It has been more than two years, during the spring of 2003, that the first sheep arrived within the confines of the three-centuries old churchyard adjacent to the parish church of St. Peter's in the Great Valley. Several articles on our sheep have appeared on this website during this period. Sheep May Safely Graze provided the background of the introduction. Parishioner concerns over the innate hardiness of sheep across the four seasons within our natural environment resulted in an article describing the construction of the sheep's shed in December of 2003. And articles, most recently in June 2005, described our annual sheep-shearing event which provides enjoyment to kids and grownups alike with our parish family.
We now have new cause for celebration . . . . the birth in early July, 2005, of two female lambs. Sometime during the evening of Independence Day, July 4th, or early the following morning, our ewe Snow Ball brought forth her lambs with only our older lamb Aslan as witness. Snow Ball's mate, the ram named Ramasus, had been previously removed from the churchyard for too heartily exhibiting ram-like behavior to anyone, or anything, in his way.
The lambs have been named Liberty and Belle, appropriate to the timing of their birth. And so our little flock continues to prosper.
