windthread

Ginger and her daughter Cinderella…Gideon is Cinderella's father.  Cinderella is SunnyRay's sister.

Scurs.   Disbudding done by the vet.  NOT.  So,  Cinderella has these uh, substantial scurs but also ones that do not curve into the skull.  So,  are not well,  attractive,  but also are not threatening to her well being.  If i were a dairy goat woman for real,  i would breed Cinderella.  Ginger and Gideon as sire and dam fortell a Great Milking Goat and she is gentle and willing for all things.  She would not only make a great milker but would kid excellently.  I would breed her with Nogal.

But i am not a real dairy goat woman.

 

 

Jan the dog trainer who has Goats has been talking about banding scurs.   There's opinions on both sides.  But with Cinderella,  they are ok.  She's not at all interested in using them as Horns for taking Place in the herd.  They, as i said,  are not threatening to her well being.  So…they just are.  She wouldn't win a beauty contest,  but then neither would i.  Her mother, Ginger, is my daughter's Favorite Goat.

Goats have reasons for things.    Who can know.  There are 5 feed tubs for the doe Goats Out There.  The first is at the gate where i dump it all from the stash in the Albatros.  Then i go through the house and out the Back Door   (where the Praying Mantis was yesterday)  and divide it up into the other 4 tubs kind of evenly.  Some days,  everyone spreads out evenly too,  but today….

 

Have been watching Snowbunny.  and Part of it is that she is getting old,  but i think part of it too is that it's hot and she is just Wise and Conserving energy.   She chose this bowl/tub.

 

she just lays there,  eating the feed around her until she's full then gets out.  I nod and think this is smart and maybe what i might do if i lived with a lot of younger pushy women.

 

Wendy Golden Levitt sent this today.  Sand Play.  you can google and there's a lot about it but look for   C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles…What is Sand Play Therapy.  A good overview.  Sand Play was developed by Swiss Jungian Analyst Dora Kalff.  Wendy does this with her kids.  In the pic, you can see what happened with the Dog Cloth i sent.

 

this is the cloth.  I was unsure about sending it.  Maybe it was too uhhhh, Fierce?  looking????  But i know Tay and she is fierce looking and IS fierce in her way,  but she is also so many other things,  more and more as she grows older.  So i took the chance.  Trusting that Wendy's children would be same as me and Need Fierce

 

 

see the baby crawling to the Dog?

 

this, untitled,  is finished and in the shop.

I am GrateFULL for this day.