Lambing Continues

Margie, this one's for you :) a close up of the lace project. It's just pinned out so it will look better once I get it all done and wet finish it.

Basa and her girls out enjoying the sunshine and grass for a bit.

Louise just can't seem to get that little lamb to come with her to the field! He wants to check out everything else, including Del. Basa decided to see if her help was needed...

This is our first little ram lambs first day out of the lambing jug and Alicia just couldn't resist comming over to check him out. I think he liked that attention, he kept running back to the fence every time Louise tried to get him to follow her to the thick grass.

I can never quite catch Demi and her little girl sleeping but this time I did snap the picture before they got up.

Our newest lamb

Just a quick picture of our newest little lamb.

More Lambs

Actually, this is a better picture of Basa our WONDERFUL maremma, but you can see the lamb behind her in the small pen. Basa is so good with the lambs! She helps the ewes keep track and the first time one of the lambs figured out how to escape the pen (of course in the dark of night and yes, a black lamb ;) ) Basa made such a racket we came rushing out to the barn to check things out and were able to get the lamb back with mama in just a few minutes.

This is Demi and her new ewe lamb. She looks especially messy but she's mostly soaking wet! We haven't had a downpour like this in a while and so, of course, another lamb. Thankfully my daughter was here and helped me get mama and baby in the barn with a heat lamp and some deep hay and we were able to make sure she was nursing and not just sucking on wet fleece . . .
I was trying to get this picture up while she was still the newest lamb. . . but that was a couple of days ago and we now have another sweet lamb. Can someone please tell me why the ewe's think the nasty weather is the time to lamb??? On the up side, I've heard we might get snow this weekend, maybe we'll have another lamb or two :)

Our First Lamb!!

What a darlin' lamb! We heard Basa barking and went out to check what was going on. Look what we found :) Honestly, I knew they'd be little (we raise Shetlands after all) but my goodness, when she stands next to the fence she's not as tall as three of the squares on the 4"x4" cattle panel fencing she was next to.

After we got mama and baby set up in their own space and took care of the necessities we came in for a quick lunch and then back to check on everyone - with the camera this time. She's been nursing like a champ and was taking a nap when I started taking pictures. Mama didn't seem too happy with me waking her up so I'll try and get more pictures tomorrow

How do you like it now??

Remember back in December when I got some beautiful roving in a swap? Then I spun it up into about a sport weight 3 ply with one being alpaca? Well, look what it's going to be. This scarf is similar to the Morning Surf Scarf. I'm using size 10 needles and the picture below is much more accurate as far as color goes.

I'll get better pictures when it's all done.

Spring is Here!

My niece came out to visit the other day. We met for lunch in town to deliver some Girl Scout cookies with my granddaughter and decided it was a wonderful day to see the alpacas and hike to the bluff. I don't think you can see it too well with the sun in this picture but Jake had 'greeted' her by jumping up and his paws reach almost to her shoulders! Muddy paws on a white jacket and she's still smiling. I just love this girl :)

My little Muffin makes an extraordinary guide :) I don't think she was trying for camouflage when she chose her outfit though. She just can't help that she seems to be part wood nymph.
Oh, I do wish I still had her energy. She kept wanting to go the "interesting" way - translate that the longest, winding way possible without doubling back.

I couldn't get the pictures in this post to work the way I wanted and so some of them are fuzzy but this is my 'backyard' and on a beautiful spring day I can't think of much that I'd rather do than hike around out here!

You can just start to see the water from the river through the trees here.

This is overlooking the Katy Trail but I wouldn't want to climb down there from this vantage point.

Finally! The view from the top of the bluff. You can just about make out the next bluff
hanging over the trail and that's the Missouri River winding along it's way to the state capital.
When I was a girl, not much different than Muffin, there were still trains running on the tracks.

and looking back towards Rocheport a little more of the river.
I just love being home!

Making Mittens

I made my friend a pair of mittens. They aren't blocked in this picture but now they're on their way to their new home so this is the picture I have.

I ran across this blog post and immediately thought of my friend who loves owls. Since I already have too many projects on the needles to make a sweater in a reasonable amount of time, and with all the doggie daycare at my house a sweater isn't guaranteed to survive anyway... I decided on mittens.

This pattern is so quick and easy! I loved knitting the owls and thinking of my friend. I hope she likes them as much as I do.