Though the winter lambs are now close to surpassing their mothers’ weights, some are still trying to nurse when they can sneak a drink.  The cute is off the lamb.

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And for those keeping track, today is the halfway point in my yearlong chronicle of the farm.  The change seems enormous since the first of January — I’m starting to feel less like a pretender —  but I wonder how naive today’s me will look in retrospect at the end of the year.  Thanks to everyone who has stuck with my stories so far.