Sheep to Shawl 2006
Mummy heard about Sheep to Shawl through some Mothers group list on her computer and decided to drag me along to it. Where were we going now???? As it turns out I had the BEST day out ever!
We drove not too far from home along the coast to a farm/ranch called Elkus Youth Ranch. Mummy used to cycle past this place before I was born and always wondered what it was like. She is so lucky to have me and to have excuses to visit these places. Shame about the lack of cycling, but you can't have everything and I'm sure she'd much prefer my company to that of a pile of metal on wheels ;-)
Anyway, I was so excited to see that there were animals everywhere at the ranch! There was even a lamb called Charlie who thought he was a dog and was being led about with a collar and leash. I'm sure I even heard him bark at one point!
Sheep to shawl is a yearly event here where you learn where wool comes from and how it turns into a sweater or scarf. I saw the sheep being sheared, wool being spun and dyed and lots more. It was so much fun. But the best part was being able to play with all the animals. Luckily mummy had her camera (for once) and tooks some photos....
Me with a lovely goat called 'Curly' coz her ears are curly at the ends.
Me and another goat. This one is a male and has horns. I liked pulling them and luckily he didn't seem to mind!
The lovely fluffy rabbits. They were a bit more timid and didn't like it when I tried to climb in the hutch with them!
Me, Mummy and a little chicken! I really liked this little chick and since Mummy told me that this is where the chicken that we eat comes from, I've decided to become a vegetarian!
I had such a good time running about chasing animals and trying to kiss them! We also had a lovely little picnic before heading home. I hope we come back here next year...maybe Daddy can even join us!!!
We drove not too far from home along the coast to a farm/ranch called Elkus Youth Ranch. Mummy used to cycle past this place before I was born and always wondered what it was like. She is so lucky to have me and to have excuses to visit these places. Shame about the lack of cycling, but you can't have everything and I'm sure she'd much prefer my company to that of a pile of metal on wheels ;-)
Anyway, I was so excited to see that there were animals everywhere at the ranch! There was even a lamb called Charlie who thought he was a dog and was being led about with a collar and leash. I'm sure I even heard him bark at one point!
Sheep to shawl is a yearly event here where you learn where wool comes from and how it turns into a sweater or scarf. I saw the sheep being sheared, wool being spun and dyed and lots more. It was so much fun. But the best part was being able to play with all the animals. Luckily mummy had her camera (for once) and tooks some photos....
Me with a lovely goat called 'Curly' coz her ears are curly at the ends.
Me and another goat. This one is a male and has horns. I liked pulling them and luckily he didn't seem to mind!
The lovely fluffy rabbits. They were a bit more timid and didn't like it when I tried to climb in the hutch with them!
Me, Mummy and a little chicken! I really liked this little chick and since Mummy told me that this is where the chicken that we eat comes from, I've decided to become a vegetarian!
I had such a good time running about chasing animals and trying to kiss them! We also had a lovely little picnic before heading home. I hope we come back here next year...maybe Daddy can even join us!!!
posted by AlisonM @ 11:21 AM
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At 4:08 PM,
Anonymous said…
You are such a good Mom Alison. I just can tell that you are injoying yourself so much with little Skye. She is so lucky to have such wonderful parents I can always tell John injoys her so much too he always refers to her as his little peach! Love to all of you I am so proud of you both becasue you do such a good job with Skye!
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