Just woke up to #thewayitsmellsinhere

also it’s an amazing night out in this beautiful town I think we should get a celebration do over next year when we make DC a state and celebrate America’s 251st birthday instead

Creepy. Why are they doing that?

The creepy founder of Lumon from Severance has been nominated the GOP candidate for governor of Maine.

Pulled back the tarp over the far garden and got to greet lots of wee snakeys

Same pasture 5 mins later

Almost stepped on it

Spying on them

Another straggler lambed today. Really impressed with the lamb and mom.

The Upper Lower is exploding with white clover

dude had to come in to the house for a shot (the lamb, I’m allowed in here every day)

Cooked (foreground) cooking (beyond)

They’re doing good in a weird place. Glad to have this cut as a pressure relief valve for grazing when the weather already seems too dry.

Here comes the columbine

First red clover of the year

Steamy

Love getting texts like this

That was fast

Still got a few births trickling in. Will we break 100 lambs this year??

Waiting by the gate

Three births this morning right on top of each other. The ewes in question got pretty confused and the little guy in the last pick got lost in the shuffle. Gave him away to the nice man from China again!! He was tiny, glad he’s not trying to hack it in the pasture.

Started cleaning the barn and building compost windrows today.

Teaching my daughter and her anemic boyfriend how to skip stones

She’s so wide I was figuring on triplets. Nope, she’s just wide.

Kind gross pic of ewe cleaning her lamb moments after birth, it’s not real bad but I flagged it graphic just in case you are squeamish and don’t wanna see that.

The fun never stops

More births and a visit to the ram pasture.

Bla blah blah I’m pooped

Boy came with me on evening rounds and he got to hold the rifle. He’s so responsible! 🥰

Busy time in the pasture. 6 lambs born today, lots of shouting out there, lots of flies. It’s intense 🥵

Big brown ram today. Pretty routine.

First reject of the year, the scrawny one in front. dam is like “I don’t know her”. But I gave her to a really nice guy who raises bottle lambs in China!

Appreciate the fuck outa this ewe, she does everything right. Wish she’d had two ewes instead of two rams. 🫤

This is the only one I’ve pulled so far. He’s a little weird but maybe ok?

Got behind on posting lambs cuz they are coming so steady rn. Busy times but mostly good. Black flies are getting gnarly.

“Find the fish”

We hit it right this year and got to see the alewife run on the Blackman at about peak. So very cool.

Twins from the so-called Holstein. Love black and white lambs, don’t love how I look like John Cleese in this pic.

Huge single ewe from yesterday. Love the one brown ear.

Shadbush looks great

Nice big single ewe. I like the deep color.

Single ewe this morning. Piebald like her mom. This mother is super attentive yltsi.

Two more sets of twins this afternoon. Things are heating up.