The Last Day of Shearing.
Yes, today was the last day for shearing. My hardworking husband has sheared 500+ sheep, with my daughter and myself assisting in wrapping the fleeces.
It has taken a few weeks to complete the task as we dodged the rain, but the work is finished.
Gabriel Oak in 'Far from the Madding Crowd'(in photo) sheared by hand and if he had 500+ to complete , poor man would have been still working at Christmas!! So although it is very hard work , electric shears have made the job much easier.
In the same movie when all their summer work was finished(including the harvest), a meal was organised with alcohol and singing. Well... the same will happen here tonight, we will raise our glasses to the last sheep shorn for another year!!! Then consider the hay and silage work.
'Gabriel Oak' photo courtesy of this site.
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Thank you for visiting my blog and leaving a comment - always nice to have new visitors! I've had a quick browse of your blog, and have decided that I must be so lazy in comparison to you! I reckon if I had to do all that farm work, I would be too exhausted to do anything else at the end of the day...but I see you do a lot of reading. Well, that is the best way to relax, after all, especially with the kind of books you read - I also enjoy most of those authors!
Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving your lovely comment. Hugs Judy