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14 responses to “just May”

  1. Laura Avatar
    Laura

    How are the goatlings? Talkie? Are you expecting some fun guests tomorrow?
    I want to visit my family, but I’m uneasy. They have been out and about. I have
    sheltered in place.

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  2. grace Forrest Avatar

    the little ones are Great. totally Great. The Herd
    in the last couple days has been in disarray. There is that thing about whose standing is where. Grace who i call Wendy was very mean to Caroline on Thursday and enlisted Karma, Arctica and Celia. By very mean, i mean bullying. Goats do a certain amount of that, by nature. Sometimes, times like this, a lot. It’s not pretty. But i guess is necessary for the well being of the Herd if threatened. There’s a lot to say about this and i’m not ready for that at this moment. Just to say, it’s going on. The little ones are fine…they run and spin and flip and fly and spin and run. Their little testicles have shrunk to almost nothing but are still dangling. The crusts of their disbudding have fallen off and it was a complete success which is such a relief. Hair is growing in. Black’s Firefly is reappearing. They GROW. Carolyn has not weaned them and i am relieved, not ready to take up the THING of milking. But in just days, i will need to face that.
    The big deal now is Tay. When the little ones are out, she is on leash. This can’t go on. That’s next. and its BIG.
    Tomorrow?, no. Jenny and her man came today for the Saturday Goat Day Things…we wormed the buck Goats, moved Nogal’s calf hutch from Talkie’s nesting place. Walked with the herd and watched so closely, looking for clues how to help it go forward. Tomorrow?, no. Her work at the Hospital has been intense. Sunday’s now for her are her own. She’s burned out and needs them.
    Alyssia and kids…nothing tomorrow. Everyday and everyday allday theMothering goes on with this Hill. We dont have a day.
    family “out and about”
    this means, justmeans, out and risking.
    for me…now is the time when it’s getting REAL. the Rona isn’t gone.
    lifeanddeath are at risk. So…i guess we weigh it.
    we don’t take any risk. It’s hard.

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  3. Michelle Slater Avatar

    DEAR ONE how eagerly I read all the detail in your comment to Laura and how beautiful your photographs are. So much to consider about how to proceed with critter and land mothering. I wish you strength and a peaceful heart.

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  4. Liz A Avatar

    such beautiful beings …

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  5. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    You may not have visitors today but you will be far from being alone. Have a wonderful Mothers Day day!! Hope you have a short time to put your feet up and enjoy a cup of tea … love to you 😘

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  6. maria Avatar
    maria

    To day i here on the radio that mothers day was started in …Amerika and in 1920 it makes the cross over to europe in some places it is on 15 of august mothers day
    just as info that’s al for now

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  7. Laura Avatar
    Laura

    Well, I have spent some time now, looking up firefly on a goat. I was all over the place, nothing. I hope it means his mojo. It must be fun to watch them! Does Tay see prey in them? So much for you to take care of. They act like kids!
    We’re not going to see my son, his wife, and grand baby. They are also “out and about”. It makes me sad, but I look forward to Google Duo with them. So, yeah, we weigh it.
    Happy Mother’s Day!
    XO

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  8. grace Forrest Avatar

    …maybe i didn’t mention his “firefly”….just a few
    wisps of white hairs on his head…was between the two
    horn buds that were burned. after the disbudding, you
    couldn’t see…she, the disbudding woman, puts something
    on there that seals it. Just this last week his has
    finally all come off and there it is…but just a couple
    hairs…but they are growing. When he was born it was
    totally in the shape of a firefly or dragon fly. AND
    i like the idea that it’s his MoJo.
    No…Tay knows their Goats, but she is Big and
    Excitable and they RUN…she wants to chase running
    things…catch them with her foot..pin them so she can
    smell them thoroughly. The worry is that she could
    hurt them doing this.
    She DID learn with Puppy, but Puppy could climb trees.
    She and Puppy are all ok now….have been for so long.
    And she understood NO CHICKEN with Talkie. That took
    work. But they are good now too. So, it’s just
    the Doing of It. Next.
    I’m glad you decided to abstain. a hard decision.
    Jenny and her Man DID stop at Alyssia’s house on the
    way here yesterday…stood in the driveway, Emrie had
    been prepared for no touching, no going near but she
    did go near…did want to hug Jenny, kept asking Why
    and when Jenny repeated over and over that she works
    at the Hospital and people there have germs, Emrie
    said…but you are clean, New Nana, your hair is clean.
    it’s so incredibly SAD. and the worst, not knowing how
    long this will need to go on.
    Love

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  9. grace Forrest Avatar

    the beauty comforts

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  10. grace Forrest Avatar

    maybe…i’m in a cleaning/ordering mode for this little
    metal house…but that will feel GOOD. Will take the
    day to do it.
    Love and Love Back

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  11. grace Forrest Avatar

    i like that it’s not just one day…gives another
    chance.
    we don’t usually do much anyway…but you can’t help
    but be touched by all the sentiment

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  12. Acey Avatar

    I am glad there is a day for Jenny that she can have. I am sorry for the sadness that Emrie’s young brain is struggling to understand. I am everything that’s everything about the miniature pomegranates.
    big winds here all day. J wondered aloud earlier if we’d reach times when we had to rush inside to escape from wind in case It was there in the air currents traveling everywhere…

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  13. grace Forrest Avatar

    you Wish what i need….these two….Thank You.

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  14. grace Forrest Avatar

    She really needs it. it is becoming clear for all of us in various ways that this is On Going. We need to take care of our Selves for this long haul. Am so so glad to see she is honoring that for Her SELF.
    Emrie will do what she can. We try to be clear with her. But SHE will make of it what she is able.
    Wild is a big player in the Climate Imaginings. Have read that for a long time. We wonder so many things. I think its good. Helps us Prepare.

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