The Weight of Water

Without a doubt, getting water to the flock in the winter is the single hardest job on our farm. It's not so bad when it's just below freezing, but when there are 11 inches of snow on the ground, it's a task we all dread. Normally we can just back the truck up to each pasture and fill the water troughs from the tanks in the back, but the snow makes the farm road way to risky. Our only other option is to empty the tanks into buckets and slog them down to each pen.

For me though, seeing this makes it all worth it. Kind of.

Snow Day on the Farm

Sheep in the Snow

I was so busy enjoying myself at the Solstice Celebration that I didn't have time to take many photographs. Here are the few I took.

Our Sheepish Christmas Tree

The Pope's (Bob, Nancy, Patty and Matthew) made the trip up to the farm from Long Island. 

Karen and her mom came up and brought an amazing apple pie. A.Maz.Ing.

EmilyLousie's boyfriend Yan took this great picture of us around the fire. 

Notice Logan's lack of pants. He was "helping" his father with the fire and got hot and it seemed like the best way to cool off was to take off his pants.  Needless to say, I was in the house when this decision was made.

You can see more great picture these two shareholder's blog: Scottishlamb and Chappysmom. If anyone else would like to share the pics they took yesterday shoot me an email at susangibbs1 AT mac DOT com.

We all agreed this was the best, least-stressful party we've ever had. So many people brought great food- my dining table is still covered with desserts. It was just a lovely day all around. We'll be making the Solstice Celebration a yearly Fiber Farm tradition, so save the date for next year.

An Open Letter to the Snowstorm Barreling Down on the Northeast

Snowstorm-

Unfortunately, this weekend isn't going to work for me after all. How about Sunday? I'm wide open on Sunday.

XO,

Susie