First Born in the Barn

On November 30 at 2:30 pm came our first goat baby. What a strong, fine boy he is. Born to Eboney my lead girl - he will take his place a lead goat of 2008. What a silly guy - he was jerking around just like the private investigator on TV "Monk". Since I do not have cable this is the first year I had seen the show and this little guy acted just like him. He hated the touch of the straw, made funny little squeaks and pops, every movement was over thought. So "Monk" it is!! The first time I called his name he looked up and came straight to me. I picked him up and that was not the best idea - he streamed like I had struck him with a hot poker. Down he went and it took a couple of hours for both of us to calm down. Now he loves to be picked up and snuggled. I admit his catches everyone's attention when they see him. Monk rounds up the babies and controls their movements - he is quickly taking his place a lead goat. Don't you just want to give him a big kiss?

Llama Boy

Standing guard over the farm on the highest hill is Llama Boy - and he may look kind but over the past five months he has become my most protective pal around - he is truely my shadow. I am amazed how he has determined that he will watch over us all - the chickens even get his services. The other day when a hawk was circling overhead I saw Llama Boy run full speed toward the chicken coop to gather up the hens and run them into their house. He stood in front of the door as to say to the hawk "Not on my watch". The hens at first did not welcome his presence but now they love when he takes them out for a morning stroll around the farm - as the girls peck away at the frozen ground he nibbles on the buffalo grass. Once their tummies are full you can find them all basking in the sun next to the coop. During the night you will find him like the night watchmen making his rounds which includes several circles around the coop. He even peaks thru the windows making sure they are tucked in safe and sound. Such a proud and kind protector but I warn those who come without invitation - make sure you can run FAST! His brutal kicks and his razor sharp fighting teeth are no match for two or four legged uninvited visitors.

Mishka Update

Many have asked about our sweet Mishka - the house goat from last years births. Well, she is doing great but is still a mommy's girl. She was not happy with the additions to the barn and is glued to my hip, leg, butt or whatever she can get too. I can not count how many times I have tripped over her while trying to doing the feeding or just walk from point A to point B. Since she is "My Baby" in the eyes of the goat girls she is picked on when I am not there. When I do arrive in the barn Mishka is given her space because "I" head Mommy is in the barn. I guess a double edged sword. Mishka also hates all the new kids thinking she is the Aunt who should love them and in her mind they are nothing but a bunch of running nutters. She wants nothing to do with them so she spends her time with "Chief" - He is her protector, friend, nap buddy and a substitute for me when I am busy doing other things. Mishka is still small in size (bottle babies usually are) but has more love to give then anyone on the farm. I agree she is my baby still and I do not think that will ever change.

I promised pictures

O.K. sit back and grab a cup of tea and get ready to see a look into a day at the farm. I am going to break the photos into chunks so you can get to know the new babies and what a play day looks like.

First off if you want to get anywhere near the goat babies you have to get past my male Great Pryenees "Chief" who is very serious about his guarding job.

Look what popped up today

Friday at the Funny Farm is houseplant watering day, exciting right? I am not a robot but I do have a habit of lossing track of days. I could not believe my eyes when I came to the Mother of all my Aloe plants. This amazing steam of what I am guessing is their form of flower has popped up in the middle of this massive plant. In all the years I have had Aloe plants I have never had this happen. The mother plant was given to me by a friend who left Colorado in a hurry about four years ago. I never had luck with Aloe plants but I took the plant. Since that time this plant has made over fifty baby plants which is unheard of - now this!! I have been giving away the babies over the year and my home is littered in everyroom with her offspring. I am reminded of the Invasion of the Body Snatchers... Maybe this is going to be my pod?? I will let you know if anything strange happens but remember my Pod Body will be identical except I will have lost this wicked sense of humor and I will be able to scream some horrible sounds - I mean even more horrible then when I see a spider. If I stop complaining that I am tired, aches and pains or have not shared continually about my sweet goats - call the National Guard - this old farm gal is now the new and improved Pod Farm Gal....

I am so blessed !

As I was starting to do my dinner dishes I looked out the window above my sink and this is what I saw - it took my breath away. The MOON was incredible. Then I ran to the livingroom which faces West and the sky behind the pine trees where looking like a fire was burning but it was the sun setting. I really live in a magical place - my world is so blessed. I just had to share. ENJOY

I thought I had PICTURES

It is been a couple of weeks since I last posted and boy have I been running on roller skates! The weather here in Colorado just has not made up it's mind. We have gone from -12 degrees to 58 degrees and Friday and now we have 28 degrees and snow. Go figure. Hard to keep everyone happy and health with these temps.

Next, my goat girls decided that December would be a great time to have babies, that's right we have BABIES! Since the cold is not a friend to my very old floppy disk camera I do not have pictures. Yes, you read that right FLOPPY DISK!!! No laughing I just finally got the hang of this monster.....

So we have nine babies so far and they are just the sweetest babies on this whole planet - really they are. We have three sets of twins - each set has a boy and a girl. Nice of them to do that. Then we have three singles all boys. There are still three mom's still cooking those little one's so still more to come. Once, I can get the camera working I promise pictures.

That brings me to the next adventure. I had my two sons (Nick and Conrad) along with Nick's fiancee Brooke over for the holidays. We had a wonderful time and they took incredible photo's of the kids. Brooke was so kind as to burn them on CD but my computer refuses to let the blog post them. I have pulled my hair out trying to get them here so we are just going to have to wait for me to bring those floppy disks into the barn and snap away.

I will be back shortly, going back out to check on the expecting girls and to put up the chickens because the temp has dropped another 10 degrees. Back soon!