Bleating Beets
Another pretty uneventful week gone by. Quite mixed weather. We had some grey and rain. But we’ve also had some brilliant, sunny days. Tuesday in particular was very lovely. It was so warm that I had to take my jacket off. T-shirt weather for the first time this year! The weekend has been really warm and sunny too, which is good for exercise. I think it will get a little colder again next week, but hopefully the t-shirt weather will be back soon. And that’s the weather report.
Nothing new really from the goat report. Everyone getting along. Mostly. The playground was closed again on Monday because of Easter holiday. Again I went and let the goats out so they could have some time in the fresh air. Herman tried to put the moves on Kamel which resulted in 10 minutes of everyone running around in circles. I think they were glad to get out in the pen!
On the home front I have added a couple of new things to my health regime. Quinoa and beets, more precisely. Since brussel sprout season is over (I can’t believe some evil scientist hasn’t genetically modified it to be grown all year or something. I’ll be trying frozen ones, though) I was looking for alternatives. I found a “quinoa salad”. I remember coming across quinoa when I was doing research for how to get protein before going vegetarian. But for whatever reason I never tried it out. I didn’t really have high hopes for it this time either, but it turns out I really like it. So that’s good. I don’t like beets much. My mother used them a lot when I was growing up, but it was never something for me. It still isn’t, really. But I treat them like brussel sprouts. Swallow them down raw with water for health benefits. I don’t have the time/energy/desire/skill to really cook them or make them delicious. But it’s okay. Hopefully it’s good for me!
And now on with the pictures.
Herman the man.
Herman bleating.
Haha. Kamel looking goofy.
Mia looking pretty #1.
Mia looking pretty #2.
Mia looking pretty #3.
Palle and Mia.
Foreground Palle.
Mio in midbleat.
Sunny Kamel.
Haha, I love this. Mia was standing on the wooden staircase and she started digging in the wood like they dig in the ground before sitting down. I thought to myself I thought “you’re not going to sit there, are you Mia?”. But she did. I can’t imagine it’s the most comfortable place to sit. But it’s a nice, central position. You can see this in the goatlog below too.
Reception is a little fuzzy, we might have to adjust the ears.
Audio is coming through loud and clear, though. Baaah!
T-shirt weather!
Palle and grandmama Mio.
And some bird photography.
You can see them at the end of the goatlog. The one on the right was being a right jerk to the other one, haha.
And videos. First the goat circus from Monday. Everyone running around. Always fun to watch.
And the goatlog. A bit of T-shirt weather and fun with the goats.
And that’s all for this bleat, folks. Hear you in the next one.
April 28th, 2014 at 23:51
Poke the beets a couple of times with a fork, put in some water, and cook in the microwave till done. Then cut them into slices, put a little pepper and reduced-fat butter or margarine on them.
I like pickled beets! Yummy. Or you could slice them thin when raw and add them to a salad with some tomatoes and cucumbers and some reduced calorie salad dressing.
May 4th, 2014 at 20:57
What kind of birds are those? Some kind of blackbird? Inquiring bird brains want to know!
Hooray! We had a professional come to trim Snickers hooves. He brought his 15 year old son to help him. They put her on the ground, with my husband holding her down, the son had the rope that was wrapped around Snickers back legs, the guy was doing the trimming and I was holding the leg up.
My husband and I had been doing everything okay before except we needed 2 more people to help! Also the boy jumped on Snickers back – which we don’t do! Not sure how that made any difference, but the job is done.
She’ll need some more trimming in a month or so. But she seems to have survived yesterday’s trimming and we did, too. I had given her some calming paste for equines which seemed to slow her down a bit. At least I was able to get a halter on her and have her tied up to the fence before the farrier arrived. That in itself is usually a big effort.
I think the goats were happy not to be involved in hoof trimming this time. They were trimmed a few weeks ago and are still okay. Everyone was combed and scratched afterwards and we have some mighty handsome goats and a donkey with pretty feet now.
May 5th, 2014 at 0:45
I’m sure your beets recipes are very good! Just more than I’m willing to invest in them haha. But that’s okay. Just a quick something.
I’m not sure what kind of birds they are. I was thinking some form of crow. But I really don’t know much about birds!
A professional hoof trimmer! What a way to make a living! At least the hooves are well trimmed then. It’s a hard job, having animals! I think I’m going to go trim my nails. Where’s my calming paste?!