Colorful November Days and New Lambs too!

Before December 1st rolls around, I

 thought I would finish up with my November.   :o)

A few photos of our yard in Autumn.

I just noticed today that the purple

tree below has lost all of it's leaves.

    

The photos don't quite capture

 the lighting and brightness

of the trees and shrubs.

 Mid-November front porch. 

Fall pansies on the front porch.

Pistachio tree out front.

A brave little fuchsia that toughed

 out a cold snap in mid-November

and still bloomed.   But then, of

course, I cut it to bring inside!

 A little lamb off Old Lakeville Road

 between Novato and Petaluma.

We stop every year on our way

home from Mike's parents either 

after Thanksgiving and/or Christmas,

  just in time to see these

darling new-born creatures.

 We love the way they jump

and scuttle about.  I think I have

 mentioned before that when we

lived in Fortuna 15 years ago, our

 neighbors had about 12 sheep and

one year I got to hold a newborn

 lamb.  One of the greatest thrills in

 my life!   Its little head felt like

 a head of cauliflower and had a
waxy feel to it.  I'll never  forget
how it felt.   I have a hard copy
 photo somewhere.

A set of dark-headed twins,

probably born within a day of this pic.

One is sitting close to mommy's

 rump and the other is about 3 feet

to the right of mommy's head.

Click on photo for larger view.

New lambs with their mommies.

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I will find new meaning

 in every joy and sorrow.
In that silence I will hear

 the voice of Spirit, and

 freed from this world I

 will see another order where

 the end is another beginning.

--- Rumi