Elderberry Win

September 27th, 2020

I HAVE ELDERBERRY SOUP!!
People this is not a drill. I have the soup. I have the flourballs. I have stacks and stacks of peanuts. Oh my gosh. I’m so happy. Haha.
My dad went out shopping. In more good news, he’s been feeling better the last couple of days. He’s been able to walk without his cane, and I think without too much pain. That injection he got may actually be starting to work after all. That would be so great. I really hope so. He has a friend that helps drive him around too (Thank you Hans!). Dad knew I had run out of peanuts and had promised they’d look for them, and for the elderberry soup. And they hit the jackpot. And I got it delivered straight to the door. I am so fortunate. I can’t have too much in my tiny freezer, but it’s full now. Oh and my sportsball team won again today, again socring the winning goal in overtime. Maybe 2020 won’t be a total disaster. For me anyway. Haha.
I’m actually going to bed early today, I have already eaten. And truth to be told the weather may still be a little too warm to eat soup regularly. But I can’t wait to get to eat elderberry soup again for the first time in years! And if we can keep getting it that will make winter a lot more tolerable. Hooves crossed!
Here’s to soup, to helpful friends, to winningest teams and to ded walking again. Huzzah!
May you all have good news coming as well. Thank you for being here.
20/9 2020

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Today will be a good day. Happy Mio Monday everyone.

21/9 2020

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goatlog

21/9 2020

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Love is the comfiest pillow.


21/9 2020

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I had a cure for your disease, but you threw it away.

21/9 2020

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Milo is doing some peoplewatching.

21/9 2020

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Made a new thing for the goats. Somewhat. Just this old broken door. It’s been lying around for a year or more, buried in grass and dirt. I got it out and pulled it over next to the platforms. Didn’t think much of it, but turns out the goats kinda liked it. It’s kind of split into two compartments. Here’s Milo and Sky standing in each their own part. At one point Sassy was standing on it and started pooping haha. I thought I’d have to sweep it clean, but it’s sort of a mesh door and the poop fell through the mesh. Guess we’re getting the ground underneath fertiilized then.

21/9 2020

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And how do you know that a new thing is goat approved? When Mia sits down on it, of course!
She seemed to like sitting there. Sky had a sit on it later too. What I’d really love to see is Milo and Sky sitting down in each comprtment of the door. That’d be adorable. Who knows, maybe I’ll get that some time. But hey for now it’s a new thing for the goats to interact with, so that’s nice.

21/9 2020

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Á lapful of Nuller

22/9 2020

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Do you remember where you were, the first you were here?
Do you remember who you were, the first time you were you?
Do you remember when you forgot?
22/9 2020

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Today will be a good day. HappY Yogi daY everyone.

22/9 2020

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Good goat times today. A Foggy morning. But the sun was out and it did its job well. Got up and kissed the almost-summery temperatures. Lovely warm fall day in the sun.
We had a visit from the poop troop! The kids that love watching the goats poop haha. This time they did not talkabout activating poop powers, but they had a new song. “Pee? Or poop? Pee? Or poop? Pee? Or poop?” they sang to the goats. While crouching down and looking up at their butts. Those kids. They asked me when the goats were going to ppop. When I said I didn’t know the poop troop leader boy asked “aren’t you a goat?”. I was tempted to say that I was, but you shouln’t sugarcoat the truth to kids. I told him the devastating truth, that I was, alas, not a goat.
..yet.
22/9 2020

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Sky! Ohmigosh hahaha. This beautiful, sunny fall day. It almost seemed like spring was in the air. I wonder if Sky is in heat? Nuller was quite interested in her, but instead of butting heads with her he was sniffing her rear.
And then this happened. Mia was standing on one of the rocks and Sky was sniffing and maybe licking at her knees. And then Sky turned to me and she was doing this thing. Curling her upper lip upwards. I am not sure I have ever seen her do that before. In fact, I can’t remember the last time I saw any of our goats doing that. I think that’s usually the bucks who do that when they’re trying to make themselves sexay for tha laydays.
I am not sure why Mia’s knee would cause such a reaction but it cracked me up.

22/9 2020

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What’s for dinner?
IT’S ELDERBERRY SOUP!
For the first time in years. Guyze. It’s as good as I remember it. Mmm mm. Praised be the elders and their mangificent berries.

22/9 2020

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Enjoying the sun while we have it.

22/9 2020

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Today will be a good day . Happy Hump Day everyone. With bonus Mio, Bruce and Clark.

23/9 2020

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I had good goat dreams last night. My favourite part was that I got to meet grandma Mio and hug her. It was so good to see her. I miss her. Every hefty pound of her.
23/9 2020

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I am seriously considering buying a new freezer just to store elderberry soup, haha.
I don’t have a proper freezer. I only have one of those freezer boxes on top of my fridge. And with other stuff I have that needs to be kept on frost, I only have space for 4 packs of frozen soup and 2 packs of flourballs. If I can consistently get soup this fall and winter it may just be worth it to get another freezerbox…
23/9 2020

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goatlog

23/9 2020

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Framed by goats

23/9 2020

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trigger warning: political shirttalking
It will be fun living in future America where it’s socially acceptable to travel state lines with firearms and murdering people in the streets to *defend your community”.
I don’t even know why Republicans worry about Biden wanting to shut down the police. You don’t need a police force, you just need more armed civilians shooting the bad guys in the streets. No problemo. Maybe you should just give guns to the ‘suburban moms” that way they can shoot the blacks that try to move into their neighbourhoods. Problem solved. Why even build a wall? Just put up a line of people with guns and they can shoot anyone trying to get into the country. No problem. Once you outlaw abortion, make sure to legalize killing your pregnant mistresses with gunshots to the head, no worries. Have snipers at sportsgames to pick out the athletes that take a knee.
Also, since I guess i’m ranting I want to say, it’s kind of nice hearing Trump being honest about the scotus. “When you have the votes you can sort of do what you want”. I prefer that honesty to the bullshit from the senators trying to justify why it was ok to shut down Merrick Garland’s nomination but also totally fine to give Trump a blank check for whoever he wants to nominate for scotus now. Didn’t the presidential election start already? I saw something about mail voting having begun? Rushing a scotus through during an election, don’t tell me that’s normal. But I would have respected the shit turtle more if he’d said “Yeah, Garland is a respected honourable judge, but he’s a democrat pick and i’m a republican and I have the votes to stop him so I’m gonna ner ner”. Instead of bullshit about election years. You have the votes and you care about getting your policy not about the will of the people or the integrity of the process. Be a fucking man about it. “WE have the votes and WE can do what WE want”. It’s not like your base would be upset about that. Nobody cares about integrity, both sides want their side to win.

23/9 2020

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Okay now things are just getting too freaky! This is Nuller licking the tip of Sky’s horn. I think we’re about a hoof and a half from a sexual harrassment lawsuit.

23/9 2020

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Do you ever feel like you woke up in a dark comedy?

23/9 2020

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Okay, that’s it. You got yourself a restraining order, Nuller.

24/9 2020

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(the penguin explodes)
24/9 2020

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Today will be a good day. Here’s Peanut from 2015.

24/9 2020

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Good goat times today. A mixed bag of weather. Rain and sunshine. It started raining just as I had dropped a bunch of greens on Mt Pilebranch. I was standing ni the goat house and watching them, curious to see how long they’d last out in the rain. one by one they gave up and came running to the shelter or goat house. Except for Mia. She must have been hungry because she stayed on the pile branch even when the rain got quite heavy. She didn’t come back until I went out and picked up the fresh branches to bring them inside to try. She got herself a shower.
But then the sun came out and it turned into a quite lovely fall day. No frisky business today. _I guess the goats passed the sensitivity training from HR. No one got MeTooed today.
24/9 2020

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Someone got rained on.

24/9 2020

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Milo is drying off in the sunshine.

24/9 2020

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Baby soup doo doo doo
24/9 2020

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Can you imagine what would have happened if Obama had refused to commit to abiding by the election results? Fox News would have gone mental
24/9 2020

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Think goat thoughts

24/9 2020

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Happy birthday, Jim Henson. I wish I was more like you. I wish everyone was more like you. Wish you were here.
If you’ve never watched Jim Henson’s The Storyteller, you absolutely should.
24/9 2020

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Today will be a good day. Here’s Mathilde and Magnethe from 2005.

25/9 2020

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goatlog

25/9 2020

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Lily mama and her big boy Nuller.

25/9 2020

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Maybe you should reconsider this guy for president.
link: Harley Brown candidate video
25/9 2020

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Out of curiosity, do you people prefer Rik Mayall & Ade Edmondson (The Young Ones, Bottom) or Monty Python? Do Americans even know Rik & Ade? Any thoughts? Lemon curry? CLIFF!
25/9 2020

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This is Mia’s “watching the human setup the camera” look. I get a lot of that in the video footage that I edit out. She knows when I’m setting up the camera there’s a good chance I’ll be coming over and giving her treats. It’s funny how they learn stuff. Like, she knows what’s going to happen when I go in the goat house and get my backpack. She knows that means I’m probably about to go home, so she starts heading to the gate in the fence, where I hand out treats when I leave.

25/9 2020

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Today will be a good day. Here’s Bob from 2012.

26/9 2020

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Ted Lasso did the Carlton.
Ted Lasso is the forking greatest show ever.
26/9 2020

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Goof troop

26/9 2020

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Milo’s taking two knees.

26/9 2020

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Hi, we are Milo an Sky and these are our rocks. Do you like our rocks?

26/9 2020

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Today will be a good day. Happy Funday everyone.

27/9 2020

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goatlog

27/9 2020

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A captive audience.

27/9 2020

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Well I guess Lily and Nuller are now doomed to live out the rest of their lives with their heads stuck in the feedbox.
Me with a pizzabox any day as well.

27/9 2020

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Treating Mia

27/9 2020

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That’s all for now.


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Krentjebrij

September 20th, 2020

Today will be a goo day. Happy Mio Monday everyone.

14/9 2020

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Good goat times today. A gorgeous day. Suddenly out of nowhere summer came back! It will only last a couple of days, but upwards of 25C/77F. That’s high summer in Denmark. Oh I wish I could have another motnh or two of this. I most likely won’t see this kind of temperature again until next May or June.
So I made sure to enjoy it. Lounging around lazily wit hteh goaties. Sitting in the grass with the goats in the sun, it’s the absolute best. Blissful.
We had some nice visitors too. A couple of elderly ladies that I have talked to before. They came over and we had a nice chat about the goats. I was sitting on the rocks and Mia was being very smoochy and givng me her paw for rubsies. People always thinkthat’s wonderful, a lot of people don’t realise how affectionate goats can be. We talked about how I’ve known Mia since she was born and about the old playground. They were really nice and also asked when I’d be back, I think they liked seeing me almost as much as seeing the goats.
Next time bring me treats!
Did I buy iced creams when I went shopping after the goat trip? OBJECTION your honour, leading the witness!
14/9 2020

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Goats and guy in the sun. September 14, pretty much as hot as the entirety of July combined.

14/9 2020

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Milo’s helping me work on my tan.

14/9 2020

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I could get used to this whole ‘summer in September’ idea…

14/9 2020

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Today may have been a surprisingly superhot day. But I did also get evidence that fall is here. In the supermarket. They were stocking up on frozen soups and flour/meatballs. That means summer is over.
Unfortunately there was no sign of elderberry soup. They were still in the process of stocking their freezers, so maybe there’s still a chance…
Nah. It’s been years. I have no idea why they discountinued the elderberry line of soup. My purchases alone could have sustained the gross national product of a small European country. Sigh. I really miss it. You guys know I love soup. But it’s almost impossible to find ready-made soup without onion. Elderberry soup hit the spot for me. It was great, it was cheap, it eas easy, it was pretty healthy I think. It made winters more bearable and I really miss it. I know there are theoretical ways of making it yourself and stuff, but it’s not the same as being able to buy frozen packs. I literally haven’t turned on my plate heater in months, I can barely cook a fried egg. I’m a big man baby. I , wait this wasn’t about me. This was about elderberry soup. Please 2020 redeem yourself and bring bacfk the frozen elderberry soup in my supermarekt.
I don’t even know if mom or dad will be able to make soup this winter. With all the health stuff going on. it’s entirely possible, and understandable, if they don’t make soup. It may be a completely soupless winter. These are indeed the darkest of times. Humanity is at the brink of destruction, and Lasse can’t have soup. Repent sinners. Look what you have done. Go out and sacrifice your firstborn stuffed animals to the Great Ones. DO SOMETHING. Don’t just stand there, operate!
Sorry. The lack of elderberry is making my brain go man woman person camera tv.
14/9 2020

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Hard day at work, guys..

14/9 2020

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Today will be a good day. HappY Yogi daY everyone.

15/9 2020

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goatlog

15/9 2020

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Is there life on Venus?
Okay, everyone. Be on your best behaviour. Maybe they’ll let us move there!
— “oh no, humans. The neighbourhood is wrecked” says the Venusios.
15/9 2020

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Carter in charge of Stargate Command. Yes, I want that. Give me that. General Carter. Let’s go. If Momoa hasn’t let himself completely go he can come back too. And definitely Meredith.
15/9 2020

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Nuller is such a big boy now. I remember when he was a tiny thing climbing around on me. Sigh. I need a shrink ray.

15/9 2020

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tldr, vote in comments.
Oh boy. Making a goat meme for the first time in… I don’t know. Six months? A year? I completely forgot all the Photoshop shortcuts
I used to use. Note sure if just because it’s been so long or if it’s because my brain is fried.
Makes it tricky though.
I’m going to post two versions in the comments, if you’d like to vote for youre favourite I’d appreciate it.
15/9 2020

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The celebrity goats posing for the fans.

15/9 2020

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Today will be a good day. Happy Hump Day everyone.

15/9 2020

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Good goat times today. The sudden burst of summer is gone already. A cloudy day and temperatures back under 20/68. Oh well.
Pretty quiet day. Nothing major happeend. Well, the goats escaped the pen in the morning, but they came back in when I dragged in the greens I was bringing. I don’t really have to worry about securing the gates when I’m dragging greens onto the pile of branches. Because the goats follow the food, like I follow the pizza.
16/9 2020

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Milo got his greens on the bench this morning.

16/9 2020

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Family health update. Unfortunately my dad’s xrays did not come up with anyhing substantial Nothing that explains why he’s constantly in pain and tired. So now he’ll have to have further examinations. Perhaps another injection, he was saying maybe the last one didnt hit the right spot. I don’t know. I had thought maybe he had a broken hip or something else like that, but I guess not. It’s terribly frustrating when you can’t do anything, and you don’t even really know what the problem is. I hope they’ll figure something out soon.
16/9 2020

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My happy place

16/9 2020

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Feed the Sky.

16/9 2020

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Today will be a good day. Here’s popcorn from 2015.

17/9 2020

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Are two butts enough to make a goat butt parade?

17/9 2020

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I’m sorry, I can’t hear you over the sound of this pizza going in my mouthhole
17/9 2020

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A radical thought occured to me the other day.
I wonder if Sassy is actually Lily’s mother?
When they first arrived together I thought Sassy and Lily were the same age, maybe even sisters. I remember in the past saying maybe Sassy was bigger because she didn’t have a baby and she grew herself instead of Lily who had to grow her baby Nuller.
But now that I think of it. It would make sense if Sassy was actually older than Lily. Just a year or two. Sassy and Lily aren’t super-super close, but they are fairly close, there’s definitey som bond. They mostly end up sitting together like this. I figured it was just because they came together to a new home and they were sticking together in a unfamiliar environment with strange new goats, including one giant.
The more I think about it, the more I think maybe it could be. Maybe Sassy is actually Nuller’s grandmom.
There’s no way for me to find out, but it’s kind of a nice thought. Three generations of newb squad.

17/9 2020

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I know we’re usually vegetarians, but maybe we should try a little baby human roast…

17/9 2020

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I’m running out of peanuts and can’t find them in my supermarket right now so I go to loo on amazon, and apparently shelled peanuts are called monkey nuts some places. So that’s a thing. They ARE referring to testicles, right?
17/9 2020

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Lily the lovebug

17/9 2020

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I am a shadow, you are the light. When I close my eyes, you still shine but I am the darkness.
15,528
18/9 2020

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Fun fact: I am now almost entirely portrayed by claymation
18/9 2020

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Today will be a good day. Here’s Fuzzy from f2016.

18/9 2020

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Good goat times today. A chilly morning, but the sun came out and it was quite lovely. ALmost got close to summer termpeatures. I love that blue sky and sunshine. Great for lounging around and doing nothing.
Milo and Nuller were quite active though. They were knocking heads a lot. Normally they do it 2-3 times and then all is forgotten. But today they had a long row where they were circling eachother and butting heads. And making bucky grunts. Those sounds always amuse me, especially when they’re coming out of little goaties. Serious business!
I think Nuller is getting close to being bigger than Milo. Although Milo is wider. More junk in his trunk. Welcome to the club, Milo.
18/9 2020

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A bit of goat butt parade on Mt. Pilebranch.

18/9 2020

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Thank you so much Renée de Bruin ! I got your package of.. *Checks notes* krentjebrij. I have not had a chance to take a closer look, or taste, yet. Remind me again, I just put it cold in a bowl and it’s a desserty thing? Or do I add something?
In any case, thank you so much for thinking of me!

18/9 2020

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It wasn’t just the boys going at it today. Sky got into it too. Here she is caught in mid-headbutt.

18/9 2020

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The dream of a blue sky.

18/9 2020

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Today will be a good day. Here’s 3B from 2006.

19/9 2020

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I tried a bit of the krentjebrij when I got up today. It’s interesting. I wasn’t sure at first, but I think I quite like it. It’s nice and fresh and berryish. Very berry. I was a little worried that I wouldn’t even be able to get it down, because I’m very picky and I didn’t want to offend Renée de Bruin! But no, I think it’s a thumbs up from me. I will have to give it further study, but so far I like it!
19/9 2020

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trigger warning: politics and dissing America.
Rest in peace Ruth Bader Ginsburg. What a fighter, what a woman. And her last act is exposing what a piece of shit Turtlemitch is. Not that we didn’t know, not that it wasn’t a given. But you have ot admire how comfortable he feels wearing a crown of shit.
And if you’re Republican and you think filling the scotus seat at this point but it wasn’t ok for Obama then you have no morals.
But on the bright, side I am 100% sure that the majority of Democrats would have done the same thing. Because there’s no room for morals anymore.
I love my American friends, but I gotta say once again how shocking it is that such a supposedly great country has such idiotic and unfair and downright evil things like the electoral college, lifetime scotus, the gerrymandering. There’s no way any sane person would look at that and think it’s ok, unless you’re the side benefitting from it. And that’s the problem with the two party system, you can’t have any real change because changing what’s wrong would mean one side having to give up something they need and they won’t so they don’t, unless forced. Doesn’t matter if it’s repulicans or democrats. Neither would give up power to make a fairer system. The ball of twine is so intertwined that there’s no way of untangling the mess. You’re fucked. I guess that’s why America is doing so poorly. Compared to how you should be doing. I’m not saying Denmark and Scandinavia doesn’t have problems. But at least we don’t have lifetime scotus and electoral college. #HappiestCountryInTheWorld.
I really don’t understand the concept of scotus. Maybe it’s just because I’m too dumb, but it seems like an insane concept. When is a lifetime appointment every a good idea. How can you have a the fate of a country decided by who happens to die at what point. RBG should have been spending her last years chilling on a tropical beach, not fighting through disease and broken bones to hold on to try not to die while the worst person in the world is in the hot seat. And now instead of celebrating her legacy we have to go immediately into this Americas Got Justice shitshow. It’s depressing as hell.
I’ll always love America. Which is why it’s sad to see you doing dumb shit. Thank you to those of you trying to fix it. And to those of you who aren’t, well I’m sure hypocrisy and stupidity doesn’t keep you out of heaven, right? Because you believe when you die you’re going to a cloudy palace with an old beardy dude. And you believe Shitler has read the bible. Jesus wept. You know, when he lived a long time ago and was crucified and died and is no more *whistles life of brian theme*
19/9 2020

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It’s all goat.

19/9 2020

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To put something more positive on my timeline, let me tell you. My last two goat trips I walked all the way home. First one with zero back pain, second one with almost none. Now I’m not going to say I fixed my back problem. Because as we all know nothing good ever happens, and if something good happens it will quickly be ruined. BUT it was so nice to walk home and not be in pain. Almost surreal. I can’t remember the last time I walked for an hour and didn’t have some level of pain.
The trick? You know the platforms in the goat pen? That I built, the ones with pavement tiles and the new one with the wooden board. Well they are just the right height that if I lay down on the ground with my back on the platform and my butt on the ground.. it arches my back in a way that feels really good. It’s therapeutic. I’m also doing back exercises at home, but I don’t really have anything in my apartment that lets me get that perfect arching of the back.
The last couple of times with the goats I’ve laid down with my back on the platform and done some exercises where I lift my butt off the ground. Which I’m sure is looking really really really weird to any passersby. “Police? Yes, I just saw a weirdo in the goat pen lying on the ground thrusting his pelvis up in the air. I’m not sure if he needs an ambulance or to be arrested, but can you come quickly?”
Haha. Well. I guess it’s worth looking weird if it fixes my back..
Again, I don’t want to get my hopes up that I can have painfree walks from now on. But fingers crossed for it to keep going. I love walking home listening to my books. Although I wish I’d discovered this at the beginning of spring, not the end of summer. It’s going to be a lot weirder doing this when the ground is wet or snowy. But again, it’s worth being dirty and wet if I can be free of the pain.
But at least I keep my facebook posts brief!
19/9 2020

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So glad I found one of those MoodShirts that changes look depending on what you’re thinking.

19/9 2020

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We’re gonna need a bigger vote.
19/9 2020

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goatlog
19/9 2020

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Here’s Sky challenging Milo’s beard to a fight.

19/9 2020

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Lasse Plume
@djaliplume
Remember in 2016 when Lindsey Graham said there definitely would not be any pandemics in 2020? #LindseyLied #LindseyLindseyPantsOnFire
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Remember in 2016 when Lindsey Graham said The Venture Bros would definitely not be cancelled in 2020?
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Remember in 2016 when Lindsey Graham said the weather would be normal in 2020?
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Remember in 2016 when Lindsey Graham said that Lindsey Graham would be good for his word in 2020?
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20/9 2020

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Today will be a good day. Happy Funday.

20/9 2020

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vrede kvinder

20/9 2020

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Mia on her throne. Or like one of those stone gargoyles atop a roof. Or just a guard goat on duty.

20/9 2020

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We all know that Sky likes to find her safe spots to relax, and is there a safer spot than tucked in behind giant Mia? I think not.

20/9 2020

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That’s all for now.


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