No road trips. No exciting visitors. No classes. Just hanging out on the farm waiting out the pandemic.

I am continually working to update lamb photos for potential buyers. I am distracted by goats. This is Ellie and her month old kid.

Amelia and the triplets.

Dan was on the tractor in the other field. I used to do most of the mowing but he is doing all the tractor work now.

Time for breakfast.

This is what I’m supposed to be doing—taking photos of particular lambs to show the horn growth. This one has the potential of a nice looking head when she grows up.

And then I walk back to the house and am distracted by hollyhocks in the dye garden.

Those first photos were from a few days ago. These are yesterday’s. A look at another lamb. Someone asked about this one and I took photos to show that her horns are fusing. This is a four horn lamb but on this side the lower and upper horns are growing together. She can still be registered but the hornset isn’t as attractive.

This is another lamb someone asked about. She has strong top and lower horns on this side. Notice the third horn peeking through—that may be a scur—horn material that is not well anchored to the head and may break.

This ewe broke her lower horn on this side. There is a strong base so it should grow back. But right now it doesn’t look too good.

What do I do when I’m not out taking photos of sheep? I’ve been weaving. This is the latest batch of baby blankets. People have asked to buy some and the Artery, where I sell these, has been closed. I need to get these on the website soon.

This is a new series of baby blankets. I used Lunatic Fringe’s American Maid naturally colored, U.S. grown cotton for these and will make ore. These are woven with the 3/2 cotton that I have for sale here and are incredibly soft.

Dan has been getting creative. I couldn’t find the photo album where there may be a photo of Katie and her friends in about 5th grade at their school’s Roman Days. This was a 2 wheeled cart that was left at our place by someone whose equipment I was storing. The girls painted it lavender and used it as a chariot and it’s been around ever since. Dan found an old bicycle that was also painted lavender and he cut off the front fork with the wheel and attached it to the chariot. That pole sticking up is used for pushing/pulling and steering. He wanted to set this up as a mobile tool cart so that whether he is working in the barn or the house or the garage he can keep his tools with him and not have to go back and forth to the garage when he needs something.

More of Dan’s creativity. When he tried to replace the leaky hose on this faucet the hose attachment was completely stuck and the whole thing broke when he tried to get it off. This quail faucet had been around for quite awhile and now has a place.

This morning’s trip to the barn brought this. The ram lambs are fighting and they often break their horns. There is nothing to do other than let the wound dry and maybe apply fly repellent. There were actually two ram lambs with horns broken and blood everywhere.

One more ewe lamb that someone asked about. She has strong top horns but the lower horns look like scurs. She can still be registered but most people would like four strong horns, especially if they are spending money to ship lambs a distance.

That’s it for random photos for now. Nothing exciting, but there is alway something that is at least interesting.