Contest - Name the Lambs

COMMENTS FOR THIS POST ARE NOW CLOSED. THANKS FOR ALL THE GREAT SUGGESTIONS.

CHECK BACK ON SUNDAY TO SEE OUR SELECTION.

Spring has sprung. Sort of. Here in the hillls a sheet of sleet and slush marked its arrival. Which made my morning drive to the barn rather interesting.

We are on the brink of lambing season. I'm keeping close watch on the flock now, as our lambs should be arriving very soon. The sweet face above is a lamb from a former year. I'm tingling with anticipation of this year's arrivals. You might remember we took year off from lambing in 2013 and I while it was nice to have a break, I really missed having them. We're expecting somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 little ones over the next five weeks.

Which reminds me that I'm a little behind schedule in selecting a theme for naming this year's lambs.

So today I'm kicking off a contest. Would you like to help us name this year's lambs?

To enter please suggest a name theme in a comment  on this post. And you must share this post via social media (FB, Ravelry, Twitter, your own blog - just pass it along, please). Let's see how many ideas we can generate in a week.

Mike and I will select our five favorites and then it will come down to a vote from our Sheep Shares CSA 2014 members. The suggester of the winning theme will receive a special prize: a signed copy of my book, Adventures in Yarn Farming and 2 skeins of Cormo Camel Silk - enough yardage to complete one of these two projects from my book: the Sundance Scarf by Marnie MacLean or the Full Snow Moon Cowl and Mitts by Barbara Giguere (a total value of $79.95).

To avoid repitition, here are themes used in passed years:

2005 - Greek mythology

2006 - herbs & spices

2007 U.S. cities & towns

2008 Fashion Designers

2009 - Colors

2010 - Fonts & Type Faces

2011 - Apples

2012 - Flowers

The deadline for submitting a theme is 5 pm EST, Thursday, March 27. Please, one suggestion per person. If the same theme is suggested by more than one person, credit will be given to the person who suggested it first - so be sure to scroll through the comments before posting. Our Sheep Shares members will weigh in & vote. Then I will announce a lucky winner on Monday, March 31, here on my blog.

Be inspired and have fun - and please spread the word.

Happy Spring to you.

Comments

[Else T]

I think it would be very nice to name the sheep after Tolkien characters. :)

[lindsey v]

101 Dalmatians!

[L. Posey]

Olympic host cities

[MareF]

I think that Pioneers would be fun, and informtative, for names. I'll be happy to do some research for appropriate choices if you'd like. I work in a library. ;-)

[L. Posey]

Olympic host cities

[Cheryl]

First, I loved the pictures of Shearing Day, sure wish I lived closer, Michigan is a bit far, especially this winter.
I think, in honor of your husband's bracket picks, that this year's lambs should be named after collage mascots. Something like Gator for Florida State, Sparty for Michigan State(my personal favorite and alma mater.) I realize not every school has a mascot name that would be a good fit for a lamb name, but many would.
Whatever you pick I hope lambing season goes well and every lamb and mom are healthy and happy.
Smiles,
Cheryl

[Aj]

Tree Types, So Birch, Maple, Oak, Pine Etc

[Serena Rachels]

Foreign countries & cities like Paris, Parma, Ceylon, Burma...

[Jennie Raymond]

How about Heavenly Bodies (Stars, Planets and Constellations).

[Jeffrey]

An astronomy theme-names of stars or constellations

[Lisa]

Harry Potter characters - especially Hagrid!

[Judi Gay]

Well, how about gem stones? All the lambs are precious, just fluffier than, say, diamonds.

[anne]

I'm nominating characters from Shakespeare. From Puck to Dogberry to Sir Toby Belch, Oberon and Titiana, Moth, Lion and Moonshine, we've never run out of names for our numerous pets over the years.

[Deb Childers]

I vote for pasta varieties as a theme for naming this years babies.

[Sue]

Stellar Names - Stars and Constellations

Can't wait for the new lambs. We sure did miss them last year, but know you needed to take a break.

Missing you all, but maybe I'll be able to make a trip back up North.

[Sharilyn]

How about the NATO phonetic alphabet?

Example:
Alpha (or Alfa), Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot etc.
Here's a link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet

I like "S" = "Sierra" (my middle name :-)

[Lisa Conway]

Famous Authors----Shakespeare,Bronte,Dickens, Verne,Tolkien,Anderson,Conan Doyle,Melville, Lewis, Sewell, Twain

to name a few,

[Sandra Lynn Rose]

Names of "winter storms of 2014" is my suggestion for naming the lambs.

Good luck
Sandra

[Jeanne Palermo]

After this winter, I think the theme has to be WEATHER!

I'm thinking names like "Storm", "Cloud" "Snow" Blizzard"

[Sue]

oops, I should have given some examples to the stars/constellations.
casseopia, hercules, gemini, pegasus, perseus, phoenix, pisces, draco, leo, etc

[Teresa]

Jazz legends: Coltrane, Monk, Miles D., Ramsey, Mingus, Brubeck...

[Amy]

Classical Music Composers - Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Saint Saens, Debussy, Haydn, Vivaldi, Handel, Wagner, Verdi . . . I could go on and on

[Justine Valla]

The lambs could be named after the list of snow storms we had this year.

[Justine Valla]

Just realized someone else posted the same idea as me, so I think maybe name them after famous artists.

[Chris]

Candies: Almond Joy, Snickers, Milky Way, toffee, candy cane, etc