We were so busy with poor little Butterfly that I never made time to introduce Rita’s wonderful little kidlets, Zelda and Sonic. In fact, for their first week I hardly got to know them myself! I quickly realized that these little babies were skittish and would run from Phil and I when we approached. That’s … Continue reading Zelda and Sonic →

Good times this afternoon with fun violin & goat videos!  If I don’t show up, it means I’m helping Zelda (who we sold to a friend) with her delivery today!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVV3DKdWyGs -Phil

“…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…” →

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 →

When Butterfly got hurt, Phil and I couldn’t leave her alone with the herd. She was too slow, too fragile, and she couldn’t get up easily when she fell or was knocked down. So we kept her in the house at night and supervised her outdoor playtime. When Sunday came she still wasn’t ready to … Continue reading Gettin’ Religion! →

Butterfly continues to improve each day. She can walk now instead of just shuffling her hind end, and she runs as fast as the other babies but with her hind legs together like a deer. She usually only runs on the right hind leg, but she’s dotting the left down more and more often. Her … Continue reading The Flight of the Butterfly →

Butterfly spent most of Thursday and Friday last week in the house with me. She couldn’t stand up without help and she usually laid with her hind legs stretched out. Despite being largely immobile, she nevertheless kept up a keen interest in everything around her. And is that not the sweetest little face? Movies on … Continue reading One Day at a Time →