Ice age coming, ice age coming
Throw me in the fire
Throw me in the fire
Throw me in the..

Stepping away from the politics and the hatemongering for a minute. To catch up with loose ends from the playground. Videos and pictures.

I have mentioned a couple of times that the sound of goats baahing is sweet to my ears. So here are three videos of goats baahing.

There is a hatch so they can go in and out when they want. But around 30 minutes to an hour before it’s closing time the hatch is shut so they can’t go in. And then the playground staff will go in and clean up and put food down for the goats. And the goats are outside and they can hear the noises. And that’s when they always start baahing, because they want to go in and eat. That’s a good time for me to be there, it’s like a concerto in bleating minor. Especially Magnethe baahs a lot when she hears people inside.

Also a handfull of videos from inside. You can see the goats eating. I always find it funny to watch. You’ll see their head disappear in a bucket and then hear the munching sounds. Until they have to come up for air.

Sometimes they share a bucket too.

Although Mads will never share, of course. In the videos you can see him chase away Magnethe and Mathilde if he decides that he wants to have a go at their bucket. Then they’ll go to another bucket, and Mads will turn around and chase them away from there too. I think he finds it very hard to accept that all the food doesn’t belong to him. He is obviously the leader, he takes what he wants. But there’s always enough for everyone. Two buckets and a trough, plus hay. He can’t chase the others away from everywhere at once.

Also in one of the videos there you can see Magnethe and Mathilde go up against the door. Like Mads here:

I’m taking the picture from inside their pen. You can see how he goes up there, and his head is over the door. It always makes me smile when I walk inside and I see a goat’s head popping up like that.

I also made a video of the new lamb. A little cutie. And some pictures to go along…

The other new sheep hasn’t given birth yet. But it should happen any time now. Kurt told me on Thursday that he could feel it would be very soon. He said he was expecting it to happen Friday, and that it would be fun if I happened to be there for it. That would be something yes, but I guess it’s unlikely that the timing will work out. We’ll see.

Luis asked where the Prince and the twins had gone to. They have gone to Kurt’s home. He has a farm or something like it. They simply don’t have enough space at the playground to keep lots of the animals. So the sheeps sort of take turns I guess. It’s sad that they are gone yes. I still sort of miss Black and White, the two previous lambs. They were fun. But new lambs are nice too.

So I shall not complain. At least the Prince and the twins and their mothers are in a good place with lots of space and lots of other sheeps for company.

And I get a lovely new lamb to adore.

There’s something I hadn’t thought about though. The space issue. I wonder what will happen when Magnethe and Mathilde have kids. Assuming they have one each, that would make for five goats. I don’t think there will be room for that. Not if there will still be sheep. So some of the goats might have to leave. Mads should stay, he’s the only animal that the playground actually owns. The other animals belong to Kurt and he just loans them out to the playground. I imagine that there’s no way they’d split up the kids and their mothers. So it’s quite possible that either Magnethe or Mathilde will be leaving. That will break my tiny, little heart. I do remember when Magnethe was born that they talked about her replacing Mathilde. So I think Mathilde might leave. She’ll probably be retired to the farm. If that does happen then I will miss her so much. I am still amazed at how she has grown. From such a shy and withdrawn goat to a confident and happy one. When I first met her she would run away from people. Now she runs up to them. I would hate to see her leave. But let’s not get sad about that yet. Who knows, maybe they’ll build a new house or something. The goats share a house with sheep and rabbits, maybe the rabbits can be moved somewhere else and the goats can have extra space. Yes. And anyway, kids are really tiny. They wouldn’t need much space. And if everything else fails then Mathilde can just go and live in my house, yes she can.

I don’t want any of them to go of course. They are very special to me.

Very special indeed.

In other news, I’m thinking about buying a new monitor. A 19 inch flatscreen. Instead of the 15 inch one I have now. That would be a good upgrade. And I’d get a cheap one, nothing fancy. I haven’t decided yet though. Will the joy of a giant flatscreen outweigh the guilt of spending cash on comics and computers? I should save up and save the world, or something equally noble.

Finally, I got a comment on my Fogh collage.

What’s so slimy about a guy who defends freedom of speech?
Wake up and smell the coffee.

I am not sure I should dignify that with an answer. But let me just say, I have smelled the coffee. And it ain’t smelling good. There’s something rotten in the state of Denmark, and it just might be Gevalia.

So there.

We’re not scaremongering
This is really happening, happening
We’re not scaremongering
This is really happening, happening

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