Pics Via Email From Shearing Day!

OH MY GAWD!!! I am so in love with my kids ... and my Grandkids. Just to think about them makes me well up with tears of love.

OK kids ... OK ... I am just a sentimental old fag. But I am YOURS ... and I love both you ... and your respective mates ... and your babies ... :-)

My daughter-in-law Kerri sent me these pictures from when they were here June 6th.


Above ... son Chris, dancing to the music with niece Anna ...
and then Grandpa 'grooving' with his FAVOURITE young man in the world ... Will Stearman ... :-))))))))))))
... and then ... Will and Anna ... 'hanging out at Grandpa's'. It IS a wild place ... :-)




LIFE ... is so VERY good ... :-)

My Kitchen Window

I HATE to cut grass. That is one of the reasons that I have sheep ... :-) And I REALLY hate spots that are too tight to cut with my riding mower! So ... I let sheep graze those areas.
This is what was outside my kitchen window this morning while I was cleaning up from breakfast. This also might explain the holes in the screen ... hehehe

At one point, Holiday was baaaaa-ing right into the part of the window that was open. Aman, was much more aloof through it all ... but Holiday ... is just such a pet and seems to crave positive attention. I think he knows how much he is loved here.

:-)

WillowGarden Richard Gere

WillowGarden Richard Gere will also be staying at least over the winter.

His dam is WillowGarden Gin (f2 Glayva, F3 Minder, and V Creek Hummer who has a pedigree filled with UK sires). Gin's first micron test showed ... AFD 23.4 ... SD 4.7 ... CV 20.

His sire is North Wind Holiday (F1 Holly). Holiday was micron tested at the age of SEVEN, with amazing results ... AFD 23.5 ... SD 6.4 ... CV 27.
(NOTE ... Holiday is not only soft and correct ... he also carried spots, and genetics for modified colour, and for polled.)
Again, this guy is just five weeks old, so I can't be sure about the horns ... but ... won't it be fun to watch this guy grow!?!

WillowGarden Tom Cruise

Here is another ram that I quite like, and one that will be staying at least over the winter ... WillowGarden Tom Cruise.

Tom's dam is WillowGarden Cherry Bomb (F3 Timothy, F3 Greyling, F2 Glayva). Her first histogram was dissapointing ... AFD 27 ... SD 7.4 ...SD 27.5.

Tom's sire is WillowGarden Garnish (F2 Hornblower, F2 Glayva). His first histogram was great ... AFD 23.9 ... SD 5.2 ... CV 21.6).

Tom was born later (May 20th), so in these pictures he is just 5 weeks old in this pictures. I guess that is too early to tell if he'll be scurred or not. I like him anyway.

WillowGarden David Niven

I REALLY like this ram lamb and will be keeping him over for evaluation and to test him in his second fleece. At the moment, he is a 'keeper'.

He is out of FirthofFifth Lassig (Wintertime Blues X a Forrest daughter) and WillowGarden Opal (WillowGarden Linyanti - F1 Todhill Hornblower - X V Creek Hummer - a pedigree filled with many UK sires)

Lassig's first micron results were - AFD 23.6 ... SD 5.5 ... CV 23.3.

Opal's numbers are - AFD 25.3 ... SD 5.3 ... CV 20.8.

This dude was born black, but is likely modified and hopefully will end up the same lovely emsket colour of his sire.

New Ram # 4 ... WITH Horns ... :-)

I fell in love with this guy as soon as I saw these first two pictures! This little guy is coming from Cathy Doll at Windy Meadows farm in Michigan.
He is out of SheltrgPines Kristine (Underhil Thelonius Monk X SheltrgPines Catherine) and SheltrgPines Simon (Thelonius X SheltrgPines Hermione.

Both of the dams mentioned above are out of Underhill TS Eliot, so there are a LOT of tight genetics crammed into this dude!

I am hoping that he'll add more fine fleeced spotted lambs to my flock ... and ... he is FULLY horned, so I can continue with horned lines as well ... :-)

Oh ... did I mention that he has a pink nose ... hehehe?