Interesting Things & October Giveaway Winner #1

And the winner of October Giveaway #1 is..... Erin who wrote...."Fall is my favorite time, for sure! I make lots of soups, and always a big batch of applesauce - some of which I freeze for the holidays. Also - pumpkin soup and muffins. Oh, joy!"

If you haven't had a chance - try to read through all the comments. You all have given me lots of cooking and baking ideas to try this autumn! Thanks so much to everyone who entered. You guys are great. So many of you put such thought into your comments! I'll be doing another Giveaway next week here on the blog. Check back!

It was another beautiful autumn week here. The lambs looked so beautiful grazing with the yellow leaves behind them.


If I want to get good portraits of them, I have to leave the Border Collies in the house. Otherwise they all just flock together.

Who says all sheep look alike?


I love this photo because it shows three distinct looks of lambs..... Shetland cross, Romney cross and Border Leicester cross.


Probably many of you are journeying to Rhinebeck to the Sheep and Wool Festival. I'm not but you all have a great time. I'll look at our sheep right here on our hill.

When we were separating the lambs a month or so ago, one older ewe snuck in with the bunch of lambs. This photo shows the difference in size and look between a ewe lamb and a mature ewe.

Some interesting things about knitting on the web...

Peggy Gaffney, a knitwear designer who writes self-published books with knitting patterns for specific dog breeds has been chosen by Martha Stewart as one of 2010 "Dreamers into Doers." Check it out here. It is a really nice interview. Congrats Peggy!

It is Wool Week in Great Britain. WOW - what if there was wool week in the USA? You can't believe the press it is getting! Google it - and check out all the great articles, including this one. (Thanks again Auntie Shan.)