Great time today down at the Masham Sheep Fair. It’s a wonderful occasion, so much to see & experience; sheep judging, sheep racing, dancing sheep, herding ducks, art, craft, wool work, wood work, folk dancing, church services, brewery tours (Black Sheep & Theakstons ….. bliss!) and money raised for worthy causes. 

And a couple of quotes found along the way …

Make the ordinary come alive …

Do not ask your children
to strive for extraordinary lives.
Such striving may seem admirable,
but it is the way of foolishness.
Help them instead to find the wonder
and marvel of an ordinary life.
Show them the joy of tasting
tomatoes, apples and pears.
Show them how to cry
when pets and people die.
Show them the infinite pleasure
in the touch of a hand.
And make the ordinary come alive for them.
The extraordinary will take care of itself.
William Martin.

“There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse or sell a little cheaper”
John Ruskin