Now it has been 25 years that I have been owned by sheep.  I thought I would republish my 20th anniversary post from 5 years ago.  I still miss all of these original sheep, but some of their genetics lives on in the current flock.

“I first started being owned by sheep twenty years ago today.  I went to Mystic Knoll to buy Ebony, a Shetland black ewe.  Then Sadie hopped into my lap so I got both of them.

Donna and Sadie 2002

Sadie and Rita, 11/2000

Sadie and Ebony

Ebony’s 2000 lambs

Ebony with her lambs Hershey and Licorice with Swirl the guard llama

Loki, the ram, did not come until the next year.  He came from Mountain Niche and produced all the original ewes’ lambs.

Loki

Loki side view

Loki

I bought Reuben at the same time as a ram companion.

Reuben

I bought Babette around the same time.  I had gone to Badger Hollow for another reason and fell in love with Babette instead.  She was the best animal decision I ever made.

Babette

Babette and Bob, 4/2000

Babette and Bob, March 2000

Lucy and Garbo came from Primolana around the same time.

Lucy nursing

Babette and Lucy

Garbo’s lambs, 4/2000

Garbo 11/2000

Garbo and Greta, 4/2000

Garbo

So now it has been twenty years sharing my lives with sheep and I still love it.”