We’re very pleased to announce that Julianna was born at 12:52am on June 18th. She weighed 8 pounds 2 ounces, and was 20 inches long. Everybody is doing fantastic, and we’ll have some pictures up in a day or two.

Update - pictures now available (click on the picture of Julianna to go to the gallery on Beau’s site)

Well, what can I say?

I did manage to find a little fiber talk to put up here…

I have sheared several of the sheep, and my fleeces are lovely.  Several of them are ruined this year.  I assume because we had a huge wet and windy weather mess this year.  Several of them have been cotted until most of the fleece is trashed.  Some is still usable though, and they were lovely, except that they got all matted up… a real bummer.

I still got a couple that weren’t cotted, and I didn’t loose any of my best fleeces!

I am always shocked by how little they look after shearing.  Here is Brietta in full wool.  She is a moorit Krunet purebred Shetland ewe.  Her wool is soft, and spins very very fast.  It is a gorgeous gray brown.  This is one that cotted, but there are large peices of it that are good.

She has a big ol wool coat here….

Puny little ewe….

So I have a few fleeces that are so indescribably lovely, I will undoubtedly keep them all for myself.  I didn’t loose any lamb fleeces thank God.  I got two that are just so nice that it’s amazing, both off ram lambs.  Beautiful, and creamy yummy white.  They have such a high shine on them, that they look like silk.

I am going to get them washed and I am thinking I may comb them or at least one of them.

I’ll post as soon as the baby comes.  I am 38 weeks and 2 days preggers.  I predict that the baby will be born on the 17, 18 or 19.

Put your guesses in, and we can have another contest!  LOL.  That would be fun.  I am due the 22, and I have a history of beginning labor at about midnight.  I usually take 12 - 19 hours total, with plenty of light early labor.  So take a guess, and win some raw fleece!