Knee Deep in Sheep: Sunday Stills

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Sunday Stills - The Colour Red

Summer is a great time for seeing red even without tomatos or watermelon.

Bee Balm

Coral Bells

Farm equipment - this is part of the hay tedder

The old, original section of the barn

Currants

Sumac at the base of a silo

The flower part looks like cockscomb on steroids

This sumac is in the edge of a field. I should look these fuzzy guys up to see what they'll become

Honeysuckle with berries. Looks downright Christmasy

No red, you say?

Surprise! (A handsome and docile Blinded Sphinx)

You never know where you'll find red.

5 comments:

Tombstone LivestockJuly 21, 2013 at 9:18 PM
Great photos, so Christmasy will all the red and green. Think it might be a good idea to find out what those little fuzzy guys really are since there are so many of them. Maybe they will turn into the lovely moth in the last photo.
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The Dancing DonkeyJuly 21, 2013 at 9:44 PM
Great selection of reds. I had a very similar moth here last year. I haven't found any of them yet this year though.
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EdJuly 21, 2013 at 9:59 PM
Excellent pics I really liked the Sphinx moth..:-)
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VaquerogirlJuly 21, 2013 at 10:09 PM
Really love the bright red currants~
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thecrazysheepladyJuly 22, 2013 at 1:32 PM
Wow, you have LOTS of red! The moth shot is awesome - great catch.
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At Nistock Farms we're Knee Deep in Sheep

I'm frequently reminded by my dear husband that when we got married in 1990 and I brought my little flock of fiber sheep to the family farm, they were supposed to be "just for me, you know, to spin with and be pets". Over the years circumstances changed, as circumstances do, and the flock has evolved to nearly 100 ewes and rams (not counting lambs), and taken over the big dairy barn. We work hard for them and they work hard for us. We have a widely varied handspinning flock including white, black and moorit crossbreds of Border Leicester, Romney, Finn, Rambouillet and CVM, and our wonderful purebred heritage breed, Cotswolds. We raise our own corn and oats, bale the hay and straw, cut mountains of firewood for the house and workshops, can and preserve, stretch fence, dig ditches, pour concrete, build stuff, plant crops, do plumbing, wiring, welding, and anything else that needs doing. We're born and bred Farmers. You never know what the heck is gonna happen...... If you'd like to see all the sheep and wool products available from the flock, take a look around our website. http://www.nistockfarms.com/