Comments on: https://catherinefriend.com/811-2/ Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Catherine https://catherinefriend.com/811-2/#comment-749 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:15:00 +0000 /2009/04/811/#comment-749 Carly–Ha! Yeah, I’m guessing a little grain was involved in this photo shoot.

pbird…You want sheep? Hmmm. We should talk.. 🙂 They are frustrating, demanding, and pretty adorable, actually.

]]> By: pbird https://catherinefriend.com/811-2/#comment-748 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:18:00 +0000 /2009/04/811/#comment-748 Hi Catherine!
Beegirl told me about you…

This video is hilarious! The fact that people actually think it’s real is even better…good stuff. I wish americans had half the sense of humor as those darn brits.

btw…congrats on the MN book award!! I need to get your book, asap…am thinking of getting sheep!

Thanks for sharing your wonderful stories and links on this blog!

]]> By: Carly https://catherinefriend.com/811-2/#comment-747 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:48:00 +0000 /2009/04/811/#comment-747 Here’s another one that was a lot easier– I do think they just laid down grain though… the sheep don’t look like they’re being herded…they look like they’re eating:

http://www.pollsb.com/polls/p7711-long_sheep_spell_word_spring

]]> By: Catherine https://catherinefriend.com/811-2/#comment-746 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:09:00 +0000 /2009/04/811/#comment-746 Zan Asha—They’ll put anything on sheep. I’ve seen photos of sheep with advertising on them. I’ve seen fancy sheep at state fairs wearing coats and hoods to keep their wool clean.

The LED coats are pretty cool, though, and would certainly create a festive air in the evening. Perhaps we could rig up some with red and green lights for next Christmas. If we sprinkled corn on the ground in the correct pattern, the sheep could spell out “Noel”!

]]> By: Zan Asha https://catherinefriend.com/811-2/#comment-745 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 04:16:00 +0000 /2009/04/811/#comment-745 Haha…I’ve seen this several times, and while I guessed the “fancier” bits weren’t real, I was a little more than curious at those close ups, which do seem real, of the sheep wearing the LED “saddles”.

How did they get ’em to do THAT? 😀

]]> By: Catherine https://catherinefriend.com/811-2/#comment-744 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:14:00 +0000 /2009/04/811/#comment-744 Those Brits are very good. Even in the BBC interview, they’re “having us on,” as they say. Ain’t no way you can move those sheep to form Pong or fireworks.

MaineCelt, your dog sounds incredibly well-behaved. As for the off-switch, our border collie’s has finally kicked in, but he’s 13 and deaf!

]]> By: Cat https://catherinefriend.com/811-2/#comment-743 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:22:00 +0000 /2009/04/811/#comment-743 I’ll admit, I thought it was real. But then again, I know next to nothing about sheep and what they can/will do. Either way, it was really neat to watch!

🙂

]]> By: beegirl https://catherinefriend.com/811-2/#comment-742 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:13:00 +0000 /2009/04/811/#comment-742 The BBC sheepherders are probably making crop circles, too, in their spare time, MaineCelt!

]]> By: beegirl https://catherinefriend.com/811-2/#comment-741 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:11:00 +0000 /2009/04/811/#comment-741 Thanks for quashing the heinous disinformation campaign. Sheep and sheepdogs everywhere thank you, I’m sure.

]]> By: MaineCelt https://catherinefriend.com/811-2/#comment-740 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:36:00 +0000 /2009/04/811/#comment-740 Well, I’ll be–according to the shepherds, most of it *IS* real! I do a lot of wandering about on the BBC webpages, (mostly to find good traditional music shows) and found this interview with some of the shepherds: (can’t make it a clickable link yet, sorry.)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7961889.stm

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