All along this wee lamb has been So Noisy. Now I know why. I changed their coats yesterday, Mama hates when I do this, she will BAA straight into my face when I put smelly clean clothes on them but the hand fed ones had grown out of their first coats and have to keep clean for their outings. And, Oh my goodness, what did I discover hiding under there. A girl! A Matilda lurking about with the Murphys.
“Hullo Tilly!”
“I’m a girl, miss c.”
“I see that honey, I must have checked the same lamb twice last time I looked, it was really pretty busy that day. I am sorry about that. I hope you don’t get a complex. Your mascara is running. Does your Mama know you are out wearing that much make up?”
“But I am a GIRL, miss c. I have a name.”
“I know, poor Tilly darling, I should change your coat more often. I am sorry. Now, can we talk about something else. I am feeling a little embarrassed.” 
Daisy came out to see how the other half lived and decided she liked it better in the barn yards. 
Some chickens love the mud, some not so much. 
Of course, Ton is in splashy heaven. 
Charlotte and Sheila had a lovely run. Charlotte is back to her old self, scoffing everything in sight and honking for hugs. Sheila is still being gentle and smoochy with me.
Here is the beginnings of the mezzanine in The Coupe. 
And look, I see a little fresh green leaf, a legume beginning to grow in the hay field. 
I am sure that is a new leaf in there. Though it is still cold.
Good morning. How exciting to discover that we have a rose between all those bright and cheerful lamb thorns. John said how are you going to explain that to your people. Ah well I said. I get a bit bleary eyed when I am doing four hourly feeds, I will cut the 2 am one out from now on, they are growing well and who knows what else I have been missing.
I have finished the lighting design for the Coupe and today we go to choose the fixtures, number the boxes and put corresponding numbers on the walls so the electrician can begin. The objective of my lighting is to to simply but dramatically accentuate the beautiful bones of the building, using reflected light to light the people. The direct pools of light (reading, writing) will be created with plug-in lamps. A good lighting design is critical. You can tell I spent a lot of time working in the theatre!! (laughter)
There are two interior windows (one in the stand alone shelf and one in the bathroom wall) that will be stained glass. Though I have not found the glass yet. So if you come across any beautiful old or new pieces let me know. Lit from behind these windows will be gentle colourful night lights. And lit by the sun in the day. Well, you can imagine. Light is a glorious gift.
Have a lovely day.
celi
Does she get a pink coat now?
Wow, beautiful photos of a wonderful farm. & I agree with you one you little girl. Waaayyy too much make up on one so young. Maybe you should talk to the mother?
As far as about you, you do look like you have a wonderful & full life. I hope you have stores at least 20 minutes away for a change of life when yours becomes too muddy. It also looks like the blizzard didn’t hit you at all. phew.-amy
I just love Matilda’s sad, sorrowful look…..one that says what a sad story it is to have been mistaken for a boy all this time. So glad we know the truth now. She is a little darlin’!!! And the Coupe!!! It is coming along famously!!! xo
Light is a glorious gift. C, I used to make stained glass, but gave it up when I got pregnant and haven’t gone back to making it. I know you will find the perfect windows. Have fun looking for them.
Yay! Matilda! The flock grows. I am so happy for you!
…and it is with great pride she makes her announcement, in this era of women’s enlightenment!
I roared with laughter when I read what you’ve called the little girl lamb: did you realise that you’d called her after my friend Tillybud? I shall tell her immediately, she’ll be chuffed to bits. If you want a stained glass window, and could let us have a stiff template, we could make you one, though goodness knows how we’d get it to you! The South African chap who taught us used to make up a plywood case with a foam interior, but I wouldn’t like to trust that to the post! Maybe DHL?
We spent days doing the lighting plan for this house, and still got some of it wrong – eg the utility room lightswitch is behind the tall freezer and you have to slide your hand in Another wall-light looks as though it’s growing out of the top of the dresser. And there’s no-where near enough light in my workroom.
Have a lovely day.
I would love to be there when the sex change operation is explained to the homeschooled children…
This is a long ways from The Farmy. But we have this wonderful architectural salvage place in Faribault, in an old furniture factory complex. Here’s the link for Peterson Art Furniture Company:
http://petersonartfurniture.com/
Congratulations to Tilly on asserting herself!
Morning….. A little more female energy is always a good thing !
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And a lovely girl she is. (Sometimes that tail is tucked between the legs and fools you!
)The Coupe is coming right along. Come over and visit if you haven’t yet. Have a great day Celi.
A shop round the corner from us has some beautiful stained glass panels from a church (all coloured squares) but I don’t know how well they’d travel!
but I’m a girl, don’t you know! Silly Miss C! Ah, it’s the stories we turn into moments of silliness that make life fun.
That’s how I ended up with Popcorn PeePee Pants. They thought she was a ram lamb and didn’t want her. I didn’t think to check, just trusted they knew (and they were experienced breeders, too!) and let her pee the first time without “getting it”. The second time…wait a minute, that’s not how boys pee
. They let me keep her, but we were both pretty embarrassed 
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Well, OF COURSE she’s a girl…just look at that face!
It certainly brought a smile to mine…
It’s a girl! It’s a girl!!! i am sure she forgives you for the mistake you made in the bleariness of the birth process!!! Congrats! It’s like having another baby now!!! The progress on the Coupe looks lovely and I am sure you will find the right lighting to make it perfect!!!
yes..a red coat for the little girl…I saw a read one in the first photos…..how sweet!
It’s a girl! How wonderful!
I am SO inspired by the progress of your coupe – I’m having daydreams of my own projects…….
Have a fun day picking out lights!!
The poor lamb – you’ve put her in blue when she wants to wear pink – pink’s very trendy (apparently)
Lovely little girly sheepy face. Does she waltz?
hahaha…a true rose amongst the thorns! good for you tilly girl!
Hi C! I can see you are busy busy like a bee… I’m glad you have a new baby girl at home
She’s precious. The new building is looking good and I can’t wait to see all the beautiful details you’ll add to it 
So glad you have a girl, although I think the eyes should have given it away.
We did the stained glass trick in California when we remodeled our bath. The piece was set into the wall between our BR and the master bath. I had an old clawfoot tub for soaking and it faced the lovely window for a relaxing view! Strangely, we rented the house for a year before selling it and the renters actually hung a curtain over it! What were they thinking?
Surely that adorable face could be nothing but a girl (with her runny mascara!
) She has such a classic sweet lamb face and I love her name. So glad she made herself known. And no great wonder it took a while to discover when you’ve had your hands so full. Let’s see: feeding everyone on various schedules so many times a day in wind, rain, sleet and snow, building the coupe, milking, cooking, homeschooling, lambing, breeding, transporting hay, planning lighting and locating materials, coordinating contractors, managing a house, looking after the codger, visiting the old folks, planting…I know I’m missing a bunch here. Yep, no excuse for that oversight! 
Love all the great pics today and the coupe is really beginning to show it’s design…looks fantastic.
Gosh…I forgot writing and blogging!
Beautiful photos
Poor Tilly, she was probably a bit of a tomboy to be honest, much happier hanging out with the lads
. Will she get special treatment now she’s a girl?
LOVE your Coupe, can’t wait to see it finished!
PS your peacock header would make such a beautiful window!
Little Tilly is beautiful!
Your discovery of a little Matilda made my day.
Is Tilly to stay? Ie misses out on going in the pot?
Looks soo cold there. We are having days on ends of stunning sunny day – BLISS.
Love Leanne NZ
Yes Tilly gets to stay, she will join the breeding stock. c
Yay!
I think you discovered the truth before the little dear suffered a permanent identity crisis! How funny! How nice to see little bits of green popping through the snowy patches. It must look lovely to you and all the gang.
If you have the time, Celi, take a quick peek over at “my place” today…I have some photos of Kupas Southern California relatives! 
What a Cute Lamb:) Happy Friday – Happy Weekend on the Farmy!
It’s a girl! It’s a girl!. Hurrah. I do so love her runny makeup. What a sweetheart. Have a lovely day. Have a gorgeous week-end Celi. XO V.
Welcome Matilda! What gorgeous colouring.
Tilly is the name of our little, red, wiener dog, so she is so happy you named wee, girly, lamb after her!! And if that is not a face to love…with her little airplane ears!!
Yay, a girl! And she’s so pretty. What a face! The picture of the white chicken with its head in the pot gave me a good laugh for some reason. It’s been really fun watching the coupe take shape. I bet the finished result is going to be fabulous! Have a lovely weekend ~ April
GREEN!!! I SEE GREEN!!! How wonderfully exciting for you! I need to go for a walk and see if I can see green any place…any where!
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Oh! So cute with the “coat” on! Hi, TonTon!
Oh! I am so happy there’s a girl! It just didn’t seem right to all be boys.
Matilda! Now that’s something I doubt any of us was expecting. Too funny, Celi.
Today’s photos remind me why I tend to avoid a visit to Michigan this time of year. Mud everywhere and Max seems to attract it. Not a great combo.
Sure would be nice to se the Sun again. Saw a report that said we had 20% less sunshine this past February than normal. Let’s hope March makes up for it. Have a great night.
‘Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda’: well I’ll give a dance around the computer for the beautiful little one to stay! And, dear Miss C, not only have you missed the sex of one of the Murphies but there are definitely a number of spring leaves on that photo:) ! Guess your busy mind has been on all that fabulous lighting to come in the coupe
! happy weekend, farmy . . .
Yay for a girl, and a cute one at that. One of my favorite parts of my interior design days was lighting design.
What a pleasant surprise . . . especially for Tilly.
Farmy: 5 Freezer: 3.
Tilly’s marbly lamby face is just the sweetest. Will it stay that way, or will it go black like the other ewes? I bet the homeschool kids will be thrilled.
Tilly – beautiful face, beautiful name which all us Aussies have great affection for
Don’t tell TonTon he was outcuted by that lamb.
See, the girls are the ones with the … um, and not the … well. So, that clears it up, no?
Of course I love your approach to incorporating, celebrating and elevating light. SO important!
And yes, so is being given credit for being a ewe lamb instead of a Murphy.
Not that I’d've been able to tell at any stage, probably, simpleton that I am. 
Ah the things we discover when we lift the covers
This was so funny! A mistake easily made when it’s so cold that you just want to run back into the warm as fast as you can. I love Tilly’s mascara’d face. Are you going to give a lesson on how to sex lambs, next time the home-schooled children come to visit. The Coupe is looking almost homely.