A sheep has been shorn, BY ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Last weekend, I went to Wagga. Yes yes, I know I know. Why would you?!
It was actually a lot better than I thought. Very interesting
The reason we went was cos Dom and Afton are from Wagga and since they are leaving to go traveling for a year in about 2 weeks, they went back to Wagga to say bye to families and get a few things sorted before they go. So, Michele, Carolyn and I all tagged along since none of us have been to Wagga.
Wagga is actually a much bigger town than I thought. Afton’s dad owns a farm, with grains and wool as their main businesses. That is where I sheered a sheep.
Afton’s dad was kind enough to show us how a sheep is shorn. And lucky for us, there are a few lambs that were born late so they weren’t shorn with the rest of the mob. He did most of the difficult parts, which is the underbelly and the legs. When he got to the lamb’s back (the long blow?) he let us have a go. We each did a few strokes and everyone was afraid to get to close cos we didn’t wanna hurt the little lamb. So the lamb ended up with a pretty shocking haircut and will prolly be picked on by the other lambs.
We also went around some other parts of the farm and Afton was explaining how things function.
Aside from the highlight of getting to sheer a sheep, we also went around town with Dom being the tour guide. He actually knew quite a lot about the town, and told us the kinda stuff he did when he was a kid. I thought it was great to know so much about where you grew up. Its something I don’t have
We were staying at Dom’s parents place, which is a gorgeous big house (prolly better to call it a homestead). Considering how I get not so comfortable at other ppl’s places, I felt very at home here. His parents showed fantastic hospitality and the weekend was basically a all round feast. They, being Italian, there was no way they could even run out of food!!
It was all in all a great weekend away. I’m sure I’ll think of something else worth noting the next few days
http://www.caroetfrancois.be/VideoWagga.htm
It was actually a lot better than I thought. Very interesting
The reason we went was cos Dom and Afton are from Wagga and since they are leaving to go traveling for a year in about 2 weeks, they went back to Wagga to say bye to families and get a few things sorted before they go. So, Michele, Carolyn and I all tagged along since none of us have been to Wagga.
Wagga is actually a much bigger town than I thought. Afton’s dad owns a farm, with grains and wool as their main businesses. That is where I sheered a sheep.
Afton’s dad was kind enough to show us how a sheep is shorn. And lucky for us, there are a few lambs that were born late so they weren’t shorn with the rest of the mob. He did most of the difficult parts, which is the underbelly and the legs. When he got to the lamb’s back (the long blow?) he let us have a go. We each did a few strokes and everyone was afraid to get to close cos we didn’t wanna hurt the little lamb. So the lamb ended up with a pretty shocking haircut and will prolly be picked on by the other lambs.
We also went around some other parts of the farm and Afton was explaining how things function.
Aside from the highlight of getting to sheer a sheep, we also went around town with Dom being the tour guide. He actually knew quite a lot about the town, and told us the kinda stuff he did when he was a kid. I thought it was great to know so much about where you grew up. Its something I don’t have
We were staying at Dom’s parents place, which is a gorgeous big house (prolly better to call it a homestead). Considering how I get not so comfortable at other ppl’s places, I felt very at home here. His parents showed fantastic hospitality and the weekend was basically a all round feast. They, being Italian, there was no way they could even run out of food!!
It was all in all a great weekend away. I’m sure I’ll think of something else worth noting the next few days
http://www.caroetfrancois.be/VideoWagga.htm
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