Busy Time.

The sheep have kept us very busy and we now have a lovely run of lambs. They are now old enough to leave mum for a short while. This is playtime, big bunches of up to about forty run up and down the meadow, jumping and leaping as they go. If one is lucky enough to find a little hill or a stone to stand on he is king of the castle. This is a favourite game. He will try to defend the hill, then a combined effort of two or three lambs will manage to push him off. Then there is a new king and the game begins again. The younger smaller lambs stand back watching the game. When the big ones race off to the next game the little ones try to play too. This morning someone drove into the farmyard to tell us that a few lambs were playing in the road. We went up to look. There were two lambs in the road and two in the field. They had squeezed under the gate. It was great fun for them. Mother was quite distressed and was calling to them. We put some wood under the gate to prevent any more escapes and possible accidents. We have been very lucky with the weather so far. The forcast is very bad for the last day of January. Hopefully it wont cause too many problems.
There have been births in the cow shed too. So far we havn`t seen any born. We hear a cow talking to a baby and go to look. They are so sweet with their soft coats and big eyes.
The hedgerows are beginning to look pretty as the snowdrops and primroses start to bloom. The primroses are a bit early so I hope any cold weather we may get wont spoil them.