We had the lovely opportunity to play music at the Shops at Fallen Timbers, here in Ohio. Four hours of music with a lovely art show, craft fairs and fun for the kids. It’s the second year we’ve been asked, that is very fun! It was sure sunny… we all got a little sun burnt!
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May 8th, 2015… Miss Bonnie was safely delivered of two sweet little ewe lambs!!!
The world rejoiced!!!! How cute!!!
If you have been following our blog, you know that Bonnie is our rescue sheep… a hard luck case that just has had a rough life even though we are all trying to give her contentment and peace. She was seized by the Sandusky County Humane Society 2 and half years ago from a hoarding situation in terriable shape. Her goat friend died shortly after from his poor condition. She was living with a friend of ours, with all her angora goats, but it was apparent that she was just not happy… she needed some sheep friends. She wasn’t bonding with the goats. She missed her friend Bart.
So she came here to live with our sheep and we really think she likes it here. She is close friends with Beulah and Emma and loves to watch over lambs. She had a awful situation last year when she had a little ewe lamb that was killed an hour after birth by a mule that we had been watching. It was dreadful, never suspected, and a sad story.
So, we decided to give her another chance at motherhood because she so loves babies… and today, she delivered a pair of sweet little ewelings!!! We are so excited.
They are doing great… she is such a good mom. I think everything will be very good for her now, she has a new little family to take care of. And her babies are darlings… 
Iris is babysitting all the other lambs while Bonnie and her babies get the paddock all to their own…
This is baby Laurel… she is a very brave little soul! Her sister is named Willow… she has a blacker muzzle and different coat texture. We are naming everyone after medicial plants this year! It was going to be just herbs, but well, we didn’t like all the names, so we strayed a wee bit.
As newborns, they are already bigger than the Shetland babies who are 4 or 6 days old! We’re not sure what Bonnie is… she is a mix for sure, but we think some Suffolk and maybe a hair sheep, like Katahdin… Now her babies are half Shetland and half Bonnie! Will be very curious to see how their fleece turns out!
Thistle and Basil have found a fort! haha…
This is Willow… isn’t she pretty???
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One of the lovely rituals of lambing season and the spring is that we have to go and check on the ladies of the field often. And early! I’ve been going out in the early morning, usually between 6:30 and 8:00 am to check and make sure if any new lambs have been born that everyone is doing well and also in case any mommas are in labour or distress. It’s a nice little walk out, usually in my jammies and muck boots, a very stylish combination in farm fashion! I love how quiet the homestead is. Our animals are like us… they sleep in!
That is one of those farm stories that everyone likes to ask of us… how do you deal with getting up at the crack of dawn. Well. We don’t. Our animals know that breakfast is anywhere from oh, 9 am to about 11 am. And then dinner is later in the afternoon. As long as you have a nice routine with them, they are fine. In fact, our gang all sleep in! I catch them all the time, way after sunrise, still snoozing!
This morning was so beautiful! We had a very rainy day before and then this morning was all misty and foggy. It was beautiful. With the deep, rich green grass and the mist, it seemed as if I was stepping back into ancient Ireland. Just so beautiful.
Quiet, too. Just eery and silent. There weren’t even as many cars and trucks as normally there is, this fine morning.
The pony boys were awake and just quietly wandering the back pasture looking for little nibbles of tall grass. Of course, they had to come and visit, because I think they are surprised to see a food lady out so early!
I’m so thankful that our gang is all friendly and loves to come up and visit, even if it’s just a morning hello and a little scratch under the chin. Of course, they LOVE it when I have a cookie or carrot for them, but that is not that often. We have to watch the treats because we don’t want them being too pushy for goodies. But I think they are just curious, too. They love to see and know what is going on. So they come to check it out.
I thought this was a cute picture. I snuck up on the hogs and caught them all sleeping on their little pile nest. All in a line. So darling. Onyx is finally starting to catch up a little bit, he’s still a small boy for sure! Let’s hope he was enough boar to get the job done and we are looking at two litters in the next month or so! Wouldn’t that be wonderful. We love little piglets!!!
Well, that is my little photo trip in the early morning. Out looking for baby lambs and just enjoying the whole homestead morning experience. It’s just so beautiful, don’t you think?
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