A dear friend called me the other day that I had lost contact with over the years. She mentioned to me she had been following my blog but that I have not posted anything for some time. Like over two years. Other social media makes it so easy I forget I have this platform to share updates about my farm and the daily goings on with my critters. We chatted on the phone for almost two hours. We had a lot to catch up on but it felt like we had never lost contact. What is nice is she moved back to NJ and does not live far from me. No excuses not to met once we can move about more freely.
So what has happened over the last two years? There have any changes but at the same time very little changed. I still have my sheep, horses and donks. We added two potbelly pigs to the mix and we have a new horse living with us named Travis. At 17.1 hands he’s hard to miss. But he is sweey and acts more like a dog than a horse. Max, my donk loves him while Ferris Muler justs ignores him. They are now known as the three amigos.
We still have our Jacob sheep. I added six younger ones in 2018 since the others are now teenagers. That age they are considered as elders. Our oldest on is 16 years old and doing well and still producing a gorgous fleece.
We had our shearing day with just the sheep, me, the shearer and my husband Bob. It went extremely well although I missed having friends helping. I just started skirting the fleeces so we will see what surpirses are in store.
I will post more often of life on a farm in Northwest NJ. Stay safe my friends.
Joanie
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