Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Just Catching Up

Hi all I know I have not written very much but I have been very busy trying to get the mill up and going and I have one customers wool in house right now and am almost done with it she is going to need it for the fiber arts show is Scottsbluff in Nebraska on September 17 & 18. So I am trying to do a really good job on her wool in hopes for more potential customers from her classes she is giving those 2 days So wish me luck that i get more business from this show so I can quit my job at the gas station and work on this full time.

The rest of the farm is humming right along and we had our second year of shearing of our sheep and had 24 head shorn about 3 weeks ago. I saved back about 4 fleeces I thought was the best and sent the rest with the shearer so he can send it on the Mid-State Wool Company for our wool payment I know it won't be much but it is better than nothing. One of the fleeces I held back the this year is a black off of our first years lambs from our ram that is a Corriedale. His first year with us he gave us one black ewe lamb which was born in 2008. So this winter it will make her 2 years old and we will breed her this fall and hope we can get another colored lamb in the spring of next year.

Our Cow Bessy gave birth also this summer to another deformed calf so off to the sale barn with her so we can but 2 cows that will produce normal calves. We have had a very hard winter this last year and not a much better spring or summer. We also have lost 2 very dear family members this year as well as a very close call for 2 other members of our extended family were is a car accident just 2 weeks ago! so you see I really rather not repeat this year as far as I am concerned. I just hope the rest of this one goes a lot smoother that it has started out. All I can say is just hold on to your socks and start wading in and when it gets to deep start swimming and keep that head up as high as you can!!

It is hard it believe that Fall is around the corner and cooler weather is coming which I rather prefer than this hot and humid stuff that we have been having this Summer. My ideal weather is cool and not humid temperature range around 60 to 80 degrees all day this 90 plus degree stuff is for the birds. all you can do is just sit and sweat. So you see I am really looking to Fall. I hope all of you are doing well and wish you luck with the rest of this year and for those of you having a rough time so far just hang in there!!! Talk to you later off to do the next job;)