There has been so much going on in my life and many changes.  I haven't worked on this in a long time.  I think Facebook kind of took it's place, but I still loved having a blog.

This is my friend Tammy with her very sweet Ewe, Beth.  She brought her to my house to be sheared when the Shearer came last month.  We had a fun day and all the girls got a haircut.  It is so exciting to us"wool" people to see all those lovely fleeces.  We can't wait to get our hand on them to spin and knit and dream them into wonderful things.

These are my girls waiting their turn to be sheared.  We get them penned up in close quarters so we can catch them one by one.
They are scared at first, but soon realize we are not going to kill them!  So upsetting at first.  Sheep are a prey animal, so fear is their strongest instinct.

This is Zane, our shearer at work.  He is very strong and knows just how to handle the sheep so he can get the job done.  I think this is Gabby (Gabriella), named by my grandson Peyton on her ride home to my house.  She had plenty to say all the way home so he named her Gabby.  The name stuck and I gave her a pretty name to go with it, and Gabby is her nickname.  She still is the first to speak up when we go out to their pen and always has something to say.  I have to admit, she is one of my favorite for many reasons.  No matter how long I go between visits, she always comes up to see me and lets me scratch her head.  Her wool is fantastic and borders on being like superwash.  Meaning it hardley won't felt.  I have a pair of socks I made two years ago and still wash and dry them.  The wool fulls, but hasn't felted.  Plus it is just plain fun to work with. 

 This is a yummy, wonderful fleece right off the sheep!  I love this!

This is a happy naked sheep.  That has to feel good.  This is Murphy, Tammy's other sheep.  Her fleece is wonderful.


That was shearing day and it was fun and tiring.  I couldn't do much to help, but I was a good supervisor.  I was still recovering from knee surgery so pretty much was useless.  It sure was hard not to get in there and help.  Ron, was the one catching the sheep and getting them ready for the shearer.  My friend Kelly was also there to help.  Ron is actually the Shepard so the sheep love him and pretty much trust him the most.
I love this time of year, because you can see the oats in the back round and is the only time it is green around here.  Makes for a pretty picture. 

Ron and Kelly with the next sheep ready