Our blackbirds.
Our newest and last lamb of the year just a couple of hours old here ~ we have named this little guy ' Moose' !
He is a big lamb; long legged and long bodied.
That's a portrait of his mom below. Her name is Snowball and Moose is her first lamb. It was a difficult birth for her but she's doing beautifully now and is proving to be an awesome mom! Moose is finding his legs and learning how to keep his big head up.
It's been snowing the last few days. All three lambs and their moms are still in their comfy lambing apartments till it's a bit more spring like outdoors.
Soon they'll be bounding about out on fresh spring grass and as Matthew; one of our wood ring folks said " ...they'll be making the place look like an Easter greeting card come to life!" :)
It's lunch time and we're just warming up one of our favourites ~ homemade (of course) split pea soup. mmmm.
Our resident cow and her two calves grazed for a couple of hours on the ridge across the creek. They are so comfortable with us; it's a lovely thing. We hanker for a telephoto lens so that we can really get close up and personal.
And indoors, our kitchen table tulips reach full bloom. Another spectacular day.
"Shorts" (or Shorty for short :) our first spring lamb ~ was born March 8th at 9:30pm. This little ram lamb promises to be an entertaining addition to our wee flock.
He and 'the Mrs' are doing just fine. 
After quite an impressive blast of winter last week, the last few days have brought warm winds and rain resulting in some tremendous puddles around the place. Small ponds really :)
We've had some wonderful visits the last few days from a coyote, a moose and of course our black fox.
The 3 or 4 year old bull moose who has been hanging about took a shine to the nicely stacked hay bales in the covered hay shed, helping himself to the odd snack. The hay is for the sheep so although we had to put a stop to his free snack bar, our big moose isn't going hungry. He's been pruning our trees and grazing and doesn't seem to mind our attention one little bit. We got some great video footage of him.
It's a beautiful time of year made ever more so by the promise of spring.
Our sweet black fox reappeared today. We hadn't seen him for a few weeks but today the snow is just right. A nice crust on the surface but soft enough to hear the mice below and penetrate the snow when he pounces.
Today, a few more scenes from our winter wonderland.
When we're not working, we're pushing snow :) Spectacular days in the sunshine!
Talk to you soon!
