tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25050387209855509232024-03-13T01:52:56.980-04:00Farmgirl Chic at Feathers and Fleece FarmFarmgirl chronicles her farm, fiber and family life!Melissa Verillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03117829342594361577noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505038720985550923.post-35736481309521992362011-01-30T19:55:00.005-05:002011-01-30T21:07:30.347-05:00The Goatie Milk Soap StoryHave been wanting to post for sometime now about how Farmgirl started to make goats milk soap. Friends of ours down the road knew that we had goats. They had two older Nubian does that were pets and needed to downsize. One day, Beth asked me if I thought I would notice if she "threw" two goats into the pasture and would I notice??? Well I think I probally would since my goats were angoras and her goats didn't look a thing like mine...LOL<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl0GNB-w9DBenIPLs8vbUugtOpqqIQKuoq7isBV4RlZGV-OvzxCCx86BHKJJMDbuun34_07tKybbX6LK88wNiOqaipFfzLRhix9o3cZCmDZoIK9_AJtqgkPo9rqQwytKPgzUqtWeSJEHg/s1600/soap+002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568153280809292578" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 138px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl0GNB-w9DBenIPLs8vbUugtOpqqIQKuoq7isBV4RlZGV-OvzxCCx86BHKJJMDbuun34_07tKybbX6LK88wNiOqaipFfzLRhix9o3cZCmDZoIK9_AJtqgkPo9rqQwytKPgzUqtWeSJEHg/s200/soap+002.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Hence I soon acquired in early summer two very demanding girls,<br />Oreo and Chloe! Since we are a breeding farm we knew that we would have to give them a job! Well after searching and finally finding, Fred, on Craigs List the girls were bred with the hopes that I would be able to figure out how to milk them!<br /><br />February came and the girls both had sets of twins, one doe and three bucklings. Left the babies with their Mommas and after about a month started to milk them. After much spilled and kicked over milk the girls and I got into a routine twice a day. Well boy did I have milk...we had milk coming out of our ears! We drank it, we cooked with it and I made soap with it. The milk that I couldn't use right away we froze in 1/2 gallons bags.<br /><br />After much trial and error...burned and boiled over messes, I finally started making some awesome soap! I ordered scents that I liked and started out small by selling some at a local festival. I sold the soap like gangbusters and then put some in the shop on etsy. It is a nice change from the fiber side of my farm buisness and it makes me feel good about producing another product from something I raise here on the farm!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6SJJWpFza2B_DYXmClFdpL55dQzxJLYjIkrsVKvRaMHJhZMB7mevpJO_XNKNvbX7fK6EBlN14C259h1vxPUoQZBKJzBZlyDR27TupSIBZpBKmYENbPInpesVVPb2CVrRLyQxFsT45smQ/s1600/soap+003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568153276265736978" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6SJJWpFza2B_DYXmClFdpL55dQzxJLYjIkrsVKvRaMHJhZMB7mevpJO_XNKNvbX7fK6EBlN14C259h1vxPUoQZBKJzBZlyDR27TupSIBZpBKmYENbPInpesVVPb2CVrRLyQxFsT45smQ/s200/soap+003.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9WIJgWGVAXXjRreOZlFWalAaTvTnUWj25THqgVO_l_5jdKCIEtkdCKk0x2y5ZuNeAShZYir5fRKD7GJtwtDKr1jkPs7waT-GAv2bS2oHBKNTP8vPf7XQERObk1CVW6Z_zIl8QmnBtTMw/s1600/soap+004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568153274000247570" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9WIJgWGVAXXjRreOZlFWalAaTvTnUWj25THqgVO_l_5jdKCIEtkdCKk0x2y5ZuNeAShZYir5fRKD7GJtwtDKr1jkPs7waT-GAv2bS2oHBKNTP8vPf7XQERObk1CVW6Z_zIl8QmnBtTMw/s200/soap+004.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Their are alot of steps that you must follow exactly...just like cooking and the most important part is saftey as the sodium hydroxide used is very caustic when mixing. It becomes noncaustic after the soap has cured for 6 weeks or so.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBEZefjL97FbEXHo9r3VQDFqfzW_02qamooKCO8lOAYnPItgfUlQtI8z-2Qf0D0sYYzZov3CmxxZobAVwZUcBiJj7SWNKQeAOTtt-ANptjTmDBf2juw1AhTc9gjRsx1fwPdlKfHvQ2s1M/s1600/soap+005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568153274920326562" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 145px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBEZefjL97FbEXHo9r3VQDFqfzW_02qamooKCO8lOAYnPItgfUlQtI8z-2Qf0D0sYYzZov3CmxxZobAVwZUcBiJj7SWNKQeAOTtt-ANptjTmDBf2juw1AhTc9gjRsx1fwPdlKfHvQ2s1M/s200/soap+005.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I wear long sleeved shirts, goggles and gloves...please don't stop by while I am making soap...you would be very afraid!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSn6JxHnEwtLPcIRDZVcz95JMLgdE-DXLiY8N0uflVT8uksu4i4fy9FP019OwHKCZIzhShiqi8NRPDUL6mUsvBusCsbCYxcsgsT9Hc0q8lqBXQHParUF2gMutoN2UZcyaD8lb7Pp28aek/s1600/soap+007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568150669441665266" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSn6JxHnEwtLPcIRDZVcz95JMLgdE-DXLiY8N0uflVT8uksu4i4fy9FP019OwHKCZIzhShiqi8NRPDUL6mUsvBusCsbCYxcsgsT9Hc0q8lqBXQHParUF2gMutoN2UZcyaD8lb7Pp28aek/s200/soap+007.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />You must work very quickly and have all of your ingredients ready ahead of time.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_wrATNbvstcQL9TyreGhUho82-T1aPlJ6T-vIyjdQg-Fl1gMiixwrIa0YpRfBxX2nK-br89U2Wg8nXii27-nqcnWU3ctbTQL1QUmjmwFdbf91T02088RStC86o-2KbqW3cc1dgrQ74xQ/s1600/soap+008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568150660112249858" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_wrATNbvstcQL9TyreGhUho82-T1aPlJ6T-vIyjdQg-Fl1gMiixwrIa0YpRfBxX2nK-br89U2Wg8nXii27-nqcnWU3ctbTQL1QUmjmwFdbf91T02088RStC86o-2KbqW3cc1dgrQ74xQ/s200/soap+008.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The pots and utensils I use for making soap are used only for soap and labeled as such!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie8aV6YtbKquA7crLhONwHp_eBZ0YAafvhpIbVH1DtI8CmadRAHq0QgX8RPNY8__zEPalDJMXtBaePvmrbQYZUkgF-Vmy3oymC1F5-ZW5pUaTPuGP9_frA2mq5EuG2KJrBeeWdrWJsKP0/s1600/soap+009.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568150655894090626" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie8aV6YtbKquA7crLhONwHp_eBZ0YAafvhpIbVH1DtI8CmadRAHq0QgX8RPNY8__zEPalDJMXtBaePvmrbQYZUkgF-Vmy3oymC1F5-ZW5pUaTPuGP9_frA2mq5EuG2KJrBeeWdrWJsKP0/s200/soap+009.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZKULBaSQM8CSYN1N7R76kr9uHlLEOZTFvkKqlhQgmGJ-jSQhUO7EgskWAA9t3IiH3Kq_hTJhSv3U68ArRerPBGmfe88NzDaSK8av4KWRPYnYe7mlGfHryqN0eZrXrxyItbOsyQnzbG4E/s1600/soap+010.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568150653159734018" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 121px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZKULBaSQM8CSYN1N7R76kr9uHlLEOZTFvkKqlhQgmGJ-jSQhUO7EgskWAA9t3IiH3Kq_hTJhSv3U68ArRerPBGmfe88NzDaSK8av4KWRPYnYe7mlGfHryqN0eZrXrxyItbOsyQnzbG4E/s200/soap+010.JPG" border="0" /></a> Here are pictures of the soap in the molds. They must cure in the molds for 24 hours and then they are released and cut by hand into individual bars. </div><div> </div><div>PS they shrink so cut them big...:)</div><div> </div><div>One thing that I do want to change is to add more scent to some of the recipes and to convert to all essential oils. Even though the essential oils are more expensive...I think it will be worth it in the long run! What do you think?<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZLJnDPqUGWD2zonmLP8feQSwIx3KVeuWsWy7wP8EIhhMg0XTrLjm6w5kbgZl2AlItvkz0cvYr8Wndwhk-_rHTm9WgMiadTRKBJqsl4rSm08MY4aCqMG63juPR5kWMmsb0s_ykmVjhbY/s1600/soap+011.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568150650351305634" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 128px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZLJnDPqUGWD2zonmLP8feQSwIx3KVeuWsWy7wP8EIhhMg0XTrLjm6w5kbgZl2AlItvkz0cvYr8Wndwhk-_rHTm9WgMiadTRKBJqsl4rSm08MY4aCqMG63juPR5kWMmsb0s_ykmVjhbY/s200/soap+011.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Melissa Verillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03117829342594361577noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505038720985550923.post-67017580369428600822010-09-11T21:28:00.000-04:002010-09-11T21:28:51.772-04:00Farmers Market! Phatfiber Samples for September<img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAnMu4HmfqTY1bTibS5birZPG7wZn5vJB2rXR4e2at6OZFmjVSnufM6tq54qS1MeviO3VEEUIwPN_rehAqy81ONDiTLcrViI45V7nejyVNSqhqnF36KpZ9B36AV8PQZKC9ppOAX2fzu2E/s320/sept10phat+005.JPG" />Septembers theme for the <a href="http://phatfiber.com/">phatfiber sampler box</a> is "The Farmers Market!" Lots of possibilites...just think of all of the summer produce, farm fresh eggs, flowers and baked goods...MMM...<br />
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I just love the Fall, after the heat of the summer I like to think about sweatshirts and sweaters, pumpkins and gourds and all of the glorious Fall colors. Shades of orange and yellow, greens and deep reds and burgundies! I wanted my samples to relflect some of these favorite Fall images.<br />
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I have some lovely warm and soft washed Cotswold fleeces that have this super wonderful curl. They are super clean and would be great dyed and spun up into yarn for a favorite sweater project! I tucked them in mini wicker pumpkins. The lids weren't attached to the base so I took a yarn needle and some green rafia and threaded it together and then attached the tags.<br />
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My two little girls love gourds, so I took several different types of fiber that I had dyed in different "gourdy" colors and then hand picked and blended them in a big basket. I took natural brown corriedale/bl cross wool from my ewe Godiva, dyed corriedale/bl from another ewe Gwennie in shades or orange, buttercup and sage, local dyed yellow Cotswold wool, black mohair that I overdyed green, its a neat almost jewel tone green! I also added my new favorite glitz, bronze angelina to give it a neat reflective sparkle.<br />
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My third and fourth samples were my favorite flowers that to me truly herald the Fall season Mums. Here in the east at every roadside stand, farmers market, grocery store and Home Depot you will find them in every shade. I made up two colorways with some hand dyed corriedale cross and mohair from the sheep and goats. I adore purple so purple was a given with some yellow mohair tucked in for the centers of the flowers. I also did a burgundy with lavender mohair centers. I had the idea to tuck them into green cups with a green napkin as the leaves of the Mums...maybe corny but cute...LOL.<br />
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</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Well Momma Red hatched several clutches of chicks and these chicks grew up! One is currently the second fiddle white rooster and the others grew up into nice hens...guess what these hens can do!</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">You guessed it! Fly over the fence and what are they doing...hatching clutches of eggs! Well thats all fine and dandy but in April we purchased 100 pullet chicks to replace the hens we had that had stopped laying...if we only had known! With the hens hatching their own that means we get the roosters as well. The roosters will start to fight and then we will have a mess...need to find an Amish farmer in search of chicken dinner!</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjObpJrgFmNI3yvKN9cRS_uJo-oAP2L6OyOjYEg3tQsTJlI79LIMuPInI-PqMXJlxx-YHxVSSJiap6qRq7Nk4U243sLJkoJXCN9a_7VvxRNVA-KQk6EJg1_qkfnE9n5pDt_OaFrhxgVhz4/s1600/chicks+006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjObpJrgFmNI3yvKN9cRS_uJo-oAP2L6OyOjYEg3tQsTJlI79LIMuPInI-PqMXJlxx-YHxVSSJiap6qRq7Nk4U243sLJkoJXCN9a_7VvxRNVA-KQk6EJg1_qkfnE9n5pDt_OaFrhxgVhz4/s320/chicks+006.JPG" /></a>Another problem is that they aren't protected by the fence because they like to hatch their clutch in a quiet spot in the barn! I have lost several new chicks to nocturnal creatures! I also have a problem feeding the new chicks and giving them water. If I don't fence the Momma and chicks off from the goats and sheep they usually end up eating the chicken feed!</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Pictured above is my laborious efforts to keep the crew at the end of the hall, the goats and sheep, from eating the chicken feed.</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Then I have to stop Momma black hen from knocking the waterer over, all the while wearing heavy gloves and holding a scoop in my hand to ward her off! She will fly at you if you get too close!</div><blockquote>I have Julia hollering to me from outside the pen, Momma are you alright <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggAQqI-I7Cv1Mnlrv9TFol4Bm5iPlq3JHfZNEtE4fCBxL1lOfqJtKStkwh5NLDsSuiqiU83luJdjhp9BvmZ0rnb5byM8nAr-qRfYu4YJhkP40pAEj4XV4pqJmAPFcbtTfJbD6Y8qENJ_Y/s1600/chicks+008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggAQqI-I7Cv1Mnlrv9TFol4Bm5iPlq3JHfZNEtE4fCBxL1lOfqJtKStkwh5NLDsSuiqiU83luJdjhp9BvmZ0rnb5byM8nAr-qRfYu4YJhkP40pAEj4XV4pqJmAPFcbtTfJbD6Y8qENJ_Y/s320/chicks+008.JPG" /></a>"Why did you scream!"</blockquote><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih2JRD_pxAxsUk_yZRWYK3TRe9-fqYeGxVXr01Y_SRge0BxElHe31dpWOVItapcsHOkvNcC6tluZUq70gL56yo9g9MeQDKFmOcaIMWzN_qNrvSbeRZs35ATrNj9HsOFewAmsy_2TSv-Ts/s1600/chicks+009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih2JRD_pxAxsUk_yZRWYK3TRe9-fqYeGxVXr01Y_SRge0BxElHe31dpWOVItapcsHOkvNcC6tluZUq70gL56yo9g9MeQDKFmOcaIMWzN_qNrvSbeRZs35ATrNj9HsOFewAmsy_2TSv-Ts/s320/chicks+009.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyidGLvzh7BBKlaDh7axaHWfCPskZQpZyWU7MACX7MkUWdcO6hJQHZ5GKheiAgjen5lmK6fvzNoD2Xj_0KuZskcw9PFxVAY74AZ-zbVNC_vNH3qucVEVLz8J6KaHX_E9_Yy7WcB8IbznE/s1600/chicks+013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyidGLvzh7BBKlaDh7axaHWfCPskZQpZyWU7MACX7MkUWdcO6hJQHZ5GKheiAgjen5lmK6fvzNoD2Xj_0KuZskcw9PFxVAY74AZ-zbVNC_vNH3qucVEVLz8J6KaHX_E9_Yy7WcB8IbznE/s320/chicks+013.JPG" /></a>Its hot, the sheep and goats are hollering! I'm trying to help this chicken and she keeps attacking me! I wonder why on earth I am doing this...they very well could end up as fox food!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6gYJkulgPxOgI8OQ5r9iPfuxVdVNJAC7XUQwZvxjni4vIR-yrBPvITl_ha92BPoYpQYq5Fobkc4dCmzj6A94J2hfUBGTWpfkBjrJ-U8fTzdCG6MpMWMLi9xXVnFaw45v0-GFhE9cIAUk/s1600/chicks+011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6gYJkulgPxOgI8OQ5r9iPfuxVdVNJAC7XUQwZvxjni4vIR-yrBPvITl_ha92BPoYpQYq5Fobkc4dCmzj6A94J2hfUBGTWpfkBjrJ-U8fTzdCG6MpMWMLi9xXVnFaw45v0-GFhE9cIAUk/s320/chicks+011.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_mliLUoprx6-ZkCz5nETeZij4bg-tNergowB2VB5kBmmtsD1iZezI4_4nGd9Z0PVRiymTuHweP7vIuPom9x6A4mS5OgGz4s5zFUOUN666Nujb_eJbXp1aDEiuVgVmX6PYzFlLjnkwAs/s1600/chicks+007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_mliLUoprx6-ZkCz5nETeZij4bg-tNergowB2VB5kBmmtsD1iZezI4_4nGd9Z0PVRiymTuHweP7vIuPom9x6A4mS5OgGz4s5zFUOUN666Nujb_eJbXp1aDEiuVgVmX6PYzFlLjnkwAs/s320/chicks+007.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I guess its because I love being a farmgirl. I love having a connection to my animals and being able to help them when they can't always help themselves. Some wouldn't go to such extreme lenghts<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3epVO1qlld2QwSKM_3QSqGx-Rpy1MEnmmjSCkugOhHL2k4jsrTJRgE8kxgFbnEusolcaskP5paqraiM33P3OWa9VHyNZBjmUr8mSv_OEyD-3K4GJ3w-Hft9aeIsXBfeDvFPzhzkTElj0/s1600/chicks+012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3epVO1qlld2QwSKM_3QSqGx-Rpy1MEnmmjSCkugOhHL2k4jsrTJRgE8kxgFbnEusolcaskP5paqraiM33P3OWa9VHyNZBjmUr8mSv_OEyD-3K4GJ3w-Hft9aeIsXBfeDvFPzhzkTElj0/s320/chicks+012.JPG" /></a>, but I will know that I tried.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ0IbYiLCfrGKEhgpZVwa7A9YFRLk497qELrddyAlS4935VTp9jcwd_1Mgl03lSvFashhRKwws7fnQiM6_ZGDF2nvo-u5C07znEprDrDYKgDaTPiu26TxrlJb8xFclcpgfB130x_Szo40/s1600/chicks+016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ0IbYiLCfrGKEhgpZVwa7A9YFRLk497qELrddyAlS4935VTp9jcwd_1Mgl03lSvFashhRKwws7fnQiM6_ZGDF2nvo-u5C07znEprDrDYKgDaTPiu26TxrlJb8xFclcpgfB130x_Szo40/s320/chicks+016.JPG" /></a></div><img height="72" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6gYJkulgPxOgI8OQ5r9iPfuxVdVNJAC7XUQwZvxjni4vIR-yrBPvITl_ha92BPoYpQYq5Fobkc4dCmzj6A94J2hfUBGTWpfkBjrJ-U8fTzdCG6MpMWMLi9xXVnFaw45v0-GFhE9cIAUk/s320/chicks+011.JPG" style="filter: alpha(opacity=30); left: 198px; mozopacity: 0.3; opacity: 0.3; position: absolute; top: 1140px; visibility: hidden;" width="96" />Melissa Verillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03117829342594361577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505038720985550923.post-80260777903273677372010-08-06T15:09:00.006-04:002010-08-07T14:21:18.176-04:00Assateague Island Vacation<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8NfixJMLQlTmezklvchVkWHh6Syx1dp9ZaDmfqhWzuFYFSZk3-uO7qwss2hTreISefANP76Oxbi_1Xx_euKc6olq7xXzyL1FC-a02ywR3XX_ggxrgMbDYD64uHZHMavJIcgtMgFXCszo/s1600/assateague+004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502388236274852706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8NfixJMLQlTmezklvchVkWHh6Syx1dp9ZaDmfqhWzuFYFSZk3-uO7qwss2hTreISefANP76Oxbi_1Xx_euKc6olq7xXzyL1FC-a02ywR3XX_ggxrgMbDYD64uHZHMavJIcgtMgFXCszo/s320/assateague+004.JPG" border="0" /></a> The week of the 26th of July Meghan, Julia and I ventured down to the beach to...huge gulp...camp with our friends Karen, her husband Kim and their daughter Kathlyn. Well truth be told I have never camped other than Echo Hill in 5th grade and Girl Scout camp!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502388241781238786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 235px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgl0HStkR86-cRYUK22VVULkrRc569X0Wdy1ZCBgkSG4HfnVYFj8xxdpYVtJKkChIHDafa6mXbzaotrwRt7aX_WbTEF1vzddfXR2K9LBPAKckkOBQGPkvwZwy7wEs68s_dNExy2AT9wTQ/s320/assateague+003.JPG" border="0" /><br />It was fun...loved the fact that the horses were so close, although maybe not the 5 yr. old.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiil5YwXU-_Izw2jFAomdgGmQurYta8troRlrYNstjdGlfAUttLwWrzNF5w2Bx7moedpaQXHYKrZXBndX6tK8PAH8Oi-Or5Zk-aFavDU_9Fq4Pc1YoK1WouoU2crv8JfeLlSX49POlMP0/s1600/assateague+005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502388221188508546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiil5YwXU-_Izw2jFAomdgGmQurYta8troRlrYNstjdGlfAUttLwWrzNF5w2Bx7moedpaQXHYKrZXBndX6tK8PAH8Oi-Or5Zk-aFavDU_9Fq4Pc1YoK1WouoU2crv8JfeLlSX49POlMP0/s320/assateague+005.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Just couldn't get over the fact that they were so tame. Our horses here at home would spook if you clapped your hands at them...not these.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDCle0m4j0yNZAmpNUifMkAAa5P6YOBbAtCZ6DIpmsjHq_84E1E9AcBTrM8Ab6SKib0AD2-QzsNoVBUwtSPk10HNtpUsIh2HRFQhfM-SVkQOyUR9YFKhXv0kh-W8s8ww5rtRBIJWVEFE/s1600/assateague+025.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502388218746478754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDCle0m4j0yNZAmpNUifMkAAa5P6YOBbAtCZ6DIpmsjHq_84E1E9AcBTrM8Ab6SKib0AD2-QzsNoVBUwtSPk10HNtpUsIh2HRFQhfM-SVkQOyUR9YFKhXv0kh-W8s8ww5rtRBIJWVEFE/s320/assateague+025.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This paint above is stallion...kinda made you a little leary. They had just decided about 7 of them that this was were they were goint to have their supper!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRSvY8hpiaRxG73J0e93xT7tNasK58u3udgfpIpsHpoiv9LXX10K9XPSATJfKyWRdT7WwN7BPVVvcicsROXN_bCqamYqLHBBaWAM-LyVyCynOmg9HxAB4qiySRlUCDicrb9d4Oyk6YeqM/s1600/assateague+027.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502388209011911874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRSvY8hpiaRxG73J0e93xT7tNasK58u3udgfpIpsHpoiv9LXX10K9XPSATJfKyWRdT7WwN7BPVVvcicsROXN_bCqamYqLHBBaWAM-LyVyCynOmg9HxAB4qiySRlUCDicrb9d4Oyk6YeqM/s320/assateague+027.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502384553691366370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOEGbd-hcgKk_JQQOHDKVnExtWWdxyuAd7bgkm4MjYWoMTWjX0TmNZsH-7l1I7xj2BWq2BYl695LGSnFy0ispD-iPVlrm6Jpg2x41kkkx3T4dMcFKSRDHyjnW7SvcsTl2SZxewbUTnOQg/s320/assateague+011.JPG" border="0" /><br />Julia loved the beach once she got used to the water...she said to me Mom...take a picture of me surfing...LOL<br /><br /><div><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502384552459433074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhknscrcMYBg8zDzkc9nbHDanhNvbbfBDvysFnJpDL6MUSjK7luwSsAz-6FAc1lUmiT8WVh33XQ2QVxPuH2TP4_w46n-I35aUJ8Qco3SZtCYfZBP-tNd7e2Wx99uSnFlqwzca7_aebNTUo/s320/assateague+012.JPG" border="0" /><br />The girls both had a blast looking for seashells...their was an amazing amount of them. In fact the first day the girls collected so many I bet they had 25lbs. in a blanket.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502384544991489922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwWMKR_TjY0Snhyy0XKK5Pz3ecCcAE7d87lvR1fotoVZdmFVcthLBXCNKxfz866FEqebhY8EJdlkqZi9mtZqlbdSFJqqwaWRgUk47j9R_qk_68k0ciA7_V2FZ1z3sv4vXXyJ0krKJIOQE/s320/assateague+019.JPG" border="0" /><br />Julia now surfing on the boogie board!<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502384534012863970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEise6NMb2_7SBvUvtNKJTzHuo5Jgsqvho4v8PmGiOSyzJ8M6C30f_epf1klYngnJ1CV8S7EkViEl1jrUn0TkPvPJ8U2S48l6Mr4rfUh6kweS1F_dzlBfdxnS6l0B9tSckxRNdEF12KbJDo/s320/assateague+021.JPG" border="0" />On Tuesday the water was so calm, that Kathlyn taught Meghan how to surf the waves using a boogie board! She felt so special! I was really proud of her!<br /><div><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502384528760409314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBZ63ZFnlmoLOQwjhQIT5ZPKZE2GxDfY6aBtemFD3FyuhQseX2YGqiab3NvJoD7S0ZmHI1tmtREE-mKu22WEUfgFgOWhA6v-y1fUgKgC_w38ZKA0jFblkDbedqc7aj6WZ9eLLB2cG0aEc/s320/assateague+030.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br />The girls digging their way to China!<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502381504089551234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6nLY_WRmAYjTEyjYYO7rQyhXrhXqrJ1xBLrys86F6g8rVjcHceWFhF79ou6YN3TxAFFSq4mSiCf9EgN2l9h_Pvnovc6pCE3YUp-UqPeH0sJAPHbXCACrf7dHBrCXdR5cRy91sgIfMRiA/s320/assateague+007.JPG" border="0" />The campground and our little pup tent, thanks to my girlfriend Carol!<br /><br /><div> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502381502858740098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8SmBLMjw4Atk1_9FZSr-jIkbqKcphyphenhyphenUf_AxgEW1m-erLKSOr6WObXyt0ljXnoexDezo6ced2tNnC0Tbp0HZAabYS0Xquj8IdKhPBZuGoIO4Z11xbWQ5XR4YEdKrVJR_eIHLuJ6rw7rZo/s320/assateague+023.JPG" border="0" /><br />Julia hanging out and having some quiet time!<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502381493663035794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4c8chYAGxyKuK7SiegTkqfGZs-DdQydxMBrLAozmThn_F-VAX5LpkAxQ1dXMrIXzk0uGJNktLR7-wS95SPVoD6i27vzRVoFbOnxS2CnRaOS3XhBESQ7FunSI3jImGNsUgTVZEJhGBYno/s320/assateague+024.JPG" border="0" />Julia, Kathlyn and Meghan hanging out one evening! I am grateful to Kathlyn for being such a super "big girl girlfriend" to the girls!<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502381486744820754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQqalSIftAsOqyad80Op5UEY0C85miBE2kHGRopW2PENHmIlDbtgQ9d9vRJvWhDm5OtO6mMmnR7UN_K-6oJ-45Mblv94Dt9e_idm0xRfEFZefRK024bv_u_6CYCDkwVwVK2_B31eJSsxg/s320/assateague+029.JPG" border="0" />They played hard and were tired!<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502381481723706578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRybZOH5Y6OHu8WnRnUOIIpLWW3fL3HnX4ZqE44h2osvcSpKmFNBXM6iO6Oj8C1OpvGg3zEUgPurz1BE04Uc6j7lLHyevfanhylcUEn759qU6mo79rv44pPHcjM1wlY9ANxigYbdhPMNk/s320/assateague+031.JPG" border="0" />On Wednesday we left Assateague and went into West Ocean City to stay at a hotel where they had a "splashground"! The girls had fun and then we went to the pool and swam for a while. We had dinner with my brother Brian, his wife and their toddler that evening.</div><div> </div><div>It was so nice to get away and relax...!<br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8-1emDuj1k_lx57mNGV67vBmOTlCvWGlTnf_YJRfhQ0kaCoYLcVXcCLm3Qcmumm7GoRYwYs7MzAJW4Qy9cD6lkMqadrArB-DNQimDLgEaEM2iEV8S24jZUfDOxlX44rH26nkBXCHQdu0/s1600/assateague+006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502377391136374322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8-1emDuj1k_lx57mNGV67vBmOTlCvWGlTnf_YJRfhQ0kaCoYLcVXcCLm3Qcmumm7GoRYwYs7MzAJW4Qy9cD6lkMqadrArB-DNQimDLgEaEM2iEV8S24jZUfDOxlX44rH26nkBXCHQdu0/s320/assateague+006.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div> </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>I borrowed a tent from a neighbor.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Melissa Verillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03117829342594361577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505038720985550923.post-23170726469773416542010-07-16T22:29:00.004-04:002010-07-16T23:27:47.028-04:00Mason Dixon Fair 2010Hot HOT AND HOT...and wet wetter and WET...Boy what a fair week. Ben and I rounded up the goats we were taking to the fair Sunday afternoon. Packed up the water buckets, halters, hay racks and the hay and straw and headed down the road to the fair! Fortunately we only live about 9 mi. from the fairgrounds. Got the goats unloaded and settled in their pens. My friend Ramonas birthday was the day before and her husband surprised her with a cake! 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<br />Monday the girls and I headed down to the fairgrounds with more hay to feed and water the goats . Ramona was to feed that evening and Tuesday morning.</ <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik_u04dkscizF0WnfqwjNlMrQLqq1IeTnUgsPWfkSC6cDDfE2lG3rYppCfYR-3x75PUU_Q4vWowbwn5jOD6HRkznOEhvTJRHHXU-3aWzT-jgfROnW9wfcgqDObE4UhKRDeaZWRnTbIGZQ/s1600/fAIR2010+040.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494710422593310642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik_u04dkscizF0WnfqwjNlMrQLqq1IeTnUgsPWfkSC6cDDfE2lG3rYppCfYR-3x75PUU_Q4vWowbwn5jOD6HRkznOEhvTJRHHXU-3aWzT-jgfROnW9wfcgqDObE4UhKRDeaZWRnTbIGZQ/s320/fAIR2010+040.JPG" border="0" /></a>
<br />Tuesday afternoon we headed up to the fair for the show at 4 pm. The kids were excited and I was curious to see how we would do! Chris my oldest son came up from Baltimore to see the kids show. He became the official photographer and Ben's girlfriend Monica was the official ribbon holder! The girls did fantastic, especially little Julia and our goat Heidi won Supreme Grand Champion! Whoo Hoo
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<br />Melissa Verillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03117829342594361577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505038720985550923.post-73851734741300965092010-02-11T14:39:00.003-05:002010-02-11T15:19:37.566-05:00FINALLY A BREAK!<div><br /><div><div><div><div>OH MY WORD! WHAT AN EVENTFUL PAST TWO WEEKS! 18 NEW BABIES WERE BORN ON THE FARM AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY AND NIGHT! THEN SINCE SATURDAY WE HAVE HAD UPWARDS OF 45" OF SNOW...MAKING GETTING AROUND THE FARM VERY DIFFICULT!</div><div> </div><div>New Baby Pics!</div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437081785345145218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimhCpo47g_jGKNL1fN-pqX-c450R53GTQ9-TCaBLcAWSyFGs7AstMEdKT9bSGtI4_6x07UfE0mZ6dD4ujS6Wk_jLvc_I06tS12NUyauRvpRdRpPixNQVzeS_JJ-E6lcgUgPnLCkXs9L5I/s320/babies2+002.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437081791922085250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLLx2Fo6r5Lqm4q8LwuwIwaJyXj9JEearznXfvynBDLE7hcKOzY1V2SulYouFgkFayEYhkLAzaEjBJHCavQFbZE9XqwSws8wdXYbWkbgkogz3Ygao0Pr-T-_GPDmYTgFvuIwrrk0b9hP8/s320/babies2+004.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437081803843171506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAO3jTky5DjiA2x9GPulx4y9WycNka5zhFTluDpinmi7aSCyWwJO3fCuxu6Zyas2v9loFE6X29r8IeIRTqHpDpKRWUF2wX8-kLxZs_FNp7zM1DlCkql-BVs-6xrbRRzB2ym7KC5iMk590/s320/babies2+010.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437081811607769410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQnlmAgko4tZGJ-QmCPuvWBtx0WwrgZ5Z_SzlUzBeHouqKo3rSg3gzLA8wFPMe7A703ewVnPHxTqQ68GtDLmpnVUJ4TgElByu-1sfVv5_jSt5x7sScbMZPeI2syFNEDHjbuLm9nRa6I4/s320/babies2+011.JPG" border="0" /></div></div></div></div></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437081814277282786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJP68jc2iAQNhpc9uFLglNWj6mprzsg6Lk3T6f4siDOIGweQmxKHiviAou5QaDn0FfWN036mXOoysymxcw9uinGniM6AwxRfIvj_PpXNNxc5rZaQqzRoWpI3O5Kw-YwbvSLxOtL0VGtg/s320/babies2+012.JPG" border="0" />We have 5 more Mommas to go and then we will be able to have a much needed rest!Melissa Verillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03117829342594361577noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505038720985550923.post-16729451153506157382010-01-30T20:58:00.003-05:002010-01-30T21:27:45.841-05:00ITS A GIRL AND A GIRL! TWIN DOESITS TWINS! ITS TWIN GIRLS! OUR DOE POPPOM, A FADED RED ANGORA GOAT, GAVE BIRTH TO TWIN DOELINGS AT 3:30 THIS AFTERNOON!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtgsqCZH_7aEVVUQAnUrWBgVGkMgHNVO6-aOAm9xzBnKF-GaWNdV-LNFh-TBpid4XLjC49OBj7VVZCh98Bkmnl7bb2P-5LBMaW-Ah2WCDSxqRLtSvWscRvIWl8QyQo-E0PWtn-nyvymQU/s1600-h/browniesbabies+005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432721681248769938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtgsqCZH_7aEVVUQAnUrWBgVGkMgHNVO6-aOAm9xzBnKF-GaWNdV-LNFh-TBpid4XLjC49OBj7VVZCh98Bkmnl7bb2P-5LBMaW-Ah2WCDSxqRLtSvWscRvIWl8QyQo-E0PWtn-nyvymQU/s320/browniesbabies+005.JPG" border="0" /></a> THESE PICTURES WERE TAKEN JUST MINUTES AFTER THEY WERE BORN!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe3D-Ag3WTAHds_NQ6G9wej_4o9d7_hJRrxw5LO8jKLA3FPm7TV20JZNC60-fK2BZrFgdQZK5h65yx3ZZoDw0kkGzGMG7BXKqUzLCOwnGV1iupaeJ9DYlP9ekvneEQQakLyUOIbOvbLpI/s1600-h/browniesbabies+006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432721675322350850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe3D-Ag3WTAHds_NQ6G9wej_4o9d7_hJRrxw5LO8jKLA3FPm7TV20JZNC60-fK2BZrFgdQZK5h65yx3ZZoDw0kkGzGMG7BXKqUzLCOwnGV1iupaeJ9DYlP9ekvneEQQakLyUOIbOvbLpI/s320/browniesbabies+006.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXsza4jz19vO44GIp1h8OddqHWd_kZKUF1NMzE-sMj9rgjEbp9xjMiuhfPhNb24wjPZ10pLxWwvJCXdebHIpRXjCr_QvB9jEgwp2Bz5Dh5tBRA-pBgHjr85bYHb4Xh2gs7lDisB9UOXc8/s1600-h/browniesbabies+007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432721670046968674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXsza4jz19vO44GIp1h8OddqHWd_kZKUF1NMzE-sMj9rgjEbp9xjMiuhfPhNb24wjPZ10pLxWwvJCXdebHIpRXjCr_QvB9jEgwp2Bz5Dh5tBRA-pBgHjr85bYHb4Xh2gs7lDisB9UOXc8/s320/browniesbabies+007.JPG" border="0" /></a> THEY ARE TRYING TO FIND MOMMAS TEAT...JUST MINUTES AFTER THEY WERE BORN! ISN'T IT AMAZING!</div><div> </div><div>BECCA YOU WON THE CONTEST! PLEASE CONTACT ME SO WE CAN MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR YOUR PRIZE!</div><div> </div><div>THANKS TO ALL THAT ENTERED...IT WAS ALOT OF FUN!<br /></div><div> </div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div>Melissa Verillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03117829342594361577noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505038720985550923.post-52148018521001821312010-01-28T16:12:00.004-05:002010-01-28T17:07:15.291-05:00STILL WAITING!!I have heard it said from other breeders "A Watched Goat or Sheep Never Kids or Lambs"! Just when I have to run out to the store or drive carpool is when someone will decide to go into labor! It never fails...Oh well best laid plans...LOL We are ready whenever they start to go!<br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFCGnffP3aoOjQ75gWxhC4atQ4PPDeF8YD75r0tNPnTYlIY7xNFSZcWI_Ln0GdHy30DE5vZ3Q2zGBQIeQNHb-C9W8r5rOeC4qwMm5gHIx1pZolK7SdchA4Mcxd8XbKW7gHrRL15vaIPAM/s1600-h/blog+pics+010.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431908420626271362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFCGnffP3aoOjQ75gWxhC4atQ4PPDeF8YD75r0tNPnTYlIY7xNFSZcWI_Ln0GdHy30DE5vZ3Q2zGBQIeQNHb-C9W8r5rOeC4qwMm5gHIx1pZolK7SdchA4Mcxd8XbKW7gHrRL15vaIPAM/s320/blog+pics+010.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRaJIUsKaUlekBVVHIgMp3I39gDZq-rr68-XcnvaCWDjzAyEv8oQv-MjNGAeAfoOBENAwTG0RuzY8jaOBGZlxaSfIuJSuCLqIm1K083sorzo2M3WKyutMQY24TnE-1mcVaNqwJi_tqT7E/s1600-h/blog+pics+008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431908414072571106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRaJIUsKaUlekBVVHIgMp3I39gDZq-rr68-XcnvaCWDjzAyEv8oQv-MjNGAeAfoOBENAwTG0RuzY8jaOBGZlxaSfIuJSuCLqIm1K083sorzo2M3WKyutMQY24TnE-1mcVaNqwJi_tqT7E/s320/blog+pics+008.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgckNKUeYkX4WP62pnVurJb35WYMXFRxrj2WUOBtBGmIFhoPUjcTXmkfPqvx52EGS3SyS3bPqSwF4axs89qcIoe9uOdOox2rAywi-OuU1Oym000sE6_B8FURlBacCaCkwvp4ep7aPzlCuU/s1600-h/blog+pics+007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431908403323124114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgckNKUeYkX4WP62pnVurJb35WYMXFRxrj2WUOBtBGmIFhoPUjcTXmkfPqvx52EGS3SyS3bPqSwF4axs89qcIoe9uOdOox2rAywi-OuU1Oym000sE6_B8FURlBacCaCkwvp4ep7aPzlCuU/s320/blog+pics+007.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJIqW6ZGs-XmNbEXCuBdqTqBeTtrnP5M14QOBv8fsLlPZOi6_j9cF7f8dTfp2X-MPYysQMJndzI5Ctmqo2LSCTR2p9YhDfX2gobSvUaqsreaGdVYYKtT-8a399gldUzeIOH7XPP4_qkM/s1600-h/blog+pics+006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431908397383458082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJIqW6ZGs-XmNbEXCuBdqTqBeTtrnP5M14QOBv8fsLlPZOi6_j9cF7f8dTfp2X-MPYysQMJndzI5Ctmqo2LSCTR2p9YhDfX2gobSvUaqsreaGdVYYKtT-8a399gldUzeIOH7XPP4_qkM/s320/blog+pics+006.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYquklJMBVFZgoAW8xSAK4sJe8xzE523qCZt8HKUUVVkiqH4UNKRBYQYvBb57iu9lhxdaCXRGLeDtuBkrTvrNX-xpS6c0OJOAfg8jvIdRlqOwBWwjyonSSeGu9g0j-PR0t6Tz-oLE8EI0/s1600-h/blog+pics+005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431908387845055314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYquklJMBVFZgoAW8xSAK4sJe8xzE523qCZt8HKUUVVkiqH4UNKRBYQYvBb57iu9lhxdaCXRGLeDtuBkrTvrNX-xpS6c0OJOAfg8jvIdRlqOwBWwjyonSSeGu9g0j-PR0t6Tz-oLE8EI0/s320/blog+pics+005.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>I<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431911304193591026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiovlXAtvtIl3th_Ikn7PDyX8xZK4dAbtoKYQwK5Li55DDh7BztvPgX6SttPg4xvBPq_oVzLQ-70ZonYVZL154t9hKC3JHNXHz8TEdMARD34gbOIxsFBXBWKe-ejlLsZNt7RjyVLII0rrI/s320/blog+pics+011.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431911315296525762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXumFpLJWjGP5ZASSHaR1Redz4s0MzzH4LeRu7naj6e02F9QqJKW5p3gej5Dm-J-BksXpeBIvOcskOFGqpCgUi69r_votNWYGnDhpp8NAtUV6GID5CEiFztJxKIK0Fii6Bsb989vyRRGM/s320/blog+pics+012.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /></div><div>KEEP TRYING TO GUESS WHEN THE FIRST BABY WILL BE BORN AS MANY PEOPLE GUESSED EARLY AND THE DATES HAVE COME AND GONE!</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Melissa Verillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03117829342594361577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505038720985550923.post-91728595170916907562010-01-19T17:12:00.003-05:002010-01-19T17:45:18.875-05:00Hooked Up the Baby Monitor<div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7kDEnkUPxH81H56PjChyyYiCqgTG_FJA1RWSu1mekqEK2TaDOajWexjqSZYR6dTxdTPAuI0lsKK64FRrMUENx3kLB3VgQnVKOmrYiOoO8AwUrLZPxSHXijin-zBYAJVfia1w9_9XTQkU/s1600-h/006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428584803123440914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7kDEnkUPxH81H56PjChyyYiCqgTG_FJA1RWSu1mekqEK2TaDOajWexjqSZYR6dTxdTPAuI0lsKK64FRrMUENx3kLB3VgQnVKOmrYiOoO8AwUrLZPxSHXijin-zBYAJVfia1w9_9XTQkU/s320/006.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><div><div>With the contest running I was starting to get a little nervous so I went down into the basement and uncovered the baby monitors we use for the barn. I put one receiver out in the barn near a window then I place the other end in the kitchen window. I then place the other receiver next to that one so that I can place the other monitor upstairs next to my bed! Once kidding and lambing starts it is over several weeks that I am on call at all hours of the day and night. We don't usually go anywhere that someone isn't home to cover the barn! When its starts to get close to the approximate due dates I check the barn every two hours during the day and twice at night!</div><br /><div></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428584812871528018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZicFgsgiDmu9Gof1T4qvMHzPTZZeAmZ3huFHQi-lSrQrNAPR8A_2sGc1Xs4HO8SAeIkMRRlHUH1X0wYj9_iKCsNwFFhRqT-gdF7Ov5iq3lmas5OazmYS_U-nMI6cGxSw_e13WEDAq4mw/s320/003.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428584810553770258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwk_myd14aNtEyZdLQAViyqrafzk3Y19qM49q3s02MYO023uMs98SMNKIOAsgn76CFcinaeEYP3p8T7OEdvuE2Fjsm4wY3vsPmcKu6UCmE7m-KtScjEQrUPjW7ZwgnYXUhUvEinU8Ziuc/s320/004.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div>Love all of the guess's the kids are having a great time reading all of the entries! All of you who are guessing at night are killing me though...I keep telling the girls daytime...daytime LOL they don't always listen...Oh and all does and ewes please!<br /><br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428584790846856930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsREUh_TPOk2NROEA5mjECEMPy1DuqI0HNUPcHVVvo7l6CVW2sdY1_NjbFCagdaWlTpjTvqAm4g82_kXB6HGaN-KnZT8xR3gdobYqOSfmB2YhHx6yIsbX2zm-axTCbyV4ByqfsD5l0pT8/s320/008.JPG" border="0" /></div></div></div></div></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428584793607515554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBKtfOCF1arqI0hVNPsYdZ8_j7awIe1MTsCxPFysoBkrxknkqeOlKiI0bKYtyTv1Ms9Vu01AHxUqcr1WJPVMFoPE5d9wz5R9Wu7o3edRz_bNrGnz_Omw-kQQVOtadB8EkDKaODycP8spw/s320/007.JPG" border="0" />Melissa Verillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03117829342594361577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505038720985550923.post-51729440946505616572010-01-16T17:55:00.006-05:002010-01-16T18:41:59.458-05:00Kidding and Lambing Contest! Win $25!Kidding and Lambing Contest begins today and runs thru January 31st 2010 11.59 pm. Guess correctly to win a $25.00 gift certificate to our etsy store! We have 18 does and ewes pregnant!<br /><br />Super easy all you have to do is guess the date, time and sex that the first kid or lamb is born! Post your guess in the comment section at the end of this post...so I can find you! In case of a tie the person with the first post will win so get your guess posted!<br /><br />Here is the SCOOP...Gestation (length of pregnancy) is approx. 145-150 days for goats as well as sheep. We put our bucks and rams in with the does and ewes on August 31, 2010. Sometimes it takes several days for the girls to go into heat so we usually add a week or two to the actual date due . For example last year we put the girls in with the boys on August 18th and we saw our first kid on January 22...do the math and take a guess...see how close you are!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyOQ92CR-xkwGj-jqaBsISXtCqbueVnJDk9RHyehSnhkf8CjaNniOcwmbDgd2C1nfRgSBl4L3eu1rJNlclCnIN5hiExMOU5a4C7Wigw0mlFtRaTg5WMfGA0L2RtrMDuhIRpkHJufsg6U4/s1600-h/Jfiber+042.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427481068059563970" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyOQ92CR-xkwGj-jqaBsISXtCqbueVnJDk9RHyehSnhkf8CjaNniOcwmbDgd2C1nfRgSBl4L3eu1rJNlclCnIN5hiExMOU5a4C7Wigw0mlFtRaTg5WMfGA0L2RtrMDuhIRpkHJufsg6U4/s320/Jfiber+042.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2YXRa2aopBxlHxtNiesussqkOLbljHsl2H6kamlWmBJketQXYJXTS_Bmt3FuyjbTgERnKkuYmyQIhVeQp0p9lU-hz4SOt7g-1Wc9SgB86SkCUFiVCUEQwq4vKgMJQRB7hrj7JH1nOA2U/s1600-h/Jfiber+041.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427478864973688162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2YXRa2aopBxlHxtNiesussqkOLbljHsl2H6kamlWmBJketQXYJXTS_Bmt3FuyjbTgERnKkuYmyQIhVeQp0p9lU-hz4SOt7g-1Wc9SgB86SkCUFiVCUEQwq4vKgMJQRB7hrj7JH1nOA2U/s320/Jfiber+041.JPG" border="0" /></a> We will post updates periodically throughout the contest...pics too to see how our girls bellies are growing! Gwennie pictured above left looks like she is going to explode if she gets any bigger!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoOcnYznLjXHfU3Iim_L_ZQSRTy9Ad4_4Y7MCFtDdwzRenRIDULpS3Zjas3kblmfqKUyboN-INfk-aVmDNkEVqAHeA63Cmcu-whiER-DV8z7sK0V58EQKiL1yvienknHyfh4jBVU2eawA/s1600-h/Jfiber+036.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427478857838050626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoOcnYznLjXHfU3Iim_L_ZQSRTy9Ad4_4Y7MCFtDdwzRenRIDULpS3Zjas3kblmfqKUyboN-INfk-aVmDNkEVqAHeA63Cmcu-whiER-DV8z7sK0V58EQKiL1yvienknHyfh4jBVU2eawA/s320/Jfiber+036.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXikbrho4a8v1xan_rXGWkF62zbRf_OoRnz2BYmMIfb76h-JHLopBqC_yQJM0RPaIWpUrsKup5TvG1_jGaz4F1ajQu8n1MsGQumf0_WAsHHMdE8AY_E5gUu31AsX5X8B_-ZKcxtkti_eU/s1600-h/Jfiber+035.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427476522786173570" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXikbrho4a8v1xan_rXGWkF62zbRf_OoRnz2BYmMIfb76h-JHLopBqC_yQJM0RPaIWpUrsKup5TvG1_jGaz4F1ajQu8n1MsGQumf0_WAsHHMdE8AY_E5gUu31AsX5X8B_-ZKcxtkti_eU/s320/Jfiber+035.JPG" border="0" /></a> Mindi pictured to the left looks like it will be twins!</div><div> </div><div>Good Luck and have fun!</div></div>Melissa Verillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03117829342594361577noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505038720985550923.post-3903667497980280362010-01-11T15:50:00.000-05:002010-01-11T15:50:53.537-05:00Contest coming!Contest Coming....Starting January 17th and running thru January 31st! Win a 25$ gift certificate to our shop on etsy,<a href="http://farmgirlchic.etsy.com/">http://farmgirlchic.etsy.com/</a>, for the person who visits our blog and posts an answer to the question?? "When will the first kid or lamb be born?" You will have to post a comment below the official blog post stating the day, time and sex of the first kid or lamb to be qualified to enter. Will post official contest details Saturday night!<br />
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</div>Melissa Verillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03117829342594361577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505038720985550923.post-58311620857667213042010-01-09T16:21:00.000-05:002010-01-09T16:21:16.564-05:00The Phat Process...samples that is!<div>The road to preparing my samples for the Phatfiber box, a monthly gathering of samples by indie fiber artists, takes alot of time and energy. If I do a combination of batts and fiber samples it usually takes me about a week of doing just about nothing but washing, dyeing, carding and the design work for the labeling on the computer and then the packaging of the samples. Time usually just gets away from me with the kids and the farm work.<br />
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The samples below are for the January box...the theme this month was your favorite book. I chose the Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats...it was favorite of mine as a child!<br />
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Mohair that was dyed and then carder...the cherry was dyed with Kool-Aid!<br />
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</div>Melissa Verillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03117829342594361577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505038720985550923.post-60975438267480659132009-12-31T14:59:00.000-05:002009-12-31T16:01:25.622-05:00Snow Comes to The Farm!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR5hn7ll76bax9ysGI-qqaYWr5Fi4iUbW5AO3Rq5AJmNsfN30CNeHW2SsdIC7wn6nPxeP9u4r2_Locnk-G2nMQU9xJfPrg9CeaBf_oVe0Kq8xGaav8rUfqBuxKYWF38DaNLiPDD85ZX6Y/s1600-h/xmas+037.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421506150885502178" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR5hn7ll76bax9ysGI-qqaYWr5Fi4iUbW5AO3Rq5AJmNsfN30CNeHW2SsdIC7wn6nPxeP9u4r2_Locnk-G2nMQU9xJfPrg9CeaBf_oVe0Kq8xGaav8rUfqBuxKYWF38DaNLiPDD85ZX6Y/s320/xmas+037.JPG" border="0" /></a> The Great Pyrennes love the snow...they will even sleep on it!<br /><div><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>The weekend before Christmas saw 24" of beautiful snow! It Just sparkeled like diamonds and was so pretty coming down....the doe had a hard time of it though...it was so heavy it was hard for her to pick up her head!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9P4aA1kiseXy0ods3rrjM6ZSMo-UGE3hMpc2JI_NX248Jll9nuwThGPPkocdpLkoxHhii6ZyWsEkNfrZddaAV9IJKZE70f_umAXRgin-riiv_g8v1W-BxrY3KoFVVFIOpRSUu_WFJDH4/s1600-h/xmas+017.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421496231356326690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 313px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 292px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9P4aA1kiseXy0ods3rrjM6ZSMo-UGE3hMpc2JI_NX248Jll9nuwThGPPkocdpLkoxHhii6ZyWsEkNfrZddaAV9IJKZE70f_umAXRgin-riiv_g8v1W-BxrY3KoFVVFIOpRSUu_WFJDH4/s320/xmas+017.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi_0w8DYDBpRhP4mwqhbYGcBzlM1WgrsR_zwg0wRkB3fh1sS63TZaTbmyLaoOvo4167F2SjWbuo2qER9I7ZL0di6nNQ1AjVXear6jX9UJaUhp6PAf-x8SkRGHTujGE5joQ0rcBnSio3gk/s1600-h/xmas+020.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421496227256362994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi_0w8DYDBpRhP4mwqhbYGcBzlM1WgrsR_zwg0wRkB3fh1sS63TZaTbmyLaoOvo4167F2SjWbuo2qER9I7ZL0di6nNQ1AjVXear6jX9UJaUhp6PAf-x8SkRGHTujGE5joQ0rcBnSio3gk/s320/xmas+020.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjokZJhOZhBNT2ZxmJFqdXfO-xnrtHTt5lKea6TcTcBBlati_icPh0xiUrqV81IDDmp1uce6GpdTIpw9ZcDhpBZIYi0J2OT9VUYi2svlm6dYQvGVp1uYBg0C_IJY0ekfIH0PPw74A-wVSo/s1600-h/xmas+019.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421496225804360786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjokZJhOZhBNT2ZxmJFqdXfO-xnrtHTt5lKea6TcTcBBlati_icPh0xiUrqV81IDDmp1uce6GpdTIpw9ZcDhpBZIYi0J2OT9VUYi2svlm6dYQvGVp1uYBg0C_IJY0ekfIH0PPw74A-wVSo/s320/xmas+019.JPG" border="0" /></a> The wind was blowing it in drifts up onto the front porch...Reese the cocker spaniel was not pleased it was over his head!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjESIKBc4ojaG_KrNBM1UcqmrDEC5HXGEVH0FqrkTrouGE8ShsoQ-fT1AEyl5z4YGR2TaZb30e3T2EXaYUOlndeHOdEWj6t67-3QbTss84kPKLb0wjLmcDI6x2ySEkNkni-v2nAVoOlfr4/s1600-h/xmas+018.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421496221183757666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjESIKBc4ojaG_KrNBM1UcqmrDEC5HXGEVH0FqrkTrouGE8ShsoQ-fT1AEyl5z4YGR2TaZb30e3T2EXaYUOlndeHOdEWj6t67-3QbTss84kPKLb0wjLmcDI6x2ySEkNkni-v2nAVoOlfr4/s320/xmas+018.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The wind blew the front gate open in the night and the snow was so deep we couldn't shut it! </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div>Looking out at the pond from the back deck.<br />The hump is the grill...LOL<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijTJw8jIRzjdzdSME23gAhypZnBcgOsthE5UrSClbRZMwMa3so8p9LW98ZMGYUMD74rQ1xGJaLQ5aNqjH1ySK81Ak-FkhpDo8pRfhdTiRUCegEXFuZ18-11ZrwdbwnFPt7PG97pj04Ck8/s1600-h/xmas+022.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421500434217691858" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijTJw8jIRzjdzdSME23gAhypZnBcgOsthE5UrSClbRZMwMa3so8p9LW98ZMGYUMD74rQ1xGJaLQ5aNqjH1ySK81Ak-FkhpDo8pRfhdTiRUCegEXFuZ18-11ZrwdbwnFPt7PG97pj04Ck8/s320/xmas+022.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6uaLmKvp2wMuOt_EYhhkIVtFQW_eRO1Yq12b459tfVKYS8Q2Qw60oN_vMbJZFIy5KYQLfBTEhueIxSkXYyrDog2cX6oq4fFf1kVaprYlgkCdy6vhZjEhwflK8RKVlryP902K06KQ2pN0/s1600-h/xmas+023.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421500430946628914" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6uaLmKvp2wMuOt_EYhhkIVtFQW_eRO1Yq12b459tfVKYS8Q2Qw60oN_vMbJZFIy5KYQLfBTEhueIxSkXYyrDog2cX6oq4fFf1kVaprYlgkCdy6vhZjEhwflK8RKVlryP902K06KQ2pN0/s320/xmas+023.JPG" border="0" /></a>The door to the back deck! </div><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9as_GQmSydb5YH0bahpmNANsKujR0nb7geUiuL9PdGYk2ZdwNtcjH-fmTfDT_QOE46plQ3Kf7qOZcT3T70YYq6e6156yWedYxMXSkHyPsM6nf3ArHRUo0V3diYgONMyg_-vpKGGYvbwc/s1600-h/xmas+025.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421506138158751762" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9as_GQmSydb5YH0bahpmNANsKujR0nb7geUiuL9PdGYk2ZdwNtcjH-fmTfDT_QOE46plQ3Kf7qOZcT3T70YYq6e6156yWedYxMXSkHyPsM6nf3ArHRUo0V3diYgONMyg_-vpKGGYvbwc/s320/xmas+025.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br />The girls weren't too happy with the snow!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR5hn7ll76bax9ysGI-qqaYWr5Fi4iUbW5AO3Rq5AJmNsfN30CNeHW2SsdIC7wn6nPxeP9u4r2_Locnk-G2nMQU9xJfPrg9CeaBf_oVe0Kq8xGaav8rUfqBuxKYWF38DaNLiPDD85ZX6Y/s1600-h/xmas+037.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR5hn7ll76bax9ysGI-qqaYWr5Fi4iUbW5AO3Rq5AJmNsfN30CNeHW2SsdIC7wn6nPxeP9u4r2_Locnk-G2nMQU9xJfPrg9CeaBf_oVe0Kq8xGaav8rUfqBuxKYWF38DaNLiPDD85ZX6Y/s1600-h/xmas+037.JPG"></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div>Melissa Verillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03117829342594361577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505038720985550923.post-44119412159253763282009-08-27T20:42:00.000-04:002009-08-27T22:03:16.948-04:00The Sewing Ladies<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374825110101194594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRyS5oF41AdF6K0zM-dPWKsBWqQCLlnnFDLvEfz3S49bJuF9zlW9NvhgFmnnQ_ZocvIVdJYf-PkFXR5MyzdYDE1wMt9MAWudPoBXSnaRysPPAePcib8kUGFIP6FXlsEZRzbfjOOuaWm9w/s320/girls+sewing+006.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374825131270298226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipl2FANVKENYpbnZhw3BxrB8Rg5jRa4AdHsXp7Pj-krY7tUf-mBpXEFnUkbKfV5a-CCNA8odM1Jw5MDrVinAPIT3Q0Ui2xM6HaOYfPdiigwZp14-RRAORPPtMZq8iT0zFBv_LLVXjM-WE/s320/girls+sewing+009.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>The sewing ladies hit Moms office big time this past week. The girls love to look through the boxes of fabric that I have stashed in tubs 3 and 4 high...I know it is some sort of fiber issue...LOL. They pull this out and that out...they make believe that this fabric would make a lovely skirt and this makes a wonderful cape...the list goes on all the while I am with them but still able to work...somewhat as it is a rather small space with all of my stash.</div><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374821878623400338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilhyIm9G8wqw29bRnSAY32zwgfp_FA_cBwG8qsINv8jX-003UbIzLbbFNw9NUiabDCIcjmQIwHnAHEw2I45gO1tVrfa45WQN8LpeIZ7z1grnIMHy9CDBuvm-e5MVU4lpscaVZsYGG94wA/s320/girls+sewing+001.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374820632237890546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ItoUgc1R4tsMcRoKQetJAFM6HADUi0DBCLHX5SEWYMJphBvDMPHIhF-2zbtNLBg73CHfrV_3om2irX4EjKvG5URX3CQEBPXiolKxWnhGhZOpCWu8n0s2zwzPFlQrgL2TeAKG6qWjHMA/s320/girls+sewing+002.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374821887438222674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWx_gCbtskbqs9oZ9G2XTqRHykJs50fmqhX9OrpWpm9s6ZbgtJaiElwO2Q92ngV2tVlVhVeLWeQxq29C6lCZSaUqAaTExUDzh5cFmcK1eSvpYX1ca391Y6K-y7TglbjZxHA6qLKbtPJ-0/s320/girls+sewing+003.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div>Meghan was working on sorting some of the fabrics into types and Julia said she wanted to make a pillow. Julia found a bright orange piece of fabric and a tattered old doily...she said it was just beautiful... We put the fabric on the table so we could cut the orange fabric into a shape...I asked her what shape she wanted? She said a square. She then sat their and said hMM...I know what this could be. </div><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374822949331368962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJedXzU9zz0ZesM36sH41DYdki5s596DCunjuV7LEgRN70P8wjG1IcL683ah8F2lmVA6sa4-ZqDFnXSDL-qKbyhu6RMVdkKcukPTdYxPva7IRUYTIWxLbVBZJEaaP4oVsxDRctYD9Jojc/s320/girls+sewing+004.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374822954730959298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKF-k9hcmYlm2PcT5sTmo5NzExGVpe8XEVdrTweuyInYWJS3aTJ9NcOFG8CUtncyZzwdbyHsLtpaI71WkK6yhjE_obaZrFe9yZ5TgLAIRONi-6dY6sXs4cJEhCldszlEMrz67X0EL4eTY/s320/girls+sewing+005.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><div>She took the tattered oval doily ..laid it on the pillow top and then ran into the other room for more fabric...got the scissors and came back into the room. She said to me Mommy this can be a sheep...she cut two strips for the legs and then said to me can you help me make a head, ears and a tail...I was so proud of her! She is just 4 1/2 and to realize that I have given her the tools and inspiration to be creative is just so wonderful...it truly makes up for all the times I want to wring her neck...!</div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374825113304832610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzK4M2jFeVcsir2hR-LL4Wr4IWu-H39IkN2sUmMpM2QekeRNCOeR3OQZzkwilSp2RbZdtMIEELMBy9ICvQN9b56tb8LH2rztc3O6YAQARcmrlbQhOI0wvXRC4IfcB2RcCkbalBRDF4PY/s320/girls+sewing+007.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374825121082305810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSOcuETF2kWCT015QmMsO_VJ29ZeJC9r7iNlgEeeE7AcJM-TgjyeUyIDQAYvLYk3EHkDRVc3jAvNzxfmO9yrlbCiKu1r0KfkVbwx_W9ETpadrHcfzitwruE05l7BjHNjLmudV4UOBPIuc/s320/girls+sewing+008.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><div>I helped her with the other features and then showed her how to pin the pieces to the pillow top. We then sat together at the sewing machine...she kinda lost interest as it took awhile but she still sat next to me and sorted through the gallon jars of thread that I have accquired...another fiber thing!</div><br /><br /><div>The next day I gave her some clean babydoll wool that was to short to use and she stuffed her pillow. She hasn't finished as this is probally at least a 20x20 pillow...but it will make a nice project for a day in the office when her sister and brother go back to school! My little blessing...it was a good day!</div></div>Melissa Verillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03117829342594361577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505038720985550923.post-29988220858068953692009-08-17T15:44:00.000-04:002009-08-17T16:30:34.823-04:00Dear Sweet Little AbnerSometimes in life their are special things that come into your life that you don't forsee. This little lamb was one of them<br /><br />His name was Abner and he was born on a bitter cold night in early March. He wasn't breathing when he was born so I had to revive him with a few swift suctions of his mouth and nose...with my mouth...I know yuck but it was all I had at the moment and I knew time was of the essence. He wasn't strong enough or it was just too cold and he couldn't stand. I tried everthing to get him to nurse but he was just too weak. I milked his Mom and then tubed him with the colostrum...still no luck...mind you the whole time it was freezing and the middle of the night. I then remembered hearing about giving them coffee to jump start them...I did it twice and then got a quilt from the house and put him and me inside of it and sat with him all night until he could stand....Hooray we had victory he slowly started to come around and could stand and nurse! Boy what a great feeling!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7aKpjP7Xce8hI5IJoSR9UTtN8SVAujO4Fufdj-tELiUlkABjbqY2YiLwaVrp21EZxQswLWb2bMc7Czf-Kxh2Y_vu6VA1xFd_otBy08qy0YuPNYsF2k4GCiSjUXdmda-G-sI7binrHlSI/s1600-h/rambo+006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371025414856166546" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7aKpjP7Xce8hI5IJoSR9UTtN8SVAujO4Fufdj-tELiUlkABjbqY2YiLwaVrp21EZxQswLWb2bMc7Czf-Kxh2Y_vu6VA1xFd_otBy08qy0YuPNYsF2k4GCiSjUXdmda-G-sI7binrHlSI/s320/rambo+006.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2BA3pAdEB59GxwD8UMGg3QUw8OxxvQ05jJHxAzS0OnC5V4UOXMWghVyEk5e-bOXj5GRH6BcJa1V0esCoGuFdKbmHWRBs9UORXtpVuSb5Whl1Y50Prr35GIYO4wVpIZOXHHEG0Uzwv3A8/s1600-h/rambo+004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371025407231178386" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2BA3pAdEB59GxwD8UMGg3QUw8OxxvQ05jJHxAzS0OnC5V4UOXMWghVyEk5e-bOXj5GRH6BcJa1V0esCoGuFdKbmHWRBs9UORXtpVuSb5Whl1Y50Prr35GIYO4wVpIZOXHHEG0Uzwv3A8/s320/rambo+004.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0bq_M10wb8mWGMgQPwESQpevzvohs6sBcxYx8CJ9yASreVqlbA4aejPwM3auSVbQLekPcFkJMmf6TPVSLIXOBZ9zjT7intT_OP9Ugc8h17zx0MC0ScTbLvUntxduc1Gp6Tf9P8WIeDyI/s1600-h/rambo+002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371025396267350994" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0bq_M10wb8mWGMgQPwESQpevzvohs6sBcxYx8CJ9yASreVqlbA4aejPwM3auSVbQLekPcFkJMmf6TPVSLIXOBZ9zjT7intT_OP9Ugc8h17zx0MC0ScTbLvUntxduc1Gp6Tf9P8WIeDyI/s320/rambo+002.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />He grew we docked his tail and he was so cute! So cute in the way he seemed to toddle from side to side just like a human toddler! It took me a while to realize that he wasn't interacting with the other lambs and kids in the barnyard...mind you he was the only Babydoll that we had born this year..but their were many other types of lambs and kids. Abner stayed with his Mommy alot ...Boy did he love his Mommy, Abigail!</div><div> </div><div>We had the vet come out and take a look at him it seemed to be that his front left leg had some sort of defect in that it turned inward...yet could be palpatated back in place...MMMM. The vet recomended we cast it and see if it would help. We took Abner to the vet and he was sedated and his cast was put on. Abner was in the cast for approx. 5 weeks. He learned how to walk with the cast. We had to keep him up at the barn and make sure he wasn't out in the rain or mud. I'd see raindrops and fling myself outside to get Abner and put him in the barn. A lot of effort but we just knew this little guy needed us!<br /><br /></div><div>After about 5 weeks of the cast it seemed like he was having trouble getting up and one morning I found him down in the pasture and he couldn't get up. He was anemic , pale membranes, even though he had been wormed 3 weeks prior. The worms this year have been terrible and very resistant to wormers. We called the vet, we wormed again and she took a fecal sample. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjAkUdldpYXX6gHy3iRP8ffNiwDRPbkZC6mt74G5CjoS0e0XkWvLO-eU6xTxl9fY7XWL6A0cxnUOyU_1Vev3C_YYal2pMMIz3oTfAawEaeqxfxEQGn638otSDK2XITurpV-Yfb8kMtNRY/s1600-h/fiber+march+09+033.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371025434291683202" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjAkUdldpYXX6gHy3iRP8ffNiwDRPbkZC6mt74G5CjoS0e0XkWvLO-eU6xTxl9fY7XWL6A0cxnUOyU_1Vev3C_YYal2pMMIz3oTfAawEaeqxfxEQGn638otSDK2XITurpV-Yfb8kMtNRY/s320/fiber+march+09+033.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQrOVf28RJlRVnb4fhks9TktvBBA-MNw0FhuhXQwTzDB460YpRyJBxabPsNCPASd-7VZd3_EiigrBNixycOAcUHOknh1LaTTwEECo2VAQl6CLuiOuWT9SxG6DHnvzHeFie6HPWly2WN8/s1600-h/kids+april09+008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371025425469271234" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQrOVf28RJlRVnb4fhks9TktvBBA-MNw0FhuhXQwTzDB460YpRyJBxabPsNCPASd-7VZd3_EiigrBNixycOAcUHOknh1LaTTwEECo2VAQl6CLuiOuWT9SxG6DHnvzHeFie6HPWly2WN8/s320/kids+april09+008.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>Come to find out he was full of coccidia too...treated him for that. He seemed to be improving but then he started to have trouble standing again. We thought it was the cast. We took him to the vet to have the cast taken off. They discovered he was still full of coccidia. It was the last time I saw him.</div><div> </div><div>The vet was heroic and we thank him for that..he kept him 10 days...hand fed him...treated him for the coccidia with everything they could. The vet even made a special stand with a sling for him to stand in but to no avail. Friday evening, July 31, around 8 the vet called and said I think it's time...I said okay and then handed the phone to my husband...I just couldn't talk anymore. </div><div> </div><div>The vet brought his body around the next morning and my husband buried him under his favorite tree in the pasture. Goodbye little boy</div></div></div>Melissa Verillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03117829342594361577noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505038720985550923.post-47574143240940430802009-07-14T17:12:00.000-04:002009-07-22T17:59:34.065-04:00I've put together a little photo album of our farm! This a view of the barn from the house.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz3EeEWHhsT95UgJiPwYfOZM8Ay8Ce3BAeCX5WlL5hFgTwM1ZTyA1yJpN9qqet6HQfs897zN8Y75pEONOcZyt_5NJRfPwMzsKK6Wb_2qUKFeGu2R9ovWjIMeBDAX2-0MSkcY8jnijdLlM/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+047.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361024527654303362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz3EeEWHhsT95UgJiPwYfOZM8Ay8Ce3BAeCX5WlL5hFgTwM1ZTyA1yJpN9qqet6HQfs897zN8Y75pEONOcZyt_5NJRfPwMzsKK6Wb_2qUKFeGu2R9ovWjIMeBDAX2-0MSkcY8jnijdLlM/s320/fair-farm-etsy+047.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />This is one of our Great Pyrennes guard dogs with his new haircut!!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqRwrb0A40zUu8C_ZsQqtmt4xjnyPTV867jHg3H_UoL3uJZskXUTal5cjq1DMyBVSX7frzJS4QuGTImgSmgGx5fh7TaDKQPz4TS4OFi_jySML5N4GP1Vj5QoPnpk1XeGoCNVn331bbYx4/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+022.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361024524063072546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqRwrb0A40zUu8C_ZsQqtmt4xjnyPTV867jHg3H_UoL3uJZskXUTal5cjq1DMyBVSX7frzJS4QuGTImgSmgGx5fh7TaDKQPz4TS4OFi_jySML5N4GP1Vj5QoPnpk1XeGoCNVn331bbYx4/s320/fair-farm-etsy+022.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Our newest Babydoll Lamb, Meghan!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBn4eP7-_qcXt9VNdKnz2qkBOoGHrqDN8GuMNM_Opt4cbkP9UaqRU3vvgwss2bu5mvM0uBFC4kISZSoD4j37Px2c4uIV4ejUGpjrSl-rARxXk6eTtnp1G9NUTJ5HW7hyX9HCsJApv6_Ow/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+021.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361024516328445026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBn4eP7-_qcXt9VNdKnz2qkBOoGHrqDN8GuMNM_Opt4cbkP9UaqRU3vvgwss2bu5mvM0uBFC4kISZSoD4j37Px2c4uIV4ejUGpjrSl-rARxXk6eTtnp1G9NUTJ5HW7hyX9HCsJApv6_Ow/s320/fair-farm-etsy+021.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Late afternoon snack!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilARWrdEZh18yI7wjteCNFeVij2TwJ7rAv7jvOZF-KBcC-kZ6zDcpz0WGvkJbd9bkjyHNDhmEHnj2RIUahtyc-13kDwI_Eyvk_pFDSzInt-1TJg1OSN8u6RLFrr6unlJmPnnZfRWq1LJs/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+012.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361024505756335234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilARWrdEZh18yI7wjteCNFeVij2TwJ7rAv7jvOZF-KBcC-kZ6zDcpz0WGvkJbd9bkjyHNDhmEHnj2RIUahtyc-13kDwI_Eyvk_pFDSzInt-1TJg1OSN8u6RLFrr6unlJmPnnZfRWq1LJs/s320/fair-farm-etsy+012.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />You can't see me can you???<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiRdonFPo3YMO3TJcUERQssrMw2Imf5pigwG5D7Kuz5xlnFjj4HHY9G2taXMl7mulDPDqNBDMzRlU1BXbl-KAqI78_IToQxwpceB6_05WtLuPiG9zenKIBOQwYWZ00lQQlmgC6-DiSrJk/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+011.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361024502587491746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiRdonFPo3YMO3TJcUERQssrMw2Imf5pigwG5D7Kuz5xlnFjj4HHY9G2taXMl7mulDPDqNBDMzRlU1BXbl-KAqI78_IToQxwpceB6_05WtLuPiG9zenKIBOQwYWZ00lQQlmgC6-DiSrJk/s320/fair-farm-etsy+011.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Interior of the new barn.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOxv-7lm2u8IMpTATu5jKE6Tr3HF8h-zLu4ck3t9-LHNDm3FqdZSPwUPyX2MFDB9wUkIoouwOuZEO4h86GRuaDxat1KusE5uNwbpCifhoDM5YPeIwuspztXIo4Cq7aysXrXdXJBP9Rn4E/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+032.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361021996971675586" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUvO-o0QSdYESfotr-hTRF158d5WvGbebbqbh9zF1DG0A4SVDJ1ti5slGKelKiJ-KQRwzE_GxQPXqlljS-119Jse1PDvYNSRTX4npolvtUA4YcTQeZFSwTEAq09AvG_UHZbXqJM4Hldo0/s320/fair-farm-etsy+024.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Cruzer showing off in his fly mask...LOL!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVPdHyRgEUGYJB1TezsLeQrFnax2IgbzTIDIa1RkuB3MB0_E8ylim-jjvE5cq5K28jctrPQIIfq9gpMN8FA-Q1ZldJHjxhFmTgM5fdf5kfPzVr2O2YZ1_TZbGMI7P2RO1i5hIYKtb7ZWw/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+020.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361019609221789698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVPdHyRgEUGYJB1TezsLeQrFnax2IgbzTIDIa1RkuB3MB0_E8ylim-jjvE5cq5K28jctrPQIIfq9gpMN8FA-Q1ZldJHjxhFmTgM5fdf5kfPzVr2O2YZ1_TZbGMI7P2RO1i5hIYKtb7ZWw/s320/fair-farm-etsy+020.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Looking down the hill at the barn.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOHXjDT53zFN9kwG3ctgx8KBq0kbXjLEJk_aOUif6rgurxaypVsPVrYBlQvMwQCDItWCFbMa6uIUn2BhO-QKaqzU0V22uPTsrOwybPerCm-2KzF-2oi61QxbZ3tg3t0FnV2ypu8QloPtc/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+016.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361016924499309874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOHXjDT53zFN9kwG3ctgx8KBq0kbXjLEJk_aOUif6rgurxaypVsPVrYBlQvMwQCDItWCFbMa6uIUn2BhO-QKaqzU0V22uPTsrOwybPerCm-2KzF-2oi61QxbZ3tg3t0FnV2ypu8QloPtc/s320/fair-farm-etsy+016.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Julia in the pasture.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjo7ux16KjqGNXxrzSVlC4TD8H4LoqIFbgFKsy1YNYV1LaQVFKxLNRknWDawU3-H5MA_MQ2_Ae2KHs0vkDKcar7m6LSODB4pZ_QyHjMAzmf0TvjDREspewbuM5GtyCuJ-7o9bmxYoz__I/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+014.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361016916890585682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjo7ux16KjqGNXxrzSVlC4TD8H4LoqIFbgFKsy1YNYV1LaQVFKxLNRknWDawU3-H5MA_MQ2_Ae2KHs0vkDKcar7m6LSODB4pZ_QyHjMAzmf0TvjDREspewbuM5GtyCuJ-7o9bmxYoz__I/s320/fair-farm-etsy+014.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Looking up the hill from the yard.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2OojSCQgTrH-o5Vuy37kX3tZTAmexmnaXHAAtNXcVHG_rA0Rlypa0b3Cnoy1yMEgK1MmBPpQEy5WAdMH2NCnd8oWlCTotrikyZJPY_1hW4I8N9SfNIthJaoTY9KMfOTXc1meruW6G_Ac/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361016911019953042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2OojSCQgTrH-o5Vuy37kX3tZTAmexmnaXHAAtNXcVHG_rA0Rlypa0b3Cnoy1yMEgK1MmBPpQEy5WAdMH2NCnd8oWlCTotrikyZJPY_1hW4I8N9SfNIthJaoTY9KMfOTXc1meruW6G_Ac/s320/fair-farm-etsy+013.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Looking up to the road from the yard.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNT7OdNeFNMEPCZzEO8TdufXvyt9MMVVAZaTFksTrr78Qy_-Z5ejshiTjrQn6heXWA3Xd3HESgnqju021JfAwAYLTf0fWQPIQo-SCjqRGDn5jrDZWyZ-fLokY98p6a5XVry5t03QEsQ3g/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+009.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361016903573838530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNT7OdNeFNMEPCZzEO8TdufXvyt9MMVVAZaTFksTrr78Qy_-Z5ejshiTjrQn6heXWA3Xd3HESgnqju021JfAwAYLTf0fWQPIQo-SCjqRGDn5jrDZWyZ-fLokY98p6a5XVry5t03QEsQ3g/s320/fair-farm-etsy+009.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The barn from the yard.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgjTPZ3wnkg6IFltqbvIB2AgC1Gc2JisJeo997RxLaMk-N8C6jaFyW6AtHUZE6-Ar6A8g5h8KF5vxjGyKC0n3Tm_cb3LcTj6be1wtvE_2VMV-JBZUT4-hPYMQZoro_v4qfLl4XSd862yo/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361016895734955202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgjTPZ3wnkg6IFltqbvIB2AgC1Gc2JisJeo997RxLaMk-N8C6jaFyW6AtHUZE6-Ar6A8g5h8KF5vxjGyKC0n3Tm_cb3LcTj6be1wtvE_2VMV-JBZUT4-hPYMQZoro_v4qfLl4XSd862yo/s320/fair-farm-etsy+008.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Looking down the hill from the road.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVzqGHdYBztgZJtQ8Itu72oHJSTJsWCHX960JxTG2i9muDLwmU_gFFq3LNlvEYwfS0PbiJ0sjIJytPBGCcdMlJ2mDgf36PJ4_yq_J58cvj30svhf8QbDCOQxnsiNzNYQNRWlHwEvRG074/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+023.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358432406114419074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVzqGHdYBztgZJtQ8Itu72oHJSTJsWCHX960JxTG2i9muDLwmU_gFFq3LNlvEYwfS0PbiJ0sjIJytPBGCcdMlJ2mDgf36PJ4_yq_J58cvj30svhf8QbDCOQxnsiNzNYQNRWlHwEvRG074/s320/fair-farm-etsy+023.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Looking up at the back of the house.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkhZ37lbskaq1cGKGvwm8q4ooZkQWx5eL4mkZ_jELCOk2QBWZwn2ibOsmfyikawBUiFZ0Ent3R6RswertOAyASsf4zuwJGatkec1Itfz1wZ5ysw6mVy_cv6IzqBeznXgpOFUgQOiaXen4/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+010.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358432399149970626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkhZ37lbskaq1cGKGvwm8q4ooZkQWx5eL4mkZ_jELCOk2QBWZwn2ibOsmfyikawBUiFZ0Ent3R6RswertOAyASsf4zuwJGatkec1Itfz1wZ5ysw6mVy_cv6IzqBeznXgpOFUgQOiaXen4/s320/fair-farm-etsy+010.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Miss Julia showing off!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt3pEom5LfxPtgalQMDa7ecfpEAVUfoG0DRhFvQTUeIyDKBlrhyphenhyphen9xLlAnTdBIt6bKipznbDOomVIztlGf1zXLez_Pa4CW9VBBNi05-Ud-1ztg7LHBxWRStnfhorrfU1WoyGdiv2ySS0xY/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358432394014772866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt3pEom5LfxPtgalQMDa7ecfpEAVUfoG0DRhFvQTUeIyDKBlrhyphenhyphen9xLlAnTdBIt6bKipznbDOomVIztlGf1zXLez_Pa4CW9VBBNi05-Ud-1ztg7LHBxWRStnfhorrfU1WoyGdiv2ySS0xY/s320/fair-farm-etsy+005.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Me showing off my posies!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLurSj9frzt-9IMyPJ-gj8060_E9S2d6xsrRAvll2P2m9MjT-zTbLzuePCf60dLmNvVNlPkG7C_xz39OU8C0Y6WCZ3r3vHoGr2vbBdC4shRXbJp49fmtwA2sa4-GEFYSUwQc8hcUG_VCo/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+038.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358432385777177138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLurSj9frzt-9IMyPJ-gj8060_E9S2d6xsrRAvll2P2m9MjT-zTbLzuePCf60dLmNvVNlPkG7C_xz39OU8C0Y6WCZ3r3vHoGr2vbBdC4shRXbJp49fmtwA2sa4-GEFYSUwQc8hcUG_VCo/s320/fair-farm-etsy+038.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE_6S22L50iubNMC0KkPOcykUHX2EGlx4UVD2cr1r0H6h8VcBaxf_pCMETgq14x4wwaLSwVhVP3cDz1uDxj1ACEmfvMzbzTaYDlxQnGT2-rDU-v5oGrElCjhMMECJ95mV_9MxMR3ujrPw/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+036.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358432383413484226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE_6S22L50iubNMC0KkPOcykUHX2EGlx4UVD2cr1r0H6h8VcBaxf_pCMETgq14x4wwaLSwVhVP3cDz1uDxj1ACEmfvMzbzTaYDlxQnGT2-rDU-v5oGrElCjhMMECJ95mV_9MxMR3ujrPw/s320/fair-farm-etsy+036.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Looking from the porch to the pond.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDiEVObQuiA8FiQat3WXK3sJO4G1qcaLezbZSjg81p6ozhh09whxky-ovfKpELO9osbN_3IHeDHhX-N5KaJV6zf5OsjAX4ryGL3yK1VWqRIpopuVP3LZse2FVTz62WzHXehvpJshEkaDA/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+042.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358429578781083346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDiEVObQuiA8FiQat3WXK3sJO4G1qcaLezbZSjg81p6ozhh09whxky-ovfKpELO9osbN_3IHeDHhX-N5KaJV6zf5OsjAX4ryGL3yK1VWqRIpopuVP3LZse2FVTz62WzHXehvpJshEkaDA/s320/fair-farm-etsy+042.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0dZHWL2HKBmOppn9a7ldFja16kWNiTcwmWl_oDNpkskVu3CcN5yAT1iXfgEZ7y8lj8xGW4XmO_dneASFeEvom1dIRwlh0LwqHkkd3SGIXdo5Tmf8gGNsBgElfNTiy2Ig5dBIEZJZYznw/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+044.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358429568900381346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0dZHWL2HKBmOppn9a7ldFja16kWNiTcwmWl_oDNpkskVu3CcN5yAT1iXfgEZ7y8lj8xGW4XmO_dneASFeEvom1dIRwlh0LwqHkkd3SGIXdo5Tmf8gGNsBgElfNTiy2Ig5dBIEZJZYznw/s320/fair-farm-etsy+044.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtMkkTHaOrHdg_aZOrMsgSx3tQo_qz1XznLR7xvBUj9Yd6sQw2vcSAEv9jFcru5ODojffIOn05WGJscfIcRUq7kxVzBJhzGBFhgBDQMxcEKDrNO27v9iEaGL9S9Tn7xv4hPCkTzvRPZ3A/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+039.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358429562785518946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtMkkTHaOrHdg_aZOrMsgSx3tQo_qz1XznLR7xvBUj9Yd6sQw2vcSAEv9jFcru5ODojffIOn05WGJscfIcRUq7kxVzBJhzGBFhgBDQMxcEKDrNO27v9iEaGL9S9Tn7xv4hPCkTzvRPZ3A/s320/fair-farm-etsy+039.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Side view of the house.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-LFbu4x4fGCBEuhn83f1DaGAnFBAr_gnDyf1XzUDSGFFOAZr3O-l_23NsoIhufVVxl_tIQU4hVFucbXUisOIFV_NfU-AuPIqElm59MD5r1JZSLkrgTTTYu4YcNfcj4VEuqBmV0X-Ss0A/s1600-h/farm+008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358429555995258482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-LFbu4x4fGCBEuhn83f1DaGAnFBAr_gnDyf1XzUDSGFFOAZr3O-l_23NsoIhufVVxl_tIQU4hVFucbXUisOIFV_NfU-AuPIqElm59MD5r1JZSLkrgTTTYu4YcNfcj4VEuqBmV0X-Ss0A/s320/farm+008.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The house looking toward the fields and barn.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxqyag51m1AdnMB74f6rJVWwNpJprsANvmk5WYu4OUtU7_n7YYkpOmEWiKUbyUtt3NYF0a7ftF2K1PlRbGBe-4fU462-HL8e03Fg9d1YFRidhNfBGT9K3IBLXZ9H_QgwAu6EOytaO8mLo/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+040.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358429553477671202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxqyag51m1AdnMB74f6rJVWwNpJprsANvmk5WYu4OUtU7_n7YYkpOmEWiKUbyUtt3NYF0a7ftF2K1PlRbGBe-4fU462-HL8e03Fg9d1YFRidhNfBGT9K3IBLXZ9H_QgwAu6EOytaO8mLo/s320/fair-farm-etsy+040.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Melissa Verillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03117829342594361577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505038720985550923.post-88654063162010526952009-07-14T15:12:00.001-04:002009-07-14T16:14:19.558-04:002009 Mason Dixon Fair<div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVf7cNhP1wmIpeWB0Sf5UgSIYFwrhY_dUtwbwdMdEAs3h1h4z7Sl2V4P2MfOq53txr-Knr1kU4-LQN5RKMVZm6r42z5nwpniUcHCjnTwGF0Vq_7hjfLNZOn8fXuMamaZccouQN8DHCHhg/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+056.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358407313775945842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVf7cNhP1wmIpeWB0Sf5UgSIYFwrhY_dUtwbwdMdEAs3h1h4z7Sl2V4P2MfOq53txr-Knr1kU4-LQN5RKMVZm6r42z5nwpniUcHCjnTwGF0Vq_7hjfLNZOn8fXuMamaZccouQN8DHCHhg/s320/fair-farm-etsy+056.JPG" border="0" /></a> Tuesday July 8, 2009 some pictures of the kids with their goats at the Mason Dixon Fair! It is a lot of fun and the kids learn alot of important lessons! It is hard work. We take the animals to the fair on Sunday evening...get them settled, fed , watered and then we leave them their and go home. We come back Monday morning to feed and water, Monday night to feed and water and talk with fairgoers! Tuesday morning we come back to feed and water and then the show is Tuesday. The kids won lots of ribbons and even a trophy for Ben! Premiums too to add to the feed bill!!! LOL We come back Wednesday morning to feed and then the goats are released after the fair is over at 11pm...Yess! 11pm we have to muck the pens and then haul them home...UGGH its the best part :)!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhggendXfjWHcd9nRIQvXtvM8tF-_J8OCxCzqOlNAT1HWzh90xsQqV7DDAm8MoUk5QF8mb72c1ori2XRuBSPU-7wcoeObnEKPXeKM4nozSAuo6sBxSTAdAIN2IEqDepjVggsyAs-_iqZkE/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+055.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358407305464364866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhggendXfjWHcd9nRIQvXtvM8tF-_J8OCxCzqOlNAT1HWzh90xsQqV7DDAm8MoUk5QF8mb72c1ori2XRuBSPU-7wcoeObnEKPXeKM4nozSAuo6sBxSTAdAIN2IEqDepjVggsyAs-_iqZkE/s320/fair-farm-etsy+055.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNB6CtzBqR2biynTFyztw-41Hae-fdf631pf5KhOIPVxenIX9M3f5_SZtiAW1UI467HqD5nJoWca3NC6vYlDMRzwYr43YzW3_AmmALUCjjDxOvNFlAQmY7Z86qRyaBWVe5DRCTjggj9I0/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+054.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358407293378024914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNB6CtzBqR2biynTFyztw-41Hae-fdf631pf5KhOIPVxenIX9M3f5_SZtiAW1UI467HqD5nJoWca3NC6vYlDMRzwYr43YzW3_AmmALUCjjDxOvNFlAQmY7Z86qRyaBWVe5DRCTjggj9I0/s320/fair-farm-etsy+054.JPG" border="0" /></a> Ashlee Blevins,my girlfriends granddaughter , another child, my Meghan and Ben.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgglauC-Guqoa40w3L2gvLB5sgEZRx3MeFpVt3Z1DMU2aptaEQ2WVIVJpWBaSwhPjVd1kO4dvCxJjv3z2mJZwk6-0qvjbnefbEKxOmD6D_-A8tfXISViddZyg4ZuuWeG_psVSEJMeKQ9a0/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+052.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358407287972805170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgglauC-Guqoa40w3L2gvLB5sgEZRx3MeFpVt3Z1DMU2aptaEQ2WVIVJpWBaSwhPjVd1kO4dvCxJjv3z2mJZwk6-0qvjbnefbEKxOmD6D_-A8tfXISViddZyg4ZuuWeG_psVSEJMeKQ9a0/s320/fair-farm-etsy+052.JPG" border="0" /></a> The little ones are allowed to show in halter!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnc2KmJYyaoXH3FjT18iHf8CoPQomdiWo9kdqZKYDZGz37R7pC3hgTR3FBBXoEPvphTtZDC2xv9xy8kIM9n1hz5rD5wxPvxOofGLG3-AzjS_TNLe-CA6FCe4JyA2hpYtA02SBPJqv_Etk/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+051.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358407273003960146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnc2KmJYyaoXH3FjT18iHf8CoPQomdiWo9kdqZKYDZGz37R7pC3hgTR3FBBXoEPvphTtZDC2xv9xy8kIM9n1hz5rD5wxPvxOofGLG3-AzjS_TNLe-CA6FCe4JyA2hpYtA02SBPJqv_Etk/s320/fair-farm-etsy+051.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhfx42jMAUGyeXaZV33PHX73gvuEL70OObK6fqo_kL0eR0ylU4xNE04B2ttyX0YXdmw0E7OtVNTiuWd-QEkuBdNvWJUxvBochyphenhyphenFg8gtZbfvJrCQx8rhu-9C_YdYGRSDrO3-tADlPJXCvM/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+050.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358400918990104114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhfx42jMAUGyeXaZV33PHX73gvuEL70OObK6fqo_kL0eR0ylU4xNE04B2ttyX0YXdmw0E7OtVNTiuWd-QEkuBdNvWJUxvBochyphenhyphenFg8gtZbfvJrCQx8rhu-9C_YdYGRSDrO3-tADlPJXCvM/s320/fair-farm-etsy+050.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The judge was Diane Kelly...she was great! We hope she comes back next year!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLr5L8xD4r_Y5KVXJcTuSR_sCXuetG-2yHpade0l4YgVMC6nnHz8hNaBw2oO5qKwv9vwpKzsNKBWAAkgbxNfKU_6S8TqrK5HlXBOATI9mPjbjytmMg6jil85sMbUtF1S_12y7jevDC-P4/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+049.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358400914328038514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLr5L8xD4r_Y5KVXJcTuSR_sCXuetG-2yHpade0l4YgVMC6nnHz8hNaBw2oO5qKwv9vwpKzsNKBWAAkgbxNfKU_6S8TqrK5HlXBOATI9mPjbjytmMg6jil85sMbUtF1S_12y7jevDC-P4/s320/fair-farm-etsy+049.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJHntN2dctUGkNHuKOjncgorr2qKuDf4SFCo60oRUrDdCES-IIgYeLlRG_GCJyQ7hJ8KOXEYgBY57PvDOAkmpXyzEgEy23dVfvRAUlH_Rx9fb7NJB6sBICkWslmohZdatAvzFETqIugrU/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+048.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358400904707456322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJHntN2dctUGkNHuKOjncgorr2qKuDf4SFCo60oRUrDdCES-IIgYeLlRG_GCJyQ7hJ8KOXEYgBY57PvDOAkmpXyzEgEy23dVfvRAUlH_Rx9fb7NJB6sBICkWslmohZdatAvzFETqIugrU/s320/fair-farm-etsy+048.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg89CaZ9pPWPHM4WF37xbmUf8Aj7M6Z7QDeWuOwy9j25tsN7wPFuVfvza4Wn6HZFiyl0Cj9gKVd0AVIv4wZ7K23Om8kyDmuIMRRRzyorO4BUUNLY0XGwv0bOZdEvH-50nRlexr01sVvmyI/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+046.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358400895773849314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg89CaZ9pPWPHM4WF37xbmUf8Aj7M6Z7QDeWuOwy9j25tsN7wPFuVfvza4Wn6HZFiyl0Cj9gKVd0AVIv4wZ7K23Om8kyDmuIMRRRzyorO4BUUNLY0XGwv0bOZdEvH-50nRlexr01sVvmyI/s320/fair-farm-etsy+046.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Ben and his goat Snow!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4zc6EL5aT-PjHjJyveLMRvAdT4ge-fUTAG5C2aigl-iuFtDmsEKtXRjrSxRQUUWBxyAA3gb-o06QQlC3CMnNVB2t8tYkHhiNrsSLQ3tz_1KAhvaJ4XCXG9VbSiLEb620e57H-jYC5a0/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+043.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358400885333007410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4zc6EL5aT-PjHjJyveLMRvAdT4ge-fUTAG5C2aigl-iuFtDmsEKtXRjrSxRQUUWBxyAA3gb-o06QQlC3CMnNVB2t8tYkHhiNrsSLQ3tz_1KAhvaJ4XCXG9VbSiLEb620e57H-jYC5a0/s320/fair-farm-etsy+043.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga2L9M4CJjFGeRg_yxcSEA5udsvxcXHtNEGyRd7-U5Y3GDQB1RRTGfS-3M_JJVnnwZoPEWxqX-C88N9vwyNUZUU9bnYcLz51SfszdisA266ALgyvSgQBGnYVpnthx0mgN7dGP-_nJPoOc/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+034.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358398363837858850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga2L9M4CJjFGeRg_yxcSEA5udsvxcXHtNEGyRd7-U5Y3GDQB1RRTGfS-3M_JJVnnwZoPEWxqX-C88N9vwyNUZUU9bnYcLz51SfszdisA266ALgyvSgQBGnYVpnthx0mgN7dGP-_nJPoOc/s320/fair-farm-etsy+034.JPG" border="0" /></a> The kids have a great time and feel very important!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh_uM3hSRclylyx5HZH12oxg9Dbn0iVwzvVl3tGqX2y41xqPwrPdxxPHDb88pCvKegK4Y_zluYAJok4BsE62QxlYjW_w6TExQf7gTSCXB2IoWzudAYOO1kWneIIxl2JUfiU5oAYP0t6ao/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358398362577310866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh_uM3hSRclylyx5HZH12oxg9Dbn0iVwzvVl3tGqX2y41xqPwrPdxxPHDb88pCvKegK4Y_zluYAJok4BsE62QxlYjW_w6TExQf7gTSCXB2IoWzudAYOO1kWneIIxl2JUfiU5oAYP0t6ao/s320/fair-farm-etsy+004.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsABVfgcCFZMwkRrOmr_RXzBNvp2caEopxZkIeSchghLKjHYGTnwA0Xa-IQmxkBMayhhP6nTHJqKAJwhxbnXRtxQkvu_U8i0UOTNspdUK7ViawUhzvxPcLweAqoeDn80OKarS5oRkV-FQ/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358398352896906130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsABVfgcCFZMwkRrOmr_RXzBNvp2caEopxZkIeSchghLKjHYGTnwA0Xa-IQmxkBMayhhP6nTHJqKAJwhxbnXRtxQkvu_U8i0UOTNspdUK7ViawUhzvxPcLweAqoeDn80OKarS5oRkV-FQ/s320/fair-farm-etsy+003.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />They make lasting friendships! Julia is in the orange she is wearing Meghans shirt from last year!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIiNsqsIaVuEkX3DXBpNgeoJivvHx-ql1qP2Xs6OqdBfSvHhWwcfgVDiOJH3zV9WQnw3ZGSxiida-sGmxb-AMR29MMr9f1wiFJrklFjUJka-Hw-8xdFMP6gRfw8ciwRzDShHOLAnK2kwc/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358398345179909394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIiNsqsIaVuEkX3DXBpNgeoJivvHx-ql1qP2Xs6OqdBfSvHhWwcfgVDiOJH3zV9WQnw3ZGSxiida-sGmxb-AMR29MMr9f1wiFJrklFjUJka-Hw-8xdFMP6gRfw8ciwRzDShHOLAnK2kwc/s320/fair-farm-etsy+002.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy0ojbPR3QbCfveZ9rVDtjlPHbf0RBNdLCV0_SUfFYZKYvWoyU4ZGn4OVYiaZYg3OutZtrNeRKry0bolWvTau4aMcdNaipO4DVJH1kNEFfGBk7CJHN1re9anerm2g6CljQK3GZdGSjR0E/s1600-h/fair-farm-etsy+001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358398339823715170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy0ojbPR3QbCfveZ9rVDtjlPHbf0RBNdLCV0_SUfFYZKYvWoyU4ZGn4OVYiaZYg3OutZtrNeRKry0bolWvTau4aMcdNaipO4DVJH1kNEFfGBk7CJHN1re9anerm2g6CljQK3GZdGSjR0E/s320/fair-farm-etsy+001.JPG" border="0" /></a> The older ones help the younger ones with holding their goats and making sure everyone is included!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Melissa Verillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03117829342594361577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505038720985550923.post-26826469121506380142009-06-28T22:15:00.000-04:002009-06-28T22:45:49.087-04:00EAGMA 2009Sometimes when you are hot, sweaty and have been bent over for a period of time your pictures don't exactly turn out the best! What was the best was I placed first and second with Snow and Aurora at this years EAGMA 2009 show in West Virginia the weekend of June 12, 13 and 14th! They are two of my kid does that I entered in the Red Card class.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_vXyvu-It50d3RIPtbc6DPtJEClU91KVrxx2hoQGIChU46fW1dAf60QA5GSg_HP87sCdJz47DVqAOGcJNvRYJKce94dRBi6-Ifwvyu2oYyhzG5y9tRz3QU-FA9lUJRmsYwzfMrr6_gOs/s1600-h/Vagma2009149.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352571761208789858" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_vXyvu-It50d3RIPtbc6DPtJEClU91KVrxx2hoQGIChU46fW1dAf60QA5GSg_HP87sCdJz47DVqAOGcJNvRYJKce94dRBi6-Ifwvyu2oYyhzG5y9tRz3QU-FA9lUJRmsYwzfMrr6_gOs/s320/Vagma2009149.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br />Pictures of other exhibitors and their goats!<br /><br /></div><div><br /><br />The girls were adorable!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIwswOF1G8pu4e_CiVbwd9pCXCvgaywDVq8CqouENp7_g5GLqCPMOUFH_fCRjpDINIUfsy0VejeruvVmjatRClh9GYeeoS0h8Q9KgvT4HB02BVf8aIW8w8rgtjbZqEdK8v4uCGs1AWuQI/s1600-h/068.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352571783249216050" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIwswOF1G8pu4e_CiVbwd9pCXCvgaywDVq8CqouENp7_g5GLqCPMOUFH_fCRjpDINIUfsy0VejeruvVmjatRClh9GYeeoS0h8Q9KgvT4HB02BVf8aIW8w8rgtjbZqEdK8v4uCGs1AWuQI/s320/068.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRiUz-xmWIiGg7NY1KkwnWPmV0VIO7pXUfbZclxnu7wptusw6nsgVXvFW-3-g35atKCUEpKZuzqe_4-VxeoOpmdx2pawSHQ1RS-X2nBl-Bmw4MlWpwvRec4XXaIeL4NSAANmje2zeC5Ew/s1600-h/058.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352571774599985922" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRiUz-xmWIiGg7NY1KkwnWPmV0VIO7pXUfbZclxnu7wptusw6nsgVXvFW-3-g35atKCUEpKZuzqe_4-VxeoOpmdx2pawSHQ1RS-X2nBl-Bmw4MlWpwvRec4XXaIeL4NSAANmje2zeC5Ew/s320/058.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLeNHww1uzX5Ba3lr8C-LlaFZBcDBTx-jg9xuWfZltpaZQb6vOESgNOfvOM3aOO1_vuGFgxRo66X0ho_S_L6sJjgRdgBYJd6jwGn_bZZsOcD3vOdkWZKvlLTLrQ6dNHp1yywt8S3SzXqw/s1600-h/069.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352571786765390610" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLeNHww1uzX5Ba3lr8C-LlaFZBcDBTx-jg9xuWfZltpaZQb6vOESgNOfvOM3aOO1_vuGFgxRo66X0ho_S_L6sJjgRdgBYJd6jwGn_bZZsOcD3vOdkWZKvlLTLrQ6dNHp1yywt8S3SzXqw/s320/069.JPG" border="0" /></a>We even had several vendors to ogle as well!</div><div> </div><div>I took a wonderful class from Phylleri Ball of Steam Valley Fiber Farm on dyeing with natural dyes! I learned alot and came home with a ton of ideas!</div></div></div></div>Melissa Verillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03117829342594361577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505038720985550923.post-44917617212118900072009-06-18T13:49:00.000-04:002009-06-18T14:20:45.895-04:00BARACK SALE PRICE 350<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiInfSdwCt94Q7K_ppHNvPwUrIxwCYOwp5bMwggm8N-NzjbiFEw_014uGXtywBhH5Tz7P8qfZMykH3-kiYfsslV4iRIHlsh0i_m-FHSPk3SJsc2zyRbnLEJAM2_gitfUkP9Wst6dEm18a0/s1600-h/bucklings+034.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348730825787026242" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiInfSdwCt94Q7K_ppHNvPwUrIxwCYOwp5bMwggm8N-NzjbiFEw_014uGXtywBhH5Tz7P8qfZMykH3-kiYfsslV4iRIHlsh0i_m-FHSPk3SJsc2zyRbnLEJAM2_gitfUkP9Wst6dEm18a0/s320/bucklings+034.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDqCMVUUbrSKV0Z1pfWuH7hiyfKjTR44-KvPAhuAOvy8F-QC5F2Ed8XSAqhmcihgyWrF0sizbPImAq_G35I99Xk_2aQsNG9fzWC7Hd-pJVM4iNVruDk0_QwjW_vtIYLQ9nqnCsPUt29tI/s1600-h/bucklings+007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348729071774037186" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDqCMVUUbrSKV0Z1pfWuH7hiyfKjTR44-KvPAhuAOvy8F-QC5F2Ed8XSAqhmcihgyWrF0sizbPImAq_G35I99Xk_2aQsNG9fzWC7Hd-pJVM4iNVruDk0_QwjW_vtIYLQ9nqnCsPUt29tI/s320/bucklings+007.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div><br /><br /><br /><br />SEBASTIAN SALE PRICE 350<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhpfsYnX_LSDUYJIb6-e1m6gIy2bqLgYdCZ8bkMPYXJ_h8lUEs3BMnPCjrZTdn-ybO2YBx_tNeJ7sAPSxGANAQYtl3mHwyuGeyzT76HGvKqHGVuO2KY7MHihudPWxP_im05Kbbyvu0cLs/s1600-h/bucklings+023.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348729061365529122" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhpfsYnX_LSDUYJIb6-e1m6gIy2bqLgYdCZ8bkMPYXJ_h8lUEs3BMnPCjrZTdn-ybO2YBx_tNeJ7sAPSxGANAQYtl3mHwyuGeyzT76HGvKqHGVuO2KY7MHihudPWxP_im05Kbbyvu0cLs/s320/bucklings+023.JPG" border="0" /></a>SHREK SALE PRICE 350</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>THESE ARE PICTURES OF THE BUCKLINGS WE HAVE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. ALL ARE FRIENDLY EVEN TEMPERED GOATS. THEY ARE REGISTRERED WITH REGISTERED RED PARENTS.</div></div></div></div>Melissa Verillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03117829342594361577noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505038720985550923.post-46954402923052053132009-05-01T21:36:00.000-04:002009-05-01T21:41:48.667-04:00Off to Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival Yippee!!<span style="font-size:130%;">Ohhh can't wait off to MD Sheep and Wool tomorrow!! Just figured out how to make two sided buisness cards...what rocket science!! but I did it!! I want to work on getting my name out there as a really cool fiber farm with tons...remember folks tons of mohair or insulation as the grumpy farmer calls it! I also want to encourage other indie fiber artists and fiber farms to participate in Phatfiber. It has beeen the best thing that has happened to my buisness...sales in March doubled...I've learned a ton of new marketing ideas and have gained new friends! What could be better money and friendship...LOL will blog about festival next week.</span>Melissa Verillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03117829342594361577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505038720985550923.post-74836431128224842382009-04-26T17:51:00.000-04:002009-04-26T18:13:42.332-04:00Last Babies Born!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxysa3I0RAFhNart32I_n2sW4rNZrDREaG7z8Qba2YGlJQmNb7OJ9vdYMFS9frDhAFyLo7-2IxA5sxP8r4RTZlD-22r8WmWx0tZbkHLwU2l8iTn7wwzMRC5cZ29Vq9wUb53bp-GohEQMY/s1600-h/kids+april09+026.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329125406276361058" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxysa3I0RAFhNart32I_n2sW4rNZrDREaG7z8Qba2YGlJQmNb7OJ9vdYMFS9frDhAFyLo7-2IxA5sxP8r4RTZlD-22r8WmWx0tZbkHLwU2l8iTn7wwzMRC5cZ29Vq9wUb53bp-GohEQMY/s320/kids+april09+026.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGxhsETUhgo4I9FC8CFeW5e3s0AI5ZGeG0Q5VX-3pDmTNEeT3WqekdrXXRNMLgHuv4aIkfy8-2MUStmkE7dB51JSbmk0T0zz37jkT7G38edPIsyq6Wn6mK6nluXcwUHMzFG455n9AfhOE/s1600-h/kids+april09+022.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329125404671118626" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGxhsETUhgo4I9FC8CFeW5e3s0AI5ZGeG0Q5VX-3pDmTNEeT3WqekdrXXRNMLgHuv4aIkfy8-2MUStmkE7dB51JSbmk0T0zz37jkT7G38edPIsyq6Wn6mK6nluXcwUHMzFG455n9AfhOE/s320/kids+april09+022.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>The last of the kids/lambs have been born for 2009! this year was the largest kid/lamb crop that we have ever had 22 in all and a good proportion of male and female...more on the female side! With a fiber farm we are always at a dilema as to what to do with the male animals that wouldn't be suitable for breeding! Fortunatley we have wethered (castrated) some and hope that they will find suitable homes as pets or 4H projects!<br /></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;">The last two that were born were a surprise! We had a little milk chocolate kid doe born from a color factored white yearling named Popcorn. We weren't sure she was bred as we had put her in with the buck for only a month at the last minute. Here she is pictured above! PS I wasn't home when she kidded and my husband was home...it was his first solo kidding and he did great!</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">The very last one born was out of our AAGBA doe Violet who is a yearling and we thought Oh she just didn't take well she surprised us! Adam was born on Easter Sunday right in time for me to miss church...sigh one of the hazards of being a goat herd/shepherd!! LOL</span></div><div> </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div></div>Melissa Verillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03117829342594361577noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505038720985550923.post-46889648702486299452009-04-17T20:10:00.000-04:002009-04-17T20:13:24.154-04:00OOOPPS!<span style="font-size:130%;">I forgot to mention that this updated list is in addition to one I posted several weeks ago! Please refer to that and contact us to inquire as to what we still have available! </span>Melissa Verillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03117829342594361577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505038720985550923.post-65028672597604601592009-04-10T21:00:00.000-04:002009-04-17T20:09:59.125-04:00Updated Sale List<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7vOwQFUvRyDMTgXECL-1XYylYXtoch5HCCtRb_NQ_i6nYuotlL3uxuXUceAXY_MhWBRy6I_spFX3F30RimuXgA1gWbardlr6ZWSZ5mQYQCmPVjDk8e_WB56WxZsBDZ-kcQBbRhRSS74w/s1600-h/kids+april09+012.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323240386086310466" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7vOwQFUvRyDMTgXECL-1XYylYXtoch5HCCtRb_NQ_i6nYuotlL3uxuXUceAXY_MhWBRy6I_spFX3F30RimuXgA1gWbardlr6ZWSZ5mQYQCmPVjDk8e_WB56WxZsBDZ-kcQBbRhRSS74w/s320/kids+april09+012.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />This is one of our little mischief makers Merlin a white 75% Border Leicester 25% Corriedale Ram Lamb he is available for $150<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW8UGeGZmUHBU6lVSqLhHmZUvSWy8LvwZdCXStOA-BfelghF3pPmT5d6HYWdTTADY_CCEb5beY1zwR6Tqs7UPlv2XkRnzckkBhBy8Y9id7rBbwzLl_fO9_CczzZT6NUEoheuMBJDwj4ok/s1600-h/kids+april09+014.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323240383983242034" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW8UGeGZmUHBU6lVSqLhHmZUvSWy8LvwZdCXStOA-BfelghF3pPmT5d6HYWdTTADY_CCEb5beY1zwR6Tqs7UPlv2XkRnzckkBhBy8Y9id7rBbwzLl_fO9_CczzZT6NUEoheuMBJDwj4ok/s320/kids+april09+014.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Here is another funny little black ram lamb Storm he is also the same percentage as Merlin and is available for $150<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaGzpkjVn25ySGEg3iZF1x1P19cCORSc1lhkHg1mmkf7YPe4DyP2nsbYUVgnxXqR81ntQgp46_9IST2u3EAfBne90_3GkITsbn2dYQmAEp8auvO0mXJQCOJh1fcS-WPze7oV9ME7Mnxa0/s1600-h/kids+april09+008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323240379394602466" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaGzpkjVn25ySGEg3iZF1x1P19cCORSc1lhkHg1mmkf7YPe4DyP2nsbYUVgnxXqR81ntQgp46_9IST2u3EAfBne90_3GkITsbn2dYQmAEp8auvO0mXJQCOJh1fcS-WPze7oV9ME7Mnxa0/s320/kids+april09+008.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwZax7sisA-_cOe1eMeueRiHNtaKmFDCqGVSpipnFI03O6M3WoyAPIAMEKfM5a8dWGBkBfvuiwT89SbNA_b6BYIo3dfctATsOly32nbQvb_KI4mSiueyaRmpE9qWMTfEHoCqtZvKaqrMk/s1600-h/kids+april09+007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323240369439997362" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwZax7sisA-_cOe1eMeueRiHNtaKmFDCqGVSpipnFI03O6M3WoyAPIAMEKfM5a8dWGBkBfvuiwT89SbNA_b6BYIo3dfctATsOly32nbQvb_KI4mSiueyaRmpE9qWMTfEHoCqtZvKaqrMk/s320/kids+april09+007.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>This little white Old English Babydoll Southdown ram lamb is named Abner (we renamed him Rambo just didn't fit!) is available for $300.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDSXBzzFNZqzXkHHde2VPXtpvO7lVMZNfXTDLz9hw5SA-ShWRvmwPb0jAhr1GyhkiKRImmIXwp29vX3-dwiudP-w8UU3GE4ZIwnyV_Nk7z_pnSyscZDiohNs0Ytw0WyWYQ77dlpVF2XeY/s1600-h/kids+april09+003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323240367081911506" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDSXBzzFNZqzXkHHde2VPXtpvO7lVMZNfXTDLz9hw5SA-ShWRvmwPb0jAhr1GyhkiKRImmIXwp29vX3-dwiudP-w8UU3GE4ZIwnyV_Nk7z_pnSyscZDiohNs0Ytw0WyWYQ77dlpVF2XeY/s320/kids+april09+003.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This is our big boy Shrek! He's huge and available for $400<br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Boy are these guys growing and growing...quick as lightning...leaping and jumping and getting into mischief!</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgACDMHFNofUKi_U_c-TBdFmRsLSq_VJCgwzdR3LTpXN1XFlRksRHqrQScDRcnDuWiNpBcIbLwugRzM-5lNIxrvxqDhhBcmwgyHSXtoyw6rt9v7WXbVDrUSedzQ6Qeqe5_o7empw5FR3bw/s1600-h/kids+april09+016.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323235568874025506" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgACDMHFNofUKi_U_c-TBdFmRsLSq_VJCgwzdR3LTpXN1XFlRksRHqrQScDRcnDuWiNpBcIbLwugRzM-5lNIxrvxqDhhBcmwgyHSXtoyw6rt9v7WXbVDrUSedzQ6Qeqe5_o7empw5FR3bw/s320/kids+april09+016.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>This is Barack copper red buckling $400</div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJu3BZFfg-BNIRs3p9dQQ_DvxKscYs-deLUTG_WwS7Ou6NAyP7T8BK1x2wUBWwb25HuqbSv08OOFGTHFs1TazScBKyU8izC7hWnZ0gmiD3SVpn79i3CTB8JInk2a4ntp28RVVpPqf1vBQ/s1600-h/kids+april09+011.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323235559458042130" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJu3BZFfg-BNIRs3p9dQQ_DvxKscYs-deLUTG_WwS7Ou6NAyP7T8BK1x2wUBWwb25HuqbSv08OOFGTHFs1TazScBKyU8izC7hWnZ0gmiD3SVpn79i3CTB8JInk2a4ntp28RVVpPqf1vBQ/s320/kids+april09+011.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>This is Sebastian copper red buckling $400<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br />The little black one is Cinder and she is available for $350<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUHQGHIVKrObb64WfyGOQzYiAywjMsHWMqpW5PvVkp-z-0kBGKceRNcR3WH6tukU7QrtDXUdZJgLAwXSLEI-lK9fnZcdmbW92b3xRl9V5sawzcF-BbCjnuHoAAbs5GxiXhcJQmi5td4qg/s1600-h/kids+april09+005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323235550256869986" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUHQGHIVKrObb64WfyGOQzYiAywjMsHWMqpW5PvVkp-z-0kBGKceRNcR3WH6tukU7QrtDXUdZJgLAwXSLEI-lK9fnZcdmbW92b3xRl9V5sawzcF-BbCjnuHoAAbs5GxiXhcJQmi5td4qg/s320/kids+april09+005.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br />This little white one is Aurora and she is a color factored white and is available for $300<br /><br /><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlXsrKEJD6SiCtvv-CT0pe93EvzOJoc2ncYwVZAGSYTjZq9agNsmrGwrbE68boVnFN1msw2KE4khpniPWHR55zTlJU_QITozrWweqA-ix_no3eohFD61xyc9OOv-7BTAA5cICY7NzB-ic/s1600-h/kids+april09+009.JPG"><span style="font-size:0;"></span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323235552636990562" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlXsrKEJD6SiCtvv-CT0pe93EvzOJoc2ncYwVZAGSYTjZq9agNsmrGwrbE68boVnFN1msw2KE4khpniPWHR55zTlJU_QITozrWweqA-ix_no3eohFD61xyc9OOv-7BTAA5cICY7NzB-ic/s320/kids+april09+009.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br />All of the kids and lambs that we have listed for sale will be weaned around the first of May and will be available to go to new homes about a week after they have been weaned to minimize their stress levels! We want them to go to their new homes happy and healthy! Please contact us for more information at mlverill@aol.com.<br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Melissa Verillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03117829342594361577noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505038720985550923.post-87747079326120436832009-03-31T15:39:00.000-04:002009-03-31T16:35:30.537-04:00Shearing Day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn5T6XwYyqsfwXhTFXnk9MQF3w4V6iWPy17obljbQ4QuI9juCL_GYARoN3lCHfh_n7VVWc_AcFG4frm26JWBY8tiFmIjAHKw42kFu2ttFmiZCg6Ip7DMp51kjcCpcFlLOgn9KyQRQCJtk/s1600-h/shearing+010.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319446617033185362" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn5T6XwYyqsfwXhTFXnk9MQF3w4V6iWPy17obljbQ4QuI9juCL_GYARoN3lCHfh_n7VVWc_AcFG4frm26JWBY8tiFmIjAHKw42kFu2ttFmiZCg6Ip7DMp51kjcCpcFlLOgn9KyQRQCJtk/s320/shearing+010.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br />On a beautiful Saturday in March our Shearer Nathan Good came to the farm to shear our angora goats and sheep. Nathan has been shearing our animals for several years now and does a wonderful job! Our angora goats are sheared every 6 mon and depending on the breed the sheep are sheared either every 6 mon or annually.<br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5XT-68wObhJCSdpUDJ_VJL5kBntDW-zT0FoxWSLhx-f6iulhtX3CnH6ihAy7r_F3D57Gi9ftLM5rAdfN1osnDS7M32XubBvM414Uy5WM2pZMRpzpBf3CThRNsQa6YvdW-HHZ9jS2EdHo/s1600-h/shearing+008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319443805730926402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5XT-68wObhJCSdpUDJ_VJL5kBntDW-zT0FoxWSLhx-f6iulhtX3CnH6ihAy7r_F3D57Gi9ftLM5rAdfN1osnDS7M32XubBvM414Uy5WM2pZMRpzpBf3CThRNsQa6YvdW-HHZ9jS2EdHo/s320/shearing+008.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />They fuss and carry on but it doesn't hurt them and Nathan is very careful with them. He knows just what to do! It takes Nathan about 15-20 min to shear an animal. The goats are trickier than the sheep. The goats bodies are more angular than the sheeps!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjSA4ucvoZjT7m_kbyerv5zll9zNzJlgxXVV7AD7s9HuZ3GRRvD2p21a8EZb1gJH-5__JjUZonEgg1Lm3IzUGWGorBfQEljc6Crzl1Ks_4VXUzoun_kUHBy909f5vD1myvD3soG2cXxs/s1600-h/shearing+004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319443802669482850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjSA4ucvoZjT7m_kbyerv5zll9zNzJlgxXVV7AD7s9HuZ3GRRvD2p21a8EZb1gJH-5__JjUZonEgg1Lm3IzUGWGorBfQEljc6Crzl1Ks_4VXUzoun_kUHBy909f5vD1myvD3soG2cXxs/s320/shearing+004.JPG" border="0" /></a> This is Sophora...halfway completed!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGT5bZo_hDSae3SDGYxXV-ETlxVL__9PGv569XOeufheEMGvCgDxW61dn5bEWVR8eBPsr1Tvr5UMdTRJQ6imSbQVqKOCCxONF2c6F5Q_8gzgq-Hx9IPOOkQ_07LaiBmhyphenhyphenHgQZ-0qGuPow/s1600-h/shearing+003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319443794479400354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGT5bZo_hDSae3SDGYxXV-ETlxVL__9PGv569XOeufheEMGvCgDxW61dn5bEWVR8eBPsr1Tvr5UMdTRJQ6imSbQVqKOCCxONF2c6F5Q_8gzgq-Hx9IPOOkQ_07LaiBmhyphenhyphenHgQZ-0qGuPow/s320/shearing+003.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK9zxe6b3Abkm87ezhaRf7WacMHo2rUdEOcmQ7TCaGGBsBALgzeY7YxskvWW_xICZL1v8TNDAr4Y9f8XYbi6gxbt3z2FCPsBU0jX4GCyCm5kHQdY1Nk7v14V38vGuvGGZmNTqVrs6HaR0/s1600-h/shearing+002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319441748886512482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK9zxe6b3Abkm87ezhaRf7WacMHo2rUdEOcmQ7TCaGGBsBALgzeY7YxskvWW_xICZL1v8TNDAr4Y9f8XYbi6gxbt3z2FCPsBU0jX4GCyCm5kHQdY1Nk7v14V38vGuvGGZmNTqVrs6HaR0/s320/shearing+002.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6i_5wMiBdNx0azAA2xGyNeXzi0nV-ijf8PPEO0Wa8yTk_uSWvaG1c4ta89TtjQegEzjZ1v4GjWPnETre9Svtp8_LABr1wnctMOEUNYV31_28Y7yYsSoID32vgbNQV15LY-11CKnn1fuc/s1600-h/shearing+001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319441736990345602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6i_5wMiBdNx0azAA2xGyNeXzi0nV-ijf8PPEO0Wa8yTk_uSWvaG1c4ta89TtjQegEzjZ1v4GjWPnETre9Svtp8_LABr1wnctMOEUNYV31_28Y7yYsSoID32vgbNQV15LY-11CKnn1fuc/s320/shearing+001.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWcfGhgiH3eeSSOwIWBNJasKmptEOWmUvMr5JyYKi9uz16TJATEmwOm2GWrMAAD4eTeQbnsfbnVEmqoq4SJSugvWjluGVNZbKtQFhvmJTtdYKg7f5GK085Ou3Bk1Izb68kEKnwd1gUlg/s1600-h/fibershear+023.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319450849830273138" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 242px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWcfGhgiH3eeSSOwIWBNJasKmptEOWmUvMr5JyYKi9uz16TJATEmwOm2GWrMAAD4eTeQbnsfbnVEmqoq4SJSugvWjluGVNZbKtQFhvmJTtdYKg7f5GK085Ou3Bk1Izb68kEKnwd1gUlg/s320/fibershear+023.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><br />This is what Pom Pom and Abigail look like after their haircut! That's Abigails ram lamb next to her...I for got to mention we renamed him Abner...Rambo just didn't fit. He's doing fine now!</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>We did have a shearing day surprise though! Two of our yearling angoras who we didn't think got pregnant lo and behold are. When we sheared them we discovered that their Milk bag, udder, were very full! A clear sign that they will be kidding soon! LOL<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Melissa Verillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03117829342594361577noreply@blogger.com2