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Can’t seem to recall if I’ve ever seen a sheep farm in any of my travels in America.<\/div>\n
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Here there are times when every way I look all I see are sheep….<\/p>\n

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Can’t seem to recall if I’ve ever seen a sheep farm in any of my travels in America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ireland","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-3V","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5569,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/11\/24\/only-the-sheep-were-outside\/","url_meta":{"origin":243,"position":0},"title":"Only the Sheep Were Outside","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"November 24, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The temps were running at 32 degrees when I was out for my ride today. 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