This photo is just before I put the chickens in for the night. A bit blurry but as you can see the chickens have grown fond of the sheep!The following night when I came down to lock the chickens in it was out of control. They were starting to roost and were all over...
The chickens are soooo happy to have Della and Lucy to share the barn with. The hens follow them all around the field while they graze, grabbing crickets and all sorts of other bugs. Last evening when I went down to put the chickens in for the evening, they were all...
Jack and I gathered the flock for their mid-summer night's dream (not). Today was de-worming and hoof trimming Wednesday. The weather has been terribly wet this summer. In the month of July I wonder if we had ONE dry day. So far in August forget it. It is grating on...
My work in progress this week has been to work with Della and Lucy to gain their trust. They came here, as all the other adult sheep have, fearful and unaccustomed to day to day human touch. I just find it 100% easier to work with sheep when they trust me. It saves...
In response to Laurel's questions in the prior post, I found this explanation for our pretty hens....we have the red sex-links. They are GREAT layers and very calm in the barnyard.And Laurel, I will be most happy to provide one or more pictures for you....no begging...
Della and Lucy! I always wanted to name a ewe Lucy after my grandmother! What does the name Della conjure up in your mind?Jack and I drove west today to central NY state to meet another truck coming east so we could pick up these lovely Romeldale ewes we bought to add...
Seattle was fabulous. On many fronts from the work I did at Earthues with Michele and also the second week which eight of us gathered and worked on some other topics regarding mordant variables and how they affect the individual natural dyes. I haven't got any show...
Seattle has plenty of dogs in all shapes and sizes. Travelling back and forth to the studio each day and around Ballard I met a few. This weimeraner keeps watch over a shoe repair store.This little one models in a store window.I met this greyhound on a walk one...
Now is this the coolest bicycle or what!?I was leaving the studio for the day and had seen these women riding it up and down Ballard Ave, not really knowing what the gig was. But as I was grabbing a camera to get a photo they asked me to come on along for a ride. Too...
While here in Seattle, I have been taking a walk every day which can be a challenge in itself with the hills. Streets run level across the hills and cross with the streets that run straight up and down. There are great views with the mountains in the background, the...
