I took off Friday from Monroe about 1 pm, met Juliann in Joliet and we headed for Allegan, MI for a couple days with Stephen. My trip served two purposes, I purchased a lovely gray katmoget ewe in the fall, and had to get her before lambing and I got to see Stephen's lovely herd of sheep.
Saturday we went to the barn with ziploc bags to collect fleece samples. I was in heaven getting to sink my hands into one luxurious fleece after another. Then off to Saugatuk (sp) for a day of window shopping and a laughter filled lunch with friends.
I'd like to introduce Sheltering Pines Salicional to OK Acres
She's standing a bit funky here, so sorry for the goofy shot, but my shutter speed is horribly slow and I always miss the good pictures.
Salicional is bred to Wintertime Black Forrest (a polled ram)
Here's a shot of Juliann after her first knitting lesson. She is a natural, picked up on it right away, I was properly impressed.
We had to leave mid-way through the shearing, as we had a long drive ahead of us and the weather was a bit on the iffy side.
I'm hoping to make a lot more farm visits this year, I guess we'll have to see what fuel prices do to us this summer before I plan too much. As one point, it cost me $87 to fill up my truck!!! Thank you BIG OIL. (thick sarcasm inserted here)
Salicional is awesome! That's a great blood line as well. Bred to Forrest should be interesting.
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I am so jealous of all of you in the middle of the country, being able to connect like that! Still long driving distances, but at least it is do-able. I wonder if Garrett will still come to BSG if the fuel prices keep climbing....
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid I'm not going to get any katmoget lambs this year; from the way the ewes are looking right now, the back-up ram may have had all the fun!
You should get some really nice lambs from her. I'm glad you guys had a good time...even if it was without me *jealous* : (. LOL
ReplyDelete@ Michelle, it is nice to have so many sheepy people near me, and if I didn't work, I'd be visiting someone all the time. :D
ReplyDelete@ Rich-thanks, I adore her blueish gray wool!
@Corinne, next time we will drag you along.
Salicional is nice! Love the dark grey kats!
ReplyDeleteGood to see J knitting!
You guys ought to take a drive down to my place this spring after the lambs come.
Egads, I look raggity tired, lol! Thanks for the knitting lessons, and for driving Kelly, I sure had a BLAST!!
ReplyDeleteLucky you. Sounds like a fun road trip!
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