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ok.  i am about to attempt my first milk session with all willing does.  that might mean 6.  Yesterday, THIS came:

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it's a Maggiedan's hand milker.  and the counter has been cleaned with bleach.  and i searched for the little notebook that Lisa Check  (from my old online writing circle) had made me seemingly so long ago.  it will be my Milking Journal.   go see Flyinggoatfarm.com   Lisa created a Whole World.  and lives in it.

but because i am so nervous, i first made macaroni and cheese.  ate it.  and just now…took that twisted and clamped  bundle out of the walnut, un clamped, un bundled and look what we have here

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  1. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    sepia
    how Place and peculiarities of Water have so much to do with it

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  2. deb Avatar
    deb

    wow…the Fabulous Eye of All Wonder will be watching over the goat milking.

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  3. judy martin Avatar
    judy martin

    That is just gorgeous.

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  4. sewing susan Avatar
    sewing susan

    Can’t wait to hear how the milking goes. Please let us know. I would be nervous too!!!!
    Your cloth is loverly!!!! Can’t wait to see what else comes out of the pots. I loved your pictures yesterday of all your dye pots. They created such interesting pictures sitting there together on your round table. Besides holding the promise of beautiful cloth.

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  5. Valerianna Avatar
    Valerianna

    Stunning! Good luck with milking….

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  6. Jan Avatar
    Jan

    walnut; wow; wonderful; what a result.
    goats……good luck with the milking! jan, Yorkshire, England (still here)

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  7. saskia Avatar
    saskia

    nerves, you!? (I’ld be nervous too)
    however, you will succeed I’m sure.
    and the Eye, wow I mean WOW!

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  8. KaiteM. Avatar
    KaiteM.

    my hand is on your back

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  9. jude Avatar
    jude

    everything is just fine.

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  10. Deb G Avatar
    Deb G

    Laughing…mac and cheese takes care of a lot of issues. It is certainly good for finding that calm spot you will need.

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  11. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    we are going to need all the watching over we can get.

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  12. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    Thanks x a lot, Judy
    it’s always easier for me to accept compliments
    for the dye process. not much at all to do with me….

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  13. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    that will be a tomorrow Post. a day 2 post. as daughter
    told me…3 days of something, Anything, and to the goats
    it’s a done deal…how it’s been and will be forever. till
    the next new thing. but then again, 3 days and………
    the Mexican Elderberry LEAVES are holding their own. not
    mushing up at All??????
    Yes. no matter what comes of any cloth, i just love them
    for what they are, the dye pots.

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  14. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    ……………~…………………….

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  15. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    oh, HEY!, Jan

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  16. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    Yup. very nervous about this stuff. it’s important to
    them that i be “right” with it.

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  17. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    oh, bless you, BLESS you…………..tomorrow too, ok?

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  18. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    nerves and all.
    i did well.
    when i wasn’t getting it right, i just apologized and
    brushed them. they like that.

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  19. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    Deb…i was laughing too. i didn’t have time to do it right so i did it in a caste iron pan of the stove. came
    out ok. i shoveled it down. i eat it with ketchup.

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  20. Deb G Avatar
    Deb G

    ewww… 🙂

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  21. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    try it.

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  22. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    you must remember, i came from a family where the Mother
    made spagetti with a can of Campbells Tomatoe Soup. i
    come from a very humble 50’s background.

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  23. KaiteM. Avatar
    KaiteM.

    yes tomorrow too, and the next day………………..feel the warmth?

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  24. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    not so much., the warmth, cause it’s really HOT. but
    YES, the firm, soft pressure of the touch. yes. i
    very much feel that.
    tomorrow and the next day should do it. 3 days. but…
    more, well, i wouldn’t mind at all.
    a hand on the back is something so very good.
    Love…..

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  25. Deb G Avatar
    Deb G

    We had really limited food choices when I grew up so I get that… When we came down from Alaska we thought fresh milk and the fresh fruits and vegetables were the most, the very most incredible thing… Well except for blueberries, domestic blueberries tasted weird for a long time.

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  26. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    i don’t really know why my Mother cooked as she did. it
    is my guess that if it came in a can with a brand name,
    it was “better”. so…always Heinze ketchup. never the
    other brand…oh, so substandard, the other brand.
    this is a really great and interesting thought…why
    was it like it was? a salad was iceberg lettuce (which
    i STILL am addicted to) with Miracle Whip. we lived
    on a really GREAT chunk of land. lots of garden space.
    she grew alyssum and geraniums.

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  27. ali Avatar
    ali

    what a rich life you are living–so full, diverse–the vicarious pleasure I get from following along is immense! and soon you can add cheese-making to your myriad skills!

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  28. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    i just spent the last couple hours out there sitting
    with them. it is my favorite time, maybe theirs too.
    evening. my old friend Sarah called it the Women’s Time
    of Day.
    here i am now inside at this computer, stinking of goats.
    But to me, it’s a kind of perfume.
    sitting there, in the second pen, the Bitch pen, Ona and
    Onday were very much present. Ona, expecially likes
    spine massage…just finger pressing…down her neck
    from her horn place, all along her spine to a whisk of
    energy off her tail…that cleansing i learned a long time
    ago from Lily Crowheart. she would go away and then come
    back for more. Onday too, but she likes her face touched.
    likes her face massaged…from her mouth corners up, again and again. in between, their babies came and also little
    Mercy, a lot. who i held on my lap for a while but who
    then just came and stayed after that. of her own volition.
    One’s own Volition is important. With goats, too.

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  29. Robyn Ayaz Avatar
    Robyn Ayaz

    Grace we are all with you, we have your back as they say! Breathe, meditate so they don’t feel your nerves. They surely know by now that you are always there for them and their goatly needs, they seem to be a quick study. I am loving your dyed cloth – isn’t it magical what comes out of these pots? I have never used anything but tea dying but I love seeing how others do it and I have stuff from Deb L, Glennis, Ro Bruhn. Hugs (( ))

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  30. dee Avatar
    dee

    funny food thread… the cloth is so beautiful and I love the comment that it’ll be watching over you and the does. So, what did I learn today? Carbs are good and hair-brushing, too!

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  31. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    Well, I didn’t get to read this yesterday…but I love the cloth and it makes me miss the walnut tree (neighbor’s) even more and I think I’ll try a bit more dying…your results are inspiring. And I am sure did well…with the goats…with the support of Kaite (and the rest), the kind words and Deb’s pasta laughter ~ what could go wrong??!!! But what I really thought that you have been led to this moment and have been preparing for it. With all of the caretaking you’ve been doing, the feeding, the watering and moving to and fro, the birthing and your calm presence…a trusting bond is already there. You will be (were) fine, I’m sure. Now on to the next post I’ve missed…

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  32. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    “loverly” ~ big smile 🙂 I can hear my mom singing it now!

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  33. lynda howells Avatar
    lynda howells

    Fantasticx

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  34. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    Lynda…THANKS! for coming here…!
    i’m not sure about fantastic, but it sure is Something…

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