lambie of the week

This is a Cotswold Sheep. I've never seen one before, but it's darn cute. It wouldn't have taken me so long to put the lambie of the week up, but I found a site with literally thousands of sheep-related products. No, I don't mean you can find those boots (ick!), but there are about a billion sheep t-shirt, mug and note card designs. I just couldn't stop looking.

There are a lot of really cute ones, but I'm designing my own. I'm thinking maybe a series, with different kinds of sheep. I'm gonna draw them so that there are no copyright problems.

I'm naming this one Kyla Ebbert, just so I can make a reference to her in a blatant attempt at exploitation of an apparently endlessly fascinating topic. My sheep Kyla is always appropropriately dressed wherever she goes.

I've always been the...

And isn't this one the cutest? For someone who grew up in the city, where in hell did I learn to love the lamb? I dunno. Only thing I can figure out is that there was a TV show in black & white (that's how freakin' old I am!) at some godawful hour of the morning when I was around two. It was broadcast by the local agricultural school, and the opening shot was of goats and sheep running down this ramp thingy. The rest, as they say, is therapy. Go figure.

lambie of the week

black-faced sheep are my favorite. nice & fluffy. ok, kitties are fluffy too, but they can get squooshed if you accidentally step on one. sheep? harder to get under foot. and sheep won't scratch up all your nice furniture. you don't even have to let them into your house. and there's no litter box to clean. and if you're really ambitious, you can give your sheep a haircut (shearing) and knit a sweater with the wool. anyone would be glad to wear it. ever knit a kitty fur sweater? people would just look at you funny and back away slowly.