Saturday, May 9, 2009

Sheep to Shawl

I can't take credit for the cute name of the little sheep festival that took place on Sheep Hill in Williamstown this past weekend. What a lovely spring day it was! It was a mini version of the last sheep festival I enjoyed in Waltham.

Mostly, it made me feel like we need to have a baby -- and not just because the little kids wouldn't give up the baby ducks for a minute so I could pet them. Really.



Hard workin' sheep dog:


Sheep-shearing the old way -- with hand-crank shears:


A shocked, sheared sheep:
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4 comments:

  1. LoveANewIdeaMay 9, 2009 at 10:54:00 AM EDT

    That looks like the very handy Dave McKay helping with the sheep shearing.

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  2. ErinMMay 9, 2009 at 11:16:00 AM EDT

    Oh! I don't know him, or I would have made a photo caption. ; )

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  3. LoveANewIdeaMay 12, 2009 at 8:57:00 PM EDT

    He works for my company, and is all around handy at EVERYthing.

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  4. CamiJune 5, 2009 at 6:42:00 PM EDT

    Aww! You are lucky to be around so much fresh wool. Did you get any roving? Yarn? Remember when Mr. Fife brought us to his farm and sheared a sheep who had an insect problem? Ewwwww!

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