Did I mention sheep? I wasn't really serious. Every time I consider such ovine madness, I go to my friend Leslie Hildreth's Fishwhistle Farm website and re-read her 10 Stupidest Reasons to Raise Sheep list.
But still, it's fun to watch spring lambs gambol in the fields like clockwork toys, and however dim or difficult the adults, they're soft, fluffy and fun to draw. In addition to visiting Leslie's flock, we've gone down to the Black Sheep Gathering in Eugene for years now, sketching the woolies. We've developed quite a flock of sheep and lamb patterns of our own, on coffee mugs, soup bowls, toddler bowls and dessert plates.
Hope ewe like them too.