Showing posts with label goat kids. Show all posts
Showing posts with label goat kids. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Spring Effects, or maybe Affects

I really have nothing stellar to report today. It is just a beautiful spring day in Maine. I don't know if it's the effect of the beautiful weather or what, but I saw some things that just struck my funny bone, so I thought I'd share.

While I was teaching math this morning, I happened to look out the window and observed that the horses are certainly enjoying the warm weather. They were napping. We knew before we got them that draft horses are not particularly high strung, but I don't think I've ever seen such laid back beasties. Pat seems to have the nap thing down to an art.

I seriously think he was drooling.
I actually walked right up to the fence and talked to him before he came to. (See Mom? He's really not dead this time either. :)

Riss came home early from work this morning, and presumably took charge of Sunny. Apparently, she was on a different wavelength. This is what happens when everyone assumes someone else is watching Sunny.

Some people have a nose for chocolate. Others have a gift for finding lost shoes.
Sunny is a marker magnet. He can find them anywhere you hide them. He really likes magic markers. He found this one hidden in TBear's room. He's a very bad dog, Carl.Yes, Sunny, nice job. Fortunately it was water soluble and came off easily. Fortunately.
That was enough entertainment for one day. Sunny and TBear are outside having wagon races, but they're moving a little too fast for pictures, so you'll have to imagine that.

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

The New Kid

We had just finished school for the day when Whit walked in to announce there was a new goat in the barn! One of our Toggenburg goats, Kappy, had a doe kid this afternoon! Someone pointed out that today is a square root day: 3-3-09. So we decided to name the little doeling Nina. That's her mama looking over the stall wall making sure she's still there and okay.

This is just the beginning of our kidding season. We still have three more does due in March or April. More pictures to follow, I'm sure, but I'll wait until all the new kids have arrived.