Feisty

I stopped over at Kline Creek Farm and noticed these two young "bucks" setting up to butt heads. They didn't really do much but they did push each other around the paddock.

Corn Picking

Kline Creek Farm, a 1890's living history working farm let us help husk and pick field corn today.

Half the fun was throwing the cobs into the wagon.

 Once all the corn was harvested from the row, the stalk cutter went through and made shocks.

Toad

I went with two friends to Franklin Creek Nature Area today. One of our finds on the hike was a toad in a tree stump.

Lion

I took my friend Mary to see the Lions at the Art Institute today. The line to get in was loooong.

County Fair

I spent the evening at the DuPage County Fair. I took lots of photos and could have chosen many of them but if you can only post one photo of the fair it ought to be of an animal. The goats were amazing.

Horses

The beautiful Spring blue sky and green grass was the perfect backdrop for a few horse photos at Danada Equestrian Center.

Sheep

It was sheep shearing day at Kline Creek Farm. Lots of kids had a great time. Farmer Mark did a wonderful job of educating and entertaining the guests as he explained and demonstrated how to shear sheep. "It's more like shaving than getting a haircut."

Ocean

Here's the fish tank in the home of the family I'm staying with in the Philippines. Not only were the fish in the ocean, so were many of the corals, worms, anemones and cleaner shrimp. It a beautiful display of God's creativity.

Mark

I made a new friend today when I stopped by Kline Creek Farm to see how lambing season was progressing. My last visit was 3 weeks ago. After seeing the new lambs, I met the shepherd. In our conversation I mentioned growing up in Vermont next door to an orchard/sheep farm. He told me he was from Massachusetts and asked what town I was from. To both our surprise, he knew my neighbor and the Dwight Miller Farm. He had even served with Dwight on the national board of the Southdown sheep breed. How fun to make a friend who knew and respected my childhood neighbor. Here's a short interview with Dwight.

Lamb

It's lambing season at Kline Creek Farm. 
The tag indicates this was the first lamb born this season (Jan 26.) He's just so cute & frisky.

Notice the number 1, so there's no question they belong to each other.

Live Nativity

Each year the Trinity Lutheran Church of Warrenville does a live nativity. The story is narrated as church members play the roles and a choir sings appropriate carols. The live animals add to the real-ness.

A wiseman joins the shepherds and angels in worshipping Jesus.

 The angel choir sings "Glory to God in the highest."

 Shepherds watching the sheep.

A young shepherd feeds a sheep.

 Llamas were there too.

After the performance a small guest gets to sit on the donkey.

Cemetery

The Horse and Hound Burial ground at St James Farm in autumn.

Sheep

Today I stopped by Kline Creek Farm and got to see all the animals. I visited the sheep at feeding time. They saw the farmer's brown coat and and got really impatient.

Horsing Around

I found a red barn today that I'd never seen before, and just had to photograph it. Around the corner I found horses romping in the field behind the barn. 

Waiting

This dog was sitting patiently out on the sidewalk in a light drizzle/mist while his master had dinner on the outdoor patio at John's in Winfield, IL.