A Joyful Noel

On Christmas morning Tilly the ewe had to be brought into the lambing shed. She wasn't about to give birth but she was stumbling around and lethargic. We treated her for two of the possible causes and left her on a warm bed of straw, hoping for the best. After Christmas dinner, we checked on her again. She was about to give birth. She had a huge male lamb and Dad had the the rather sweet idea of calling him Noel.

And the even better news is that Tilly is back to her usual self.

Suckie's Christmas Stroll

With the ewes in the shed I was able to take Suckie for a nice walk around the yard.

The weather here has been very wet so poor Suckie's soggy wool was parted down the middle.

And of course, because it's Christmas, I couldn't resist having some fun...

Oh, bless her. She was very patient with me. Thanks, Suckie.

There's just one more thing to say:

From all of us!

Starting with Three

And so it begins...

Having just brought the first flock of ewes indoors yesterday, we woke this morning to find three extra sheep in there. These are the first lambs of the season.

There's a girl:

And two boys:

I'd almost forgotten how cute lambs were at this age.

Happy Pip

Today Pip helped us to make a bed for the pregnant ewes in one of the indoor pens. We rolled a round bale of straw around while Pip jumped onto now and again for a stroke. She was happy to see the job done.

Ben the Birthday Boy!

This week Ben celebrated his third birthday.

To celebrate I borrowed a lens from college and took some shiny new pictures! 

Happy Birthday, Ben!

Happy / Sad

Wordless Wednesday #26 ::: Little Pip in the Spotlight

Ted Head

Um... hello - is anyone there? Hello?

PS I have some news! I'm starting a blog about the work I do in college so I'm just putting that out there for you all. It'll mostly be photography but maybe some drawing. Here's the link www.gobosarecoming.blogspot.co.uk. Thank you!

The Flood

Every time it rains heavily for a few days in a row the ground becomes saturated at two fields on either side of the lane flood in one corner. Teddy loves jumping in puddles so I wanted to see what he'd make of a huge one.

He's giving me his pathetic face.

He wasn't too fussed about the whole thing. While I was wellington boot deep in the flood he just skirted around the shallow bits.

Did I mention that it was very deep?

I called him over to me and I got The Face again.

Take Teddy out of the water and he's the king of the castle.

Scary Teddy

We hope everyone had a happy and safe Halloween!