This little photo followed me home recently! They seem to find me wherever I go!
The sheep remind me of my friend's Hampshire sheep Sherman. He has the most adorable woolie face. Do you think these sheep could be Hampshires?
Maybe they are relatives of Sherman. An aunt with his two little cousins? When they grew up they may have made a trip to visit relatives in Washington DC. They would have loved sight seeing and having tea and cupcakes on the Capitol lawn. The romping would have been spectacular. All for the price of mowing a patch of lawn.
Sheep often had careers in weed and lawn control. They could be found mowing in graveyards, castle grounds in Scotland and even golf courses. This little flock kept busy in Baltimore, Maryland in 1910. Were they working at a golf course?
Even now sheep are employed for grazing to manage brush out west, weeds in vineyards, estate grounds, cemeteries and golf courses. Speaking of golf courses, Whistling Straits in Wisconsin has a resident flock of Scottish Blackface sheep. They have a spectacular life browsing the links and keeping the steep, hilly areas of the Irish Straits all trimmed and pretty.
Part of what makes this flock of sheep even more special is they were purchased from our friends at Littledale Farm of Richland Center, Wisconsin. We are lucky enough to have a few of Graham and Margaret's sheep in our own flock too. Our first was a Scottish Blackface orphan lamb years ago. We named him Devlyn and he was a very elegant, impressive and sweet sheep. He looked right at home on our farm's hilly pastures.
So, the little photo that followed me home led me down a trail of happy memories and wonders about the lives they may have lived in their own time. Watch this space for more posts about sheep!
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