Gore Place on the Watertown/Waltham line has a sheep shearing festival every April. It poured rain on the last one I went to a couple of years ago. Not so this year. Last Saturday (April 26th) was beautifully clear, if a bit on the cool side.
Sheep waiting to be relieved of their fuzzy burdens.
Some sheep got the electric treatment, some were shorn old school.
But the festival was not just about sheep. There was a whole barnyard of critters to coo over - chickens, horses, goats, bunnies, and of course, alpacas:
The vendors were out in force for those with a little cash to burn. I ended up buying some of my favorite mitten yarn from the nice folks at Bartlett Yarns, but also spent time, if not money, lusting after beautiful Seacolors yarn:
Too bad you can't buy it online yet... but considering the size of my stash, maybe that's a good thing. A big thanks to Jeff for waking me out of my post-red-eye flight stupor, and to Diana for buying our festival tickets!
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