This is a resident flock of turkeys–two adults and five babies (not so baby anymore). They come and go farther up the road and across the road. They are most annoying when they are around the peach tree or scratching up the garden.

Two views of the paddock I moved the sheep to yesterday. This is looking south. The grass in the foreground is an undesirable one and we are thinking about how to deal with it.

The same paddock from the other end. The grass here is orchard grass which was part of the seed mix we used in fall 2024. Notice how inconsistent the pasture is. There is lots of chicory in the top half and not much except the grass in the south with lots of bare ground between clumps. More issues to think about.

Yesterday moving rams lambs to the barn to sort for harvest day.

Notice ground squirrel holes. They have underground cities everywhere including under the barn.

After harvest. I have eleven sheepskins salted.

I’ve been sorting JSBA files. Jacob Sheep Breeders began in 1988 with the plan to keep a registry for Jacob sheep in North America. From the website: “JSBA’s mission is to foster the conservation of Jacob sheep through education, advocacy, registration and research.” I was Registrar for many years. When I began I picked up five four-drawer filing cabinets, holding registration applications, from the previous Registrar, also in California. By the time JSBA went digital and I was finished, those filing cabinets were full and overflowed into boxes. Several years ago I started scanning the files so that there would be a record of JSBA’s history. Actually, I didn’t do the scanning initially, but prepared the files so that we could have someone else do it. Each file has two sets of photos stapled to it and wool samples for rams. I removed photos and tried to find two views of the sheep to staple back on but to cover up comments and signatures. Needless to say, this gets time consuming. Farm Club helped for awhile, including scanning now that we can do that with a phone. So…now, many years later, there is the goal to finish the job. I know which boxes have not been prepped, but I’m trying to figure out which prepped files were scanned and then if those scans are now in JSBA’s database.

I would rather be weaving. I SHOULD be weaving. This is another example for the upcoming Lambtown class about Clasped Warp and Clasped Weft.

I don’t know how long I’ve had these boots, but they are very comfortable and got me to the top of Mount Lassen last month. I think they have seen their last days. The sole on the left one has completely separated all the way back to the instep.