I was curious to see how the Gang Of Four, our willful new Romneys would take to being shorn by the very respected Vermont shearer, Jim McRae. Jim put on a wonderful show Saturday at our Open House, he talked about the history and nature of sheep, the history of shearing, he even sheared one of the sheep with an antique hand crank once used to power the shearers. He song and recited some shearing songs as well.

And he did a  beautiful, professional and highly skilled job of shearing the big willful Romneys, who had not been shorn in years. We collected four from a farm in nearby Shushan, they were in need of permanent homes.

We were shocked at the beauty of the wool Jim took off Griselle and Biddy, our two most independent and perhaps beautiful new sheep. The video speaks for itself. McRae has a rapt and enthusiastic crowd, he did a wonderful job. He is planning to retire soon and we will miss him on many levels when he is gone.

Tomorrow, Farrier Ken Norman is coming to the Open House to trim the hooves of Chloe, Lulu and Fanny. Griselle and Biddy are running around the pasture, they are a lot lighter.