Latecomer to the party

We were just a bit surprised when Lizzie, our only doe who had not produced a kid, gave birth this morning. The others were all born in March, so we thought she would have gone around the same time. It was only in the last week or 2 that she started showing signs of being pregnant.

I still haven't checked to see the sex of the little one. He or she was still wobbly, but feeding well off of mom when I went in for the pics. I did not want to disturb her.

Stormy the pig is still not my best friend, still not happy with me being out there, so no chance of me going inside the muddy pig pen any time soon. But little piglets are getting to be bigger piglets, and not so easily corralled by mama back into the shed. They look healthy and well fed and were sunning themselves with mom when we were out there earlier.

In spite of the extended cold weather, it should be a good year for apples. The trees waited just long enough to put out blossoms, and the bees and birds (even a hummingbird) have been going crazy doing their share of the work.

We are thankful for those brief moments of sunshine we have seen recently, although there is still far too much rain. Yesterday we had fog in the morning, sun most of the day, and then this storm blew through in the afternoon that made a snowstorm out of the apple blossoms. Plenty on the ground, but enough still on the trees that I think we will have more than enough for apple butter and pies this year. And maybe a few left for those little (soon to be big) piggies.