Wool Growing Weather

Hercules.

happy sheep 

Maya

                                             The month of November has been really balmy by Maine standards. We're having some weather today, and right along the coast it looks like it's going to be all rain. Inland, they're getting close to a foot in many areas. While this kind of warm autumn weather is great for the furnace, it's not so great for fleece growing. The sheep have responded to the hot, hot summer and mild fall by not growing very much wool on their little bodies; can you blame them?
                            Hercules has settled in beautifully, and the delivery of Bill to his new home at Shearbrooke Farm with Karen went really smoothly as well.
Reports from there are that he's adjusted well and is scoping out all of the ewes from his pen, which is shared with a funny male llama. In an adjacent pen are three more llamas - with a variety of chickens and hens running around, in and out of all the pens. It's a very beautiful spot and he'll be well cared for and loved there, so it was easy to say goodbye to the little guy.
Well, pretty easy.
Knitting away and good to have orders in the wings - for this and so much more I am deeply thankful.