Sheep, Eh?

I pulled this image out of my archives recently for my friend Dianna who lives in Saskatchewan, Canada, and I thought y'all would enjoy it, too.

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"Ranching in the Canadian West. Flock of Sheep."

This postcard is from the early 20th century, probably around 1910.  Nice flock, eh?

Comments

[Sylvia]

I look at that serene photo and immediately my brain jumps to mid-winter images of making my way on horseback through huge windblown drifts trying to find the missing stray 200 or so...

[Judi]

Where are the LGDs?

[Lucia]

I'm trying to imagine how long it would take to shear all those sheep, and how much wool you'd have when done.

[cyndy]

This postcard should be in a contest like "Guess the number of sheep in this picture"...better than counting beans in a jar!

[Sandra D]

Wonder why it's a flock of sheep and it would be a herd of cattle or bison? Anyhow, that's a large flock!

[Ruth S]

(ruth tries to look innocent here, after Marcy fusses about a mis-spelled email address...)

[Sharon]

Okay, now fast forward to shearing time and that's where my imagination fails me.

[Ruth S]

Scissors. Where'd I put my scissors. Need scissors. NOW.

[dianna rubidge]

Thank you. Lovely sheep!

[Beth S.]

But can you identify the breed? :-)

[Carole]

Here, sheepy, sheepy, sheepy.