We did break the record for the warmest November in history, and December's started out with incredible weather as well and virtually no precipitation, and this morning I heard songbirds that should probably have flown south weeks and weeks ago. The sea smoke will definitely be appearing soon if this weather continues, as the ocean's temperature is quickly dropping and is close to 50 degrees now.
The fog was thick and hung low in the field this morning as Henry and I walked down the lane, and the sunrise was idyllic; hot pink underbellies of clouds lined the horizon, and the sky slowly lightened as the sun crept close and closer to rising. My favorite kind of sky. The moon was still up and sat high in the sky when we headed out at 6, and by the time we got home about thirty minutes later, the sun was fully up and moon had disappeared from view. We're still losing daylight but only have another two weeks or so; the winter solstice will bring the turn we all so look forward to in New England.
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| Hercules and the lucky ewes |
Hercules continues to amaze and impress me; he's a gentle little guy with a wonderful disposition, and the two ewes that are in with him for a few more weeks are content and in all reality pregnant, too. He is inquisitive and calm, and if his offspring have half of his positive traits along with some of those beautiful markings, I suspect it will not be a problem finding new homes for them. Ideally, it would be perfect to have half the sheep on the pasture as I have now, so hopefully the market for Babydoll Sheep will pick up in the spring of 2012.
