With the unusually warm and almost snow free winter so far, March came in like a lamb as the temperatures climbed into the 50s. Hopefully March goes out like a lamb too and not like a lion with a late March blizzard.
In Like a Lamb
Picture of the Day for March 31, 2023
March is supposed to go out like a lamb, but it appears it will go out like a roaring lion as the snow has started this evening and the area is under a blizzard warning so not as a gentle lamb but definitely white.
Not Out like a Lamb
Picture of the Day for March 31, 2021
Well March didn’t really come in like a lion or lamb and it went out in the middle too. There was no snow but the temperatures never got above freezing and the wind made it feel cooler yet.
Tail End of March
Picture of the Day for December 29, 2020
During the summer, mowing lawn is a fairly regular chores (if you don’t have lambs for lawn mowers), but during the winter, shoveling snow is a weekly chore as Mother Nature can be unpredictable when it comes to snow storms. Sometimes the storm is just a nuisance dusty, but other times it is a time consuming event to get all shoveled out again so hopefully morning will reveal just a light coating from tonight’s snowfall.
Lamb Lawn Mowers
Picture of the Day for June 30, 2020
On a hot summer day, these lambs won’t need a wool coat so it is good that their fleece is still short. But I can’t imagine tree bark being too tasty compared to the green grass.
Lambs in Summer
Picture of the Day for March 1, 2018
Normally the saying for March 1st is “in like a lion, out like a lamb” since normally colder in the beginning of the month than at the end but March is a mixed bag of tricks with warm spring-like days or late season blizzards. Today was more of a lamb day with the sunshine and above freezing temperatures so I guess we will get a snowstorm when March heads out as a lion.
In Like A Lamb
Picture of the Day for January 15, 2013
To close out critter week, I figured we needed a picture of one more farm animal and since lambing season has started for some farmers, these playful lambs are a good subject. Lambs sure love to play king on the hill and race around chasing each other.
These lambs are a breed called Targhee, a relatively new breed that is less than a hundred years old as U.S. Sheep Experiment Station in Dubois, Idaho, began in the fall of 1926 to lay the foundation for the Targhee sheep breed consisting of a cross of Rambouillet, Lincoln, and Corriedale breeds.
The new breed was named Targhee after the Targhee National Forest where the animals grazed during the summer. The forest was named for a chief of the Bannock Indians who had lived in the area in the 1860’s.
Playful Lambs
