Hazel, Full of Awesome

Hazel was quite enormous until last night.  Here she is, blocking the path behind the barn with last year's lamb Filly (and Elvira).

Hazel woke us up around 2 AM.  When we went to the barn, we found twins. 

The firstborn is Marble, a ewe lamb.  She looks black now, but she has "sugar lips" (white around her lips), which means that she will lighten up to some shade of gray.  (If she doesn't, I will feel ridiculous for naming a black sheep Marble.)   Marble's head is nearly white but has some black spots. 

 Hazel's second lamb is a brown ram who we've named Granite.  He also has sugar lips, so he will lighten up.  I'm guessing that he will be musket (very light brown) like Hazel and Filly.  I can already tell that he has the kind of fleece that I love. See those little curls? 

Hazel did a fabulous job this year.  Her fleece was wonderful, she gave us some gorgeous lambs, and she didn't keep us up all night--just part of it.