Have company and, as well as bottle feeding Luna, I can top up the twins who are a bit small. Both of them are trying to feed from the same milk producing side of Toffee’s udder.

Then back inside to warm bottles for Ginny and Luna

Little Reg is a deaf dog whose owner communicates in sign language with him. She has had experience with a deaf dog who she looked after for many years.

It is extraordinary to see a dog respond to sign language.

We await developments in the world but here at home there are …

Both mothers are 14 years old and that’s extremely ancient and rare for sheep mothers.

We are keeping Bridge indoors in the barn with her lamb as she needs to recover and revive and we are topping the lamb up from a bottle

Blackthorn is blossoming at the back gate

Would that the world would be as peaceful and easily satisfied as the lambs