12/21/2007Winter SolsticeWinter Solstice Blessings to all !
The four-legged creatures and two alike. Tonight we shall enjoy the longest, brightest night of the year. The full moon is as close to the earth as it gets and the night is as long as it gets. Enjoy the subtle crisp night air and take a walk down an old country road. There, just at the end of the road, just before the bend in the road, just past the horseshoe corner and just a smidge past the neighbor’s porch light…. there you will find the secret of the night. The long Winter is about to rule and we must obey. Gather your wools, gather your wheels, spin all day, spin all night, a tale that only us spinners and weavers can tell. By day and night, by shuttle, by bobbin, we fill and refill the hope and prayers for the blessings of the coming year. We are thankful and quiet in memory for those we have lost this year. We will never forget you. You are in our cloth, you are in our yarns. Thank you for blessing our lives. We honor your life and story. God Speed Sheep Rule Follow the hooven path…………………….. Warning: include(/var/www/siteblog/SiteBlog_bundle/wp-comments.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/siteblog/blogs/shepherdtales.goodwool.com/index.php on line 111 Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening '/var/www/siteblog/SiteBlog_bundle/wp-comments.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear') in /var/www/siteblog/blogs/shepherdtales.goodwool.com/index.php on line 111 12/5/2007Snowy DaysIt’s been snowing on and off up in the Hilltowns for almost a week. The ground is frozen and the few flower heads with seeds have given up their wholesome nuritiousment to the little chickadees and finches. Now we are feeding out some black oil sunseeds and suet for the wild birds that stick around for the winter. We are on the count down for harvest of the lambs. This weekend is the planned harvest and we are blessed with four healthy lambs and two rams this year. This will be the first time we harvest a mature sheep for mutton and sausage. All the lamb is destined to be in the freezer at friends and family’s homes for Christmas. The traditional Christmas lamb will bless our table as well. Last week we delivered three ewes to their new homes. It wasn’t difficult because they were going to very good homes. Not only will their wool be used but they will be enjoyed by humane loving shepherds. It’s the best I could hope for them. As I move into more purebred breeding, I have to reduce the size of the crossbred ewe flock. That was the main focus of down sizing the ewe flock this year. All for now, Lisa
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