Apologies for the sporadic posting this week. Between moving the ewes up to Martha’s Vineyard and  entertaining our very first Shepherding Camp guests of the season I have gotten out of my daily posting groove. I’ll be posting more frequently in the days ahead.

The MV flock has settled into the Island without a hitch. We made sure the drive up was a slow and gentle one and, as a result, having seen the slightest indication of stress amongst them. They are a very mellow group and a shepherd could get spoiled with so few, and easy-going, charges.

Shepherding Camp is turning out to be as much fun for us as it is for our guests. Kristin and Kay are funny, and fun and willing to help with anything. (The flock has needed little to no maintenance since they arrived; that will change in July when lambing begins.) They have also managed to maintain sunny dispositions in spite of the fact that the weather has decidedly not. It has been a gloomy, rainy, cold week so far, and I’m sad that they aren’t seeing the Island I love in all it’s glory.

I don’t want to let another moment go by without sharing some wonderful gifts made for me by shareholders. The first is a beautiful book, put together for me by my friend Kathy. Kathy works for Apple (swoon!) and used Apple’s iPhoto to create a treasure for me.

You need to know that my photos don’t begin to do justice to the beauty of this book. Also, it’s a book. A real bound and jacketed book. It’s so professional it looks like something you could buy in a store. Kathy used my photographs from the blog and flickr to put it together and I don’t have words for the kind of grateful I am. It has become on of my prized possessions. Thank you Kathy!

Speaking of books, my ravelry group has put together a cookbook (in ebook) format as a gift to the farm. A huge amount of effort went into the production of this books, with many farm friends contributing recipes and my dear friend Deb designing and pulling it all together. Again, the photo below doesn’t begin to do justice to the love and time that went into creating this book.

I don’t entirely understand the technology behind ebooks (yet!) but soon we will have Fiberlicious for sell in our shop. Buyers will receive an email with a PDF of the book and all the proceeds will benefit an awesome non-profit to be named later. (the Heifer Institute maybe?)

Thanks to everyone who participated in these projects! I am honored and humbled by your support.

P.S. It’s not too late to enter my yarnolicious twitter giveaway! Click here to see the yarn that could be yours and find out how to enter.