Shadow Shot Sunday - October 1, 2023

 Ah, October!  My favorite month of the year.

Here we have the first Shadow Shot Sunday in October.  Have a shadow to share?  Click on the link above and join in.

My shadow shot is of two Italian nativity sheep.  I was sitting at the computer, minding my own business (which I wish Baby Cat would do when I sit at the computer) when I noticed sheep shadows.  

Why are two sheep by my computer?  I don't know.  I got them out of the Goodwill Bins in August of 2022, and they've been standing nearby every since!  

They were made by Fontanini in the 1960s.  The company has been making hand-painted nativity figures for over 110 years.  

Why do my sheep have long tails?  Most breeds of sheep are born with tails.  Sheep ranchers will say cutting them off protects against disease, but that claim isn't backed up with science, and many countries (and a very few U.S. states) ban the practice.  I remember as a child "learning" that a lamb had a tail, but it dried up and "fell" off.  Which is actually due to banding the tails so tightly it cuts off the blood supply, so it does fall off.   Sometimes lamb's tails are docked for show, since it looks like the animal has a larger (read "meatier) rump.  

So, lambs have tails. After all, there's the expression for when you want someone to wait for you, and you'll only be a few seconds longer. "I'll be with you in two shakes of a lamb's tail."