Hello Colorful Friends! How are you? I hope March is treating you well. Here at the farm, lambs are continuing to arrive. As our lambing season continues, it is the yearling ewes who begin to deliver. As you can imagine, first time mamas are sometimes confused with what just happened. Most of them have innate instincts that help them know that they have to lick the fluids off the baby thus stimulating the new life to breathe. Generally, we leave the mother to do her thing but sometimes the ewe has no interest in her baby and things go south. It is all a part of sheep farming that after 30 something years becomes the normal cycle of our year here. We are up to over 150 lambs so things are chaotic as you can imagine. I was lucky to arrive just after this lamb was born.
The bright spot for me in the pandemic has been the ability to attend webinars and classes that normally wouldn’t have been accessible. I’ve learned about Georgia O’Keeffe’s garden, Finnish saunas, the Bloomsbury Group, the musical composer for Hitchcock movies, and Gilded Age mansions.
Knitting and staying connected to my knitting buddies through group texts and walks in Forrest Park have helped me through this time. Using this time to finish knitting projects that have been left undone for years has given me such a sense of accomplishment. Your bird frenzy has been a bright spot. Especially the bluebird! How can you not smile when you see that happy little bird? Thank you for the links to wonderful places and recipes. Loved the one on “wintering”
I always enjoy your posts and your links.
The bright spot for me in the pandemic has been the ability to attend webinars and classes that normally wouldn’t have been accessible. I’ve learned about Georgia O’Keeffe’s garden, Finnish saunas, the Bloomsbury Group, the musical composer for Hitchcock movies, and Gilded Age mansions.
I’ve been lucky.
Knitting and staying connected to my knitting buddies through group texts and walks in Forrest Park have helped me through this time. Using this time to finish knitting projects that have been left undone for years has given me such a sense of accomplishment. Your bird frenzy has been a bright spot. Especially the bluebird! How can you not smile when you see that happy little bird? Thank you for the links to wonderful places and recipes. Loved the one on “wintering”