Queen Mum's Dancing in the Rain

[bonbean01]

LOLOL...I'm getting to love Perl more and more!!!!

And congrats on finishing your barn...lots of hard work....but so satisfying to just gaze at the finished building))

 

[Queen Mum]

Perl is a little pickle all right. Want to buy her. She is for sale.

Right up until I finished the barn it was wobbling and shaky and looking like it would fall down any minute. As soon as the siding went on it was standing sturdy and firm. I am so glad it is done! Now my girls have a warm place to stay out of the rain and cold this winter.

My next goal is a kidding pen. A nice warm kidding pen. I have one where I keep the kids right now, but it needs a shelter. I am planning on using a cattle panel for that. The kid place is about 18 feet by 18 feet square and has a nice sturdy swing gate. Right now there is a borrowed shelter and I have to return it right away. So, I will build the shelter this next week.

 

[bonbean01]

Hubby would have fits if I bought Perl...LOLOLOL....and of course she'd need a friend And our fencing would not be good enough for goats...our sheep have no desire to even try to leave and half the time when they are grazing the small pasture with just 2 strands of electric wire we don't bother plugging it in. But...Perl is pretty tempting for sure!!!!

 

[Queen Mum]

She would need a lamb for a friend maybe a shetland sheep. A ram lamb.

 

[Bridgemoof]

The antics of Perl are really adorable. I would have folded, though, and let her out when she was carrying on like that, lol. I'm not very good at weaning. I always feel so sorry for them.

 

[Queen Mum]

Here they are on my porch...

And as soon as they saw me with a camera, Perl had to come over for scratchies.

This is Mama. If I am anywhere near the house, she comes and gets on the milkstand and waits.... and waits.... and waits. Calling for grain.

 

[Queen Mum]

Goat racing LOOK AT THIS!

 

[jodief100]

They are so beautiful and looking great !

 

[Queen Mum]

You meet wonderful people every day, but some people just touch you in a very special way. When they are in need it is doubly hard. My dear and sweet friend Patsy is in the hospital tonight. She has a blood clot that has damaged one of her kidneys. She is the sweetest and most gentle soul you would ever want to meet. Never a complaint and never an unkind word for anyone. She has a light in her heart that just shines out in all directions. So I am saying my prayers extra hard for her and thinking zen thoughts and sending positive thoughts her way.

If you have any positive thoughts and prayers send some in her direction.

Also, I have another friend Paul who is going to the hospital tomorrow. He too is very special to me. He is going for routine stuff but he can always use an extra positive thought and energy in his direction. He always makes me smile and laugh. A gentler and kinder man you will never meet.

 

[Queen Mum]

My friend, Patsy, is doing better but not out of the woods yet. One of her kidneys shut down. I am still saying lots of prayers for her. It is hard when a wonderful person gets sick. You want to take their place. You want to make them feel better. You want to kiss it and make it all better.

And I heard from my friend, Paul, tonight too. He is having a tough time as well. I cherish him and am sending lots of positive thoughts his way as well.

On the home front, there is good news.

Mama was pretty sick a several weeks ago and I thought she miscarried. Well, she must have because today she was flagging and in heat. Mama is my doe who is only in heat for about 12 hours. And she picks her buck. She ran over to Ian and flirted with him for about 10 seconds. Ian covered her before I got there. SO, it looks like she will be having babies in late February. This is good news because she is in MUCH better health now. She has gained back much of her weight and is looking sleek and healthy. She seems pretty happy too. After they were done, she brushed him off like yesterdays news and marched off into the field to eat. Houdini was in hot pursuit. He tried and tried but Mama rolled him over on his back and gave him a look like, "If you try that again, I will stomp you flat." The rest of the day, he just followed her around like a love sick puppy fending off all other goats, male and female.