And to think, I was all worried about getting some tree tapping started, silly me, the weather forcast had it perfect timing to which this week has proven them wrong!

Well, I had another set of twins arrive in the barn this week, that brings my lamb count up to ten this year, with one loss.. they are smaller but then twins tend to be, one is a lovely chocolate and white like its mother and the other is very much a butterscotch color like its grandmomma.

They are snuggling jugged up and won’t be coming out till the weather gets better right now they would be in snow upwards of their little armpits that is just not a good thing for a wee one.

Girls bag is coming along nicely, in the last week she has had a good amount of development in a number of ways and area’s, its quite startling to me at how quickly the changes are coming on, so far she is still excellent in regards to being touched, and handled down there, I am starting her grooming on a more steady way, as I want to make her brushing out and grooming part of her let down milk routine.

My milking sheep has settled into a regular amount, she is at the holding stage, I have figured out that its not a good idea to take fresh milk and make hot chocolate out of it, its very thick and what I call furry on my tongue.. yuck, DH on the other hand loved it! I swear if I had just simmered a bit longer, it would have turned into pudding.

So while the days are getting longer and the urge to start some things to seed is going strong in me, I have to ask, in your neck of the woods is it still winter? It certainly is around here, and today alone we have added in another four inches of snow.

At least at the moment, we have good ground cover always a good thing for many many of my plants..

Tick, Tack and Toe are coming along well, they are getting to the point of giving welcoming chirps and crackles and the other day when a sheep followed me into their barn, i got to hear for the first time the alarm call.. wow! there is no missing it and I had to laugh, these are birds that were raised around sheep, so it was not that they had no idea what that thing was, it was as simple, as in this farm, in this barn, there have been no sheep, so its different and off went the alarm.

They are bright and charming birds, they remind me of my brown leghorns in regards to being flighty or edgy but still smart and interested at the same time.