Herdwick a "smit") of marking sheep for ownership. Before chemical dyes became available, this dye was made from either iron ore or graphite mixed with grease. For many years the legal method of identifying a particular shepherd's sheep were notches cut out of a sheep's ear, called "lug" marks—now replaced by ear tags. Herdwick The Herdwick is a breed of domestic sheep native to the Lake District of Cumbria in North West England. The name "Herdwick" is derived from the Old Norse "herdvyck", meaning sheep pasture. Though low in lambing capacity and perceived wool quality when compared to more common commercial
Jimmy Smits opposite Christine Lahti, Annie Potts, and Ken Stott in the critically lauded Broadway play "God of Carnage", replacing Jeff Daniels. In December 2012 through March 2013, he appeared in Chicago in "The Motherfucker with the Hat", at Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Smits was married to high school sweetheart, Barbara Smits, from 1981 until 1987. They have two children, Taina (born in 1973) and Joaquin (born in 1983). Taina Smits-Beasley (Jimmy Smits daughter) currently lives in Virginia and is a theatre arts teacher at Glasgow Middle School in Fairfax County, VA. Since 1986, he has been in a relationship with actress Wanda