Sheep and Lambs

I took the children to the petting farm yesterday and we fell in love with the lambs frolicking in the farmyard.

Our one-year old squealed with delight! We were all squealing with delight!

They were so adorable~frolicking without a care in the world!

We were just so happy to be there at the farm on a sunny Spring day watching these darling little animals play!

A mama sheep was in labor! We will be heading back to the farm today to see if her babies were born!

I came across this poem as I was looking for something appropriate for Easter. It is from an old book I picked up from a used book sale years ago~"Poems for Red Letter Days"

Sheep and Lambs by Katharine Tynan Hinkson

All in the April morning,

April airs were abroad;

The sheep with their little lambs

Pass'd me by on the road.

The sheep with their little lambs

Pass'd me by on the road;

All in an April evening

I thought on the Lamb of God.

The lambs were weary, and crying

With a weak human cry,

I thought on the Lamb of God

Going meekly to die.

Up in the blue, blue mountains

Dewy pastures are sweet:

Rest for the little bodies,

Rest for the little feet.

All in the April evening,

April airs were abroad;

I saw the sheep with their lambs

And thought on the Lamb of God.

Have a beautiful Easter!