Phew ! we're done.

Marmite was the last ewe left to lamb and she gave us this lovely little girl this morning.
Her name is Violet. It is always a great feeling when all the lambs have arrived and Mums and babes are all doing great.

Life And Death Drama

This morning as we were eating breakfast there was that sickening thud of a bird hitting the living room window. When I investigated, sure enough there was a stunned, badly injured dove who crawled and hid in the undergrowth.
Unfortunately for the dove this small hawk was in pursuit. Despite it's small size the hawk managed to drag the dove a few feet and that was it I'm afraid, game over for the dove.
I didn't want to post a photo of the carnage for fear of upsetting sensitive readers but here is the hawk.
Using the i bird app on the ipad we have (hopefully correctly) identified the hawk as a Merlin. Pretty amazing to see !

Meanwhile.....
In the barn Cashew gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, Tom and Edith, (continuing the Downton theme). The miracle of life never ceases to amaze.

Beautiful Day

......on the coast yesterday,
all Springy and warm. This was taken at Francis Point Park in Pender Harbour as we stopped on our way through.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Point_Provincial_Park

Fun skein

This was fun to spin ! I made it as a sample of my "spin ins" I am making in preparation for the Vancouver Island Fibre Festival. Feathers,flowers and other assorted fibre in this skein.

Home

.... Is where the chair is.  (And the food)
Jem is back after 36 hours. It would be fun to have a tiny camera on him during his travels !

First Day Of Spring

Hmmmmm...... ☂☂☂

Great Blue Herons

I was totally transfixed checking out these 5 beautiful birds sitting in a tree behind our house. Maybe they have a nest, I hope so !
This is when I wish I had a super duper mega lens for my Canon Rebel.
Well I don't, (sighs), so here is a really bad picture of them !