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oh MY! If these are milk goats, it’s time to introduce us to the herd, one by one. Look how they are plotting!..Who is the smarty pants with the reversed state of Florida on her neck, front and center?
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doesn’t matter, this is great!
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Welcome home! To one and all! Curiouser and curiouser, yes?
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The “what” reveals itself…..
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oh, so happy to see you made it back safe & sound…… and with lots of friends! They are beautiful and so are you for welcoming them to your home! xo
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Wow, grace. They look like a lot of fun! What do the dogs think of all this?
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Too, Too Cool!!!!
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collect their hairs and work them into something.
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let the games begin!!! they are usually very playful and will steal your heart before you know it :0)
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oh what an adventure. glad you are safely home with family..
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Oh my! Welcome back, everyone!
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Oh Wow! looks like there will be lots of little kids soon!
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my sentiments also. just keep going… glad to know you are back home.
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Now, recovery! Then, the work and the wonder of animal husbandry (wifery?)…and EEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!#%@&!!! I’ve been thinking about you every day since you left when I open my dashboard–so happeeeeeeeey you’re back.
Here is a whole page of goat stuff to scroll if you like for all sorts of general and at the bottom, more specific information you might want:
https://www.google.com/search?client=gmail&rls=gm&q=Care%20of%20goatsLikeLike
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glad you are all back safe and sound, missed you Grace;
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Yah! You’re back with all safe and sound. Look forward to seeing what’s next with you!
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This is so great :~)))))) Happy you all made the journey ok and they look so fine don’t they. Now what?…..I think they might let you know quite soon :~))
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holy crap.
a bit of a life change eh?
can’t wait for the next installment.
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😀 Glad you are back.
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these ARE milk goats. Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goats. 9 does
3 bucks. and i WILL introduce them, once i have
found my footing. and i love it, the reversed state of
Florida….maybe even change her name to Florida.LikeLike
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this is a big shift in things and i don’t know how to
think about it yet, but DO know that my diaries cloth
is feelin it…..LikeLike
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keeping going. yes. home. yes.
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they ARE curious. as of today, they know EVERYTHING
about that pen. EVERYTHING.LikeLike
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it’s going to have to because i don’t have a single clue
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the words safte and sound have new meaning.
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they are totally fun and loving.
the dogs were a little surprised and didn’t really know
what to think.
i had to go into town today to check up on my home care
people etc. i worried.
but when i got back, all was well. so far, so good.LikeLike
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who’dve guessed, huh. Jenny. i don’t even know how
to think about any of it.LikeLike
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that will be way down the road. for now, i just want to
keep them safe.LikeLike
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most of themm I know from before she moved last August.
so, my heart has been stolen for about 3 years already.LikeLike
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goat family. the daughter, Jenny, i took to the airport
today. she will come back around May 1, but will live
in Albuquerque. Will try to get her 21 yo son going.LikeLike
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Oh my, i GUESS!!!!! Thank You!!!
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one any minute and then maybe MANY in a few months.
they can each kid with 3 easy. 2 for sure. that’s a
LOT. but they will all be sold. probably.LikeLike
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thank you for being happeeeeeey. it means a lot.
yes. goat wifery.
daughter Jenny had them for 3 years already but there is
STILL more to learn always. and also, many beautiful
goat blogsLikeLike
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Thank you for missing me. that is such a tender thing…
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YES…what’s next. well, We will All find out at the
same time!LikeLike
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it was scarey…the trip….but we just said…OK, GO!
and did. and here we are.LikeLike
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holy crap…you can say that again. and yup. change.
the name of the game.LikeLike
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k…thank you so much for saying that. it has Real
Meaning and balances meLikeLike
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youll be a good care giver…i know they will prosper.
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i will do my Best.
that’s ALL we can ever do. so. my Best.
there are dogs around here that run loose. SnowBunny,
the Matriarch already has experience with that when 2
german shepards attacked the herd at my daughter’s.
SnowBunny ROSE UP and did her Best. her throat and
chest were torn badly. daughter Jenny cared for her
for weeks and now she is good again.
i just want to do what i can. and i don’t know what that
is still…learning.
if i can, i will.
i was just standing at the door, looking out at them.
they are such adaptable Beings.
all are together now because of the accidental buck
break out. which means they are all bred. not intentional.
as the next weeks go along, i will create a seperate
place for the Buck pen. IF,
and it is a big IF….
IF
it looks like it can work here, i’ll keep them while
daughter Jenny regains her balance. then we will make
some decisions. for now though, it’s just to keep them
safe.
Tomorrow some major WIND is predicted. so if we make it
through that, then …. good.
keep thinking of us. i believe it helps….xoxoLikeLike
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i will include them in my nightly list of animals that i hope will see the see rise each morning. i have a long list…im sure they huddle together through winds and such. im looking forward to more narratives about them and photos. maybe a little stitched talisman to keep watch over them too. you could tie the talisman to the post. xox to you grace.
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your family is like mine… short generations.
we are doing the same here with getting the family going..
glad you are home and all is well. i thought of you a lot.LikeLike
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the talisman is already placed on the Diaries Cloth. i’ll
pic it soon. they are so curious and they know their
Place by mouth. so a talisman tied to their post wouldn’t
last long. but just outside it, Yes. i WILL do that.
we need many talismans now. just heard that daughter is
sitting hours in LA airpot till next flight. oh whaa.
i Thank You for your nightly prayers.LikeLike
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maybe it’s a sign of the times.
i just talked to Julian. he’s 2 and a half. i had
planned on loving him
some
but 5 days there
and i am kind of lost.
i just called him. he said “Old Nana, how far is far?”
the thinking a lot makes good juju. we will find a way,
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Deep breath, wow! So glad to hear you are back…been thinking of you and family and goats.
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Came back again…you said ‘goat blog’ …made me curious…Google to the rescue! First one I clicked on, same breed – different state:
http://goatcentral.blogspot.com/LikeLike
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At moms now trying to get her to bed. Hope daughter gets a good flight and you reunite soon. Hay/grass talisman! Heeeeee. Nite grace.
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HI Grace
You have been in my thoughts this week wondering how your travels are going. Pleased to see you are all back safely. What a wonderful mum you are.
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hey Grace, so happy that you all returned safe and sound (my comment from yesterday seems to have disappeared)I missed seeing you here (and over on other blogs)this is such a brave thing you are doing!!
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go goats! good luck, Grace! good golly, they have such personality–I look forward to hearing some of your goat stories!
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This is just a temporary situation if I remember? Or, have things changed?
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maybe, I’m a bit too optimistic here but … it’s a happy sight s And look at their bellies, when are they due? (To tell you a little secret: I always wanted goats but never had the opportunity to keep them.)
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temporary can mean so many things. i don’t know what
it might mean here.
my GUESS is through the September kidding event????
also, so much depends on how things go here. Mainly
the loose dogs. if that’s a problem, she will have to
divide them up amoung her goat friends..like board them.
it’s just all UNKNOWN at this point. i really have no
idea about how i would LIKE it to go…LikeLike
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Yippee! This is awesome; such a lovely welcoming world you make Grace. Thank you.
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Grace I´m overwhelmed. You are such a brave women and mother. You will manage it but I think with a lot of heart beats.
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always thinking about you and your adventures and wishing you and your goat herd many happy days. following along in the background. silent but here.
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what an impressive herd! Lovely to see their picture in their new home….
i’m a Goat in the chinese calendar. would love to join in and get to know all of these friends….
best of luck….mehehehh
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hahahahahahaha!!!! i’m so delighted to see this!!
we have guard donkeys. that may be more than you want to take on. but ours are really like big ole dogs/pets themselves, but they do chase off predators. most shepherds i know have livestock guardian dogs so maybe that’s an option?
i cannot wait to hear more about this amazing adventure!LikeLike
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do they have any sort of soft undercoat? that one looks pretty hairy!! i know they are dairy goats but still would love to try spinning some of their fiber… xxo
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soon we can talk about
~cheese~LikeLike
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They are a great breed. smaller than the Nubian, less
destructive. give close to the same amount of milk, with
a very high butter content.
dairy products from goats makes a LOT more sense than
cows which require an enormous amount of space and feed.LikeLike
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i was telling them, daughter, granddaughter, little
great grandson about your home and the potatoe contest
when i was there…….xoxoxoLikeLike
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brave. hmmmmmm.
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i wish i had a movie camera…..yesterday was
CRAZY!LikeLike
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one due any minute and others in September
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still in process…i love your progress on your Cloth…
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Doris…yes….lots and lots of heartbeats, you are right.
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i always can feel you
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in that calendar i’m a rooster
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Dru…we got an Anatolian Shepard 2 years ago after
they were attacked by to neighborhood german shepards.
SnowBunny, who i will photograph extensively probably,
tried her best to protect the herd and got her throat
and chest ripped to the muscle. daughter valliantly
veted her and here she still is today.
Anyway, the Anatolian, Kadir. most excellent dog on the
planet was shot by her neighbor a month or so ago. i
think it might have been what tipped her over her edge
to give up California dreamin for now and just come back.
i loved that dog beyond love. he was extraordinary.
i am going to have to channel him. i will become him
as best i can.LikeLike
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and so you shall. you can be the judge about how it
spins. when she comes back at the end of the month, we
need to begin the Beauty Shop work….they all need to
be sheared of winter coat. the little buck BUCKwheat
has a beautiful coat. i’ll collect it all for you.LikeLike
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(oh my, this is too weird, left comments several times, but they have seemingly all disappeared!)
Anyway, here goes yet again: Grace and goats: glad to see you have all arrived safe and sound; look forward to further developments in this adventureLikeLike
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hmmpf, now I see my comments appearing….sometimes this web is a mystery to me
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no…they are here and received…be sure to look at the
bottom where you click to “show more comments”?????
i think that happens when there’s a lot of them. but
i DID receive your very good words.
i will do a Post today, after i see what’s happened
during the night.
xoxoxoLikeLike
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yup. they are here. i just left a comment at the
BirdHut…your posts are wonderful. i will go back
FOR SURE today and spend some time…
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Grace! I missed you truly, I am so happy you are safe home although it sounds like it might have been a bit hair raising. I know something about how you are feeling right now – a great-grandson whois missing you already! They tug at your heart – family, goats, the whole thing. OK. The altar, candle, all that to bring you calm and a deep breath. Birthing goats – wow!
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You are a beautiful person!
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takes one to know one, as they say
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yup. altar. candle. remember to breathe.
i tend to be a slow starter in the morning..tended…
now it’s Rise and Shine. they are out there staring
at the door making their quiet hey you sounds.
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grace is here! with goats! what a grand glorious thing! you live life in such a big way.
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oh grace, what a terrible, terrible thing. we had a dog shot by a neighbor years ago and i still ache from the pain of it. i’m sure your anatolian is still there with you protecting you and the flock. i wonder if people in your area use guard donkeys or llamas – maybe they are more of a deterrent than another dog? what do ranchers do?
and spinning BUCKwheat and the other goats will be such a treat – i can send you some of the yarn for your stitching too.LikeLike
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