I was tired today and somewhat disconnected from the world. The solar installers wore me out. When Liz Willis came to shear our nine sheep, I sat back and watched. I didn’t really have a role to play.

When I first came to Bedlam Farm, I found shearing riveting, I spent hours in there with our shearer then and was involved in every minute detail.

This year, I felt I should step back and just watch the beautiful connection between these two strong and wonderful women. They are good friends now, they look forward to being together and working together.

Liz asked Maria to make a quilt for her, and we are going to visit her farm in Vermont on the way up to the knitting mill in Brandon.

I loved watching these two work so seamlessly together, talking about each sheep, about their lives and dreams, their ambitions. I just wanted to watch, and I did, and then went into the house to write.

The shearing went well, and Maria got some beautiful wool for her yard.