baby lambs and other animals

i guess the title is a bit redundant-- lambs are always babies (except according to the 10 year old standing near me that seemed to know a lot about sheep except that she kept refering the the adult sheep as "old lambs").
we were up at CERES this afternoon for coffee and then we went on our usual round up to see the chooks and sheep at the top of the property. we were surprised to find 2 newborn lambs!! we think they were only a few hours old. the mom still had the afterbirth hanging out and she was busy trying to clean the babies while they stood on their wobbly little legs.
i didn't bring the camera with me (i actually said to zac half way up to ceres that i should have brought it cuz it was a good day for taking wildlife photos along the creek). they were sooooo cute though that after we went home i got the camera and rode back up. here's some pics:



how cute is this little guy? listen to him crying for his mom.

we also made a new cat friend today. he lives around the corner from us and as soon as we walked near him he started crying for attention and soaked up every little bit of what we'd give him. on the way home we forgot about him and we were just talking and walking along the footpath. he heard us and we started hearing his cry and then he jumped out from a bush in his yard and over the little brick wall to see us (and loved every second of attention we gave him). he's funny though cuz he knows exactly where his property ends. both times after we left he didn't follow us but just sat at the very edge of his property and kept crying for us to come back. soon we'll train him to come around for a small serve of vegan cat food.
we also almost got a dog this weekend. unfortunately doesn't look like thats gonna happen for a while though now 8(. zac asked the landlord the other day (cuz he lives next door). he said he'd ask his daughter (whose name the house is actually in) and the real estate agent but he didn't see a problem with it. last nite (after we went by the pet shop admiring toys and stuff for the non existant dog and we'd found a couple that we really liked through the lost dogs home website) zac went over to see if he'd talked to his daughter. he said that the real estate agent said no. don't really understand how they can have a say in it if the owners of the property are ok with it. zac's gonna call the agent tomorrow and see what the issue is and hopefully we'll be able to negociate it or i think we're gonna start looking at other (pet friendly) places to live.