Hello.......

I am  still here..just super busy! I will be back when I finish getting the garden put in....Happy Spring everyone!

Lovelies

Hey everyone! My friend, Texan, has got her ETSY shop open! It is My Suite Retreat. She has some really cute stuff in there like this...

and this....

and this...

and this !

I can testify to the quality of her work because  she makes me stuff, I have best girlfriend benefits ya know,lol! You won't find better anywhere,seriously! She used to make her living sewing  so the girl knows her stuff let me tell ya! Yes, she is my best friend but that would not make me be dishonest about her work.  You will  be thrilled with anything you buy from her! So, click on over and check out My Suite Retreat and see all her great stuff!

Peanut Doodle

Hi! It's me, Peanut.....Peanut Doodle, son of Dolly Doodle!

I am here to talk to you today about a very serious condition. It is called GCEOHCD. That stands for Goaties Compulsively Eating off the Human's Clothing Disorder. I have been told by my Grand-maaaa that I suffer from this hereditary  condition. She says there is a good side to this...condition, it is always accompanied by extreme friendliness. Well, yeah! A goatie with this condition has to be friendly! How else could he get to the source of his compulsion if he wasn't! 

 

I know you all are wondering about this disorder of mine...well...it's  simply that I must eat off the peoples clothes! I can't help it ! They are just soooooooo good and  I must do it! I must, I must, I must!

As soon as I see my people I run to them as fast as I can and get a mouthful of clothes....and I chew and suck till they are soggy and I can't stop! I do not want to stop! It 's soo ..good...mmmm.mmm...mmmm....

My Grand-maaa says she has lost many clothes to this disease because eventually  GCEOHCD  progresses from sucking to biting her clothes full of holes.

Grand-maaa also says she has retrieved many a cud covered pajama drawstrings from the gullets of  GCEOHCD  baby goats. She says,"Yeah..it's even grosser than it sounds.." I have not had pajama strings but I have had camera strings and they are oh so yummy!

My sister, Zazzy, also suffers form GCEOHCD  as you can see...

The Boy says maybe we are were-goaties! We do like to attack our prey but we aren't were-goaties  because we do not need a full moon to devour the clothes off humans!

There is no cure for GCEOHCD. The only thing that can be done is to start a fund for Grand-maaa some new clothes. If you would like to donate..Zazzy and I prefer cotton....just sayin'!

At Long Last

I have a Pyrenees! Meet Jack!

 He is a 6 week old ball of fluffy cuteness!

A friend and neighbor has been helping me look for several months. She actually found me two leads before this that didn't work out.

 Today she called me to let me know she had found a flyer right here in town with puppies for sale. They weren't exactly in town...we drove waaaayyy out deep in the woods to get to where they were. I just love having GPS on my phone, you know, for when I have to find my way out of deep in the woods!

He is sleeping at my feet as I write this. I know he is supposed to be in the goat pen but he is little,which won't last for long, and some of the goats are mean and could hurt him right now. Sweet Pea ,who was obviously named wrong. She should have been name something like "Jack Hammer" or "Pound-You-To-A-Greasy-Spot"....and Butter Bean just because he is a Diva and doesn't like anyone getting in on his attention! Bean will give any lesser creature a good flinging if they get too close. He can use those horns just like a catapult!

I knew on the way to get him we would get a boy and he would be called Jack. The named seemed right even before we saw him. Funny how that is sometimes. The Boy is in love as to be expected with boys and dogs.

I am going to scoop up Jack and we are going  off to feed the goats....

Hubby's time home is coming to an end. When he is home it seems we are always in a whirlwind of activity. There's always so much to do  here on the farm. Heck,there's always a lot to do on any farm, even a small one but when your trying to create the farm at the same time that is almost chaos! For those of you who are new to my blog when we moved here a few years ago this was not a farm. It was a rundown over 100 year old house on 15 unimproved acres. We, insert hysterical laughter here, said we would have the house and land the way we wanted in 2 years! We were sooooo wrong! A big part of that is Hubby's job that takes him away more than he is home.  Things have changed for the better with that and he is supposed to be home more in the future.We are keeping our fingers crossed!   

Here is one of Hubby's adventures while he was home, sticking this rented tractor in the mud! I tell you all, if something can get stuck in the mud, Hubby is the man to do it! I have know this man since I was 16 and he is just drawn to a mudhole,  which usually means getting stuck there for various amounts of time!  Buy hey,a man needs a hobby right!?! This time he was not looking for the mud the mud kind of  came looking for him! He has been stuck in this spot before,a couple of years ago.

There is probably a spring under this area, it looks perfectly fine unless you drive over it in something heavy then you will sink like quick sand.  Notice the wheels up in the air!

 Luckily,since Hubby has been stuck a lot in his life, he is an expert at getting things unstuck!

He and the Boy had the tractor out in no time and were right back to work!

Life with Hubby,a little humor in everyday!

Goaties in Green

Today I let Dolly Doodle and her Doodle-etts out in the green grass. It was a lovely day but Dolly was still in that new mother stage and was not happy having her babies out in the big wide world! She didn't even take one bite of that green grass and clover! She was too busy trying to lick the fur right off those kids...

The kids enjoyed it even if it made their momma a nervous wreck! Their outing was short, I didn't want Dolly to freak out and let me tell you, that goat has had a few freak outs in her day,only because I wasn't home to put her to bed but they were wild times I have been told!

I know you all are wondering about Peanut's ears! The floppy ear did not straighten out..nope! The straight ear went floppy!

Now isn't that the cutest!

Zazzy,as I am still calling her  despite the Boy's arguments, is just pretty! The Boy doesn't like the name Zazzy but I keep saying she just looks so zazzy! The Boy says she looks  paint splattered too but he won't be naming her Splattered! I think I am going to win since I am her Grand-maaaaa! Hey, I am the only Momma Dolly ever new so I get to claim Grand-maaaa! This only furthers the Boy's prediction as me being on the road to being know as the Crazy Goat Lady. And...um...Hubby asked today if I was talking to the goats again. You all know I answered yes to that! Well, goats are as smart as dogs and they say dogs understand as much language as a toddler so the goats understand at least as much as a dog does in my way of thinking! Besides, all animals like hearing you talk sweet to them, any animal person knows that.

Zazzy and Peanut are both super sweet and come right up to me to be loved on when I go into their stall ..I don't know..maybe a dozens times a day!

Mr.Tumnus always throws sweet kids. No matter what the personality of their moms, his kids are always super sweet, especially the boys. I truly believe he has a genetic disposition for sweetness he passes on!

We are definitely in Spring here in Southeast Texas! Things are blooming and sprouting all over. These little"pinks"on my deck always make me smile. 

These came from my Hubby's late grandma. I think of her often but even more when I see flowers that came from her. I  have some red spider lilies  and jonquils that came from her also. I  love having flowers from  family members,they are a beautiful reminder of those people! I have some daffodils from Hubby's grandfather and Iris from my MIL and  some lillies from my friend Texan...I could do a whole post on the plants and flowers I have that have connections to people in my life.

I think that is a wonderful way to be remembered,don't you?

The Doodle-etts have Arrived

This morning Dolly Doodle had her kids,the Doodle-etts! 

Dolly had a beautiful black and white little girl yet to be named.

Actually, I wanted to call her Zazzy but The Boy would not agree! I think she looks quiet Zazzy...

 Kid #2 is a little buck. He looks white in the pictures but is actually white and light tan. I hope his tan parts darken because his color pattern is very pretty also. He is named Peanut! Peanut has a ...umm...slightly..umm..let's just say he has a lot of character in his ears!

He has one Mr.Tumnus, Dwarf Nigerian ear and one floppy Dolly Doodle ear! I have never seen this happen before...maybe the floppy ear will straighten out?

I put on their kid coats,we are having pleasant temps but the nights are chilly and since they are just born a little extra snugly warmth can't hurt!

I have to throw in this shot of Daisy looking in Dolly's stall. The look on her face,she looks like she is saying,"Did you see what fell out of Dolly?" Daisy was the last kid born so this was the first time for her to see any babies born. She stayed and watched for a long time. I know this because I stayed and watched for a long time too!

So that was the excitement for today! Of course, future post will be full of cute kid pictures. After all,you can never see too many pictures of baby goaties!