This Saturday it was time to shear the 3 sheep of Cor. He didn't let them shear last year and they looked like 'rasta' sheep. We managed to put them in a small shed just before the sheep-shearer arrived. He took them out one by one and put them on their behinds and then started to shear them. In just a couple of minutes the job was done and the sheep was naked. Cor now has 3 large and very thick fleeces which we're going to wash and then probably use for felting.
Very close to Cor's house I also took some very nice photos of a small butterfly called in latin Zygaena trifolii. In Dutch it is Vijfvlek-Sint-Jansvlinder (literal translation in English: fivespotted-Saint-Johnsbutterfly). It actually is a night butterfly that lives during the day. In this part of the country it is called a rare species.
On the same plants we also noticed 2 big green grasshoppers. We could see their jaws moving when they ate from the plant!
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Ha Anniek! Wat een leuke foto's! De schapen zullen blij geweest zijn dat hun jas af mocht met dit weer... sorry dat ik al een tijdje niet ben langsgeweest - heb een aantal hele drukke weken achter de rug - ik moest even naar beneden scrollen om al je posts te bekijken! Ik wens je een hele fijne zomer toe!
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