Ewes and lambs joined forces yesterday. No more health concerns and all are happy!Griffin has a crush on Phoenix.Griffin is the ram lamb of Memphis and he carries the same clown face Memphis' daughter Charlotte has. So cute!Here is Bea's boy...still haven't named him....
Della and Bea kept us busy over the weekend. Della went into labor on Friday and we helped her bring triplet ewe lambs into the world. Regrettably the last lamb was stillborn. We couldn't have saved her. But just imagine one CVM ewe lamb and one Romeldale ewe lamb!...
Memphis spent all day yesterday in the silent stage of labor. We watched and waited.At 9pm her water bag appeared and shortly thereafter a little ram lamb was born. Memphis is the daughter of Todd, a famous old line of CVMs. At first I was sad she bore a ram but then...
Lambs are due within the week so I spend a fair amount of time coming and going from the barn to spoil the girls. Here is Memphis looking quite pregnant!Thankfully the lamcam connected to our bedroom TV allows me to keep an eye on them during the overnight without...
We have another new addition, a friend for Luna and a wonderful companion for us human types. Kalie is a Blue Merle Sheltie. Another rescue from Maine. She and Luna are both the same age, this side and that of three. At first, Kalie was so timid I worried for her....
Hope springs eternal today! We have been having the most beautiful pattern of dry weather that is so healing for all. The sheep rested in the sun with a nice breeze blowing all day...I worked on a custom dye order on the deck and got some good work done in the studio....
My diagnosis last week of being on the mend was not true!I wound up with pneumonia and didn't get it diagnosed until yesterday.After chest x-rays and blood work the verdict was solid. The drugs areincredibly effective, as in Prednisone and antibiotics. The hard part...
Memphis and I have been under the weather the past few days but seem to have rallied thanks to rest and good medicine. The day after shearing Memphis didn't seem quite right and neither did I. What I thought was just a case of barn dust in my lungs was turning into a...
click, click, click This tune is great backdrop while you follow along with the day's events. Just drop it down and open the blog up hereShearing is done. It was absolutely scrumptious weather for it with lots of sunshine and no wind. We are in a lovely weather...
Saturday's Spinning Basics workshop with Patty Blomgren was grand! We all awoke to a very snowy scene in New Hampshire but it made a lovely backdrop for a warm and woolly day to learn to spin!While students simply treadled at their wheels to get the feel for the...
