11 July 2026

Shearing time: Let's go hyper-local Arizona

The original post of this name and URL was written in 2010. My 2026 update begins at the "Click here for more" jump.

It's that time of year again. In September, Navajo sheep herders start coming down from the mountains north of Valley of the Sun. I hope they're psychologically well-prepared for news of the big city:

  • a broken dam due to burst bladders at Tempe Town Lake ("bladders"?)
  • $1,000,000 price on the head of Maricopa County's Sheriff Joe by the usual Mexican cartels/drug lords
  • the ever popular (no, not really, only to me and Sheriff Joe Arpaio!) Arizona Senate Bill 1070, also known as Arizona Immigration Reform.

To commemorate shearing season, this post provides an extravaganza of gentle sheepy imagery, from varied sources. Well, I admit, from two sources: a Zazzle merchant and Amazon.com. The images were so nice, I thought you might enjoy looking at them too.

Hmm... I need to find a better source for illustrations than re-purposed advertisement images, especially since I don't participate in any online ad program. I'm definitely not a Zazzle or Amazon-affiliate website.

cute sheep drawing from Zazzle for stickers
A sweet sheep

Consider this a follow-up to my post referencing findings by the Floating Sheep blog.