Lambs!

Although Spring doesn't officially start in New Zealand until September 1, it's apparent that Spring is on its way...lambs are starting to be born! We drove to Rangiora yesterday for Hayden's soccer game, about 45min north of Christchurch and lots of the fields were full of baby lambs- white, black, and everything in between!
The Sopers have a small herd of sheep and this year are expecting about seven lambs. Two of them were born in the past week! The one I'm holding below is just a day old- probably weighs only a few kilograms and was very squirmy! They're both black and really cute...not to mention really fast runners when you try to catch them! They hang around their mums but suprisingly the mummy isn't agressive or overprotective when you catch her lamb.

cheers-
s.