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Frolicking at the Fairgrounds

By Pam, on June 11th, 2009

We spent last weekend at the Maine Fiber Frolic. This is a really pleasant and more or less laid back festival for us because it’s so close to home — we actually come home every night. If we didn’t have chores to do, I think it’d be fun to stay at the fairgrounds and play with other vendors and organizers after hours.

Our fleeces did [….read more]

News of Maryland

By Pam, on May 8th, 2009

Here it is Friday and I’m finally sitting down to write about Maryland. I haven’t a clue where the week has gone and on top of that, I just realized that two posts I did before I left weren’t published…ugh…guess I must’ve been more panicked than I thought!

Because I spend far too much time obsessing about the weather, I’ll sum up the festival weather [….read more]

What About the Boys

By Pam, on February 21st, 2009

teenage rams, HT Jenks & HT Reece

I haven’t spent any time talking about the rams. It’s not because we don’t pay any attention to them. They’re really very funny and sweet. At this time of year, Jim spends more time with them than I do because of the division of chores. I deal with the hens on a daily basis and he [….read more]

Happy Valentine’s Day!

By Pam, on February 14th, 2009

We were going to go out but it was one of those days. The reservations never got made so we’re going to have a pizza fest — 3 kinds — and a big salad. Today we took advantage of decent weather to get work done outside. Jim spent a bunch of time cleaning up in front of the barn doors. It’s an ongoing project to [….read more]

Sheep Heads

By Pam, on February 12th, 2009

Kelly's girls wonder, "Who are you?" They're very sweet.

Kelly C. very kindly agreed to show me how to make a 3D wool sheep head and we’ve been trying to get together for ages. Between sick kids, sick adults, snow/ice well…today we finally managed to get together! Betty S. came, too, and she made a natural colored angora goat head. I wonder whether [….read more]