Winter finally came

Winter finally showed up here in the Northeast Kingdom. We recieved about 5" of snow, more than any other storm all year. It transformed the farm into a winter wonderland:

In other events, Patrick Turns 3 on the 28th of February, we celebrated his birthday over the weekend. He had asked for a banjo, but we gave him a guitar... he spent the afternoon strumming it:

Sheep!

Now that we have the Barn, Loralee and I decided to dive headlong into raising animals last year. We've had the chickens for four years now, and have raised pigs two years in a row... what next?

We settled on Sheep. Lor picked out a small flock of a half-dozen in the spring of '11, and we raised them throughout the summer and Fall... Tomothy and Patrick loved the experience. THese six are now in the freezer, but we are looking forward to starting our own permanent flock in the spring.