Madelyn with newborn twins.

Lambs belonging to Rose and Sandie.

Lisa spent a couple of days in the area…

…and she brought some friends out to see the lambs.

These are the quads. I am bottle feeding the smallest black one. She is not as vigorous as the others and isn’t able to compete for milk. Besides I think she has something else wrong with her, but I’ll keep feeding her to see how she develops.

Storm and triplets. Storm is a Jacob/BFL (Bluefaced Leicester) cross, bred back to a BFL.

Tranquility’s triplets.

Zora’s triplets. I asked the question earlier of “how many lambs can you fit in a tub?’ The answer is three.

If it seems as though there are a lot of triplets this year, that’s because there are six sets so far. I looked back in some of my Lambing Journals, the document I keep up with daily so I can share with Farm Club. I didn’t tally the stats most years, but for those I did I came up with: 8 sets in 2024, 7 sets in 2022, 2 sets in 2019, and 8 sets in 2017.

Fresh pasture this morning.

Back to the loom. This has nothing to do with sheep or wool, but I am starting to panic because I have a show at the Artery in May and I’m trying to get some new things woven. This is 10/2 cotton, much finer than the wool I usually weave.

And speaking of sheep, do any of you play Wordle? I just started at the end of January and am now on a 49 day streak that I don’t want to end. This one was relevant.