Mount Saviour Monastery

May 3021 News:
On the 3rd, our outdoor freezer locker compressor quit and needed an emergency repair. On the 5th Emma, the Maremma, made her third visit to the vet to be de-quilled from yet another porcupine encounter. Porcupine 3. Emma 0.
 

With the warming weather fans were brought back out of closets and strategically positioned in the refectory and chapel. Dehumidifiers were started up as well as the temperature reached into the 90's on the 21st.
 

Brother Gabriel returned to the monastery from physical rehabilitation on the 27th. He took a fall last month as a result of an inner ear infection now cleared up. He is in our infirmary area for now and is participating in our Offices and meals as he scoots along using a walker to get around.
 

 

The first round of sheep shearing commenced on the 28th. The sheep may have preferred holding onto their coats until warmer weather. The day was described as dreary by the weather service as it was unusually cold for this time of year and rainy throughout the day. Fortunately, much of the action took place under cover. Plus the cooler temperatures are much more comfortable than hot weather as the sheep congregate together waiting patiently to be shorn. Sort of like how it was while waiting in lengthy lines during the rush to get the Covid-19 vaccination. The next day was more of the same from 8:30 ' 5 pm. About 110 ewes were shorn with their pelts hung up to dry wherever a place could be found to hang them. The ewes and lambs seemed very happy to be reunited at the end of the day and the dogs happy to have all the commotion at an end.