Celebrate Hug a Sheep Day

Yes, it is Hug a Sheep Day and we'll be celebrating it here at the farm. Anyone can join us. So that those of you who have never hugged a sheep can get a feel for this I thought I'd share some sheep hugging photos.DSC_5722 IMG_2901

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DSC_5736The photos above are all of Farm Club members. If you join Farm Club you will have plenty of sheep hugging opportunities.IMG_3512My granddaughter on a visit out here last spring.DSC_1625 This is another cute kid, the age my granddaughter is now, at Fiber Fusion.DSC_4178 Chickens deserve hugs too.Goat kids 2006 - 1 And baby goats. Now we're getting into the archives. This is my son about 10 years ago.IMG_5667 Another sheep hug.Running with the lambs Running with sheep.Settle girls and lambs I love this photo. A couple of these girls are in college now.Kids sleeping at fairWhile I was searching photos I found this one. Doesn't have to do with hugging sheep, but it's two of my kids waking up in the dairy barn at the State Fair back in my dairy cow days.Steph kids1-2006 My mom drying off a newly born kid.TinaBut today will be all about hugging sheep.

Farm Club Appreciation Day

I love my Farm Club, so I hosted a day just for them when there was no work (although Stephany came early just to help me stack hay in the barn), just food and visiting...oh, and party games. Thanks to Dona for all these photos.DSC_5217 There is always good food when Farm Club does a potluck.DSC_5221 No skimping on desserts.DSC_5225 Kathleen shared her treasures from a recent trip to Russia that included seeing sheep and visiting with the shepherd in Gotland.DSC_5233 Stephany charted an old Elizabeth Zimmerman pattern and is knitting it up in Imperial Yarn Company's Columbia.DSC_5240 Prizes were awarded to the winners of the party games. How many sheep pellets in the container? 660. DSC_5252 Stephany seems stumped (or frightened) by the contents of the bag--things gathered from the barn.DSC_5253 I had told everyone that there was nothing disgusting or dangerous.DSC_5274Mary shared the warp just off the loom. This is four towels from the Friendship Towel Kit supporting the Natural Dye Project in Guatemala. In the background is the preview of my big Estate Sale that will be over Labor Day weekend.