May moving to an end

This year Memorial Day came a bit earlier. Which means the Family descended on Chinoteague Island a week earlier. Fishing gets harder and harder every year with size regulations changing every year. This year a "keeper" had to be 19". I'm sure we have some past winners on the trophy that came no where near 19".

Eric, Myla, Hayden and myself went to the Island just for the day on Saturday. We had absolutely beautiful weather! Great for walking around, which is good because most of the Island is all on one street. Hayden had a great time singing and crowing for passersby, and of course Gigi had a great time showing him off!


This was on the way to the Island. We stopped to pick up some veggies from a roadside stand, and to give the boy a moment out of his car seat. You can see that he was very happy to be in the driver's seat!

Here he is play with a favorite toy. Yes, it's a yogurt cup. One moment he was awake and playing.....



And the next he was out like a light!



Here's Myla and Hayden trying to convince one of the ponies to come over for a little scratch. Of course, they (the ponies) were paying us no mind at all. Hayden was working on a little something of his own at that moment actually!

By the way, Jeff Crump won this year. His fish weighed 3lb, 2oz. Definitely a keeper, and a very yummy one at that!

And as we do every year, after Memorial Weekend the swim season kicks itself into full gear. Which means time for haircuts. Nathan's that is. No, the Tall Ones did not get hair cuts.


No, I did not leave it a mullet. Though he would have liked the curls left in the back.


This is the end result. That is after a shower and a trip to Rita's. No bad no? Of course it's easy because he is a good looking guy. Swim practice for Nathan starts tomorrow. And classes for me start tomorrow as well. 6 weeks of ADR.......

It's May!

Today was the last day of the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival. Nathan had mentioned that I never take him to any of the fibery things that I go to, so I offered to take him this weekend. We had a good time!

He was quite taken with the many different kinds of sheep. He took most of the photos that I'll be showing here.


He didn't know that sheep have horns. And these had those very thick curling type horns. And they are quite large in size. Sorry, I'm not sure what type these are. (***correction, this is a cross between a merino and another breed, referred to as CVM I believe)



These are referred to as black sheep or chocolate. Again, I don't remember the breed. Sorry.


These I believe are Cotswold. Don't they look happy?


This is a Karakul. They were raised by the Navajo because their wool was strong and very warm. Also very rough, but great for blankets (ever see the Antique Roadshow? the black and white blanket was woven from Karakul wool.)


Another caramel colored karakul. Isn't she lovely?


This little lamb is a Bluefaced Leicester. Their wool is a favorite for people who spin to knit socks. Very warm socks indeed!


This is Aggie, she's a 7 year old rescued border collie. And she's showing her stuff! Nathan was quite impressed with these dogs.


This little guy is a Jacob Sheep. They usually have 4 horns (sometimes nature will give them six) and they tend to grow in rather odd angles. This guy is still young so his are quite straight.


Nathan trying the horns on for size.


A freshly shorn llama. Isn't she pretty? Her coat was a light tan with caramel spots. And she knew just how pretty she is too.


And of course the Fair food. As you can maybe imagine the "main dish" is lamb in as many different ways as you can imagine! Nathan had a lamb burger with cheese. I had bbq lamb. And we shared a cup of french fries. The trick here to find the french fries that were fried crisp! aAnd of course the large soft pretzel with mustard. This one was from a new vendor. Very tasty! And there was even a couple of ladies pulling old fashioned sodas (birch beer, sassafras, black cherry, root beer, yummy!!)


As you can see, Nathan is really enjoying his! Only 364 days til next year's fair.......