• Click bait…

    …although we didn’t call it that back in my ink-stained days of newspapering.  Back then editors were always looking for photos that would help sell papers. The formula was simple…pretty girls, babies and animals.  Get a picture with two out of three and you were guaranteed good placement in the paper. Today with the Internet and Facebook they call it “clickbait”…and here’s an example: A baby lamb qualifies as a two-for and the pretty girl is our Mackenzie Mason. The lamb is a kind of rescue project…it has a bone fracture making it difficult to balance and walk.  Church took over care of the animal while on rounds with our…

  • A new arrival…

    …a young lamb Church came up with in his part time veterinary work. She has a hairline leg fracture but Church is determined to nurse it back to health.  And he seems to have the willing assistance of his dog Nala. A friend who raises sheep thinks this is probably a Suffolk but suspects it’s been crossed with Hampshire. David