It's that time of year again.

We're off to the CA State Fair Livestock Nursery.

Mary is a veteran of the fair. This will be her fifth time lambing here. Don't worry Mary. It's just the camera angle that makes your rear look so big.

Mary brought novices with her. That's a yearling ewe, Toffee, lying down and a three year old ewe, Shelby, standing. Shelby is one of the ewes that we "rescued" from a foreclosure last year. (Yes, it's still camera angle, Shelby.)

The State Fair opens tomorrow and runs through the last weekend of July. That's when I'll have more sheep there for the sheep show. In the meantime these three ewes will be well taken care of by the staff and students of the UC Davis VMTH (Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital). We look forward to lambs in the next couple of weeks.