The Sound of Spring

Spring is a season of music. The earth wakes from its winter slumber, and her children celebrate with song. For many people, the “sound of spring” is a chorus of birds singing to the rising sun, the call of Canada geese as they return North to nest and raise their young, or the cacophony of frogs that lull [...]

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And So It Begins…

Lambing Journal ~ March 12, 2010 Lambing has begun!  We’re a week early, but since sheep have a hard time with calendars, I guess that’s to be expected. The first ewe to lamb was Winnie. She’s a veteran three-year-old and she took care of birthing by herself. I saw her on the “Lamb-Cam” when I came down [...]

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And All Shall Be Well

Lambing Journal ~ March 6, 2010 This morning I brought my ewes home for lambing. For most of the winter, the sheep are on pasture, staying fat on stockpiled pasture and good hay, but now we’re three weeks from the start of lambing and  it’s time for the girls to come to the barn so I can [...]

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A Season of Beginnings

     Six lambs in twenty-four hours. It’s a first-day record for our maternity ward and one we are in no hurry to break. Mom, Kindra, and I wash the last of the amniotic fluid, straw, and other less savory substances from our hands, gather up the pile of dirty towels, and head, at last, for the house. We [...]

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