getting used to Plan e or even f or g….good thing there's a long alphabet  

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not thinking it would be needed,  we put the Goat Boat against the fence and cut the fence.  Which meant that Jackie couldn't back her truck through to get the half ton bale into the Albatross.  And so.  Plan something else,  i hauled some wood over and that half ton is now here.  Today i bought a tarp to cover it.  Rain is coming day after tomorrow.  The other big tarp had been used for Gideon's house.  ok.

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getting used to trucks as Landscape Elements

 

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hosed out Tay's old house for being Gideon's transport crate.  It's the biggest.  The tarp for the half ton bale is metalic on one side so will be able to cover the crate in the truck.

 

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this is MY DAUGHTER.  spawn of me.  Driving a rented Bobcat.  Figuring out how it works and then filling in a Looooong expanse of  terraced space that the good man Nathan created and then bailed.  How amazing.  i am beyond proud.  She bought a hat.

 

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Alyssia.  HER daughter,  second from me,  who got good at it too.  INSIDE Alyssia is Emrie,  not yet born.  Listening through her amniotic fluid.  I am beyond.  beyond Proud.  

We Rule.

We talked.  after their long day.  Talked about how maybe Gideon can go in with the Doe Goats.  He is so old for his kind.  For sometime now he has displayed no Buck energy.  No vocalizations.  No Urge. I don't think he would be able to mount a doe.   He is over on the side now,  because of Plan e or f or whatever,  he is in his own space but where he can watch.  He's seeming ok with this,  but we talked this evening about how maybe he might be able to go into the Goat Forest with all the doe goats.  How GREAT would that be for him.  He is the most Excellent Goat Ever and to live out his days in the midst of all those does…how just so great and FULL that might be?  So…maybe.

Maybe.

and the frog they see…Sierran tree frog.  Julian has taken note.  There was also a snake.

 

 

 

 

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10 responses to “a kind of Saturday that it is”

  1. vicky aka stichr Avatar

    alyssia is also carrying her grandchildren…the eggs being formed inside emrie, inside alyssia.
    yes, let gideon roam the hills, and go with him. grace.

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  2. grace Avatar

    she is, isn’t she. carrying her grandchildren. Alyssia through
    Emrie. Eggs. We carry eggs. over and over, we carry the eggs.
    Gideon. such a fine Being. such a gentle Soul. so much, him.
    He would make no war.

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  3. Michelle in NYC Avatar

    Though a whole lot is getting done, the pace and content of this post is just so easy. Everything being planned and re-planned keeps feeling natural…like when traffic slows down to human Rhythms. I’ll dream with you for Gideons idyllic forest retirement with the ladies :–>

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  4. Mo Crow Avatar

    Gideon’s Dream is a beautiful vision

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  5. Nina Avatar
    Nina

    That’s a lovely plan for Gideon! How could your girls not be strong, they are your girls!

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  6. grace Avatar

    Nina…do you have any thoughts about the Gideon Plan? Do you
    or any Goat Persons you know have experience with an old Buck?
    he is going on 12. I don’t think he could keep his balance if
    he tried to mount. But mostly, i wonder if he would even
    really have interest? He displays no buckly behaviors any more.
    He used to bellow like an elephant but that’s been gone for some
    time. Now there’s quiet mutterings at most. When TenZen and
    Nogal were being incessant during the winter months, he didn’t
    show any interest or even acknowledgement and their yard is
    just maybe 15 away. I am wondering.
    if no one really knows, i guess the thing to do would be to
    just try it.
    the hope is that he would be more like an old wether and just enjoy the company. He has always been very good with babies. I think he would still. Intention is to breed Nogal to a couple of the does right away. We would milk them. oh, eee, that
    brings up the thing of bucky milk, but…hmmmm maybe not.
    He doesn’t tend to his Personal anymore….maybe his hormone
    level is nil…???….
    I’ll go sniff him this afternoon, close, like nose in his
    hair…see if he still has scent.
    Any thoughts would be appreciated

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  7. Nina Avatar
    Nina

    I am thinking that it would be fine, but I will contact a few friends of mine that have had some older bucks. If he is not showing any interest in the girls particularly, and the younger bucks are doing their bucky thing, then I think it will probably be ok. He must be a sweet soul, and it would be so nice for him to have the company of the mamas and babies. I will let you know if I learn anything!

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  8. grace Avatar

    Nina…THANK YOU! no…he is in his own world of Sunshine and good and clean water. He has clear view of the does, just across the way and there is no response. He is just enjoying his moments.
    But i think he would more, enjoy the activity of the does and the kids when they come. I think they would add time for him,
    Newness
    for him to breathe in.
    We all love him. Jenny, Alyssia and i. He is just such a FINE being.
    anything you glean from your own Goat world…THANK YOU!

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  9. grace Avatar

    ahhh, it would be so so Fine, that forest retirement, them milling around how they do, the babies flying here and there. I HOPE this for him

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  10. grace Avatar

    isn’t it? isn’t it just really so Beauty FULL?
    however it goes, we dream this dream for him now

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