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Sunday, May 10, 2009

A New Mother for Mother's Day

The other day, a yearling had a lamb in the pasture. She did great.


Now the lamb is grazing with the rest of the flock and doing great. Spring lambs are much easier for a shepherd than winter lambs. Very rarely is there work to be done and the mama takes care of the baby.


Happy Mother's Day to all of you mothers out there.
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8 comments:

  1. maritSunday, May 10, 2009 at 6:09:00 AM EDT

    Spring lambs makes a lot more sense to me than winterlambs...I don't know of anyone in Norway that gets winterlambs. But several of those that have milkgoats, have moved birth from Jan/Feb back to Oct/Nov, to be able to deliever milk all year round. The dairy started making a new, fresh goats cheese, and needed fresh milk the whole year, so the farmers adjusted. I'm sure the sheepfarmers would have adjusted too, if there was a demand for it.

    Thank you for writing this blog, I enjoy both your farmstories and your art.

    Have a lovely mothers day!

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  2. Melanie JolicoeurSunday, May 10, 2009 at 9:55:00 AM EDT

    What a cutie! Your sheep and pasture are just gorgeous, I love seeing photos of them here.

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  3. DeborahSunday, May 10, 2009 at 10:04:00 AM EDT

    what a sweet image for Mother's Day. Thank you!

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  4. Linda TajirianSunday, May 10, 2009 at 8:11:00 PM EDT

    Hi Kristen,

    I will call you soon to hook up so I can take pictures of the sheep for my illustration references. Lots has happened to me, lost my job 2 weeks ago, but have 10 months severance. Time to figure out next stage of life. Illustration and... teaching maybe. Nice Mom's Day image. What a cutie!

    Talk to you soon... Linda Tajirian, Hartford, CT

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  5. DJSunday, May 10, 2009 at 8:22:00 PM EDT

    Lovely pic of Mom and baby. Just a thought here in reference to your dialup and not being able to respond to comments. I know a blogger who periodically does a whole blog post that contains answers and responses to comments. This way she doesn't have to spend time trying to comment to each one. She just compiles a post of all the info that is needed. I really enjoy reading those posts. Thanks again for the Mom's day pic and for producing such a nice blog.
    Hugs, DJ in SW MI

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  6. TurtleSunday, May 10, 2009 at 10:20:00 PM EDT

    sweet! Happy mothers day!!

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  7. LauraSunday, May 10, 2009 at 11:18:00 PM EDT

    Congratulations! Kristin Nicholas has won a blogging award at www.laurarsilverman.blogspot.com .

    Thank you for always brightening my day!

    Laura

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  8. mascanlonMonday, May 11, 2009 at 10:33:00 PM EDT

    Such a beautiful set of images, thanks for sharing.

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Thanks so much for taking the time out of your busy day to leave me a comment. I love hearing from you.

Have a great day,
Kristin