mini-spinner to catch up. I probably should have skipped the competition this year, but it feels good to have
an excuse a reason to spin during the day, even though there are many other things I should be doing. There is so much stuff going on around here right now, I set a pretty wimpy goal for myself ( to spin enough of my wool/alpaca roving to knit a vest or maybe a sweater---depending on how it goes ). So, if I complete the spinning part, I'll start knitting. That's presuming I can manage to pick out a pattern by then ! Never have I felt so unmotivated for a challenge, but maybe once I get the first few hills behind me, that will change.
I'm telling you, it's that family...always causing trouble!
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