Comments on: In the Shearing Shed

By: lightening

lightening — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:59:00 +0000

LOL - I think you’ve gotten yourself too absorbed in the world of drama Lisa! I’m yet to meet a farmer with corks hanging off his hat OR straw hanging out of his mouth.

Look out though - if you spot one wearing a blue singlet, you might be a goner!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:44:00 +0000

Now that’s a worry. Any guy chewing on a straw and wearing a hat with corks dangling from it will definitely get short shrift from me!!!
Umm… isn’t that what farmers are supposed to wear, or is that a bit too Banjo Patterson???

By: lightening

lightening — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:24:00 +0000

Guess what Lisa - I was living in the suburbs of Melbourne when I decided I didn’t want to marry a farmer! LOL. Seriously!!! Although, I wasn’t actually living there when I did meet my husband.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:55:00 +0000

I feel the same way about marrying a farmer!! Luckily there’s not too many hanging around the suburbs of Melbourne, so I doubt it’ll ever be a problem.
It’s funny though…. the things we say we’ll never do often end up happening!

By: Precious_1

Precious_1 — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:01:00 +0000

lol @ your post! you can take the girl out of the city…………

By: lightening

lightening — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:19:00 +0000

Ooh yeah Emma - those burrs aren’t so nice. I know when DH was shearing on other properties he’d get all scratches and cuts over his arms at some places. I only noticed one fleece with burrs in it today so obviously we don’t have so much trouble with that here.

Oh Kelley you do make me laugh - I love it. In all honesty, I still can hardly believe it myself. And I’m kinda glad that I still come across as “citified”. I did grow up in the city (with all my high school years in Melbourne) so perhaps I’m still somewhat refined. LOL. Don’t tell my SIL’s I said that - they wouldn’t take too kindly to me saying people raised on a farm are “country hicks” even if it was in a roundabout way. LOL. One of them is now VERY citified.

By: Kelley

Kelley — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:05:00 +0000

Wow, you really are living on a farm! I know that sounds stupid, cause I know that you do, but reading that made me actually realise that you do! LMAO. So take it from me, you really are still citified
You country hick.

Love your fellow country hick that lives in ‘town’

By: emma.jean

emma.jean — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:00:00 +0000

The lanolin does make your hands soft… but lots of tiny little burrs hurt your hands! One place we were on had heaps of burrs called Devil’s Claw and that stuff was a bugger!

By: lightening

lightening — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:31:00 +0000

LOL Emma - no can’t say as I have thought about getting a spinning wheel. It’s a scary thought actually. I NEVER thought I’d take up knitting so a spinning wheel is probably not out of the question. In fact, I think my dad owns one. Spinning is supposed to be very good for your blood pressure (ie calming).

LS - sheep STINK!!! LOL. Is it possible to be homesick for that smell? But you do kind of get used to it I suppose. I don’t mind DH giving me a massage after he’s been doing a week of shearing - very good for his hands. Can’t say the same about his fertiliser though - that makes them rough as!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:26:00 +0000

Your blog makes me feel homesick for the amazing unique smell and feel of a fleece! At my uncles funeral they had a fleece on display at the front of the hall along with medals and other Jack things and I took a bit home with me as well as a pocket full of wheat! I felt like a real little kid! So glad it was therapeutic for you too. Isn’t lanolin something on your hands? LS