Gosh, I'm feeling like a very neglectful blogger. My posts are stretched too far in between and then I am overwhelmed about where to begin again. This is the last day of Nicki's visit and for some reason, the easiest place to start.
The farm at Stone Barns is bursting with expectation. Lambing season begins this week!
The mamas are still in the barn, eating, eating, eating.
The chickens are in there too.
Feeling all cooped up and curious.
The pigs are happy for dry, dusty fields, slightly green at the edges and their faithful farmer.
In a few days everything will be different. I can't wait to go back and see April at the farm.
In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. - Margaret Atwood
That quote's been up on my favorite cafe's chalkboard for three weeks! Hurrah for spring!
Posted by: Kristina | March 31, 2009 at 12:25 PM
Golly gosh! I love your farm! Those chickens look positively huggable!~~~XXOO, Beth
Posted by: Elizabeth Holcombe | March 31, 2009 at 01:12 PM
That dog is absolutely regal! What a beautiful animal.
Happy Spring!!
Posted by: Debe L | March 31, 2009 at 03:59 PM
eeekkk cute.
i love the farm.
wish i had one.
oxoxo,
jessi
Posted by: jessi nagy | March 31, 2009 at 08:11 PM
Hello Charlotte,
Love all these creatures! How fun!
~ Gabriela ~
Posted by: Gabriela Delworth | March 31, 2009 at 10:05 PM
So nice to see such well cared for farm animals! Even the herd dog's coat is gorgeous! xo
Posted by: katie runnels | March 31, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Just read this morning a lovely passage in "Far From the Madding Crowd" on Gabriel Oak and the lambing season:
"He returned to the hut, bringing in his arms a new-born lamb, consisting of four legs large enough for a full-grown sheep, united by a seemingly inconsiderable membrane
about half the substance of the legs collectively, which constituted the animal's entire body just at present.
The little speck of life he placed on a wisp of hay before the small stove, where a can of milk was simmering..."
I love that description: "little speck of life."
Posted by: Erin | April 01, 2009 at 04:50 PM
...and I love you, my own sweet little lamb! xoxo
Posted by: charlotte | April 01, 2009 at 07:58 PM