Wisconsin Barns, Good Fences, Heifers, and Scottish Blackface Sheep

When we're in the area, we love to take drives out to the countryside around Westby, WI. It is my favorite part of Wisconsin.

As we were driving those winding, hilly roads, I spotted Scottish Blackface sheep (my favorite!!), so we stopped to gawk, and the young, friendly farmer came out and was more than willing to show us his new flock. Just last year he had purchased a starter flock, 4 ewes and 1 ram. This year, as predicted, he has several bouncing (really, they do bounce!) baby lambs. Both the shepherd and his little boy were so proud of their sheep. The 8 year old brought over a darling little Scottish Blackface lamb for me to pet. So woolly, so CUTE!!

 Some of this year's lambs, standing next to the huge hay bales.

They're the regular size huge hay bales, which show how small the lambs are.

 This heifer was dying to get closer to me.

 She begged me to scratch her ears - so I did. :-)

 A couple barns that probably won't be standing much longer.
The one on the left is an old tobacco barn. The boards were spaced for air flow, for drying the tobacco.

Back in the day - Some of my husband's ancestors c. 1910
working in their Wisconsin tobacco fields.
They would have hung their tobacco leaves to dry in a barn like the one pictured above.

 Tobacco warehouse est. early 20th century

Viroqua, WI

Linking to Tom's Tuesday's Treasures

and Theresa's Good Fences 

and Tom's Barn Collective

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