It's a start

Today's start – the first sunrise documented with the new phone

Sheep responsibilities have had to be shoved to the back burner for the past year, but the pressure has been building to move them to the front burner. Everyone needs pedicures; fleece samples must be collected, documented, and mailed off for micron testing; and then 15 fleeces must be harvested, skirted, and marketed. So this morning I made an impulsive start, grabbing a halter and the first ewe who presented herself – Bree. After I trimmed, sampled, and photographed her, I decided to do one more . . . and then another, and another. By the time I needed to take a bathroom break, five girls were done – coincidentally, all of them Blake's daughters. (Well, not done done; I still had to photograph, measure, bag and label the samples, then post them here. After all, someone might want to reserve a fleece or two!)

So here, in alphabetical order, are Blake's crimpy, fine-fleeced beauties and their fleece samples SOOC (note that fleece tips are mashed down from wearing coats):

Babette (out of Vienna, 2016)