The Woolley Farm

About Me

I’m married to the most handsome thing I’ve ever seen. We have 2 grown daughters and 4 grandsons.

Brandon builds custom houses. I own (with daughter Dagny) THE IRISH EWE, a yarn & Irish import shop and I also own an antiques shop that is open 6 days a week from May to November. On our farm nestled on the side of a mountain in western Maine, we raise Jacob & Moorit sheep, Cashmere, Angora & Pygora goats,a llama, 2 horses, chickens, and 3 dogs. We are foster parents for the New England Border Collie Rescue Group.

Our passion is our little stone house in Ireland in Bonane in Co. Cork. Before you get too jealous, our running water is in the stream nearby, our lights are in the form of lanterns, my kitchen table looks like a hobbits (it’s the old red door of the cottage and some tree trunks we cut down), and the bathroom is down the next field, pick-a-bush. I love it there and am peace when I’m by the little rocky brook coming down the mountain, laying on a mossy overlook, gazing at the tiny sheep on the far hills. Every time I want to relax and just before I go to sleep at night when I’m back home in Maine, I think of this spot, the water, the sounds, the smells, and the feel of the moss.

Back in Maine we also volunteer–Brandon is on the local Fire squad and is on the board of Maine Sheep Breeders, active with the Maine Fiber Frolic and does something with the state government about agriculture. I volunteer at McLaughlin Gardens, Baldwin Historical Society, and I’m on the board of Baldwin Library. I also teach spinning at The Irish Ewe.

Our big event for the summer is our group trip. I’m organizing a 2007 Shepherds Tour of Ireland for June 2007 for a group of 24 (filled for this year but ask about next years tour!).

Brandon likes: Sheep, skiing, dogs, Ireland, working with his hands, hiking, waterskiing, horseback riding, and steak.

I like: sheep, goats, horseback riding, spinning, knitting, reading, the internet, chocolate, dogs, the grandkids, Ireland, and my chickens.