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~~~A Goat Tale~~~

~~~A Goat Tale~~~

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** The Professor was an old man….. …..when Doctor Brigid was over recently…she commented on his age….. …..we couldn’t remember how old he was…he’d been here for years…I haven’t looked at his papers yet….. I guess by now…you’ve realized…I’m using the past tense….. Professor Dillamond died right before Hurricane Ian….. …..it was a peaceful death…he had a long life…he was a good boy….. But then with the approaching hurricane…other priorities took over…where the Professor…

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Embracing The Scavenger Within

Embracing The Scavenger Within

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I had to follow up on my last post….. My older daughter & I did go out in “the back”….. …..we went back there with the intention of checking on the “status” of the late Isabella’s and Optimus Prime’s carcasses….. Vultures and buzzards have a necessary role to play in the world….. And the vultures have been very busy birds here….. …..a lot of people don’t like them….. …..we just refer to them as~~~”The Boys”~~~(my father started that label…..and it’s…

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***Optimus Prime~~~R.I.P.***

***Optimus Prime~~~R.I.P.***

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You know how things happen in three’s?….. They seem to anyway….. Isabella (…Rossellini)…(out of Gina Lollobrigida…aka Lola)…(whose mother was Loren…you know…Sophia)…(we had an Italian-actress-line at one time)….. …..well…..Isabella passed away…..but she was old…..and really…..we had been expecting it for a long time now….. And then Optimus Prime died…..!….. I hadn’t thought Prime was that old….. But apparently he was old enough….. …..after talking to another goat-mentor-friend of mine….. …..(and yes, there are such things as goat-mentor-friends)…..(I have several)….. …..we “think”…

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The Great Goat Rodeo

The Great Goat Rodeo

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As promised……. After my last post about Addy being pregnant……. *****Addy Is In A Family Way*** …..I needed to finish my story about the necessity of running down our various goats…..in the mud……. Orchestrating…..catching…..&…..ultimately…..dragging various goats into appropriate stalls or pens is difficult at best……. …..but add to that scenario……. …..procrastination……. …..failing daylight……. …..along with recent torrential rains & the resultant/deep/paddock mud……. …..it’s all NOT a good recipe for success……. …..it was a GREAT recipe (however) for ear-numbing expletives…….spat and…

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Professor Dillamond Can’t Pee

Professor Dillamond Can’t Pee

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  Pascal, I need to remind you…….this is a farm blog…….with posts that would probably not be acceptable as party conversations… This is probably going to be one of those entries… We are a small homesteading farm… We have a variety of self-sustaining (HA!) animals and participants. We have two buck goats who have a job to do. One Boer meat goat buck (Optimus Prime) and one Oberhasli dairy goat buck (Professor Dillamond). We’ve had goats for over twenty years….

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You Can’t Fault Them……….sigh…..

You Can’t Fault Them……….sigh…..

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            Animals are animals. Beasts are beasts.  You can’t expect them to behave differently than Mother Nature intended.  (I’ll throw humans in that animal category as well.) But a person can intervene and try to alter the outcomes. And here we are AGAIN—–with the dead electric fencing………….. One of our clever (stupid) dairy goats somehow got into the backyard yesterday. Not the best of choices.  Not a choice that reinforces her personal longevity. Now enter seven…

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# Life Happens —— Buck Goat Drama!

# Life Happens —— Buck Goat Drama!

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My poor daughter is at the subject matter, yet again.  Poor thing. She didn’t make me promise this time not to post about this one………………..I may have lost some credibility with her……………………….where’s the trust?! She’s starting a new job.  A server (apparently you are not allowed to say waitress anymore…………………and I still say stewardess, and actress, and comedienne)-(liberation is not in word only—–you should see my N.O.W. pendant from the seventies—–it doubles as brass knuckles).  She’s in training.  Her attire…

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