I'm posting from my hotel room in downtown Providence, having spent yesterday evening in the company of a great group of people – the Slater Mill Knitters Guild. This fortunate group has one of the most amazing meeting venues I've ever encountered: the refurbished Slater Mill complex, a historic mill located on the Blackstone River in Pawtucket, R.I. that has been resurrected as a museum and community guild meeting space. You can check it all out right here. Lovely setting, lovely group of people. I was fortunate to have been asked to share my story with them. Thank you Bernadette and Ruth for having me.
I confess, I'm having lamb separation issues, having spent the last twenty minutes drinking coffee and editing some lambkin video Mike shot one morning last week as he let the flock into the south pasture. They were all in a somber mood that day, all business. The older lambs are enjoying a taste of independence, keenly exploring "the wilds" on the fringes of the pasture. You can see how my llama, Crackerjack, has developed a following and is becoming the surrogate leader for the lamb flock. When we wean this group in four weeks, they will remain with Crackerjack. It's almost as if they already know they should stick to the big guy. Weird.
Zuni's lambs, being the youngest of the flock, are still mostly close by her side, and you can see that here too. I'm looking forward to seeing them all when I get back to the farm later today.
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