Double A Ranch

04/08/2016

How often do you see a photo on Facebook and decide to paint it? Tory did. She saw a photo we posted last summer of Kit snoozing on a hot day with the sheep grazing near by. What an amazing talent Tory has and what a great gift for us.

04/03/2016

Just a few minutes after arriving in the world these three lambs are already headed for the milk bar.

03/23/2016

Beautiful series of photos, showing shearing on a Montana ranch. http://www.outsideonline.com/2063846/welcome-birthplace-your-duckworth-wool-baselayer

Welcome to the Birthplace of Your Duckworth Wool Baselayer By: David Stubbs of Advertisement Skip this ad » Photo: David StubbsEarlier this month, the Helle Rambouillet Ranch, a fourth-generation family sheep operation on 25,000 acres outside Dillon, Montana, held its annual shearing. Photographer D…

02/29/2016

I love walking around the newly sheared sheep and seeing their bulging pregnant bellies, hidden from view just yesterday by a years worth of wool. Which one will lamb first?

01/02/2016

What is Kit thinking here? She is looking mighty wise!

12/29/2015

We wear wool and hope you do too.

Wool is having a moment. And American companies are making new efforts to bring it back home.

12/14/2015

This morning with their wool coats on.

11/29/2015

To see more of Arlette's beautiful art check out her blog. http://ranching-with-sheep.blogspot.com/

11/29/2015

A wonderful surprise gift in the mail today! A felted wool tapestry of our guardian dog Kit. This was made by our friend Arlette, using some fiber from our sheep. Thank you Arlette!! Doesn't it look like Kit?

08/25/2015

Kit knows what to do on a hot day. Stay in the shade and watch the sheep eat! Smart girl.

07/20/2015

Our kind and generous neighbor Ed passed away last week. Lots of you will remember Ed from shearing, where he helped move sheep (though he was a cowboy) and made a wonderful white bean soup for lunch. He loved to visit with everyone and he will be missed. http://billingsgazette.com/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/edward-ed-yedlicka/article_545b3da7-36e2-5fcb-b32b-47fa23d192a6.html

07/17/2015

Hey all you kind folks out there, can you send best wishes to our friend Cortney?Today she will have a long and difficult surgery to remove a mass from her head. She is beautiful, strong, kind and just an all out wonderful person. Some of you know her from shearing and have bought fleeces from her. She has helped us here at the farm for many years and some of the sheep in our flock are hers. I know she and her family would love to have all the prayers, healing hugs and good wishes sent their way. Thanks, Annabel

We brought the ewes and their guardians back to the lush green fields of the home place this weekend. We can fit 24 ewes in the trailer for the short ride home. Here Cortney is worming the ewes.