We have officially entered what I call our Lamb Watch period.  Any day now we’re scheduled to start lambing.  That means extra trips out to check on all the girls.  One of the reasons I chose Katahdins was their ability to pasture lamb with little to no assistance.  They mother up quickly and take excellent care of their lambs.  Working full time outside the house makes those qualities essential.  Still, I trundle out one last time before bed, make an early morning check at 4:30 a.m. before I head off to work, Dave peeks in on them before he leaves for work and then they’re on their own till I get home.  I’m guessing, sheep being sheep, they’re going to hold off lambing until the weekend just because Dave & I will be at my god-daughter’s wedding and our friend Dawn will be farm sitting.  In their own little sheep minds that will prove to be great entertainment for them.

This is really one of my favorite times of the year.  Lambs have got to be one of the most adorable creatures ever and they are a complete riot to watch play and romp.  It’s almost as good a form of stress relief after work as a good, stiff drink.  And, many’s the time I combined the two.  Work can really be a pain at times.

Drag racing was a favorite past time of last year’s lamb crop.  All 15 would run about half way up the alleyway, turn around, line up side by side and then, as if someone were saying, “ready, set, go!” they’d come flying back down the alleyway, take a lap around the ewes and sprint back up to the starting line.  They’d repeat the race four or five times before moving on to a new game.  And I never got tired of watching them.

I wonder what antics this year’s crop of lambs will invent.

I’ll make sure I get pics when the lambs start arriving and will post them on the photos page.  Maybe I’ll even get some video of them doing what lambs do best, entertaining, oblivious to the world around them and living in the sheer joy of the moment.

Wow, almost make me wish I was a lamb for a day.