Stories from the Farm

This past weekend was the Black Sheep Gathering (a post for another time) and a few friends from California stayed with us. On Sunday morning they wanted to visit Ingrid Painter at Puddleduck Farm. They asked if I wanted to join them, I said “sure”. I was just going for the ride and I love visiting with Ingrid, but I certainly wasn’t planning on coming home with anything. This little guy was more than I could resist…

He is a Blueface Leicester/Jacob cross lamb. This cross usually produces black lambs, but he has a blue pattern on top of the black. He has a beautiful fleece that is a lovely pewter/silver color with a lot of crimp and luster. I can’t wait to blend his fleece with this guy’s fleece…

I have a nice little flock of fleece wethers now.

My poor husband just rolls his eyes at me 🙂