Atlanta History Center; Saturday April 9, 2016 11:00am. "Sheep to Shawl" event. Sheep shearing demonstration in the Smith Family Farm Barnyard. Scott Fuss [red shirt] shears "Ida Mae" a Gulf Coast Native Sheep who lives at the Smith Farm year round. Assisting Fuss is Brett Bannor [hat]. Bannor is the animal care taker for the center.
Atlanta History Center; Saturday April 9, 2016 11:00am. "Sheep to Shawl" event. Debbie Hudson, and her grand daughter Reed Butkus (2yr) pet Scottish Highland Cow in the farm animal petting area.
Atlanta History Center; Saturday April 9, 2016 11:00am. "Sheep to Shawl" event. Sheep shearing demonstration in the Smith Family Farm Barnyard. Scott Fuss [red shirt] shears "Ida Mae" a Gulf Coast Native Sheep who lives at the Smith Farm year round. Assisting Fuss is Brett Bannor [hat]. Bannor is the animal care taker for the center.

Photos by Phil Mosier

At tops, Scott Fuss takes shears to sheep during the Atlanta History Center’s annual “Sheep to Shawl” demonstration on April 9. Fuss gives a close trim to a sheep who lives at the center’s Smith Farm. At bottom, Fuss demonstrates the wool.

At center, Debbie Hudson and granddaughter Reed Butkus, who’s 2, pet a Scottish Highland cow at the history center.

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