12/26/2006

Winter Solstice

A blessing of freshly shorn fleeces on this winter solstice, blade-sheared by Kevin Ford, master sheep shearer, wool judge and kind hearted man. It’s been 8 months and the wool was an average of 6 inches in length. Many of the fleeces were in good condition and a couple in very good condition and I’ll likely hold on to them for next Spring’s contests. I have coated the ewes to make sure they aren’t getting a chill. The breeding is done, but in a week or so I’ll put Charles in with the ewes to "clean-up" in case some didn’t take. So we’re expecting April lambs this Spring out of 10 bred ewes.