Farmgirl Fare: Daily Farm Photo: 3/16/06

Thursday, March 16, 2006

World's Best Pillow

Labels: lambing season 2006, lambs, Martha, sheep

14 Comments:

Sarah said...: Looks like a great pillow!; 3/16/2006 8:16 AM
Lacy said...: awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...

'nuff said; 3/16/2006 9:20 AM
sher said...: That is just too darn sweet!!!!!!!!!; 3/16/2006 11:33 AM
vlb5757 said...: Now that is a true picture of mother and child bonding! You gotta love that stuff for the ahhhhhfactor!; 3/16/2006 12:31 PM
I Gallop On said...: This looks like me and my two kids on the sofa after a long day.

(And the peanut butter sandwich that incited your revolt is indeed real! I pay about $7-$8 for a 60-lb bale of hay in a small ranching town. In Santa Fe, you can pay $10-$11. Is that obscene or what? I need 200 acres and an irrigation ditch.); 3/16/2006 12:43 PM
keewee said...: The babies sure growing fast.; 3/16/2006 1:09 PM
Baking Soda said...: "Outta ma way, next time you get the back side and I will be near the front" You can tell by the look on her face (sheepish) that she's fed up with the twins quarrelling and she told them to take turns..How do I know? (three boys, one 12 yr-old en twins, 9 yrs old now, believe me I know!); 3/16/2006 3:01 PM
b'gina said...: That is just precious.

People have suggested I get a goat so I don't have to have have the weeds wacked. I think a couple of nice little lambs would be much nicer, and less likely to head butt me. ;+); 3/16/2006 3:09 PM
Jeff in MD said...: I'll take 2! You can have Max in exchange....; 3/16/2006 9:03 PM
kitchenmage said...: Your world is just one huge bundle of adorable fuzzies these days! Mine, OTOH, is a warm laptop, a tight writing deadline, and new contact lenses that are giving me a headache. Wanna swap?; 3/17/2006 1:54 AM
lindy (the chicken)and whitey said...: Do you think anyone would mind if some chickenz came over to take a nap on that fluffy pillow? (Leaning against other chickens is just lumpy and scritchy.); 3/17/2006 6:21 AM
Barbara (Biscuit Girl) said...: That's the sweetest thing I've ever seen.; 3/17/2006 4:14 PM
Sunidesus said...: Awwww... that certainly does look like a comfy pillow!

They're getting so big! But staying adorable of course. :); 3/17/2006 7:25 PM
farmgirl said...: Hi Sarah,
Sure does!

Hi Lacy,
I second that.

Hi Sher,
It's like sugar coated sugar around here this time of year. : )

Hi Vickie,
Sometimes I feel sorry for the ewes because they can't hold and snuggle their babies, but they do manage to get close like this--and it's so darn cute.

Hi I.G.O.,
Ha ha, I bet.

Yikes, that's a lot of money for hay. Ouch.

Hi Keewee,
I swear they grow by the hour.

Hi Baking Soda,
LOL, I love your twin insight. Keep it coming!

Hi B'Gina,
I say forget the goat and go for a sheep. Goats can get out of practically any fencing, if they get into your shop they will eat all your nuts and bolts, and they smell funny. (Disclaimer: this is not just my opinion--goat keepers tell me this.) Plus, goats like brush and brambles and things a foot or more high; they will starve to death on a nice green pasture. Sheep, on the other hand, will trim your lawn to perfection. Once upon a time they used to use sheep to mow the White House lawn, you know. : )

Hi Jeff,
What is so wrong with Max?! : )

Hi Kitchenmage,
Tempting, but no.

Hi Chickens,
I suppose I should have made you two little woolly beds like I made the dogs and outside cats. I can't believe I didn't think to do that.

Hi Barbara,
I come up with a lot of excuses to go "check on the sheep" this time of year, just so I can adore the lambs.

Hi Sunidesus,
It really is amazing how fast they grow. And they do stay adorable, but the tiny newborns always win my heart--and make the "old" lambs (two or three weeks old) look so big and grown up.; 3/18/2006 11:00 AM

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Nearly everyone dreams of moving to the country, but few people are crazy enough to actually do it. I'm one of those few. In 1994, at 26, I sold my little bakery cafe, packed up 200 boxes of books & antiques, & waved goodbye to my native California. Armed with a basic knowledge of gardening, an overenthusiastic sense of adventure & lots of naivete, I ended up on a 280-acre, 140-year-old farm in the middle of nowhere. I became cook, gardener, shepherd, farmhand, vet, surrogate mom, wildlife expert, midwife & undertaker. My prep school education & graphic design background were useless. I went from attending restaurant openings & gallery receptions to working the rural fire dept's BBQ booth at the crafts fair & munching fried pies at country auctions. Seven years ago I moved to an even more remote 240-acre farm which I share with sheep, chickens, 2 dogs, 7 cats, 4 very entertaining donkeys & one really well fed farmguy. My life revolves around food. I write food & garden articles & have taught cooking classes & contributed to cookbooks. I'm a passionate bread baker, and we're slowly building a small wholesale artisan bread bakery here on the farm.