The last two kids of the season were born on June 4th at dusk. Mocha hung around in the pen all day and picked out a nice cozy little corner where she dug herself a pit to lay in. And then she laid in it. And did nothing else. Phil and I kept waiting for … Continue reading Girls Rule!
We have been blessed with an abundance of moisture throughout this past spring. Regular small snow storms hit us throughout March and April, and May came with several long, soaking rains that saturated the already soggy ground and brought grass to places I thought could never be green again. The goats have been enjoying the … Continue reading GREEN!!!
What’s all this?? It appears that a Loch Ness Monster moved into our lawn!! I saw this guy advertised for $100 in the Pueblo classifieds and I couldn’t resist. Saturday was me and Phil’s 22nd wedding anniversary and we decided to make a day of it and get ourselves an anniversary present. We drove out … Continue reading It swam into our yard…
“…Even though it’s May!” We woke up to almost eight inches of snow on May 11th. It quickly slumped to about 3 inches and by the next day there were only a few white traces left on the emerald green carpet of long, thick grass on our pastures. Phil was a popular character with Snowball … Continue reading “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…”
March came in like a lion. Then April came in like a lion. We ran out of firewood and almost ran out of propane. But sometime around the end of April, warm weather arrived! I got my shorts out, grass started coming in everywhere, and the goats enjoyed going out for daily walks! Snowball is … Continue reading Late April Sunshine
Some fun tunes coming your way today! Lots of new videos of Ben Gun, Sapphire, Diamond, & Ruby playing in the yard!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JTPMCh6qJc Hope to see you there!-Phil
On Saturday afternoon at around 2:00 Skeeter had her kids! Two girls: Diamond & Ruby! For today’s livestream I’ll show a bunch of new videos of Sadie’s kids as they’ve gotten more and more lively this week, and some of Skeeter’s kids. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_GzDjqtKtY Hope to see you there!-Phil
We had another perfect kidding today! Skeeter went into labor around 2:00, which was the nicest part of the day, and she popped those kids out in textbook form. The only help Phil and I had to give was to cheer her on! She kidded two healthy, strong, and beautifully marked girls! Sticking with the … Continue reading Treasure!!