Follow our journey in the Northwoods of UP MI. We learn day by day - get up the next morning and try again. We purchased 40 acres with a 100 yr. old log cabin on it in the middle of 100's of acres of state land. We now have a flock of chickens, fiber sheep, llamas and peacocks. Our goal is to earn our way living off of this land. Always whimsical, with a touch of heartwarming - after all, we are city folk living out in the middle of the Northwoods - what could possibly go wrong -
LUCKY LITTLE LAMB....TWO MAMA'S LOVE HER......
Decided to name a new little lamb, Lucky Lucy because she not only have one mama that loves and takes care of her, but two. The brown sheep that you see is her mama. The white sheep, for whatever reason, did not, could not, take care of her own little lamb, so we took after a few hours and are currently bottle feeding. We take our time watching the mom's and babies to make sure that all is well, but if they are not, we are prepared to bottle feed. The white sheep was clawing the ground and moving away from the baby lamb....for hours. So, we went in and took the little girl and she is doing very well on the bottle....with three other lambs that we rescued from another farm (they don't want to bottle feed and we can't stand to see them not cared for). Anyway, the next day, Lucky Lucy was born and her mama cleaned her and fed her and took good care of her. The white sheep would hang around and nudge the baby and just generally stick really close to the mom and baby lamb. The brown sheep, the mom, was very patient with the other sheep and allowed her to lay with them and just generally be really close to her baby. They do everything together....Lucky Lucy has a mom and a 2nd mom, sometimes the very best situation....much more love to go around....you are a very Lucky Lamb..Lucy....
WINTER CAN BE BEAUTIFUL.....THROUGH A CAMERA LENS....
I've realized that the trip to anywhere, in the winter, is always so much more enjoyable for me when I bring my camera along. My sweet husband has to stop and turn around and pull off and do truck tricks for me to 'get that shot'. He's so patient....what did I do to deserve this guy. (He knows that I am a much happier person when I'm creating - taking pictures, working on a blog, writing or working on crafts for Etsy or my online store). Even when I'm driving, I take pictures....have gotten pretty good at driving with my knees. So, that would be an additional reason he is so willing to drive and maneuver. Took these this morning when we were on our way to our favorite little breakfast spot. Nothing much to say, but, it's a beautiful day winter day...enjoy it...we'll soon be complaining about how hot and humid it is soon enough. So, enjoy each day and Blessed Be.
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