How would you like to sport one of these?  Kit’s comment to me on them during my conversation with her the other day: “Vulgar, classless, and a  waste of our top-quality Icelandic wool.”  We’ll let you decide.

“The winds of change are at first a breeze and then a whirlwind,” Kit pronounced quietly, but forcefully, with the dignity of a queen who had been exiled, but expected a prompt re-enthronement from a fate sympathetic to her plight.  She was confident, but worn down, wearing this fatigue on her tired face.  Not the [...]

There aren’t many breeders of Icelandic Sheep around.  This surprises me because they are terrific animals.  Icelandic sheep are classified as triple purpose.  They produce milk, meat, and wool.  They also have fantastic personalities.  I have shared some of the fun experiences I have had with the two girls, Kit and Kaboodle, as well as [...]

It’s been a slow week and I haven’t been feeling motivated to do much of anything as you can tell from lack of activity at The Barn.  Part of this has to do with the frigid temperatures outside.  I feel like the pigs just wanting to hibernate underneath some blankets until the chill subsides and [...]

I am a meat-eating, animal-lover, an omnivore who can nonetheless appreciate the value (and personalities) of living, breathing animals, even those that are not typically domesticated.  For example, keeping two pigs as house pets does not keep me from enjoying a bite of pork now and again. Some people may find this hard to [...]

There is a common belief in western culture that sheep are good and goats are bad.  Many religious sermons discuss separating the sheep from the goats (and the goats aren’t on the good side) and even in popular culture, goats are portrayed less wholesome than their ovine counterparts.  To be sheepish is to be shy, [...]