Wednesday Dose of Wooly Cute (and The Whole Picture)

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Wednesday Dose of Cat Cute: Growing and Harvesting Heat Tolerant Lettuce (and The Whole Picture)

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Saturday Dose of Cute: Really Lemony Lemon Bars Photo Shoot (The Whole Picture)

Really Lemony Lemon Bars recipe here.

More of The Whole Picture series? Here.

More chickens? Here.

More farm inspectors? Here.

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Thursday Dose of Cute: Dinnertime for Daisy (and The Whole Picture)

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Wednesday Dose of Cute: A Peaceful Scene (and The Whole Picture)

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Sunday Dose of Cute: Ready for Monday?

Almost.

And the whole picture. . .

Have a great week!

More beagle Bert? Here.

More of the whole picture series? Here.

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Thursday Dose of Cute: Hay Bert (and The Whole Picture)

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Saturday Dose of Cute: Laundry Shadows (and The Whole Picture)

The luxury of having an outdoor laundry line is something I never take for granted. Some farmgirls probably wake up in the morning, look outside, see that it's fair and breezy and think, "Today would be a great day to plant some daffodils or maybe go for a horseback ride." I start figuring out what I want to wash and hang up in the sun.

We use our laundry line all year round, and although we do own an old clothes dryer that runs on propane, it's still living over in The Shack (where we no longer have propane). The only thing I use it for is softening up clothes and sheets on air fluff, because it's down to just one heat setting: shrink.

Since there's a limit to how many pairs of socks and underwear even we can rationalize owning, the weather sometimes forces us to dry the laundry indoors, and then we use these awesome expandable folding racks.

After going through numerous wooden clothes drying racks over the years, which look quaint but aren't very sturdy, I finally tried this metal version, and it worked out so well we bought two more. Each one provides nearly 24 feet of drying space, and I can even drape big heavy quilts over them. They also make cozy little cat seats.

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Monday Dose of Cute: Beagle Break (and The Whole Picture)

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Monday Dose of Cute: Weekend Recovery Mode (and The Whole Picture)

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Tuesday Dose of Cute: Now Don't Smile at the Camera (and The Whole Picture)

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Saturday Dose of Cute: Curious Cluck (and The Whole Picture)

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Sunday Dose of Cute: A Baby Bird (and The Whole Picture)

A wayward little phoebe in the farmyard

Early Friday afternoon I was walking across the farmyard over to the new house (that would be the one with the newly installed air conditioning system that has already temporarily gone kaput) and found a baby bird sitting in the grass.

And then I found a second one. And then I noticed the frantic mother bird swooping around and chirping up a fit.

More photos and The Whole Picture below. . .

Sunday Dose of Cute: Now That's More Like It (and The Whole Picture)

Estelle and her brand new baby boy, a little before 5:00 yesterday afternoon.

Saturday Dose of Cute: Back in Black (and The Whole Picture)

BB (short for Black Beauty) and her twin boy and girl, born about 1:30 this morning.

Current lamb count: 6. Sets of triplets: 1. Sets of twins: 1. Girls: 3. Boys: 3. Number of BB's babies who refuse to get with the nursing program (like, at all): 2! Number of hours I slept last night: 3 (from 11pm - 2am). Number of pregnant ewes remaning: 17. Spaces currently available at the Bonding Suite Inn: 2 (with two more under construction).

Tuesday Dose of Color and Cute: Flora and Fauna

Daylily

Monday Dose of Lamb Cute: Cleaning Up and Growing Up

Daisy Mae and her brand new baby girl on April 2nd

Tuesday Dose of Cute: Cold Lover

Another Embedded Heart Rock

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Thursday Dose of Cute: Oh, You Big Baby

Serena and her baby girl, about three hours old on Tuesday afternoon.




And the Whole Picture

Current Lamb Count: 13, including a set of Katahdin twins born this morning. Number of stock dogs happy beyond belief that it's baby time again: 1.

Lucky Buddy Bear, who is an English/Australian Shepherd, cares for all his sheep, but he definitely loves lambs the best:
3/5/06: You Can Add Babysitting to Bear's Job Description
6/18/06: What Happens After a Rainstorm
8/17/06: The Destructive Duo (aka Cary and The Nanny Bear)
10/1/06: He Looks More Like a Bodyguard than a Nanny Bear
12/6/06: On Duty in the Kitchen Garden

3/15/07: Gang Activity
3/27/07: A Lot of Love on the Farm
4/22/07: Dog Inspection (and how Bear and I tuck in the sheep at night)
9/30/07: It's a Stock Dog's Life

4/11/08: A Tender Scene—and the Whole Picture
4/18/08: Cary and The Nanny Bear in the Greenhouse
4/22/08: Bear the Babysitter (Among Other Things)
5/20/08: Bear Loves Babies!
5/21/08: Better Than Kisses
6/10/08: Another Bear Inspection
10/29/08: Lookin' for Love

1/13/09: Stand by Your Lamb
4/2/09: Lambing Season Has Begun! (and The Nanny Bear is ready to assist)

© FarmgirlFare.com, the spring loaded foodie farm blog where cuddling irresistible baby lambs can take a pretty good sized chunk out of a farmgirl's day—not that she minds in the slightest.

Sunday Daily Dose of Cute: Siesta Time

Comfy Cozy on a Pure Wool Pillow




Zooming Out

And the Whole Picture

Want to see more cute?
The First Daily Doses of Cute
Daily Dose of Cute Part 2
Daily Dose of Cute Part 3
Daily Dose of Cute Part 4
Daily Dose of Cute Part 5
Lambing Season 2006 Photos & Reports
Lambing Season 2007 Photos & Reports
Lambing Season 2008 Part 1
Lambing Season 2008 Part 2

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