Random Sunday Photos

I had a call last week from someone who asked if she could come out here to take engagement photos. She had seen a majestic red barn along the highway and when she googled Meridian Road and farms she found our place.

My job was simply to show them around, open gates, and, as an added bonus, provide sheep.

We started with all the sheep in the field, but with strangers around they ran back to the barn. I brought snacks (hay and grain) and some of them came back to be sociable.

I was waiting at the gate when this guy walked up. This is a wether and is a good example of what happens to ram horns when there is not enough space at the base. If he had not been wethered (castrated) those horns would be much larger and he may have lost some by now.

After everyone left I took the dogs Across the Road. I remembered a question from someone about puncture vine so I took this photo. This plant has nasty burs with sharp points that get stuck in dog paws and bike tires (and cause flats). It is really taking hold on the dirt road and is going to be a big problem for the dogs (and is why I don’t even try to ride my mountain bike over there anymore).

Later I printed the cards to which I afix buttons. I need to get the buttons attached, then photograph them and put them on the website. I was going to do that during a Farm Club Zoom spinning meeting, but I spun instead.

Later I caught sheep to get photos for prospective buyers. There are a couple of people considering shipping lambs to New Jersey. I would think they’d want as close to perfect horns as you can get if they are being shipped all that way. Unfortunately this ram’s horns aren’t perfect. They are fusing at the base and will probably start to grow crooked or the bottom one will weaken and break.

Someone has had her eye on this ewe lamb for a long time, but her lower horns aren’t growing well and are probably scurs—horny growth without a bony core underneath.

Dark hollyhocks in my dye garden. Wait for the dyeing post to see the surprising color.

So this a post without a story—just random photos of the day.