I was driving past an Amish barn in winter, when this sight made me put on the brakes and back up for a photograph. The barn door was open, revealing a young lamb with its mother watching over the youngster. Nature’s rhythms: with stories of a new generation and the responsibility of motherhood and the recognition of “cuteness” as a deep-seated human emotion. All creatures great and small are linked by DNA and the eternal rhythms of life. And what, after all, is cuter than a new lamb?

SIZE: This photograph is printed at an approximate final size of a bit over 6x6,” and is printed on cotton rag photographic paper using pigmented inks for an estimated 400-year display life.

LIMITED EDITION: This photographic print is part of a limited edition produced by photographer Lee Rentz. The edition consists of 250 prints, which includes all sizes and methods of printing.