Blueberry Thyme Soap - Stormy Ocean Wave!

Blueberry Thyme Soap - Stormy Ocean Wave!

I saw this recipe online at one of my favorite soaping sites, and thought it was so pretty I must give it a try.  It has all the great ingredients of a good homemade, handmade soap like, castor oil, coconut oil, olive oil, palm oil, sweet almond oil and sunflower oil.  I loved the texture that the added red sandalwood powder gives, and of course, the blueberry thyme fragrance is just delightful.

My soap didn't turn out quite as pretty as it should have because I neglected to read the instructions carefully enough and I added too much black oxide making the soap much darker in color than it should have been.  Hence the name Stormy Ocean Waves.

It was fun to make, it's always fun to try out a new soap recipe.  The excitement of having to wait to unmold and cut into bars to see how it turned out makes the process so much fun.

Blueberry Thyme Soap - Stormy Ocean Wave!

I have this loaf for sale at the Shelby, NC Foothills Farmer's Market.  Stop by and give us a look see.

Carpe Diem! Lil and Bill

Two More Ewes!

Rainey and Windy

This post is a bit late in coming, but it's been really busy here at the farm lately.  These are the two latest sheep we acquired for a total of six, and they're beauties!  They're Katahdins, and we purchased them from our local veterinarian, Dr. Ben Ousley who owns and runs Cross Country Animal Hospital here in Lawndale.  

Soon we will be acquiring a ram from the same source for our herdsire.  We're hoping for some beautiful babies in the Spring!  

Katahdin sheep are called haired sheep, and they lose their wool every year therefore they don't need shearing.  It makes for a good choice for us as we're new at this farming thing, and very new at caring for livestock.  We don't have all the necessary tools in place as yet that would make it easier to both catch and work on the animals.

Rainey

There she is, a beautiful specimen!  We're still trying to get her to trust us, it's taking time and patience, but I know we'll get there eventually.

Windy

Isn't she gorgeous?  I just love her regal look.  I can't wait to see what her babies will look like.  We're still working on taming her also.  It took the two of them several weeks to integrate into our existing flock, but they are beginning to hang out and graze together quite often.  So, I'm thinking that if it's taken them that long to trust each other, it will take longer for them to begin to trust us, but it will happen.

I can't wait to get our ram here, and will be sure to put some pictures up of him also.  It won't be long now!

Carpe Diem! Lil and Bill