Overlook Farm

Heifer Project's Overlook Farm in Rutland MA is just a few minutes away. April 19, 2012 was a lovely spring day, and it seemed that all of the new arrivals had landed. My focus was on the sheep; there were also new kids in the goat barn. They have a beautiful guard dog (female) who stays inside the sheep pen. The bovine herd was smaller than I remember, and the gentle water buffaloes were gone; just a bleached skull remained as a reminder of their time at the farm. The black pigs were gigantic. I'll be going back again, and think I should do a Overlook-through-the-Seasons portfolio. Meanwhile, I have a lot of editing and selecting to do from this new batch. These are just a taste:

This week at the Salty Ewe Farm . . .

New lamb! Mama Rita gave birth last week, and  on April 9th I got to visit with darling, curious, and daring little no-name-as-of-yet ewe lamb. Nothing like having ones fingers nibbled by such an innocent little sweetie.

The following morning (7AM-ish), other members of the flock were looking as if their turn at lambing was just around the corner. The sounds of birds chirping and sheep baaing was a pretty near-perfect soundtrack for my viewing pleasure.

It couldn't have been a more memorable spring visit to the Salty Ewe.