Photo by Bob Baikauskas
Lincoln Hills
Photography Club
Photography in SCLH
Sheep Shearing in Lincoln Hills
Each year, many sheep graze in the open area around the community. A white electrical fence surrounded the field, and all was peaceful. The occasional Baaaaa broke the silence of normal quiet neighborhoods. After a week, the meadows are nicely mowed, and the sheep appear fat and happy. Grandchildren love.
Then, in certain locations, a porta-potty (a portable toilet) arrives, not an everyday occurrence. Next, workers arrive.
The men remove a segment of fencing and began constructing a corral, and a small canvas-covered shearing building. An electric generator and other equipment was set up.
We asked the leader what was going on, and he explained that most of the sheep were going to be sheared. Because the very pregnant or the small lambs wouldn’t be sheared, they constructed a station to steer sheep-traffic accordingly.
It looked exciting and we immediately went online and sent emails out to Lincoln Hills Photography Club. Charlie Schuman from the Lifestyles Photo Group arrived, with camera.
We took hundreds of photos, and Dorothe Kress made several videos. Shearing progressed quickly – only about a minute or two per sheep. They were finished early afternoon, the crew packed everything back into their trucks, and everyone drove off. Shortly thereafter, a few sheep escaped, wandered through the, found a shady spot in someone’s garage, and...
Angler's Cove
Pond Stocking Company
First Buckets of Fingerlings
Ever wonder how all the fish got into Angler’s Cove – the ones some of you photograph our furry friends try to catch – and your grand kids try to hook?
While we were strolling by Angler’s Cove the other day, a white pickup labeled Pond Stocking was parked, and small fish were being loaded into a large bucket. We asked the workers what they were doing, and they said once a year, when the association calls, they load hundreds of fish into buckets and pour them into Angler’s Cove.
First, small fingerlings – 100 bass, 200 blue-gills, and 1000 mosquitofish – are dumped in near the bridge. A little while later 150 larger (about 6 inch) catfish were put into the other side of the pond – supposedly far enough away so they wouldn’t have an easy lunch on the fingerlings.
They don’t stock the upper ponds, only Angler’s Cove.
Bill Kress
Then the Catfish