Phoebe called her lamb "Lambie" which seems to me a perfect name for a recently born lamb. Lambie was born at Whirlow Hall Farm a month ago. Like the other "Lambies", Phoebe's was a greedy guts - guzzling the warm bottle of freshly made up milk as though tomorrow might never come.
A good fund-raising idea by the staff at Whirlow Hall Farm - pay £10 and get to hold and feed a lamb. They have been offering this for years. Last year, Phoebe was very apprehensive and could not bring herself to even touch the baby sheep but this time she happily got in the pen with her grandma as her face filled with delight.
Lambs are famously associated with springtime. Christians associate lambs with Jesus of Nazareth - the carpenter's son.. I did not think that I would see The Lamb of God at Whirlow Hall Farm but there he was staring at me from his pen and slightly out of focus...
How sweet! Baby animals are hard to resist, so that's a wonderful idea for a fundraiser. I'm glad Phoebe was brave this year.
ReplyDeleteI think that Grandma enjoyed the experience as much as Phoebe.
DeleteGreat experience for kids to handle animals.
ReplyDeleteWere there many animals on the farm at Esk?
DeleteKids and baby animals are adorable, and yet it's only the baby animals that we eat when they grow up?
ReplyDeleteSorry about that one.
In the highlands of New Guinea they may eat the kids too.
DeleteI remember days when farm animals were brought to school yards, usually onto the sports ovals, and the kids were taken out class by class to see them and learn, lambs and baby chickens were popular and some older kids learned how to milk a cow.
ReplyDeleteSuch encounters are indeed special but less common than they used to be.
DeleteIt is funny how the fear factor disappeared in one year. It is £10 well spent.
ReplyDeleteI suspect that you would have refused to climb in the pen Andrew.
DeleteA memorable experience for her, I'm sure. And maybe for the lamb!
ReplyDeleteThe memory of a lamb is probably like that of a goldfish.
DeleteI used to enjoy seeing the newborn lambs in the field beside our old house, springing around on the grass once they got the hang of using their legs. Not many around here though.
ReplyDeleteYour property is big enough for a small flock. I am sure Mr Snoopy would love that.
DeleteWe have a farm not too far away, where you can feed lambs, calf's, hold chicks and collect eggs, you pay to go in and everything is then free, you just need to wait and hope you get a turn, the staff are good, once they have enough numbers for any activity, they close access, so the children don't have to wait and be disappointed. It is fun to watch them with the animals.
ReplyDeleteLiving animals are quite different from cuddly toys.
DeleteA lovely way to introduce children to animals. It brings back happy memories of doing the same sort of thing with Kay when she was little.
ReplyDeleteWas Kay a lamb?
Deletesuch a shame they don't offer the same ten pound deal at the other end of the poor little lambkin's life cycle!! Probably the time when it most needs to be cuddled :(
ReplyDeleteI'm glad Phoebe enjoyed herself, introducing children to live animals is important!
ReplyDeleteCute photo that first one, and Phoebe probably old enough to make a memory of the occasion now. No lambies among my childhood memories but I remember walking with my grandpa to the nearest farm where they lived, and buying milk "straight from the cow", so to speak. (We didn't actually milk the cow ourselves, though...)
ReplyDelete"The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" is a classic prog rock favourite of mine. Did you ever see Genesis? I saw Steve Hackett and his band play it at Cropredy a couple of years ago.
ReplyDeleteSheep our are friends.
ReplyDeleteWhat an adorable photo of Phoebe feeding the lamb!
ReplyDeleteI don't know which face is more adorable- Phoebe's or the lamb's.
ReplyDeleteWhat an excellent idea for a fundraiser for a school. Lovely little lamb and granddaughter.
ReplyDeleteHow quickly kids grow up!
ReplyDeleteSuch a sweet post.
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