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| More beautiful wool =Reason to smile Love our new shearer, David Keir and I highly recommend him for Shetland sheep. He understands the "rise" in Shetlands, he's gentle, calm and my fleeces aren't full of second cuts!!!! |
I admit that this week has had some trials that I could have done without. Without trials, we can't fully appreciate some of the little jewels in life, nor can we fully appreciate the priceless jems...Friends & loved ones.
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| My hubby, Mike, the my #1 reason for smiling on a daily basis,.....and the reason I can do what I love in life. |
Just when I think I'm having a horrible week, little things pop up that make me smile. One of those is a little "contest" given by a friend, fellow shepherdess and blogger. I shamelessly promoted the fact that I wanted to win and guess what? I won!!! I opened my little package from Michelle of Boulderneigh and I found a yummy bag of candy and a mini raglan sweater that she had knit. Thank you Michelle, I love the gifts, especially the little sweater because it was made by someone special.
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| My friend , Terri....holding the oops lamb, Santana, that was born yesterday Terri helped us with shearing yesterday, as did my friend Donna. Since Donna was our photographer for the shearing, you won't get to see her . (big grin) Reason #2 |
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| Candy!!!! Who doesn't love candy? Smiling again. |
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| A perfect mini raglan sweater, THIS was a very pleasant surprise since I secretly covet these little works of art. Yep, smiling. |
A couple weeks ago I got this wonderful gift from Pat, she is a fellow ASK member (Argylian Society of Knitters). I was so touched by this kind gesture that I actually cried. She paints a lot of dogs and when she saw that I had posted a picture of our new Maremma pup on Facebook, she picked out a rock and painted a profile of Bianca's head on that rock. My dad took the rock home and mounted it on a nice little wood plaque so I could hang it on my wall. Another thing that makes me smile.
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| Pat is a friend and fellow knitter that belongs to my knitting group, and she paints too. I was delighted to come to knitting to find this little treasure waiting for me. (the rock is about 3 1/2" in diameter) Smiling can be quite contagious.....Happy Wednesday everyone. |
I had forgotten that was winging its way to you in the midst of your tough week. Again: in His perfect time! :-)
ReplyDeleteI cannot tell you how tickled I was to open the package and find the sweater, it's wonderful....thank you so much.
DeleteI figured you needed one to call your own (in fun colors) since the others I sent you were for the FFSSA displays. :-)
DeleteDEFINITELY worth smiling about!
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I hadn't noticed the white going up Santana's ears! How cute is that???
You are, indeed, very blessed.
We love David in the U.P. Hopefully he'll be up here next week to do our flock along with quite a few others.
ReplyDeleteI like how calm he is with the sheep. Last guy was not very nice and I had a LOT of second cuts last year. I've heard several complaints about my shearer from last year from other's in our neighborhood, so it wasn't an isolated incident.
Deletehappy thursday!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks John....I'm hoping there's a chance I can look you up if we get in your neck of the woods when we head to the UK next summer.
DeleteReading your blog makes me smile, love your posts, stories and photo's. Have a great Memorial weekend.
ReplyDeleteThank you Barb.......that is a nice shot in the arm for me. I've been burning the candle at both ends and my hinder is dragging just a teensy bit. Now you've made me smile. :)
DeleteDavid is the best .... when he comes as promised. What a lovely event and nice job. Nice fleeces Kelly.
ReplyDeleteThanks Cynthia, I am reaping the rewards from the careful breeding that was done by breeders like you. Thank YOU!!! Oh, I wish you'd get a few girls and join our fun.
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