Here they are, Sue is on the left with blackish markings and Judith is on the right with moorit markings.
The names come from two good friends of ours. Sue Low and Judith StAubin. They both love lambs and yesterday they came up to meet the girls. Sue is a retired Nun and lived at an Abby that had a small flock. She misses the sheep and gives me direction when naming the lambs. We have attended bible study in the past and she has a tremendous knowledge of the Word. Judith is semi-retired and directs the local community choir. When they lived in Washington, Judith was the director of the National Cathedral Children’s Choir. I love hearing her play the pipes. Judith has red hair and a fire like persona. She is a pistol. Sue is calm and the polar opposite. It is a joy having tea with them. They crack me up.
When we were waiting for the last lamb to come, Sue wanted the lamb to be named Susanna if a ewe. Susanna is a character in Catholic teachings who was accused of being improper. The wife of an important man and desired by two, not so nice men, she refused them and they accused her of being unfaithful. She won her case using logic. The last lamb is a ram and Ben named him. So Sue was a bit bummed.
When the lambs first came, I was thinking that there was going to be a single ram.
But twins, which I am pleased, although I find them really ugly when first born.
.
I didn’t have names ready for them at first. I guess that I was a bit taken back by the color patterns and that one was with black markings and one with moorit.
After a day or so, they look a whole lot better. We named the moorit Judith because of the coloring but the personalities of the lambs are backwards from the names. The little blackish one is full of beans and the moorit one is calm.
Looking at the lambs this morning, I see that Sue’s coat is not true black and white. There are brown and gray fibers. She will have a really interesting fleece. Judith’s fleece will be cool looking too. Her white spots are really creamy looking. They are starting to explore a bit. They have noticed the ducks and the cat Brutus. Wu keeps chasing him away from them.
It will be fun to watch them grow and develop.
