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Christmas Eve 2011
“ Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.” James 1:17

“Thanks be to God for His unspeakable gift.” 2 Corinthians 9:5

This morning the sun has decided to shine upon us after three days of dark clouds and rain. Our home is warm and cozy with the woodstove cooking up dinner and our warmth. There is clean laundry hanging in the kitchen drying over the fire and the smell of cinnamon and cloves is in the air. I can hear the strains of “Christmas Cannon” drifting through the house making everyone want to hum along.
In the barn the horses are enjoying their mangers full of hay and the chickens are cackling happily in the sunlight by the woodshed. There is also new life on the farm. My ewe, Lassie, is the proud mama of two pure, white lambs! They were born yesterday afternoon, a little ewe and a little ram. They are so cute and adorable!! I am excited about it. I was just able to buy Lassie and another ewe, Starr, just right after Thanksgiving. They were both pregnant and due in January or February. But I guess Lassie was due sooner than that, and what a Christmas surprise we got! Starr will be next to lamb, but probably not till January. Some of these lambs will be sold in the spring and some we will keep to expand our new little herd. So that is some of the happenings on the farm. A few weeks back Hannah and I skinned and butchered a deer in the freezing rain and snow. It was very cold! But we got the job done and we canned up the venison too. Last weekend we were woken up around mid-night by a neighbor who had seen our horses running up and down the road. So we had a nice moonlit walk in the fresh cold air bringing the horses home. Now we have about 20 or 30 acres of fencing to fix and put up. Hopefully we will get it done before maple syrup season.
Well, I better be signing off. Today is full of celebrating, fellowship, food and music. I need to get the herb rolls started and rising, and there are a few pumpkin pies to bake…
Happy Trails…
Cecilia

PS. On Christmas night, not long after I wrote this post, Starr gave birth to a chocolate brown ewe. We call her Cocoa.