Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 04:53PM They're getting pretty squished in their nest.
Too tire to pose for the camera . . .
The parents were close-by this morning yelling at me as I took pictures.
Daddy:
Mommy:
Monday, May 20, 2013 at 07:19AM We have a Wisteria vine that has taken over a corner of our porch.
Happily, this year it's blooming again. Last year, the winter wasn't strong enough for it and we didn't get any flowers. It usually blooms twice a year, so I'm hopeful that we're back on track.
Besides giving us shade and wonderful fragrance, it provides a great nesting place for robins.
This is when we discovered them on Friday (May 17, 2013)
We counted four ugly little babies in there!
And here they are this morning (Monday, May 20, 2013):
We're trying to follow their growth, but I've already had to shoo Garfield off the porch once, so I'm not sure if they'll be able to survive in such an easily-accessible nest. Fingers crossed!
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 09:24AM We had a sweet little moorit ram lamb born last Thursday (May 2). We've named him Wyeth which means, "from Land by the Willow." I had been watching EL all day, but a friend and her girls stopped by and we all got distracted with frogs in the pond. They left and about an hour later, I looked outside and saw a dark spot next to EmmyLou. Since Rose was the only other dark lamb, I knew she's lambed! When I got out there, he had been walking for a while and was all cleaned off and dry. I missed the whole thing! I'm sure it's the first of many lambings that I'll miss.
Here he is when I got to him.
Kat helped me get a better look the next day.
I think he is quite handsome. Of course, it may be because he's my favorite color!
Monday, April 29, 2013 at 05:35PM I'm so proud of little June becoming a mom! She had a beautiful little ram and she's a natural at motherhood. He looks just like June and Ash (who is June's half brother, and also has the same father as June's lamb). Keeping with the tree theme, he's being called Aspen.
With his underlying spot patterns, I'm pretty sure he's a gray Katmulget, but with a HUGE spot over it all. Shetland genetics are amazing!
