Meet the Sheep -- Part 2

Dona took all the photos in the previous posts (this one too) because I was in the shop most of the day. Here are a few that I took when I made quick trips to the barn.Colleen brought roses for all the tables......and set up a booth with her felted creations and dyed yarns.Observed in the parking area.Speaking of parking, here is the Parking Attendant, who doesn't get much  attention in my blog, but is a Very Important Person behind-the-scenes. Bunnies in the barn were a big draw.   Lisa worked on her Cricket loom all day and sent interested customers to the shop.  Alison led a Sheep Portrait class.

 Feeding the bottle baby drew a crowd.At 4:00 everyone pitched in and sheep were put away, pens moved, and signs stored for next year in no time. Wow! What a crew! (What I haven't talked about in a blog post was the huge help that Farm Club members were during the last week when I had severe tendonitis and couldn't use my right arm at all. They did all the pen cleaning.) I think we got the whole Farm Club crew who was here (except for Gynna) in this photo.

Don't miss Rusty's story about Meet the Sheep.

Meet the Sheep--Getting Ready

Meet the Sheep is our annual open house when we invite the public to meet our sheep, learn about fiber and hopefully become fiber enthusiasts. I couldn't do this without the Farm Club. FC members spent the day here on Friday helping clean up and set up. After everyone left on Friday Dan did the final clean-up of moving the piles of things that accumulate on a farm (pallets, disc, un-burned burn pile) and the place looked great. These photos were all taken by Dona on Saturday morning. We parked in the back but there was a line before I got the sheep locked out of that area. "Put it there.""It's this one." We selected sheep for petting and display. FC has already made a "naughty list" of ewes who were NOT to be used for petting.Signs went up.  Amaryllis went into her own pen...

 ...with her own sign.

 Faulkner is in a pen next to Amaryllis so he got his own sign.

 We gathered up some ewes and lambs to put outside where people could get close to them.Others were in a pen in the barn and FC members lifted up lambs for people to pet.

Jackie set up her Sheep to Shop booth...

 ...and Colleen was here with Fiber Confections.

 Julie Kuroki brought her French Angora bunnies and Angora kids along with a lot of display material. (Photos in the next post.)We're ready for the day!