Life on the farm, especially on weekends, is a whole of different things, from the farmer’s market to Zip’s presence to flowers and gardening. It’s pouring now; it was almost 90 degrees earlier. Tomorrow, we go south to a new wool cleaning and dyeing facility just 90 minutes away in Columbia County.

Our old place closed a few months ago. We will miss that wonderful restaurant in Brandon, Vermont.

This morning, we both noticed that Fate was starting to like Zip. He sniffed him, slept beside him, and ignored him peacefully. Flo terrorizes the dogs. Zip likes them, and they are responding. He isn’t afraid of them, so they are not scared of him—a great barn cat. Maria finished cleaning her wool just in time, minutes before it started pouring. I feel like we’re in the Amazon jungles.

(above photo by Maria)

It’s exciting to drop the wool off. This is a huge part of farm life and one of the primary reasons we have sheep. It gives a lot of meaning to our life.

Maria skirted the wool.

She found these wild hydrangeas and cut them for my photos.

I just felt like putting this up. It makes me smile.