The Last Lamb

Little boys live in a scary world.  Shrieking eagles can swoop from the sky and carry you away clutched in their thorny talons; howling coyotes can leap from the grass and drag you away clenched in their yellowed teeth.

But little boys are safe with mom.  This ram lamb was the last born of the 2009 lambing season—truly a surprise—born 18 days after we took the rams away from the ewes 5 months  ago. 

Is he proof of immaculate conception or did his mother wantonly jump the fence to join the rams when she ovulated all those months ago.  Who knows: art trumps science once again.