Category Archives: Sheep
Calling All Angels
Dear Friends, The animal sanctuary and I need a new home. The place where we’ve been living has just been sold and we need to move by the end of July. My sanctuary has a nonprofit sponsor and I am … Continue reading
The Apple Ritual
The animals are starting the apple ritual early this year. They coax me to the various trees around the property to get me to shake the tree and bring down some apples for them. The apples aren’t ready, but the … Continue reading
Joys of Summer
What a joy it is to feed dinner to the group in the warm late afternoon of summer. These days, now that the grass on the land is dried golden, the animals are usually waiting near the barn at 4 pm … Continue reading
Exploring the World
One of the joys of having animals roam free is getting to watch their explorations of the wide world. Here is Snowflake at 18 days old discovering the birdbath and figuring out what to do with it, while her sister, … Continue reading
Shearing Day
Shearing happened last week—the annual event that must be endured to get those heavy coats of wool off for the summer. It’s an uncomfortable procedure for the sheep (and scary if it’s your first time!) and I feel their distress—we’re … Continue reading
Leaps and Bounds
Now I understand the phrase “growing by leaps and bounds”! Snowflake and Aurora Charlotte are leaping and bounding all over the place while they grow so very quickly. Here they are at nearly a month old. Today is shearing day … Continue reading
Life at Lamb Speed
It’s hard to work with the call of the lambs, two little ones growing up at warp speed, beckoning me outside to watch them at rest and play. The twins are no longer curling up for a nap in the … Continue reading
Happiness in a Bowl of Hay
Misty morning on the sanctuary. Since the new lambs kept climbing in their mama’s breakfast bowl, I put out two bowls of hay, thinking Fleur would get a chance to eat out of at least one of them. When I … Continue reading
Little Goddesses
Fleur’s twins have grown amazingly already. Here they are at two days old. The lambs’ names arrived soon after they did. Snowflake is the white one and Aurora Charlotte is the spotted lamb. Aurora’s second name is in honor of our … Continue reading
More Surprises
After morning feeding, I was back inside contemplating a cup of coffee when I heard baaing that kept going intermittently. This was unusual, so I went out to see what was going on. Here’s what I thought it was all … Continue reading