Hello from Maybelle Farm on Wednesday evening Feb. 20th. It's a very cold, windy day and we got just a dusting of snow. I just watched the weather and here comes another snow storm this weekend! I would be oh so happy to have this be the last snow storm of the season, but know that is just wishful thinking. I am now in just survival mode! I just want winter to be over and some nice green grass for my sheep. I am going to skirt some fleeces with Darcy tomorrow and on Friday take a load of gray raw fleeces to Battenkill Fiber Mill in Greenwich, NY to have it made into yarn. They are working on my order now and will be making beautiful white yarn from Willow, Lola, Arly and Siobhan. It's going to be a nice sunny day on Friday so I can drive to Greenwich,N.Y. and leave the wool and maybe go out to lunch. I'm not sure who will be going with me but it will be a short trip because of the dogs. Jonathan is working, Darcy's family is away and so I need to get back by mid-afternoon.
Darcy went to the barn with me tonight to try to video Onora and her rodeo dance. She is just a clown and I love her so much. I'm sure she doesn't know she is a little sheep, follows me around and is into everything. She doesn't think she should be with the other sheep and would rather stay with me and play. My neighbor stopped to visit tonight when I was coming back from the barn and wanted to know about my old Marcus. Marcus is a Coopworth/Finn/Dorset cross that I got as a bottle baby in 1999. We had him wethered and he was always with Blake (my handsome old ram). Marcus is very lonely without Blake but is doing O.K. Come spring I plan to put him with possibly Omega, my Tunis cross and Opal, my Borderleicester/Cormo/Romney cross. They are two very mellow little girls and I think they would get along with Marcus. Tally will be 16 yrs. old in April, her daughter Willow will be 14 yrs. old, Matylda will be 15 yrs. old. Quite a few of my flock are very old girls............
Tomorrow night I'm teaching a needlefelting class for a good friend that also has Shetland sheep. It is always such fun for me to teach someone how to needlefelt. I dyed some wool with tea today because I use this color for making faces. I have made quite a few needlefelted sheep, a couple of felted hats and some knitted hats. They are all listed on my Etsy shop. Well I guess I need to stop now and go fix dinner. Its a great night to curl up by my soapstone stove and read a good book. Goodnight from Maybelle MaMa.
Darcy went to the barn with me tonight to try to video Onora and her rodeo dance. She is just a clown and I love her so much. I'm sure she doesn't know she is a little sheep, follows me around and is into everything. She doesn't think she should be with the other sheep and would rather stay with me and play. My neighbor stopped to visit tonight when I was coming back from the barn and wanted to know about my old Marcus. Marcus is a Coopworth/Finn/Dorset cross that I got as a bottle baby in 1999. We had him wethered and he was always with Blake (my handsome old ram). Marcus is very lonely without Blake but is doing O.K. Come spring I plan to put him with possibly Omega, my Tunis cross and Opal, my Borderleicester/Cormo/Romney cross. They are two very mellow little girls and I think they would get along with Marcus. Tally will be 16 yrs. old in April, her daughter Willow will be 14 yrs. old, Matylda will be 15 yrs. old. Quite a few of my flock are very old girls............
Tomorrow night I'm teaching a needlefelting class for a good friend that also has Shetland sheep. It is always such fun for me to teach someone how to needlefelt. I dyed some wool with tea today because I use this color for making faces. I have made quite a few needlefelted sheep, a couple of felted hats and some knitted hats. They are all listed on my Etsy shop. Well I guess I need to stop now and go fix dinner. Its a great night to curl up by my soapstone stove and read a good book. Goodnight from Maybelle MaMa.
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