We had a little fun with the garden produce tonight. Of course, I have to weigh any of the zucchini that hide until they are bigger than my child was at birth.
And Howard had to photograph the event, so I added garden veggies for a still life!
Orient Express and Fairy Tale eggplant, cocozelle zuchini, a tomato. . . The old scale indadvertantly acquired at an auction really works, and reads 7.25 lbs.
The other day, I took a few pictures of Little Red Oak Maple, my best ewe, Highland Hollow Bluebell,'s '08 daughter. Here are the two lovelies. I was thinking I'd sell Maple, because she doesn't like me, and you know, more room in the barn this winter, more hay for everyone else. . .
but she is so very pretty, I couldn't do it. She looks like Bluebell did as a lamb, with that super-pouf coat of wool. She is musket, but her brown base is really a modified one-- it was obvious at birth. So she can throw some more lovely lambs, maybe solid mioget. Now, if I can only get her to be less afraid of us. Bluebell's not!
We sold 3 more ewes last weekend to a farm-neighbor who was missing having sheep. He used to raise suffolk/hamps. This should be different for him! We sold him some very good brown and spotted ewes as unregistered-- we're getting down to only my favorite or best stock, now-- there are 13 shetland ewes remaining, and two finn girls. I still think springtime lambing will be wild with their thirty lambs coming! And right now, they all fit in the horse's shed in a rainstorm!
4 comments:
Maple is pretty! I had a ewe lamb that I bought last fall that wanted nothing to do with me for the first 6 months she was here. Then one day last spring she decided she LOVES us. So maybe Maple will turn around too. I least that is what I am hoping for two shy ewe lambs I have now.
She's beautiful, Gail! Reminds me of Alice. Jane sold Alice because Alice didn't like her ~ but took to me on the spot. I hope your little beauty comes around for you. She sure looks like she's got some mioget influence there....
Oh, I always hope the sheep find someone they like-- though sometimes it's only another sheep!
Bluebell trots her children away from us when they are young-- to our surprise. Bluebell's so tame that once, when I had to put ointment in her eye, it was easier to do when she just came up for petting. Didn't mind a poke in the eye, if you'd only pet her! Maple's color was different way back. There's a picture of her in April/May-- on the blog? On a hay bale. Honey-brown, not brown brown. I have high hopes for her offspring, and her fleece!
Yes, she's very pretty. She's got a beautiful face. I bet she'll come around one and be friendly of these days -- if you can just get that first chin scratch in, it may do the trick. :-)
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