We pulled into the farm driveway just as the first lamb of the season slid out of Susie (not Zelda). It is a boy, Susie is a great mother, calm and attentive, she has been cleaning him off. We walked the lamb and his mother into a stall in the barn, gave him his vitamin shot, cut and disinfected the umbilical cord, gave Susie some water laced with molasses and fresh hay and put two heat lamps over them. They’ll stay inside the barn for several days. Maria is going to name him.

Everybody looks health, both are resting now. My wife is very happy. Me too.