So I was walking in the barn pasture fixing some of the fence wires that came out of the posts, and Maine yells at me from the woods pasture "Hey dad, there's a baby lamb!" She had been in the woods, and on her way out, she stopped by the pasture to get a look at what was following Clover around. I walked over to where she was, and sure enough, Clover had a lamb RIGHT NEXT TO HER! WOW, what a surprise. We did not even know that she was bred!
Not know she was bred? How could you not know? Well, first off, she did not LOOK bred, and secondly, we kept the rams away from the ewes EXCEPT for a couple of times they all got mixed up together. :) Since we are not all that experienced with handling sheep, those types of things are bound to happen.
This is Clover with her new lamb Clementine. As Maine has named her.
And last week we added a parakeet to the inside RAT that Asher has in his room. I don't know what I am thinking letting the children keep pets in the house. Have I gone mad?
In fact, it has shocked the children a bit that I have been letting them get and keep household pets. And it is shocking me as well! I guess in my older age things aren't as they were when I was younger. I figure that a few little animals aren't going to hurt me.
I purchased this cage years ago (when Pottery Barn had no idea that bird cages were cool) and have only used it for decoration. Now it was time to put it to use. And since the bird has been here, only for a few days, it has gotten out of the cage twice. What fun it is to try to catch a flying bird in the house. :)
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