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Down he goes! [May. 24th, 2012|07:06 pm]

Down he goes!
Originally uploaded by sarah northern california.

A perfect landing! Now I own a Gelding..

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Walking through Ferndale [May. 18th, 2012|03:46 pm]

Walking through town
Originally uploaded by sarah northern california.

A friend offered me a field for pony on the other side of town. It was a beautiful day for a walk.

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Finished Nigerian stand [May. 16th, 2012|10:07 am]

Finished Nigerian stand
Originally uploaded by sarah northern california.

This one's packed up and ready to ship.

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Done [May. 13th, 2012|06:50 pm]

Done
Originally uploaded by sarah northern california.

It took me all afternoon. Her fleece is really beautiful.

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First hitch [May. 12th, 2012|10:46 pm]

First hitch
Originally uploaded by sarah northern california.


I know it's not right, there's a lot to adjust, but I had to try it out. Pony didn't care, he just wanted to go down the road. Too much fun!!

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Pony Sulky [Apr. 30th, 2012|06:06 pm]

Pony Sulky
Originally uploaded by sarah northern california.

It's all the way down near LA but I might have a ride for it..
I love it.

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Morning milking [Apr. 27th, 2012|11:37 am]

Morning milking
Originally uploaded by sarah northern california.

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My new door [Apr. 27th, 2012|11:25 am]

My new door
Originally uploaded by sarah northern california.

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Pony sled [Apr. 18th, 2012|01:55 pm]

Pony sled
Originally uploaded by sarah northern california.

Rainy day pony project: making a sled for pony to drag. It's time.

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This one is so small [Apr. 8th, 2012|12:40 pm]

This one is so small
Originally uploaded by sarah northern california.

Vienna kidded about a week early this morning. The other twin is fine ( both does) but I found this tiny thing in the back of the shed still wet and quite cold; mom hadn't even cleaned her off.

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Caught on camera [Apr. 5th, 2012|05:26 pm]

Caught on camera
Originally uploaded by sarah northern california.

My friend caught us going down the road yesterday..

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Grazing the Long Pasture [Mar. 31st, 2012|02:52 pm]

Grazing the Long Pasture
Originally uploaded by sarah northern california.

The sheep have come out on to the road and are doing a great job of mowing.

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My new pony harness [Mar. 30th, 2012|08:26 am]

My new pony harness
Originally uploaded by sarah northern california.

Came via Fed Ex yesterday in the middle of a deluge. It smells sooo good. Now I need a hole punch as it's a bit too big.

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Loose llama [Mar. 19th, 2012|11:24 am]

Loose llama
Originally uploaded by sarah northern california.

The neighbors llama was loose when I went by this morning. When I came back, the whole herd of alpacas had joined him, but by the time I went back with my camera they were all gone. This seems to happen often so I will probably get another opportunity.

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St Pattys lunch [Mar. 17th, 2012|07:06 pm]

St Pattys lunch
Originally uploaded by sarah northern california.

A bunch of beautiful women and one old lady

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Clothes make the man [Mar. 15th, 2012|04:25 pm]

Clothes make the man
Originally uploaded by sarah northern california.

I just got this outfit in the mail today and gave it a test run.. It went great!
I am officially a horse dresser..
FUN WITH PONIES!!

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Twin heifers! [Mar. 8th, 2012|07:05 pm]

Twin heifers!
Originally uploaded by sarah northern california.

Alpines and does...a good start to the year.

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Today is her day [Mar. 8th, 2012|11:11 am]

Today is her day
Originally uploaded by sarah northern california.

First freshening 2 year old is definitely going to kid today. Finally!

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What a wonderful day.. [Mar. 3rd, 2012|05:14 pm]

What a wonderful day..
Originally uploaded by sarah northern california.

Am I dreaming? A sunny windless day, a fun horse, and the beach. I had a great day today..

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Lambs 2012 [Feb. 15th, 2012|11:15 am]

Lambs 2012
Originally uploaded by sarah northern california.

A ram and a ewe lamb!

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(no subject) [Feb. 13th, 2012|01:21 pm]
Earthquake!
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My ram's white spot [Feb. 10th, 2012|01:34 pm]

My ram's white spot
Originally uploaded by sarah northern california.

My ram has a white spot on the side of his neck
www.flickr.com/photos/sarahshevett/6681074677/in/photostream

So for the past few days I have been working with his neck wool, and sorting out that white as much as I could. I spun some and made a swatch ( right) then blended the rest with some Angora from Covelo for the rest. The brown fleece is the rest of his neck wool..

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My ram's face [Jan. 11th, 2012|03:31 pm]

hisface
Originally uploaded by sarah northern california.

Finally sheared! Hello there!

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That hole was deep. [Jan. 9th, 2012|12:00 pm]

That hole was deep.
Originally uploaded by sarah northern california.

But I found it.
Moles.
Photo a day in 2012

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Crepe weave [Jan. 6th, 2012|12:46 am]

Crepe weave
Originally uploaded by sarah northern california.

I managed to warp this loom and get about 2' weaved ( woven?) in one day. It's coming out well so far. Handspun wool.

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Dogs [Jan. 4th, 2012|05:33 pm]

Dogs
Originally uploaded by sarah northern california.

I went to look at Border Collie puppies today. The smiley dog on the left is the sire..

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Letters from my Dad [Jan. 2nd, 2012|12:56 pm]
lettersfromdad

Moving into my new desk today. I am sitting in the sun reading all of these old letters I have saved from my Dad. There are piles of them; he was a prolific writer ( and an immaculate speller, although his handwriting ...well..)
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She's alive! AMY! [Dec. 31st, 2011|08:51 am]

She's alive! AMY!
Originally uploaded by sarah northern california.

[info]hoppers is wearing fingernail polish- bright red fingernail polish- so that she keeps her germy fingers out of her mouth and away from her NEW LUNGS!! She's new and improved but still looks pretty much the same after her adventure.

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Josh and Ted in the front yard. 1992 (?) Bear River, Ca [Dec. 29th, 2011|10:40 am]

Josh and Ted in the front yard. 1992 (?) Bear River, Ca
Originally uploaded by sarah northern california.

Rainy days here so I am running the scanner. From the recently discovered baby book archives

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Like a hole in the head [Dec. 27th, 2011|03:55 pm]

Like a hole in the head
Originally uploaded by sarah northern california.

When out shopping last week I saw this pile of loom pieces. What I wanted out of it were 2 reeds that would work on my loom. What they were asking for it was less than the cost of those 2 reeds. Now I get to untangle it and see if there's anything worth salvaging in there. It's 40" wide, counterbalance. It also came with all sorts of goodies, like that lap loom there, a tension box, a temple stretcher, etc.

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Anniversary Christmas sweater [Dec. 25th, 2011|04:35 pm]

Anniversary Christmas sweater
Originally uploaded by sarah northern california.

Finished Ted's sweater just in time . Was sewing up seams at 2 this morning. And it seems to fit.

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xmas1972 [Dec. 25th, 2011|10:36 am]

xmas1972
Originally uploaded by sarah northern california.

Merry Christmas everyone

(My brother, me and my mom. I got stirrup leathers and the camera my Dad is using here..)

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xmas eve 1968 [Dec. 24th, 2011|05:17 pm]

xmas eve 1968
Originally uploaded by sarah northern california.

Westbury, NY. Carolling at my own house. L to R : MaryEllen Fuoco ( curlers in for midnight mass), Me, Janie and Liz Rosen.

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Xmas 1975 (?) [Dec. 24th, 2011|05:16 pm]

Xmas 1975 (?)
Originally uploaded by sarah northern california.

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Brownie [Dec. 6th, 2011|03:53 pm]

Brownie
Originally uploaded by sarah northern california.

is a black fur cube

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Snap cozy [Nov. 9th, 2011|03:17 pm]

Snap cozy
Originally uploaded by sarah northern california.

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A new life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [Nov. 4th, 2011|10:29 am]
[info]hoppers aka Amy Fairbanks has received her new life.

They got the call last night and we got the call this morning.
She has new lungs!
How amazing is that?
She has been diagnosed with cystic fibrosis for 20+ years, and had been on the list for lungs for a few.
The good news is that they were a perfect fit, everything went fine and she will be in recovery in SF for 6-8 weeks.
Fantastic!
A whole new Amy!
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Homemade raviolis [Sep. 24th, 2011|06:07 pm]

Homemade raviolis
Originally uploaded by sarah northern california.

With goat ricotta,goat cream, goat parmesan and spinach filling. Yeah, that was a LOT of work..

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Did I make up a word? [Sep. 23rd, 2011|12:56 pm]
Equipmentphile: Someone who is more into buying the gear for an activity/sport/hobby/etc. than they are in the actual activity itself.
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