I have been wanting to post my winter project yet I wait till June to do it!!
This is an easy pattern from Yarn Harlot http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/archives/2006/10/12/one_row_handspun_scarf.html
I made it out of Noro Keuryon yarn with angora. Super soft.
Monty is two weeks old today. He is 3/4 Blue Faced Leicester and 1/4 Border Leicester. Mom, Monna is first time mom and very attentive.
This is Daisy and her son, Daegan. She and Dad, Kayman are CVM ( California Variagated Mutants) Daegan will be a colored Romeldale as he is not badgered faced. They are a fine wooled sheep with multiple colors. Boy oh boy, did I learn when the description of the CVM were aggressive did I learn my lesson. Being used to Border Leicester and Blue Faced Leicester Rams that were so nice during breeding season. Then there is Kayman who will seek you out from across the paddock running with the pace of a cheetah and all you can do is hang on for the tackle! OUCH!
Skylark is the very first corridale lamb here. She was born during the cold weather. She had a twin boy whom, sadly we lost. She makes me smile when I see those ears and the oh so soft fiber she will be producing.
I miss you everyday. Even though you were 12 it is never time to say goodbye. I got you from a shelter and you paid me back ten times fold. You and I spent our first year together while your other new friend was what seemed like many worlds away in Iraq. You were there when no one else was. You kept my sanity. You gave me a reason to keep going.
Izzy, you could chase that tennis ball all day. I will always miss you. There is an empty space on the floor by my feet that will never be replaced. You were a good girl. Thank you for everything you gave me.
Because of our late season drought I am forced to begin feeding hay to the sheepers. We hadn't finished up some paddocks because it was too dry for fence posts. So this evening I was pushing the hay cart just wishing I could head in for a nap! But chores must be done and I have waited all day to visit everyone. So I trudge on following what is left of the sparse grass and I stumbled upon a little chipping sparrow nest. All constructed of horsehair from the mini horses. That is what most of the chipping sparrow nests were commonly made of but they will settle for dog hair and even human hair. They have been known to pluck the hair straight from the source. They got their nickname honest. The hair bird.
The oldest chipping sparrow found as of now was 11 years old.
There were many times I could pick out from which dog of mine they used to line their nests.
This is one from a few years ago in a pine tree. Tugger’s hair lining the nest.
This lady is so creative! She uses wool to felt nests and place in floral arrangements. The nest shown is made from one of my colored Blue Faced Leciester girls. Check her etsy shop out at http://www.etsy.com/people/FreckledFig
Starling, my beautiful girl who passed away.
Momma dog made her way to her new foster home last this past Friday! She is staying with a family that takes white german shepherds. Thank you Echo Dogs Rescue! Now she can have a life couch and all. It was a sad goodbye for the women that work at Spoiled Pets Grooming as they helped provide her care until a foster home could be found. She now is sharing the couch with two other shepherds in Omaha, Nebraska.
We are working on getting the two puppies to a rescue next. Momma looked for them. She was a good mom. Better than most people.
Good bye Momma dog your puppies will be in good hands. I promise. I hope you get everything you deserve.
