Lambs & Barnswallows

The Massachusetts Sheep & Woolcraft Fair is this weekend in Cummington. Small, laid-back and authentic, it's one of my favorite festivals.  The volunteers work very hard to pull this event off. The weather looks promising. I've selected some of my cormo, leicester and cormo cross fleeces to enter in the fleece competition - we'll see how it goes. Wish me luck.

Another show means another busy week, so I'll apologize up front for my blogging brevity, and for taking the easy way out with this little movie of Holly trying to feed a handful of bottle lambs at once. You can see how hard it is to keep track of how much each lamb gets. You can hear Butternut  wailing for more  after he's had his share. So spoiled.

Also, two pairs of barnswallows have set up house this year, one at the north end of the barn and the pair you can see here at the south end. While they don't seem to mind the sheep, they  don't appreciate our presence anywhere near their nest. They were having a fit because Holly was feeding the kids close by. You think they would be use to us by now!

Enjoy.

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Comments

[Manise]

Wonderful video! Good luck showing your fleeces! They are gorgeous! *swoon* The color blue will be predominant. :-)

~That would be nice, but it's fun to enter and just see what happens, and to check out the other gorgeous fleeces!~

[Carolyn R.]

My family will be at Cummington too! (We live in NJ. My brother lives in Windsor.) My brother's kids will be showing their Cotswolds. Good luck with your fleece. I'll go take a look at it. Will you be selling your book there? I hope so.

~Yes, I'll have copies in my booth (located in the stalls near the food!). I'll keep my fingers crossed for your nephews and their Cotswolds. See you this weekend!~

[Laurie]

*sigh* I want Holly's job.

[Marcia]

I'm having flashbacks to several weeks ago when I was doing that with my 1-yr old grandson..he wails, too, when he wants more! But, now HE can hold his own bottle, nyah, nyah! (How DO you remember all those names and which goes with whom?!)

~My days of learning the names of 100 students prepared me for remembering lambie names, I suppose. ~

[Valerie]

Best of luck with your fleeces! The fair sounds delightful.
That Butternut--what a greedyguts! He certainly is insistent.

[Rebecca]

If videos like these are what you post when you take the easy way out, I wouldn't mind if you took the easy way out in every post! This video has satiated my sheep cravings until next week.

You should tell the barnswallows that excessive noise will not be tolerated under their lease agreement. You did make them sign a lease before moving in, didn't you?

~LOL~

[Jo]

i am positive thinking, Barb, you will need help carrying your BLUE ribbons and trophies. have loads of fun doing your thing.
Cinder is growing to be a big boy and regal. i love him. i told the barnswallows to fly him to me.

Butternut is ready to audition for the Met Opera. he has a good set of lungs.

Good Luck!!!!

~Thanks for sending positive vibes, Jo. The competition is pretty stiff, so we'll keep our fingers crossed and see what happens. I love seeing ALL the fleeces, so lovely & tempting. I've been known to come home with a fleece or two that isn't mine (Mike thinks I'm nuts).~

[Aimee]

They're so cuddly looking :) Best of luck in the competition!

[Mikell]

Looks like a gorgeous weekend coming up. Good luck in the fleece competition.