Lambs & Barnswallows

The Massachusetts Sheep & Woolcraft Fair is this weekend in Cummington. Small, laid-back and authentic, it's one of my favorite festivals.  The volunteers work very hard to pull this event off. The weather looks promising. I've selected some of my cormo, leicester and cormo cross fleeces to enter in the fleece competition – we'll see how it goes. Wish me luck.

Another show means another busy week, so I'll apologize up front for my blogging brevity, and for taking the easy way out with this little movie of Holly trying to feed a handful of bottle lambs at once. You can see how hard it is to keep track of how much each lamb gets. You can hear Butternut  wailing for more  after he's had his share. So spoiled.

Also, two pairs of barnswallows have set up house this year, one at the north end of the barn and the pair you can see here at the south end. While they don't seem to mind the sheep, they  don't appreciate our presence anywhere near their nest. They were having a fit because Holly was feeding the kids close by. You think they would be use to us by now!

Enjoy.
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