I have done an absolutely dreadful job of keeping this blog up-to-date this summer and to my faithful readers I do apologize.  It’s been an exciting summer and we’ve enjoyed these nine kids very much, but I did not get as many photographs as I usually do. In fact, most of them will fit right … Continue reading Summer Daze →

My brother Tim, his wife Heather, and their two daughters Nora and Ivy came for a brief visit near the end of May. They were hoping to be there when Sadie, Coral, and/or Tigerlily kidded, but they held out another couple of days. No matter! There were loads of other babies to play with! Ivy … Continue reading A Family Visit →

We ended up naming Coral’s kids Skipper and Scout. It took a couple of days for Skipper’s ears to figure out which way to go. Right ear up, left ear down. Right ear down, left ear up. Right ear up, left ear down. Right ear down, left ear up. Are we ever going to figure … Continue reading Skipper and Scout →

While Sadie was busy getting acquainted with her new little girl, Phil and I took Coral to the opposite side of the driveway where Coral could get down to business without distraction. It was about this time that our friends Diana and Emma showed up. They’d been wanting to see a birth take place and … Continue reading A Memorable Memorial Day: Part 2 →

Well, I was planning to post these “fat, waddling mama” photos before the kids were born but somehow I got too busy and here we are. The kids are now almost a week old and two of our mamas look much slimmer while the other one never looked fat to begin with. Lucky girl!Coral was … Continue reading A Memorable Memorial Day →

The first baby goats are due in less than a week and the girls are taking their rest time pretty seriously these days. We’ve had some very nice weather this week so the grass is coming in thick and green just in time to welcome the new arrivals. Even with Petunia gone, her family still … Continue reading Buns in the Oven →

The Goat-O-Rama Gang presents a series of seasonally festive photographs for your enjoyment. Coral is one of our most proficient tree-trimmers and acrobats. Lovely Rita wears a tastefully fashionable “sprinkle of snow” cape with festive “sprig of pine” accessory. I may have been premature in choosing a photo for the Christmas card this year. Tigerlily … Continue reading →

I was caught off-guard last year by a blizzard on October 30th. This year’s first blizzard came even earlier–October 24th. We had a good 15 inches of snow!  The heavy snow wreaked havoc on my electric fences, but it sure was pretty! “Where’s our breakfast?!?” Petunia had to break a trail down to the house … Continue reading Winter came early again this year →

It’s been pretty cold the last few days. We were treated to a beautiful sunrise yesterday morning. All the trees were covered in a thick layer of hoarfrost. Yesterday was so cold I didn’t let the goats out of their pen, but little Coral (who we affectionately call “Fuzzy”) still had to come to the … Continue reading A Fuzzy Little House Guest →

Sarge, or “the little peanut” as we’ve been calling him, needed help on our walks for the first few days. His mother seemed determined to start bringing him as soon as possible, and he did his very best to keep up, but he’s very tiny and kept getting trampled by bigger and faster goats. So … Continue reading One big, happy family →