February 5, 2011: Shearing Day!!

Lights around the shearing floor help in shearing dark fleeces

Lori helps skirt off the dirtiest wool as it comes off each sheep (to protect the remaining fiber)

Our truck brings the fleeces in from the barn - quite a pile!

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February 2, 2011: The Big Storm!

Very pregnant Gabby patiently being sheared

Deb and Jacob remove the coat of the next ewe to be sheared

Adults watch the shearing floor as the children watch "Happy Feet"

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Drifting in front of the barn

The front of the ewes' lean-to

Ewes crowded by the snow drift in their lean-to

Rams wait for rescue and more hay

Drifting next to the ewes' lean-to

Ewes in their shelter, hidden by the snow drift within

Five ewes needed help seeing again after the storm

Snow blown into the barn around the closed doors