Memorial Weekend

Did some balloon/string crafting. Got messy. Then the storm, with long overdue rain, destroyed our efforts.

I gave two shots to Sadie! Penicillin for porcupine quills. First ever for me.

Opened the gazebo.

I like publishing via my blogger app, but, I tend to be short on words and heavy on pictures. I hope you don't mind. It is very easy to go back through all my photos right on my phone and pick the highlights. Then fill in a few words for the pictures.

Sadie's first porcupine

Alpaca shearing day

A cool, misty day at Chickasaw Farm. I had a great time and learned a lot. Sheep Boy watched, learned, and was given the opportunity to shear one. It was a fun day with a much smaller group than the sheep shearing. It gave me more opportunities to ask questions and get to know people. Sheep Boy bought 2 petting zoo friendly Suri alpacas. Since we couldn't get them into my car, he will be returning later this week to pick them up.
I also got to hang out at Sheep Boy's farm for awhile too. He has 2 lambs I can't wait to get my fingers into their fleeces. :) Chevy, a cheviot, and a white and tan "hair sheep", as he calls it, I am not sure, but it seems soft, without guard hairs, so far.
Bob and Gracie are thriving. He lets them out daily and they follow him around the yard while he does chores. They have developed a taste for chocolate mint cookies and an occasional Nilla Wafer.

Update on Picking out the Wool

My fleece is a scrap.Sheep Boy called me this evening to give me the news. She turned out to be a handful and it took 3 men to shear her. The focus was on the safety and control of the sheep, not keeping hay out of the fleece and keeping it in one piece. :) I have no problem with their priorties. I was sorta looking forward to the challenge of processing the fleece, but I'm also relieved. It didn't look to be in the best shape.I still think of her as "Buffalo". I thought she looked like a molting buffalo in the pen which probably isn't complimentary to a sheep. I'm glad she will be cooler now that she's devested of her large fleece.I spent the day sanding the little chest of drawers I found at the moving sale, then made cheese and did my first ply with beads in the evening.

A very productive day!

Spring farm trip

Or a/k/a previewing the wool

Sprucing up the place

I'm having a little work done on the house. This theory is I will have something nice to look at this summer. I plan on spending a lot of time in the backyard and at the gazebo.

The house trim is being repaired, scraped, primed, and painted. The deck was power washed and will be stained. the whole house was power washed and touched up.

Sheep Boy will be roto-tilling the backyard so we can level it. I'm going to plant tomatoes upside down and try to grow some lettuce.

It has been raining the past few days but before that, I found time to take Sadie out and wander around Rayburn's Castle and hiking trails.

I have been spending a lot of time in Grayling lately. Doctors appointments and other errands take me there.