Missing Willow Farm

Hermione’s back on the milking stand.  Every morning.  Too icy to get the key into our mule?  Nope, still milking.  11 degrees out?  Too bad.  I keep reminding myself goat cheese is delicious.

Is there anything cuter than a newborn lamb?

Jack just can’t resist making angels in the snow.

We’ve had 3 inches of snow in the past 2 hours this morning.  Jack’s been playing in the snow, the lambs are frolicking, there’s a path out to the hot tub and a batch of jalapeno corn bread in the oven to go with the big pot of chili I made yesterday.  Bring it on!

The pond is iced over and we’re bracing for a big snow.  We have a winter storm warning starting tonight thru the next 3 days.  Should be interesting.  I made a huge pot of chili today and the champagne is chilling.  I think we’re all set.

These little guys are twins and were born yesterday.  They’re both healthy and well taken care of by their mama.  A great start!

We took our fresh Christmas tree down and delivered it to the goats.  They will have it stripped in no time then the remnants will go into the pond as fish habitat.  Happy New Year!

It’s time to put out hay since the pasture has gone dormant for the winter.  The goats are in the barn because they are super annoying around a fresh bale of hay and the tractor is dangerous for them.  The sheep are in their feeding pen waiting to be let out and Jack’s just waiting on them.

This hawk has taken up residence down by our wintry garden.  He’s very watchful and quite large.  That’s our replacement willow tree right behind him.  It’s not yet started to weep, which makes it just look like any old tree.  Maybe next year.

Lizzie likes to play fetch.  No matter what stick I throw her, she brings this tree limb back.  It usually takes her a while to get it to me.  It’s her favorite.