Amazing April

April saw lambing carrying on, although the busiest was behind us. It gave me more time to take pet lambs for walks, a noble pastime. This is Valerie.

 

This is a door. (I just thought the light on it was pretty.)

 

Astrid.

 

Frida.

 

Feebee.

Spot on the lane.

Some lambs out in the field with their mums.

Laurel's twins, a boy and a girl.

Minnie, lambless through no fault of her own. Better luck next year.

 

This lamb has a cute patch.

Laurel and her children.

Not that I should be picking favourites, but Audrey's ewe lamb this year... that's a favourite.

Clover's twins are hiding behind her.

Another sweet set of twins.

 

Blue Belle enjoying the spring grass.

 

 

 

Ethel.

 

 

Olive.

 

 

Valerie's twin sister Patricia.

 

 

 

Poppy was having fun with her ball, but accidentally passed it to Blue Belle. Both she and Valerie didn't really know how to play ball.

 

 

 

Patricia was no help either.

 

 

The twins with their babysitter.

 

 

Patricia.

 

 

The youngest of the pet lambs, Petal.

 

 

 

Susan looking into the Potato Field.

 

 

And she's in!

 

Sunset on the Hill

One evening at the very end of May, I set out on the quad to visit the ewes and lambs on the hill. I took these photos by driving around the field in a large loop and photographing whoever I came across.

 

Clover.

 

I remember the morning this black ewe lamb was born - several ewes lambed out in the field just days before we were going to bring them inside. Thankfully she turned out well!

 

"Excuse me, you're in our shot."

 

Ethel's brother.

 

Connie's lamb, Fudge, which was a placeholder name at the start but now it's kind of stuck.

 

Connie managed to clip most of her own fleece this year.

 

Chanel.

 

Her lamb.

 

The very first lamb born in the 2023 lambing season - born in late December 2022, of course!

It was a very, very wet summer so evenings like these feel extra precious.