The Calm Before
Happy Mio Monday everyone.
1/8 2022
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Good goat times today. A lovely sunny day. Bit of a cold wind in the morning, but it warmed up to a nice summery one. And the goats were in luck. Someone dumped a whole sh.. truckload of greens in the pen. I guess some of the people maintaining the green areas around the neighbourhood. They dumped it all right on the pallet mountain, so I spent some time cleaning it up a bit. Clearing the pallets so the goats could still get up there, spreading the greens out to a couple of spots so everyone can get a chance to dig in without having to fight for it too much. But yeah, a lot of yummy greens.
I’m not sure if summer vacation is over in Denmark today, but I think a lot of kids musht have come home from holidays because there were more kids on their own running around than usual. Some of them a bit rowdy. But some of them loving a lot on especially Mia too. And a very sweet grandma with a young boy, I think his name was Louie. And I’m pretty sure they’ve been by the goat pen before. I had a nice little talk with the grandma while they fed pasta to the goats and fetched some greens too. Yeah, the goats were spoiled today. So spoiled that they didn’t even bother sniffing at the carrots that the grandma and boy brought too. We had a laugh about that. Like kids who don’t want to eat their veggies because they already got their dessert.
And then when I started heading home who should I run into but Ophelia! I haven’t seen her in ages. It almost feels like last time I saw her was before the pandemic, but that can’t be right. But it feels like it might have been last summer. So good to see her again. She’d been off doing some studying at a school somewhere, but I guess now she’s back. I even managed to somewhat act like a normal person, I actually too initiative and asked her how she’d been, how things were going. Like a real person would! Aww, he thinks he’s people! Haha. But yeah that was nice. She’s really nice. I’m glad she’s back.
1/8 2022
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Look at all those greens. It’s like a wall of green. Goats hit the jackpot.
1/8 2022
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Mia waiting patiently for grandma and Louie..
Grandma said “I understand they can squeeze their heads out through the fence but I’m surprised they can get back in again!”. Yeah you’d think those horns would get stuck in the mesh, but she manages.
1/8 2022
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You are the perfect calm, the perfect calm, the perfect calm.
1/8 2022
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HappY Yogi daY everyone.
2/8 2022
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Not the best framing, but at least there’s a lot of blue sky.
2/8 2022
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Happy Hump Day everyone.
3/8 2022
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Got a notification from Facebook saying that my post had been reinstated and that they were sorry they got it wrong. I couldn’t see what post they were referring to, apparently it was something from November 2021. I don’t know what I did wrong, or in this case didn’t do wrong. But hey, I’d like to thank the jury for acquitting me!
3/8 2022
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goatlog
3/8 2022
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Lily’s all laid out. Nevermind the shadow behind the curtain.
3/8 2022
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Gotta find what makes you happy
3/8 2022
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Have a good day everybody. Here’s Popcorn from 2015.
4/8 2022
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Good goat times today. It was a scorcher. Upwards of 30C/86F. Which is very hot for Denmark. Cooler in the morning, but it just got hotter and hotter. Made me wish I’d brought two bottles to drink so I could have chugged one without having to ration it along the day. But I survived. And the goats had two buckets full to the brim of water. Lots of panting and relaxing.
It’s a humid heat too. In fact, it wasn’t long after I’d gotten home that it started thundering outside. And then the rain started. And then the hail started. Right against my window, I can’t remember ever hearing it like that before. So it was quite a weather day. But it’s always good to be with the goats. And I got to say hit to Ophelia again, so that was nice. Shut up.
4/8 2022
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It’s a super hot day but I got super cool company, Mr Nuller man.
4/8 2022
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Goofing around.
4/8 2022
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Have a good day everyone. Here’s Mads from 2005.
5/8 2022
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goatlog
5/8 2022
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Do I have something on my head?!
5/8 2022
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Sky is just squeezing through.
5/8 2022
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For some reason it seems like it’s usually Sky or Lily sitting on this platform. Seems to be a preferred place for both the littlest ladies. It’s a good place to sit on a hot summer day.
5/8 2022
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Happy Caturday everyone.
6/8 2022
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The self-timer is set aaaand, here comes Milo to get in the shot.
6/8 2022
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Happy Funday everyone.
7/8 2022
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Okay. I have some really bad news that I need to share with you all. It will be long, check first comment for the tldr.
I mentioned that I had some personal stuff weighing on my mind recently. That wasn’t quite accurate. It’s something that’s going to affect all of you too. At least those of you who care about the goats.
I have been informed that the goats can’t stay at the playground.
Obviously this is a big shock to me and I feel sick to my stomach just thinking about it.
The reason is that the horses are coming back. And apparently there is some new law or rule that says the playground can’t have both the horses and the goats. Maybe this is why the horses have been gone so long, I guess that makes sense. Although I don’t understand why they can’t have both horses and goats, they were both at the playground for years and it was fine. Probably something to do with ressources.
But the goats can’t stay at the playground. They will have to go in September or October. So there’s a month, maybe two, maybe a little more or less. I don’t know yet.
And what’s going to happen? Lars, the leader of the playground, told me that they will do all they can to not have to put any of the goats down… Which is good, but the fact that’s even a possibility makes me sad and angry.
It was a rollercoaster when he told me. Because first he told me that they had found a new home for all the goats. Another playground would take them. In Gellerup. I live in Gellerup. I would literally have them in my neighbourhood.
But then I asked a little further, are they takng ALL The goats? And no. That playground doesn’t have the space for all the goats. They only want the ‘youngest ones’. I am not sure how many or which goats will be moving to Gellerup. But I know Mia isn’t one of them. She is old and big and not wanted.
I love all the goats, I do. But to me Mia is the most important. She is special. We’ve been together since she was a baby, through thick and thin. The thought of losing her is devastating.
I mentioned that I’ve talked to Ophelia a couple of times this week. Naturally we’ve been talking about this stuff too. I asked her if we couldn’t try talking To gellerup and telling them how great Mia is with kids and visitors. You all know how good she is at it, she’ll just stand there while they prod and poke her in the nose and eye, she’s a great petting goat. Ophelia agreed that she’s the tamest of them all. While some of the other goats have .. ‘reputations’ for being wild. Mia might be old but hopefully she still has good years in her and any place would be lucky to have her.
But i don’t know what will happen. They’re looking, but as it stands right now there is no home for her and she could end up being put down. That would kill me.
The most important thing is for her to be ok. Even if it was a home where I couldn’t visit her, I’d take that over the alternative. Just want her to have a good home where she can live out her life peacefully. Although I can’t imagine my life without her. But I just can’t stand the thought of her being discarded like that…
so I really hope we will find a home for her. I wish I could have her in Gellerup. I did a little recon trip the other day and after some fumbling around i found the playground. It is literally next door. Five minute walk from where I live. Having Mia there would be perfect. But I don’t think that can happen. So I just want to find a good home for her. Ophelia told me if I had any ideas or could find a place they would appreciate it, while they’re trying too. If we were in America maybe some of the friends I know with sanctuaries or farms could take her or help find a place for her. But there isn’t really a lot of that stuff in Denmark and I don’t have contacts or the skills to hunt for a place. Only one person I could think of, and they haven’t replied. . I wish I could buy an island and be a hermit with goats.
It’s gut wrenching. I’m still happy when I’m there with the goats. But as soon as I leave I get that sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach and I start thinking and worrying and being sad. I feel I’m losing paradise.
I’m a little worried about the playground in Gellerup too. When I first moved to this area, more than a decade ago, i found that playground and it had goats. But the enclosure was so small, with a little house connected, it just made me sad because it was so small with no greens or anything. I think it made me so sad that i never went back there, I can’t even remember if I wrote about it back then. I had my ‘own’ goats to look after anyway of course. That’s a long time ago now and this neighbourhood has changed A LOT. You might remember me writing about how I will probably be thrown out of my apartment at some point because they’re tearing down apartment blocks and completely changing everything. It’s very different now. On my recon trip the other day I saw that there is a fair bit of green in the area now, even a big pond. But I don’t know how much of that belongs to the playground, if any. I don’t know if they have animals right now but I couldn’t see any obvious animal areas. With months to go before the move, they might not even have it made yet. But I’m worried it will be small and without all the stuff the goats are used to. Whatever it will be like it will almost certainly be worse than the playground we’re at now. I feel really bad that the goats will have to probably be split up and they will lose that lovely place, a big pen with grass and their own house and shelter and pallet mountain and everything. It’s almost certainly going to be worse.
It sucks. For the people who visit them there too. Lars told me that the goats attract a lot of people. There’s not a day when I’m there where there aren’t some visitors even in the morning hours, kindergartens and daycares, grandparents and kids. It sucks that they will lose all that. I understand they want the horses. But it’s just… so sad.
And I hate that i will lose what I have now. And probably some of the goats. Even at best it won’t be the same. It’s going to be a big loss.
I’m not sure what will happen now. I’m not sure what I will do. I’m trying to fight off the depression and enjoy the last of the goat summer there. But I don’t know how I will deal with it all. I may stop Mia’s page. I may stop goating alltogether, I may be too crushed. Although I can barely imagine me without goats. But i’m getting older and my mental and physical condition isn’t getting better. If I lose Mia… i don’t know. I am not sure how I will react or what I will want to do.
I would appreciate it if those of you who still frequent Mia’s page won’t mention any of this on there. I want to keep that place a happy carefree place for as long as possible. And as long as I don’t have definite answers about what will happen I don’t want to shatter the illusion. I want to keep on the happy mask for as long as possible. And I will try to keep a happy face on here too of course. I just kinda want to go to bed and never get up again. I don’t want to face it.
Sigh. A lot of fear and uncertainty right now. A home for Mia is the highest priority. We will have to see what happens.
Sorry for the rambling. Had to get it all off my chest. I will of course be posting updates when I get them.
7/8 2022
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That’s all for now.