Over the weekend we had a very pleasantly sunny day - so much so that this very small snake was sunning itself in the sheep pasture. It didn't like being photographed much, but it suffered a few shots, although it's a trifle 'Where's Waldo'ish! The sheep seemed utterly unbothered by its presence - if they even noticed.




Here you can witness the sheep being unbothered. There was alfalfa in the offing - what care they for tiny snakes? The lambs, as you can see, are large, healthy and viable. We're very pleased, and we'll be culling in the fall to bring our flock back under the current numbers, emphasis given to those who have some small defects (one lamb, for instance, has shown signs of something wrong with his gait, which would make him not a good choice for breeding and potentially a symptom of something more wrong with him). We'll

likely also offer the sheep for sale live, but whatever's left at the end of the season will need to be sold in a hurry or turned into meat.

The geese having been taking the goslings everywhere, including to the pond although not yet upon the pond that we've seen. Anyone who gets too close is given the stinkeye and hissed at in a way which clearly says 'approach closer at your peril'. Even farmers

with feed scoops in hand are far from immune to this threat.

And with May came a birthday, for which occasion a cake was baked. A sachertorte made with almond flour instead of all-purpose, chocolate ganache frosting, and glazed dried apricots soaked in liqueur decorating it. Truly, the joys of spring are worth mentioning and reveling in!