I anticipate the annual Coming of the Lambs with such intensity that this year I was making the hourly pilgrimmage to the barn seeking new life with ridiculous prematurity. We nicknamed the first lamb “17” because it was on Day 17 of these never-ending checks (at all hours of the day) that the first set […]
Sheep
Lessons in Patience
It’s not easy waiting around for the best part of a shepherd’s life….lambs! For the last 16 days, every morning, we have declared that today lambs would arrive! Any moment, surely. And……nothing. It is hard to believe that our poor ewes might be able to contain growing lambs any longer. The mama’s bellies are taut, […]
Spring Shearing
One thing grounding me during these turbulent times is our own familiar rhythm of life on our little farm. Despite pandemics and car accidents and caring for loved ones facing illness, wool continues to grow and fleeces need to be sheared. Each of us has an (un)conscious daily rhythm and in times of stress and […]
October on the Farm ~ 2019
October is a busy month here on the farm. Ushered in with beautifully warm days, cool nights and dazzled by the glorious scarlet and golden mountainside, it is hard to fathom that in just a few weeks the shadowy banks along the creek […]
Meet the Sheep ~ Winter 2019
Open the gate, and step inside the pasture and you can meet our flock of fibre sheep… Posey is my sidekick, if a girl can have a sheep for a sidekick. When I open the gate, she is the first to greet me. When I walk by the fence, she trots over to baaa a hello. […]
