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Jackie O
And now we wish Jackie happy birthday!We bought her in 2002 with our original starter flock and she was 4 months old. She had traveled all the way from the west coast and by the time she reached us she was so skittish. As with all the newcomer sheep we keep them in a...
WIP Wednesday
It's an old WIP, but a good WIP!I have made peace with a pair of thrummed mitts I started but got set aside for awhile. I just unearthed them and will now wrap them up. They are knit with the yarn from my ever so soft Ashley, shown here.She gives the softest Romeldale...
On the move
We had a herd of deer cross through our back field yesterday. This is a pretty healthy looking doe.There has been enough snow loss that they are able to get out and about and find new food sources. They circled our hill and headed up to Cass Hill where there is a lot...
More about the little bird
Below is yet another note from the Deb at Winchester WildLife Rehabilitation Center about the little bird....For those lucky enough to live near us in the Monadnock Region make note of this wildlife rehab center: Deb Gode can be reached at wildwaysrehab@aol.com and...
Little bird update
Here is the note I received last night from Deb at Wildlife Rehab about the little bird.Hi Nancy,Sorry I was unable to pop out and say hi to you when you dropped the bird off. The little bird was a warbler (black poll). Basically starving to death, very emaciated and...
For the birds
We have had a little bird here for a week or so that has been different than the others. It flits around under the feeder and comes and goes but yesterday I noticed it wasn't leaving at all. I went up to it and could pick it up. And we know that's not normal. It would...
A sweetheart of a sheep
This is Maisy. Maisy is a Montadale and a trained therapy sheep. Maisy and her handler spend time with the sick and terminally ill to give them peace and healing support. We had a chance to speak with Maisy's handler today when we visited our local humane society. She...
Disgrace
I know...it would be fun to delve into some juicy personal story but, rather, I have to steer you to one of the best novels I have read in many moons. Not too long ago I read a review from Beverly's blog for January 26th, 2009 about a book which peeked my interest,...
Friday’s FO
Thanks to Sam and Anne for helping me just knit rather than stress over complexities and for spurring me into the world of self-photography, I present my FO!This is a great scarf an easy pattern from The Knitting Experience: Book 1 by Sally Melville. I needed...
