Shearing day......
K slipped out very early to help in the shed. I lay in bed listening to the generator and the sheep noises. I wandered out after breakfast and between rain showers. By the time I emerged I was confronted with the sight of naked sheep. They are strange looking things with their coats gone and looked a bit shell shocked by the whole process. I tried to get close to get a really good photo, but they were not hanging around to see what this human would do to them and snuck off down the hill.
It was a changeable weather wise. Everything from heavy rain to bright sunshine. I managed to get this double rainbow just before the second one faded. Music blared from the speakers K had hung up the day before and at break times our daughter fed the shearers and other hangers on amply. Her custard slice was a hit.
Sheep can die in cold weather after shearing. Makes sense. I probably would too without a good coat. Since sleet, rain and wind are on the cards this weekend our son-in-law decided to shed the shorn ones. Wise move. Last night was miserable and today is not much better. Miss Four and Half helped her mom round them up again and kept the last few warm by shooing them around the pens while they waited for a space under the shearing shed.
After the shearing team left baby boy got let out of his stroller, from which he had supervised proceedings most of the day. I reckon it was a good thing that the generator was off or he might have got shorn like the other lambs. The crawling is a new skill. And he had a ball chasing his sister all over.
We had fun watching.
Cheers Sue
A Ferg on the Move
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