Pancaked
Good goat times today. Cold and grey morning. Picked up a little later on.
Unfortunately Bella seems to have had a mishap. She was limping around when I got there. Something wrong with her left front leg. I told Jeanette about and she came and had a look. We can’t see anything obviously wrong. Jeanette gave her a hoof bath and we’re monitoring the situation. She otherwise seems fine, didn’t mind us touching her leg, limping around and eating and chewing her cud. Hopefully it’s nothing serious, just something to walk off.
Luna was quite feisty today. Butting heads with Sky again. Sky complaining and not able to really fight her off. She’s not running from Luna like she does from Bella, but she does retreat after a while.
Luna also butting heads and trying to get food from Bella. Maybe she’s sensing Bella’s temporary weakness. Maybe Luna is eyeing the chance to be top goat. Once Bella’s leg is back to normal I don’t think there’s much chance of that.
Hooves crossed everything will be good.
23/9 2024
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Bella is the one needing some extra love today. Good thing I got enough for all of them.
23/9 2024
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Three scenes from today.
Top part is Luna trying to get into Sky’s breakfast bowl. She never would have dared that a couple of weeks ago.
Second, I put out the box with hay again so Sky could eat in peace while the others hog the hayholder inside. What happens? “Ooh, the human is carrying hay outside,we must follow him because the stuff he has must be the best”. Jeez. So Bella and Luna ends up eating from the box while Sky looks on.
But I got the gruesome twose moved away and third part is Sky eating from the box of hay on her own.
Man, things have gotten more complicated around here.
23/9 2024
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“He’s distracted. Butt him in the knee, I’ll grab the treats, we meet up at the bench”
23/9 2024
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Had an appointment at the eye doc today. Unfortunately, just like last time, my eyesight has deteriorated a little bit. Another notch down on the scale. I feel it mostly when using the computer, where it’s gotten hard to see things.
Well, eye doc still can’t see any problems with the diabetes damage to the eye, things look stable there. Which is good. Apparently the worsening of my sight is related to my generally poor eyesight that I’ve had all my life. I think it’s called astigmatism. Better that than diabetes damage, because that almost made me completely blind. The fact that that is stable is a relief, because going completely blind, I couldn’t live with that.
Like last time, the doc tried to see if adding lenses, like galsses, would help. Last time it didn’t. This time it did. Wearing glasses again might give me 10 percent more vision. So, I’m considering that now. If it’s worth it. I guess I’ll wait 6 months till my next appointment, see how my eyesight is going. It would probably be best for it to settle before getting glasses. If it does settle…
I don’t know. When I got home I looked through my drawers and found several of my old glasses. I wore glasses from childhood and until the diabets ruined my eyes so much that glasses didn’t help anymore. The filter glasses I wear outside are to filer out light, they don’t have any strength.
Anyway, I tried my old glasses one after one. Didn’t seem to do anything, until the last pair. Wearing that pai I could actually read a letter. Had to hold it all the way up to my face. But without the glasses I couldn’t read it all.
I was starting to hope I could use those glasses when using the computer. But I just tried it, and unfortunately it doesn’t work. I have to put my face right up to the screen for them to help, and that would cause more trouble and be a worse experience in general. So no luck there.
I guess in 6 months I’ll see if there is any more change in my eyesight and talk to the eye doc about it. Ten percent extra vision would help at the computer. It would put me back around where I was before it started getting worse the last 8-9 months.
The thought of dealing with getting new glasses just makes me very tired. I would have to go to places and talk to people. You can see my dilemma.
And of course there’s the fear that my eyesight will keep getting worse.
So yeah that’s not great. It’s pretty depressing in fact. I don’t have a lot of eyesight left to lose.
Got home and did an hour twenty on the bike. So I got that going for me.
24/9 2024
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A brighter note from my eye doc visit was that he immediately asked if I’d lsot weight. Given that we only see each other briefly every 6 months, I didn’t expect him to really notice that. But he did and was very complimentary, so that was nice. He asked if I’d gotten on wegovy or ozempic. I said nope, did it on my own. Trying not to sound smug. Well, not trying very hard.
Those meds are in the news a lot over here too, in fact just this morning I saw Bernie Sanders in Denmark to talk about Novo Nordisk and their prices in the US.
Anyway that’s neither here nor there. When my blood sugar was getting too high last year and my doc was talking about putting me on new meds, I think one of te suggestions were ozempic or wegoyy, because she said it would often help with weight loss too. But I’m glad I was able to get the blood sugar under control and the weight lost without it.
Oh and after considering it, I guess I should get the glasses. Just for sitting at the computer. I’ll have to look into it.
24/9 2024
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Resting Bella face.
24/9 2024
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goatlog
25/9 2024
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eye am tired
25/9 2024
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I am based on a true story. I am not filmed in front of a live audience. Nine out of ten dentists recommend me. Ask your doctor if I may be right for you. If your Lasse lasts longer than four hours consult an exorcist. Do we have a picture of Paul McCartney?
25/9 2024
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Another camera fall to add to the collection. Funniest part, after the camera fell I threw some peanuts to distract goats. If you look carefully you’ll see a Red Sonja shaped blur swoop in and grab a peanut and run off.
25/9 2024
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Thou shalt not kill, asterisk.
25/9 2024
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On a lighter note, Bella cracks me up with her trying to knock the door down. Bless her, she couldn’t quite figure out why it wasn’t working. I thought I had an all access pass?!
25/9 2024
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Good goat times today. Cold and rainy, though. No trace left of summer. Oh well.
The good news is that Bella is doing much better. Almost back to normal. If I hadn’t know she’d had problems with her leg I wouldn’t have noticed anything. So that’s good.
We had a lot of visitors today. The little girl with the eyesight was back. She’s super sweet and really loves saying his to the goats. She had the sweetest laugh while Luna was doing something, nibbling on her coat I think. She’s just lovely.
And Jeanette made pancakes on the campfire. She asked me if I wanted any, but I said no thanks. Later on she came over with one anyway and asked if I was suuure. Well, I couldn’t turn down that. So I got one. It was just a small pancake, about the size of her palm. Not a full plate one. But mmm it was good. With strawberry jam. Oh boy. I haven’t had pancakes in many years. And I haven’t had any sort of cakery in I don’t know 6 months at least. it was very yummy.
Came back home and did an hour twenty on the bike. Had to work off that pancake!
And now soup, it’s good weather for soup.
26/9 2024
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So reliveed Bella was doing better today. Even if she is a lil stinker sometimes.
26/9 2024
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When Vader told Lando to pray he didn’t alter the deal any further, which god was he referring to? Or do you pray to the force? Our midicholrians who art in the bloodstream,
26/9 2024
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Sky out with the feathers.
It was sad today to see her out in the rain, looking in and trying to judge if it was safe to come in. Now I really wish we had an extra shelter like at the old place, so she could have a place to go more easily. She does get in, but it’s a lot harder. And she has to run out if Bella comes near. Sigh.
26/9 2024
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I can still taste that pancake.
I want more pancakes.
JUST GIVE ME PANCAKES AND NOBODY GETS HU
27/9 2024
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Finished watching all of On The Air. Only seven episodes made, two aired. It really is astounding that David Lynch and Mark Frost followed Twin Peaks with this show. A lot of people will say it’s trash, but I must admit. I love it. I love dumb goofy humour and surrealism. One of my favourtie parts is The Hurry Up Twins. There’s one scene in every episode where they go through the frame, saying nothing but “hurry up hurry up hurry up” while a voiceover says “The Hurry Up Twins” and there’s no rhyme or reason to it, but it makes me laugh so much. And there are talking dogs and quacking ducks and there’s a guy who’s visually impaired but he doesn’t see less than other people he sees MORE and in every episode there’s one scene where we got to see what he’s seeing and it’s a chaotic insane diorama of puppets and angels and loops, and it’s just nuts. Oh man.
And it’s funny how the show is about a TV show that falls apart and the real show is kind of like a TV show that falls apart. And as I have previously said, it’s got Miguel Ferrer, who is sublime at being angry. And it also had Ian Buchanan who was also in Twin Peaks. His character in TP was one of the most hated by the fans, but I always kind of enjoyed him just because his face is so funny, he’s so smug and insincere. Which is perfect for his role in On The Air because he plays the smug and insincere main actor.
And also also, it has music by Angelo Badalamenti. What a gernius. One of the things that stuck with me all these yers, with just fever dream memories of the show, is the opening intro with the broadcasting tower and that music. I love that music.
So yeah. it’s not Twin Peaks. But I can’t help loving it.
27/9 2024
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wut wut cluck cluck
27/9 2024
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Make sure eto get a golden watch, so you can watch time run out for humanity in style.
In other news, i got an appointment at the optician next week. Gonna see if I can make the glasses thing happen. I am not sure it will work, but getting ten percent’s help at the computer would mean a lot at the end of the day.
27/9 2024
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Sky on the mountain, looking out.
28/9 2024
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Begging to be born
Another unicorn in a uniform
It’s a thing you hate
Another switch and bait that you abhor
Made in America on a factory floor
There’s a Disney character breaking down the door
And the orchestra plays
A cartoon score for war
No separation
No Berlin Wall
No celebration
No confusion
When it falls
Made in America
On an assembly line
Where they make mass hysteria
Yeah, it’s all streamlined
Nobody bats an eye
‘Cause the trains still run on time
28/9 2024
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Got an hour forty on the bike today. Didn’t really find my groove, but I did the time. So that’s what counts.
A little bit weight lost again, but not enough to really count anymore. So I think it’s time to get off the weight loss diet. I’ve said that a couple of times before, but this time I mean it. I was getting sick of sky and apples. Now I’ll do my best to find a stable, healthy diet where I can eat more normally. Starting slowly, to give my metabolism a chance to recover. Hopefully. I expect to put on a little weight now, but that’s okay. I made it to 50 pounds lost since last November, I’m very happy with that. Hopefully I can keep most of it off. Maybe next spring, when I can get good cucumber and tomatoes again, I might start up and try to lose a little more. But i’m comfortable where I’m at now, and that’s what matters. Unfortunately now T-shirt weather is over, I can feel it getting colder and colder. Eight months until we get warm days again, hooray for the climate. Well, I can’t complain when I look at the hurricane and other stuff in America and around the world. Danish weather is very mild, rarely so hot or cold or stormy that it’s dangerous. Although when I hear you guys talk about hurricanes I’m always reminded of 2013 when the big tree crashed down into the goat pen during a big storm. That’s today’s flashback video on the goat page. That was such a surreal morning, coming there and seeing the walkway around the goat house blocked by leaves. Crazy. Hope you’re all safe out there.
28/9 2024
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Sometimes I worry that I smell like the goats, but then I realise that’s silly. I don’t need to keep goats away from me, I need to keep humans away from me.
28/9 2024
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goatlog
29/9 2024
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My mind swings from optimism and hope to pessimism and despair like goat’s tail wags when you give it a treat.
29/9 2024
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Help. I’m watching Eraserhead.
29/9 2024
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A little Luna love.
29/9 2024
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That’s all for now.