Friday, May 16th, 2008
Rite of Spring

Richard and I were out on a garage sale adventure when we drove down this beautiful country road. We happened to see these two farmers hard at work giving their sheep their summer haircuts.
I had an aha! moment and asked if they could possibly help me with a photo contest
This was the first try. Mr. Mapp got really tickled because he was just learning how to shear these babies. Mr. Durham showed him a few techniques and this was tthe second effort.
Not bad, I think. It was alot of fun and I could have stayed there all day. We met a few more of the little guys

I got excited because I thought I found wild turkey tracks.
But it turned out this was the "wild" turkey.

We headed home with more than a few treasures, having made two new friends,
.
I had to stop along the way and share some of Americana with you.

I will be having fun this weekend working at a Bluegrass festival called Jamokee. Hope to get some great pics there. Happy Spring Everyone!
Tags:  Humzoologo
10 Comments
ppike
1) Oh, I love your humzoo image! And I love sheep -- they have the coolest faces/ears. The face shots and your black and white photos are my favorites.

You know you're in North Carolina when there's a dead vehicle in the yard. Home sweet home.
pegi   Friday, May 16, 2008
spike
2) WOW Mom! These are great! I miss seeing your photography. Those sheep are cute! You should submit that humzoo logo to the contest!
Spike   Friday, May 16, 2008
George
3) Some great shots there. Nice vignetting on a few of those too.
LimeyGeorge   Friday, May 16, 2008
girlcarew
4) Those are great pics!! Very interesting.
girlcarew   Friday, May 16, 2008
dennydeaton
5) Love the photos Dannie! Nice work and a funny story! Have fun at Jamokee... I saw the details of that a few days ago. Looks like a ton of fun!
Denny Deaton   Friday, May 16, 2008
nheinzel
6) I enjoyed your photography, Dannie!
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Leslie
7) What a great blog! Good thing those sheep aren't up here bc it is cold and rainy. Brrrrrrr....You get an A+++ for photography.
Leslie   Friday, May 16, 2008
lgrant
8) Great photos, Dannie! I agree--that logo is definitely a candidate for the contest. And I love the b&w photo and the cool old farm buildings. I could look at a whole book of those! Thanks for sharing!
LGrant   Friday, May 16, 2008
cdcgull
9) How interesting! Great photos!
Thanks for sharing them....I love sheep and Americana!!
cdcgull   Friday, May 16, 2008
stevenheinzel
10) Very nice photography and captions. Great job - thanks for sharing with us.
stheinz   Friday, May 16, 2008
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