A Friday ritual.
A single photo – no words – capturing a single moment from the week
A simple, special extraordinary moment.
A moment to pause, savor and remember.
Participating with the SouleMama blog.
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Month: May 2013
Sunday Muse
“True hope is swift and flies with swallows wings…”
~ Richard III, Act V, Scene II, William Shakespeare
{this moment}
A Friday ritual.
A single photo – no words – capturing a single moment from the week
A simple, special extraordinary moment.
A moment to pause, savor and remember.
Participating with the SouleMama blog.
Lambing Season Summary
Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.
We hope that you will enjoy this slide show of lambing season. The last ewe had twins about a week ago… at 3 a.m. … at the bottom of the hill… of course. Here is a little summary of the season that will be known as either The Year of the Big Lamb or The Year of the Ram (we haven’t quite decided which).
Lambing Ratio 1.5172
Average Weight Per Lamb 11 lbs 8 ozs
14 singles, 14 sets of twins, 1 set of triplets
16 ewe lambs, 28 ram lambs
29 white lambs, 15 black lambs
We only had two lambs that weighed under 8 lbs. We had four lambs that weighed over 15 lbs. The smallest lamb weighed 6 lbs 14 ozs and the largest 16 lbs 13 ozs. We were a little disappointed in our lambing ratio this year, but hopefully we’ll have a summer filled with big, healthy lambs growing beautiful, curly wool.
Sunday Muse
“The mountain remains unmoved by its seeming defeat by the mists.”
~ Robert Penn Warren
Weekly Top Shot
After a day filled with wind, rain, sleet and hail, everyone was excited to see the blue sky and soak up a little pasture sunshine.
joining The View From Right Here
{this moment}
A Friday ritual.
A single photo – no words – capturing a single moment from the week
A simple, special extraordinary moment.
A moment to pause, savor and remember.
Participating with the SouleMama blog.
Open House
Please join us for an afternoon of music, visiting with old friends and making new ones.
Learn about wool! Meet the triplets ~ Merry, Pippen and Samwise!
OPEN HOUSE
Sunday, June 2nd from 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Music by Aurora Celtic
Pony rides (weather permitting)
Wool, Spinning Batts, Roving for Hand-spinners
Naturally-dyed Yarn and Hand-Dyed Yarn
Photographs, Note cards, Mugs
Spinning Demonstrations
Bake Sale benefits historic Mt. Olivet Church
{this moment}
A Friday ritual.
A single photo – no words – capturing a single moment from the week
A simple, special extraordinary moment.
A moment to pause, savor and remember.
Participating with the SouleMama blog.
A Big Day
Yesterday was a big day, in more ways than one! Hera who had been looking very miserable for several days, delivered triplets. She had to have a little assistance, as the black one was trying to back its way into the birth canal and was a little sideways. Once the shepherdess got him moving, his brothers popped right out. Yes, they are all rams. Having been sired by Strider, they were promptly named Merry, Pippen and Samwise. Oh, wait… just realized that you cannot see them in the photo below because they are wearing their little hobbit cloaks of invisibility…
Here’s a photo from earlier in the day. Merry weighed in at 7 lbs 15 ozs, Pippen weighed 8 lbs and Samwise weighed 8 lbs 10 ozs. Quite a load for one little mama to bear, but she is doing well.
To top the day off, Petunia gave birth to a big ewe lamb. When we say big, we mean BIG… she weighed 16 lbs 13 ozs.
We’ve fallen behind on the lamb posts, but are attempting to catch up over on Flickr Lambs of 2013. We’re beginning to see the light at the end of the lambing season tunnel.