Before shots

It's the day before shearing and I wanted to post some 'before shots.' I took them today, in fact about 2 hours ago. Of course what happens is the day of or the day after shearing, the weather turns cold and blustery. I think this time it might actually be nice. Woohoo. Last year, the day of shearing was great, weather wise, but the day after was cold, rainy, and windy. They stayed in the barn all day huddled close together. We only have 9 to shear but that will still take awhile as we only have 4 of us and we like to chat! A friend of mine sheared 70 in one day!!! Thats with a ton of help and being extremely well organized. I still don't know how they did it though. Of course today they're not moving at all, their bodies are on a 'day of rest!' A well deserved one. Anyway, here are the photos from today and I'll post the 'afters' tomorrow or the next day depending on how much wine I need tomorrow night. :) The most dramatic differences in before and after will be Queenie(5th pic), Skye(6th pic), The babies(3rd & 4th pics), Tripper(last pic), and Mikey(1st pic in back).