Autumn is herding time and today we helped fetching the lambs back home. Nice to watch all these woollen balls hopping and running (not always in the right direction, but on the move) and thinking about all the wonderful stuff one can make out of it. The Icelandic sheep is one of a few breeds worldwide which is still changeing their fur each year, so in early spring it would be possible to just take the old coat off. In fact most farmers shear their lambs and sheep when taking them inside the stable to not spill the wool with letting it get dirty.
As the farmers don't get paid a lot for the wool nowadays and the pricedifference between white and coloured wool isn't that big, more and more farmers keep coloured sheep instead of just having white ones. Nice to see the different shades in the colours.