More Lamb Posts

There are lots of lamb pictures this time of year. I love watching them and when I can get my camera to work, I love taking pictures of them. :)

In this first one, it looks like the little lamb is smiling.

Here is a little one grabbing a quick snack. You can tell his little tail is wagging.

This is how they fell asleep.

Here is a video of the lamb races. These take place each evening. It is so fun to watch.

This is a bouquet from the yard. There are regular, white and double daffodils and hyacinth. It smells wonderful!!!

Life is Full!!

We have been busy here on the farm. Last week, I made feta cheese using the cow's milk. It tastes wonderful and I am thrilled with the final product. I have 2 rounds floating in brine. I also tried Monterey Jack for the first time. We are going to age it a bit before tasting it. I need to make cheese again today. I am going to make either Cheddar or Colby. I will be making bread since we are out. :) Tomorrow they are having a bake sale at Michael's work to help feed homeless people. I am making a huge batch of cinnamon rolls to send. I guess I have my work cut out for me today. :)

Yesterday, before Michael got home from work, I happened to glance up just in time to see a cow go by my living room window. :) You never know what you will see when you look out the window here. I heard a noise one time in the night. I went to see what it was and Buttercup was eating out of the bird feeder right outside the window. :) Anyway, I figured if one cow was out, then others were as well. Sure enough, they had broken out and came to visit Buttercup who was in the pasture up front. They were standing there chatting with her. Praise the Lord for the Wonderful Neighbors and the "Cow Patrol." I called and the four oldest children came to assist me in putting them back in. I was trying to use Star to assist me in keeping the cows away from the house area. Using peanuts, I lured Clover to come to me and grabbed her halter. The WN Girl came and got her and started heading out to the big barn. The two steers went into the barn across from the house. I went in to try and herd them back in the direction they needed to go. Instead of running out toward the other barn, they went over near the back side of Buttercup's pasture. It had a fence partially around it, but the one side was open and if they went that way, they could go into the WN's garden. I was trying very carefully to keep from spooking them in that direction. They headed out to the far end of the pasture which was enclosed with fence. I started pulling posts on the movable electric netting and closing them in. I was able to contain them in a fenced area to await Michael's return home. :) The WN children had gotten Molasses by the halter and they attached both Clover and Molasses to the hay ring. They got Nutmeg in as well. Something was wrong with the charge on the wire. The cows had chewed it in half up near the barn. The WN girl tied it back in a knot and they turned the fence back on. Michael arrived about 10 minutes later. He took care of the details with the fence and the WN's helped him to get the two steers back to where they belonged.

Life sometimes gets too busy and I don't get outside to get pictures or even get on here to blog. We are going to have a possible freeze tonight and the next night, so I thought I would get some pictures of the plants outside in case the freeze kills them.

This is my bleeding heart plant. It is right outside my door.

If you look close in this picture you can see the first little buds of the flowers starting.

I have Iris blooming out front as well. The Vinca vine that you see was planted in a whiskey barrel planter probably six years ago. It came back the next year on the outside of the planter. It has slowly spread across the front. I am letting it go as it makes a nice ground cover.

My Wisteria is just starting to bloom. I am praying that the freeze does not kill it. This is only the second time it has bloomed. I just love it. Here are several pictures of it. You can see one of my sheep in the background on one of the pictures.

I think the frost killed some of the Lilac buds. This is the only thing on the 2 bushes that is blooming.

I opened the bluebird house and took a picture, but it turned out too dark. There was at least one baby bird in there. I could not see if it was a bluebird or not.

Wow, it is really SPRING!!!

I know that Spring always comes on with a bang, but this year, it has jumped like crazy. It gives a new meaning to the word, SPRING.

Here is our Bradford Pear tree on April 3rd of this year. That is just 4 days ago.

Here it is today!!!

Here is our Forsythia bush on March 31st.

Here it is on April 3rd.

Here is the lilac bush on the 31st of March.

Here is it today, just one week later. :)

The asparagus is leaping upwards. There is already some to pick!!!

Our garlic is doing wonderfully.

The white Daffodils are always the last to bloom.

The Spring Beauties are popping up everywhere. The color on this picture is horrible. Sorry.

Do you Sedum? :) It has doubled in size in just a couple of days.

Our Wisteria vine is putting out buds. It has only bloomed one year, but it was gorgeous and smelled oh so sweet.

I found the first Violets. They really are purple. I am having problems with my camera or something.

There are patches of Dandelions everywhere.

My Comfrey has also doubled in size in just a few days.

I found Tulips blooming at the back of the house.

This was a little tiny one hiding behind some greenery.

These are double Daffodils. I have a bunch of those as well.

Have you noticed Spring coming on with a surge this year?

Spring - Snow - Spring :)

There are so many signs of Spring, all around. I have lots of daffodils blooming.

The lilacs have fat leaf buds.

The Forsythia buds are swelling up.

The Hyacinth are pushing their way up through the soil.

I even found the first Dandelion!!

Then this happened. We were supposed to possibly get a dusting. :)

We woke up the next morning with 2 to 3 inches on the ground.

The daffodils were covered.

They were bundled under the snow.

It did not last long though. The green grass is out again. It got down to around 18 degrees last night, but the daffodils seem to be bouncing back this morning. :)

A Lovely Day!!!!

Our roof is finally clear of snow. :) This is one of the snow's last stands. Look how far out over the edge of the roof this is. Then you hear a loud noise like a small avalanche and it all slides down and drops off.

As you can see most of the snow is gone. It still looks so strange when I glance out the window and see grass. We were under snow cover for a long time.

It is also mud season now. The ground is all springy and squishy for at least 2".

This is what is left of our roof snow. :) This is the north side of the house, so it will be the last to go.

The Daffodils and Iris are not taking long at all to spring way up and start to form buds.

I went out back and checked and found these 2 little beauties. Oh, it brings joy to my heart to see the first crocus!!!

I went out and checked my garlic bed. We are not sure what we will get as the chickens really enjoyed scratching in this area. No matter how many times I shooed them away, they came back here. Here are a couple of shoots pushing up though.

This is our Bradford Pear tree out front. Michael told me it is not actually a Bradford, but I can't remember the right name.

I always tend to get excited when I see Spring bursting forth. I am loving the warmer temperatures and the sunshine!!! I have my windows open and I hear the birds and the breeze. Aaaaahhhhh... Spring!!!