The Kids

Houdini Heather



Holly & Houdini
Mom & the Kids

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Holly & Kids

Holly & Babies
Heather & Houdini

Houdini & Heather

Houdini
Heather
Holly & Houdini
Holly & Houdini
Houdini

Houdini & Heather are doing great!! Growing like weeds and bouncing around everywhere. They are such fun & Holly is a good Mom.

Triangle Shawl

Finally finished it after having borrowed the loom months ago. Once I got at it, it only took a couple of days. Used wool from my sheep that was sent out to be made into yarn. It will be good to wear as an everyday shawl.

New Additions

This morning while feeding the sheep ouside, I was startled to hear some human like baby cries. I turned to see Angora Goat, Holly, with twins at her side. A bouncing baby boy at 5# 12 oz. ( Houdini ) and his little sister, Heather, who weighed in at 4 1/2 #. They are both colored. At first I thought the girl was white, but she's actually a very light red. Houdini is darker. At one point I thought she was pregnant, but when nothing happened,I assumed she wasn't. She's always had a huge hay belly!! And since I just got her back in June after her being gone for a year I was clueless.

Sugar River Spinner's Monthly Meeting

We had a total of 17 people today for the monthly meeting. It was a great time with terrific friends and fellow spinners. Many brought food to go with what I furnished so we all had plenty to eat. Some brought knitting, hand stitching, etc.

My good friend, Candy, brought me a large sheep statue. I love it!! It happened to be one that I had taken to a previous Sugar River Spinning Xmas party as a gift & she was the winner. Knowing how much I liked it she brought her back to me. She's so thoughtful!!

Shetland/ Icelandic Ram Lamb

My little boy Casper, went to a new home last night. He'll be living in Henniker doing breeding, so he should be happy!!. I get to have his fleece after shearing so that's a plus (like I need more fiber!!) He was born April 1st, 2008 and is black with white shading on his sides and two little white marks under his eyes that look like tears.

Animal update

I'm back !! It's been extremely busy with working 2 part time jobs ( I'm actually looking for a 3rd), taking care of the animals & a husband that's been out of work since the end of April. He did have back surgery in June and after a visit back to the surgeon on the 31st of this month, we're hoping he can return to work.

I was able to get my 2 goats back on June 16th. You might know , one week later Hope showed signs of pneumonia and I had to have the vet come out. She's fine now and back to her old tricks of sneaking under the fence to greener grass!!!

In the Spring, my daughter took Willow, the Shetland/Icelandic ( after much pleading) back. She also bought my Shetland , Fanny & her twin lambs,Jill & Jake.The 2 Jacobs she had given me for my birthday went too. I was having a rough time with my husband losing so much time with back problems.

I have since gotten back Fanny and Jill. Fanny was prego when she came back so now there's 2 more ( a multi colored ewe lamb, Kizzie & black boy, Casper) They were born April 1st. They are a Shetland/Icelandic x.

My daughter called last night asking me to take Willow back as she is getting rid of all sheep and horses. So I'm off to bring her home again!! What a merry go round.

During one real bad snow storm when roofs were collapsing, I rescued 2 Jacob sheep from a Bradford family. Rebecca & Rachel are about 8 years old and may have some arthritis. They are sweet girls.

In January, I sold my female alpaca to people in Vermont. So I'm back to my original 4 gelded guys. It turns out these people also bought my friend, Cindy's 2 Alpacas.

Sad news about CeCe

Linda called me this morning with the sad news that her CeCe had passed away. She had been fine last night, eating and moving around. When Linda went to barn this morning, she was down and not responding very much to any attention. Linda sat with her holding her head in her lap and petting her and she died.

Delilah

Yesterday, I decided it was high time I clipped the rabbits. So I sat down in the barn and worked on my German Angora, Delilah. I was proud of myself for getting the job done, however, when I went to feed the animals this morning, she was very dead!! I'm not sure if it was because of the extreme cold, although I did leave a good amount of fiber on her, or if she was just stressed from the clipping. Either way, it was a sad day and needless to say I won't be clipping the other two just yet.

Visiting Hope and Holly

On January 13th, my friend, Linda & I went to the Putnam farm in Stoddard, to look at the Llamas they have for sale. Linda was interested in a black & white one. I wasn't interested at all until we arrived there. Then I was ready to buy one too.



After leaving the farm we went to Marlow, where my goats are. Bonny Collard bought them from me in June. I've missed them so much & she's decided she wants to concentrate on registered goats, so has kindly offered to sell them back to me. Hope was receptive to me but Holly was very standoffish. It was great to see them.



My common sense eventually kicked in & I decided not to get a llama. Linda picked hers up on Saturday, Jan. 19th, with Shari Mead's help.