Visit to Sheep Farm

The other day I went to none other than a sheep farm!!!  I was stoked.  I've seen a few sheep in my life time at petting zoos and from a distance sitting safely in my car and on tv...LOL...but never anything like this.  It was a whole other world, and amazingly, it was just five minutes from my home!  It is a relatively new farm as farms go (i.e. wasn't there ten years ago) so it's not like I was ignoring it forever.  But what a different world from my own, only steps from my backyard. 

 

I took both my camera and my sketch book, thinking I could capture these b-a-a-u-tiful animals two ways, but it was so COLD I could barely hold the camera to take pictures, never mind stand around for a half hour and sketch.  Fortunately we were able to go into the barn where more of these delightful animals were hanging out.  I ended up taking photos only and made my sketches from photo references.  Thanks to my friend Mary Ann for being such an awesome tour guide!

 

A few of my photos....

 

 

 

Me holding a beautiful black lamb. 

 

 

The lamb needs a feeding tube

'cause it doesn't know how to suck.

 

 

 

 

 

Fred the barn cat. 

 I think he is secretly a diva at heart.

He kept trying to sneak into my photos.

 

 

These guys know how to eat;

they just don't have a mama to feed them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

and sketches...

 

 

 

 

 

 

I made Fred look a little off-balance here.

He's so much more handsome in person.

 

 

 

 

 

 

xox Leah