Tuesday Dose of Cute: Oh, Look

Yeah, We Know—Snow.

Want to relive this season's snowstorms?
12/25/09: It's White!
12/20/09: Snow Day!
1/5/10: Cold Lover
1/7/10: So We Got Some More Snow
1/8/10: See Spot Grow
1/9/10: Snow Quiet
1/10/10: Sheep Don't Tweet—We Bleat

1/11/10: Fluffcat on a Frozen Roof
1/12/10: You Shouldn't Take Chances with the Food Supply
1/14/10: Soaking Up Sun in the Snow
1/16/10: On the Lookout
1/22/10: Everybody's Safe
1/23/10: Staredown
1/24/10: Cold Backs, Warm Heart

1/30/10: Snowed In!
2/1/10: Monday Dose of Cold and Cute: In the Snow
2/2/10: Cold Weather Food
2/4/10: Scratching Her Face—or Rushing the Camera?
2/7/10: Hay Girls
2/8/10: Weathered Wood (and a Little Cute)
2/9/10: Winter Water
2/11/10: Girl Power
2/12/10: Snow Happy

© Copyright 2010 FarmgirlFare.com, the hats off, gloves off, heat wave having foodie farm blog (a balmy 62 degrees today!) where our most recent snowfall finally melted off after a week, but we couldn't help keeping a few more favorite snow pictures on ice for you.

Thursday Dose of Cute: So We Got Some More Snow

Tana is Thrilled

More snow photos coming soon. Need a bigger blizzard right now? You'll find links to lots more snowstorms here (scroll down past the playful pups). I've also just added the cute half to Tuesday's heart rock post, which was the whole reason for it in the first place, yet I somehow completely spaced it out until that crazy Sylvester kept walking into more photos this afternoon. And here I was hoping to be more organized and on top of things this year!

© Copyright 2010 FarmgirlFare.com, the three inches of snow covered foodie farm blog (which makes that white Christmas already seem like nothing) where the sheep have so much wool (or hair) to keep them warm in winter that they often choose to sleep outside during snowstorms, but you just get the sense that for some of them, this is definitely not their favorite time of year.

Sunday Farm Photos: They Were Right About the Frost

Need to chill out a little more?
10/26/05: Why We Cut Firewood
11/10/05: Where Sheep Sleep, Take Three (The Frosted Edition)
11/18/05: Snugglebunny with Frosting
3/22/06: Garden Journal: Some Very Cold Garlic and Kohlrabi
10/28/07: First Frost! Plus Growing Strawberries & Preparing Your Strawberry Bed for Winter
And A Collection of Snow Photos (just in case you're really overheated)

© Copyright 2009 FarmgirlFare.com, the jackets are now out of storage after last night's widespread frost warning foodie farm blog where it was a nippy 26 degrees (and very white!) at eight o'clock this morning (I didn't have the nerve to check the thermometer any earlier)—but that's nothing for our wooly band of sheep (including seven-year-old Tana pictured above) who chose to sleep out under the stars instead of in their fabulous new barn (pictures of which will be coming soon!)

Farm Photo 10/11/07: Living By The Light

Tana Enjoys The Breakfast Buffet

My life in the city was ruled by the clock. Now it's ruled by the sun. Animals don't wear watches, and they don't stick to fixed timetables. The system they live by is simple: when it's light you wake up, when it's dark you go to sleep. In between you eat as much as you possibly can. Their lifestyle, in turn, determines ours, because it would probably be easier to knock the earth off its axis than convince a flock of sheep in July that it's time to go to bed at six o'clock. I spend my days acutely aware of sunrises and sunsets.

The other thing I now pay attention to is where the sun is actually shining during the different seasons. Sometimes this is for practical reasons; it's handy, for instance, to know when the laundry line is going to be in the sun or when the greenhouse will be in the shade.

Other times I'm reminded of the constantly changing angles of the sun when I come upon a scene like the one in the photo above. There are only a few misty mornings each fall when the light hits this tree in such a way that the big branch on the right appears to extend down to the ground. I captured it last year, then forgot all about it until the other day when it started happening again.

I love these comforting little reminders of how some things really do stay exactly the same from one year to the next.

Want to see more?
You'll find all kinds of farm landscape photos here and lots of other sheep photos here. (Additional photos will be added to these and other "search label" photo collections as I catch up adding Blogger labels to previous posts.)

A year of farm photos ago:
9/29/06: Perfect Landing
9/30/06: Seeing Double (Tana & Her Daughter BB)
10/1/06: Bodyguard or Nanny Bear?
10/3/06: Follow The Yellow Dirt Road
10/11/06: Glowing Glimpse Of Autumn

Two years ago:
10/3/05: Winter Food For Sheep Or Giant Dog Fort? (Sadly the barn only has about half this much hay in it this year.)
10/3/05: WDB#3 Robin Sitting Pretty
10/6/05: There Is Absolutely, Positively No Place Like Home
10/7/05: Settling In
10/9/05: Weekend, Work, Wood, Warmth (Here's another thing that doesn't change from year to year--we were just out cutting firewood this morning.)
10/9/05: Weekend Dog Blogging #4
10/10/05: Haybarn & A Hint Of Color
10/11/05: Into The Mist

© 2007 FarmgirlFare.com, the award-winning blog where Farmgirl Susan shares stories & photos of her crazy country life on 240 remote acres.

Farm Photo: 3/14/07

Tana & Her Baby Boy On Their First Morning Outside

This was taken a couple of days ago. Joe, who just got back from a quickie barn check because "One of the miniature ones wouldn't stop crying," (it stopped as soon as he walked all the way down there) has informed me that "Tana's lamb has got things figured out. He said, 'I'm black, and I get hot in the sun,' so now he lays under the bunk feeder in the shade while Tana eats around him." That is, when he's not racing around the farmyard looking for trouble with his little woolly compatriots. . .

New lamb alert!
Yesterday morning second-time mother Bruisie gave birth to a huge baby boy. When Joe first saw him, his jaw dropped anad he stared at him in disbelief. "He looks like he's two weeks old!" His enormous size wasn't that surprising to me, though. After all, Bruisie got her name (which is officially Bruiser) because when she was born she was so much bigger than all the other lambs.

Speaking of other lambs, it looks like more will be arriving soon, including at least a couple more sets of twins. Annette is so big she now swaggers. Snugglebunny, on the other hand, does more of a waddle. They both look hysterical, but I try my best not to laugh in their faces. Extremely pregnant girls can be very sensitive.

A year of Farm Photos ago:
3/14/06: On The Breakfast Lookout
3/13/06: I'm Gonna Need More Than Spun Gold For Breakfast
3/12/06: Misty Morning Rose
3/11/06: When It Comes To Food, My Sheep Have No Manners
WDB#25: Resting But Ready For Anything
WCB#40: New Cat Lives His Life Above Dog Level
And: A Whole New Way To Start The Day

Plus out of the garden came: The Great Compost Cover-Up

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Daily Farm Photo: 9/30/06

Seeing Double
(Tana & her 1-1/2 year old daughter BB are still joined at the hip.)

A year of Daily Photos ago: I Hope Everyone Is Getting Along

Also on this day last year:
The Announcement Of The (Now Infamous) Name That Sheep Contest! If you missed the hysterical excitement and could use a good giggle, click here to read the original contest announcement post, then click here to read "At Last We Have A Winner!" It was almost too much fun. Just thinking about the contest still makes me laugh out loud.

Daily Farm Photo: 7/10/06

BB (born in 2005) & Her Mother Tana Are Always Together
Click here to see another recent photo of these two black beauties.

A year of Daily Photos ago:
Molly Doodlebug Makes Her First Appearance