4. The Piglets

This is Penny, the farm pig. She had a bunch of piglets. Here she caught taking a nap with her surviving 6 piggies.

A couple weeks later the piglets grow and venture out of their cozy hut.

3. Lambing Season in Full Swing!

While we've been at the farm, there have been over 300 lamb born. The sheep had anywhere between one and five lambs each. Watching the birth process has been pretty incredible. Below are some pictures of one of the first births we've witnessed. This particular ewe had twins.

You can just see the front hooves pushing through.

Here comes the head ... To the right is another baby lamb just born about an hour earlier to another ewe.

The lamb is almost out and she is covered in lots of yellow birth guuuuuu. We've both handled the newborns while still covered in this yellow goodness =)

The mom often gets up multiple times during this process. The lamb sometimes comes out while the mom is upright, its pretty wild!

After the lamb is out, the mom licks off the yummy guuuuu. Some moms do a better job than others, hence some newborns are a bit crusty while others are clean and fluffy.

The black ewe - who had her babies just a little while ago - joins in on the cleaning. Sometimes sheep claim others' lambs, while others abandon their newborns.

The lamb birth doesn't seem to be as painful as the human birth. While the sheep is pushing out the second baby, she is still cleaning the first born.

That wraps up the photo shoot. The sheep asks for her privacy =)

2. Let It Snow ... Let it Snow....

Since we've gotten up to Vermont in early April, it has snowed four times, including May 9th - a pleasant Mother's day snow blanket =) Here is a snapshot of the farm from the yurt porch on our first morning at the farm. The silhouette of the Green Mountains is hiding in the background. Mamus and Jurek were actually up here with us to see this early spring phenomena. They got to meet our great farm family, to have a tasty farm breakfast and got a nice tour of the farm!

Kyle and Mamus on the deck of our yurt.

Jurek and Kyle

Jurek double checking our stove ... making sure we'll be able to stay warm =)

Mamus getting cozy inside =P



Jurek teaching the newborn lambs how to feed off of an artificial udder.

1. The long anticipated adventure begins!

On the road ... up up and away! On April 9th we departed on our very, very, very long drive up to Bonnieview Sheep Dairy Farm. Kasia decided on the scenic way up ... need we say more ... During our lengthy drive, we had a short and pleasant stop at Studio 47 Gallery in Woodstock, where Kasia dropped off a dozen or so of her mosaic landscapes. Anyone coming up to visit us, please stop at the gallery to check out the work and make sure to say hi to Wojtek, the cool gallery owner!