I haven’t posted anything for awhile because everything is sodden, my pretty black and white lamb is grimy, and is still not much afoot around here anyway.
It’s cold, supposed to be down in the low 30’s overnight, but since the downpour abated (at least for awhile), I put Mopple and Edmund back out with the old sheep this afternoon. I had them back in their former pen for awhile so they’d stay warmer and dryer inside their Port-a-Hut, as opposed to the more open-air field shelter with the old ones. They have lots of wool already and don’t appear to mind getting wet, considering they voluntarily venture out to graze during the worst of it.
If I can’t do something with Mopple soon, I’ll start posting some sheepy fun stuff I’m collecting for the upcoming Storey sheep book, though it may be off in the distant future for awhile. Well, what the heck—might as well post an item this time too.
For your pleasure…
Famous Sheep
It’s cold, supposed to be down in the low 30’s overnight, but since the downpour abated (at least for awhile), I put Mopple and Edmund back out with the old sheep this afternoon. I had them back in their former pen for awhile so they’d stay warmer and dryer inside their Port-a-Hut, as opposed to the more open-air field shelter with the old ones. They have lots of wool already and don’t appear to mind getting wet, considering they voluntarily venture out to graze during the worst of it.
If I can’t do something with Mopple soon, I’ll start posting some sheepy fun stuff I’m collecting for the upcoming Storey sheep book, though it may be off in the distant future for awhile. Well, what the heck—might as well post an item this time too.
For your pleasure…
Famous Sheep
Dolly. The world's first cloned sheep
Bonnie. The first cloned sheep's first lamb
Maltilda. The first Australian cloned sheep
Lambchop. Sheri Lewis's wisecracking sidekick
Mrs. Sheep and Lambs. The sheep in Lambert the Sheepish Lion (Disney Studios)
The Toast of Botswana. One of the world's only two scientifically verified geep (half goat, half sheep)
Lisa. The cute German geep born a few years ago.
Dimitri. Balki's toy sheep (Perfect Strangers)
Shaun the Sheep. Wallace and Grommit's sheepy co-star in A Close Shave (Aardman Animations)
George. Sheepy star of the comic strip, Lost Sheep
Shrek. A famous Merino wether who eluded shearers for six years and grew a 60 pound fleece
Harold. The clever sheep (Monty Python's Flying Circus)
Mouth. Hammerhead Hannigan's bowtie-bedecked sidekick in Darkwing Duck (Disney Studios)
The Serta sheep. Out-of-work spokes-sheep for a major mattress company
Lanolin and Bo. Barnyard pals from the U.S. Acres comic strip
Maa. The Very Old Border Leicester ewe in Babe (Universal Pictures)
Bimbaabaa. The lamb in The Little Drummer Boy (a Bass/Rankin film)
Po and Merry. Sheep in the Stray Sheep cartoons
Mishun H. Sugworth. Also known as Mint Sauce, from the cartoon strip of the same name
Danny. Jeremiah's black lamb in So Dear to My Heart (Disney Studios)
Cardigan. Wilbur's friend in Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure (Paramount Studios)
Please let me know if you think of additional famous sheep!
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Update: I've been Googling famous sheep tonight and came up with quite a few more names. I'll post them on a supplementary list to follow this one!
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