I think we need some more snow. Monday's warm rain has left the landscape blotchy and drear. For the last two days the flock has been exploring the exposed patches of grass, drifting further from the barn than they've been in weeks. My juncos and chickadees have better things to do, evidently. The feeders haven't needed filling all week.

It was a quiet, mild day and I would have liked a hike into places that have been hard to get to lately but I'm up to my eyeballs in Sheep Shares minutiae (Robin, the winner of the contest has contacted me and couldn't be more excited) and preparing for my handspinning classes, a series that kicks off this weekend at Webs with my Intro to Spinning weekend workshop. Remember those pretty fleeces I showed you a few weeks back? I have the roving now, in time for classes. A big dreamy box of it.

So please excuse my brevity today. Here's a couple of moments from evening barn chores for you to enjoy.

Fern, trying to read my mind.

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