Archive for October, 2009

Seaside Feather Fanciers Ventura 2009

Posted in Congratulations, Shows on 10/28/2009 01:44 pm by admin

Seaside Feather Fanciers Bash at the Beach!

As many of you know, I am a 4-H leader for Murrieta Mustangs. This weekend, (Oct 24th), Lovalee, Jade, Jory and I went to an APA approved poultry show in Ventura, Ca. My girls showed in Showmanship and tied for first! Well, they were the ONLY contenders in Novice, but… I thought it was crafty that they somehow convinced him to give them both first place.

They also did very well in the poultry show. Jadey’s little white call duck from Showcase Stables in Kentucky received Junior Reserve Champion Duck, Junior Reserve Champion Waterfowl and APA Junior Reserve Champion Bantam Duck. I am so happy for her and so happy that Ceirae sold Jade such a nice little drake. Jory was also very happy, she showed three Blue Fawn Call Ducks and the little hen took Best Breed and Best Variety. Her little Blue Fawn Drake took Reserve Variety. I showed three of my poultry; a white Showgirl from Chickedee Farms in Riverside (first and Best Variety), a blue call pullet from Holderreads (BB, BV) and a little blue call drake from Holderreads (first). We are very proud of our poultry. Every bird we showed won a ribbon!

 

Lovalee Potter and Sean Redding both in Business!

Posted in Redding Family on 10/10/2009 05:57 pm by admin

My favorite, Lovalee, and my wonderful husband, Sean, are officially “in business.”  As many of you know my husband has a recording studio appropriately called, the Recording Farm (http://www.recordingfarm.com) and he is now officially Lovalee Potter’s manager.  Lovalee has a new website http://www.lovalee.com and you can listen to her music at http://www.myspace.com/simplylovalee.  Lovalee was very fortunate to have some input from Peter Grenader (EAR Group) who is well known and touted for his analog synthesizers.  Some of the bands using his equipment are Nine Inch Nails, John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers) and Gun’s and Roses.  He is a big fan of Lovalee’s and wrote a letter to her saying. “…your voice in the sustained notes it’s breath taking. I can see why many producers are going to want to work with you.  Your vibrato reminds me of Grace Slick’s (Jefferson Airplane/Starship).”  Coming from someone like Peter Grenader who is a tremendously experienced and talented musician, that was quite a compliment.

Lovalee looking SMOKING!

Sean is also working with another very up and coming musician, Caleb Fritel, as an engineer and co-producer. Please go to http://www.myspace.com/calebfritel to listen to Caleb. Caleb is also in a band, Starving for Gravity, they are currently recording with the famed music producer, Michael Lloyd.  Besides these projects, Sean is recording “voice-overs” for an exercise video and embarking on several other projects with talented musicians.

Many people are curious about how Connery, my oldest son, likes Chico State.  He says, ‘I have my plate full!”  Connery is studying Music Technology and we are hoping he will come home after graduation and work at the family business (not farming, I gave that dream up a long time ago!).  Check back to see what is going on here and what projects Lovalee and Sean are embarking on.

 

Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival 2009

Posted in Congratulations, Shows on 10/09/2009 10:52 am by admin

Namaste Farms just returned from Oregon Flock and Fiber 2009 and we had much success in the fiber show and the sheep show.

My yearling White Longwool Ram, Martin, won his class and then went on to win the Championship. In the White Medium/Finewool yearling ram class, my Bluefaced Leicester ram, Blue, won the class and then went on to win the Championship. Later in the day the two Champion white rams from both the Longwool and Medium/Finewool class faced off for the Grand Championship. Martin ended up with the Grand Championship and Blue was Reserve. It was amazing and quite an honor to have my two rams face off for the Grand Championship… I couldn’t lose either way!

In the Sanctioned Pygora Show, we also had tremendous success. We brought four goats and they all won ribbons plus one Reserve Championship and one Judges choice. Our little white 2009 doeling (Perfecta/60) won her class and then went on to win the Reserve Championship. Later, Namaste Farms two year old doe (Sombre/Clyde) won her class and then went on to win Judges Choice (as a pair with her mother) for most improvement between mother and daughter. Sombre took second in the aged doe class and we were very proud of her. She is getting old AND has given us gorgeous babies every single year since she was a doeling (yes kidded as a doeling).

We did extremely well in the fleece show. We won BEST GOAT of the SHOW and also won HONORABLE MENTION for the BEST FLEECE OF THE ENTIRE SHOW which includes all the wool and other fibers! That is quite an honor. We won Champion and then Grand Champion for Samba’s fleece (clipped from BSG), Champion for our Pygora fleece, and Champion and Reserve Grand Champion for Brenna’s mohair fleece. Our goats where Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion in mohair fleeces! It doesn’t get any better than that.

We are recuperating and getting ready for lambing in early spring. We will have a beautiful selection of Pygora and Angora goats as well as our Longwool sheep. We should be showing our chickens and ducks starting late October so look for more news.

On another note, I am a 4-H leader for Murrieta Mustangs and am very proud. I am project leader of the Poultry project as well as Sheep/Goats. I have always wanted to do this and my kids are very involved. Hopefully I will see some of you at the fairs, poultry shows and fiber festivals. Thanks so much for stopping by!