We Three Kings w/ a splash of cigar leaf 
in the Country Gentleman. A gray, but pleasant, afternoon. Still need to figure out what to drink ...
Well, @Fralphog, one lives and learns. My ignorance of American breeds is, as you've now learned, shocking. Now I know of one, at least. Interestingly varied ancestry they have, I found when I looked them up on the web. On the Farm we have a small flock of a couple of dozen Shropshire Down sheep, a dual-purpose breed of mostly Welsh ancestry but it is their wool that made Marches farmers - and manufacturers of Welsh flannel - rich in the 19thC. It was competition from Australian Merino imports in the 20thC that turned the Shropshire into what is now a rare breed - but we do get a government grant for raising themMorning MisterBadger,
Yes, he’s a good looking ram. He’s a Katahdin breed. I chose this breed for the meat quality and ease of care. Since they’re a hair breed, they shed their winter coat every year in the late Spring. No horns to debud and no tails to dock. I trim the breeder ewes hooves twice a year.
“Romeo’s” coat is shorter on his sides due to rubbing on the fences to scratch. We’ve had a very odd, warm fall. I think he’s delayed in growing a thicker coat and he’s feeling “hot” when it’s 50 degrees F and he’s chasing ewes around.He broke a wooden fence post at ground level a few days ago letting the chickens out of there run. I saw him head butting a sprinkler riser yesterday.
If the girls are not interested in him he gets board.
Katahdin sheep - Wikipedia
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MisterBadger,Well, @Fralphog, one lives and learns. My ignorance of American breeds is, as you've now learned, shocking. Now I know of one, at least. Interestingly varied ancestry they have, I found when I looked them up on the web. On the Farm we have a small flock of a couple of dozen Shropshire Down sheep, a dual-purpose breed of mostly Welsh ancestry but it is their wool that made Marches farmers - and manufacturers of Welsh flannel - rich in the 19thC. It was competition from Australian Merino imports in the 20thC that turned the Shropshire into what is now a rare breed - but we do get a government grant for raising them
G.L. Pease Silver Jubilee in my birth year 1976 Dunhill Shell 52 CW poker.
️ ️ on the side.
Cool photo, Tim. That really does look like a fire in the woods.Sun is setting, and a good time for Peretti DD burley in a Vermont Freehand Cherrywood Morta.
Green tea, once iced, now hot.
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Current scene ... NOT a forest fire, but rather the setting sun just looking like a forest fire:
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You are too kind Mark, thank you!
