Posts Tagged sheep

Just for Fun

It’s billed as "Extreme Sheep LED Art".

It’s supposed to be a promotion for Samsung’s LED TV’s, although the connection seems tenuous to me.

The video’s creators (The Baaa-Studs) say, "We took to the hills of Wales armed to the teeth with sheep, LEDs and a camera, to create a huge amazing LED display. Of sorts."

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The Sheep Albedo Hypothesis

Who knew global warming was being caused by sheep?

(I wish I could say I’d written this, but I didn’t.  This post is greatly condensed from the original post at www.realclimate.org.  But, the pictures of authentic NZ sheep are mine.)


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Mad Sheep (Beyond At the Agrodome)

Ever see a sheep being sheared?

Ever see a sheep being sheared that really wasn’t enthusiastic about the proceedings?

Would you believe it still takes less than 7 minutes?

OMG, this had to be one of the biggest highlights of the entire trip to New Zealand:

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What I Knit This Summer

I’m sure at least one of you is wondering — "Well, fine, lots of sheep, some yarn stores, but did she actually get any knitting done on the trip?"

Well, yes and no.  OK, well, actually, there can only be one accurate answer there, which is YES, I did knit a couple of things on the trip.  However, NO, I did not finish 4 pairs of socks for DH.

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Yarn, Finally

Well, it had to happen sometime. I had to stumble upon some yarn eventually.

I didn’t expect it to be in the little town of Gore, though. Nor did I expect it to be some lovely handspun.

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ZOMG!

The "Z" here refers to NEW ZEALAND!!  Yes, here I am on a sunny Sunday afternoon in Queenstown, New Zealand.

Ah, the magic of modern air travel.  Here is how bad it was getting back home in PDX just before we left.me and polar bear

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