I’m in my mid-twenties, and honestly get so much hate over being childfree that I’ve started telling people I have an adopted daughter when they ask about my kids. I just conveniently leave out the fact that my adopted daughter is, in fact, a 40-pound sheep, one of roughly two dozen that live in my back yard.
It isn’t even a lie, I raised that lamb on a bottle from the day she was born, as far as she’s concerned I’m her mom. And as long as I’m vague enough, the problems of dealing with sheep sound totally believable as human toddler parenting problems. “Oh yeah, my daughter’s two, she always puts everything in her mouth.” “Ugh, my daughter is always climbing on stuff, I swear she’s part mountain goat!”
I live for seeing how long I can keep it up before someone asks to see a picture of my little darling. “Sure!” I say, “Here she is! Isn’t she adorable?” then relish the horrified confusion when they see this tiny little brown sheep like:
It’s the best thing. It’s my favorite thing I’ve ever done, next to raising sheep in the first place.
At first glance you might think this critter is a worm, but it’s actually a snake! Known as the worm snake (Carphophis amoenus), it’s native to the eastern United States, where it grows to 23 centimeters (9 inches) in length, on average. Like its namesake, it prefers to live under rocks or in loose soil and leaf litter on the forest floor; and it’s brown on top and pink on the bottom. But the similarities end there. The worm snake is a vertebrate, and it has scales! Coincidentally, one of its favorite snacks is…the earthworm. Photo: M Hedin
Im working on a website & it’s fun and exciting and Im learning so much!! I am really excited to pour my heart and soul into the internet in a productive & healthy way! Hurray!
