Warm Days in the Garden

Paperwhites

Wood Hyacinth

Candy Stripe Hydrangea

Shady Bloodroot

Lilac

Soon this all will be shades of pink, red, yellow and lime, then green!

Somerville is Glad It is Over for Another Year

Again late posting, this was Wednesday morning.

This is the day before kidding after her belly dropped;

her girth was not record breaking but pretty huge before that.

Poor Somerville.

I really thought she might have more than two,

as she was so late while the twins jostled for position-

over a week, much of that with her ligaments fully lax and gone.

But you never know. 

Doeling One- Sylvie!

All black like her Momma,-

or her Momma in the summer 

and hopefully the winter if I can ever get her copper high enough.

Doeling two, Helen!

Helen had a rough start, she couldn't breathe by the time she got out,

but after a lot of swing and gunk cleaning and swinging and rubbing,

look at that face- head up and ready to face the day. 

Gotta admire that.

Goodness!

Preparing for the incoming licking!

They are so sweet together-

Somerville tends to like the firstborn best and whatever other kids less, er, significantly,

and this was compounded by Helen's birth and later quietness for the first couple days-

I did most of the cleaning when she was first born

(although I convinced Somerville to help some after she was ok)

 and Helen wasn't pushy enough to fight for much milk.

But Sylvie bonded with her, and didn't let Somerville forget there was another

until she finally decided Helen could stay on Friday.

Chrysanthemum Kids

Hello, Marion.

Just a few days late in posting-

she was actually born on Tuesday.

Group shot

Almost got it!

There you go, right as rain.

Fastest kid up, Miss Marion wastes no time getting what she wants.

She knows how to make friends, though, for all her independent ways-

her first trip away from the udder was straight to my lap.

And now these pictures are ironic as well as adorable, 

since Chrysanthemum seems to have rejected Marion after 3 days.

Who knows with goats. Always something.

Sunrise with the Hellebores

First Thunderstorm of the Year

Nice to see the sun for a short break after the days of rain!

Rainbow!

World's Most Amazing African Violet Bloom

First bloom after a rest of the last two months;

all the ones on this violet are different patterns of white and maroon/pink,

and I personally think this one is the most perfect ever.

Period.

With another bloom peaking out underneath....

The moon in the afternoon

-which rhymes, if you missed that-

from the porch, a lovely place to contemplate the day,

and how tired you are.