Good morning, fellow JSBA/northeast members, other jacob breeders, and world!
This is our new blog, a way for those of us in the northeast region of JSBA to communicate with each other, share news of our sheep and our farms, and our views on various topics pertaining to jacob sheep.
So, my first entry here is to tell you of the wonderful “gathering”, my word for what I hope will be periodic meetings of northeast jacob breeders in various locations around the region. This gathering was at Ralene Mitschler and Randy Morrison’s farm, Chicory Lane Farm, in Hanover, Pa. on Saturday, June 21st. There were fourteen people there representing seven farms and many flocks! This was a great beginning. I got to meet some new breeder/members which was great. Royal Unzicker delivered a gorgeous two horned ram lamb to Carl Griffiths and Stacey McArthur of Taneytown, Md. I bought a promising four horned yearling ram from Ralene. New members Cheryl Siemienkiewicz and Carl Sjogren of Brimfield, Mass., brought photos of their lambs, and I’m pretty sure I’m buying one of their ram lambs, Frodo, a real looker: just waiting for fleece sample. I reconnected with folks I’ve met before, and especially enjoyed seeing Eli Lefever, three year old son of Katrina and Dave. He played with my puppy, Lizzie, and was enthralled by anything resembling a tractor. We had a great lunch. Royal Unzicker did a helpful presentation about the inspection process. All in all, it was a great meeting. We decided that the next gathering will be Columbus Day Weekend here at Maple Hill Farm in Vermont, and will include a tour through the farms on the Monadnock, N.H. Wool Tour on Sunday. Several people have already claimed some of the beds here, but there are a few more available! Or you can stay in various motels in the area or camp in our yard or at the campground two miles down the road. BUT, it IS Columbus Day weekend, in Vermont, high foliage season, so if you want a room, you need to book it NOW! If you want more information on area accommodations, contact me through the comment option below or via email, (lambfarm@sover.net).
Here’s a photo of Ralene with her flock and a few folks from the meeting.
And here’s one of some of the folks standing around chatting while others were arriving. Eli and Lizzie won the prize for cutest attendees. They are standing on either side of Royal Unzicker.
That’s Katrina, Eli’s mom, to the right, and behind those folks are Sue Unzicker, Carl Griffiths, Ruth Ross, and Randy Morrison, plus legs and assorted bits of other attendees!
If others of you have photos, please post them. Or comments. And since I can’t get around to all of your farms to take photos and learn about them, please feel free to post info about your farms for us all to read, and photos. Happy Blogging, JSBA/NE’ers. Happy reading, world!
