Phil and I went for a walk thinking that all the goats would come with us, but Cuzco ruined the plan when he growled at Phil and started body checking him. So I dusted off the old shock collar, which made Cuzco throw a giant pity party for himself. He went into a sulk and … Continue reading Snickers and Sputnik: A cacophony of color and sound →

Sputnik was so funny yesterday that he got his own little series of photos. He jumped up on the water trailer to say hi to me… …and then started posing for the camera in a manner way too reminiscent of Cuzco! “Did you get my best angle?” “Were my new collar and tag in the … Continue reading Sputnik Strikes a Pose →

Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall goats in a single bound! Look! Out in the driveway talking to Phil! Under the tree, posing for the camera! Pestering the dog! It’s Snickers and Sputnik!! These two have really been growing nicely, and Snickers is becoming friendlier and more … Continue reading Snickers and Sputnik: Super-Goats →

Well, 2023 is almost over and I’ve barely said anything on this blog during the past year. It was a hard year in many ways but it had some really good bits too. I will say that this Christmas season has been one of the best ever. Certainly the best in many years! We had … Continue reading Merry Christmas! →

Over late summer and fall, Phil and I made friends with a couple, Zen and Vanessa, who recently moved to our area. Zen built us a 20,000 gallon rainwater cistern that, when full, should supply all of our household needs through many months of drought. Zen and Vanessa both fell in love with our goats … Continue reading A Beautiful Christmas Gift →

Last week I said goodbye to my dear friend Sputnik. I did not expect to lose him so soon. Sputnik’s legs weren’t straight. In 2017 I took him to CSU to have his joints x-rayed because they were not aligned correctly. The vets thought his tendons were contracted. We hoped they would eventually stretch down, … Continue reading These are the Things We Choose to Remember… →

Ever since we took a vacation with Phil’s family to South Dakota in July 2020, I have been longing to go back–this time with goats! It seemed like a fantastic destination for goatpacking, so on a warm, sunny day in September we headed north with our FOUR packgoat boys. Yes, you read that right! Finn … Continue reading It’s a South Dakota Goat Vacation: On the Way! →

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!!! →

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 →