It’s been a cold, cold week. The calendar says springtime. But it sure feels like winter. On Monday we had a really fierce, biting wind. It was supposed to be a snowstorm, but the snow had stopped falling by the time I headed out to see the goats. The wind kept howling, though. And so did the goats. I think they just wanted to go inside to get out of the wind. Or maybe they hadn’t been fed during the morning, because they did quiet down once a bale of fresh hay was dropped into the pen. I went home on frozen blocks of ice after sitting in that wind for hours. On Thursday I went back to see the goats again and by then the wind was thankfully gone. But the snow started falling again. It’s lovely, sitting on the bench, watching the snow fall and the goats play. Still cold, but a lot easier to handle. I love watching the snow fall on Bob’s black fur. I caught him on video a couple of times shaking it off. Like a dog shaking the water off after running through the sprinklers in a pet food commercial. I made a video with slomos, see it below. I could watch that all day.

The weather forecast says we’ll be getting temperatures above zero now so that’s nice. The snow will probably stay on the ground for a while, though. But hopefully spring will come back soon. Only a week away from April. It needs to warm up.

Other than that there’s not much new. Some health regime news. But ehh. Too boring. A thank you to Debster, I got the card! Thank you very much to you and the gang. Lovely card. Oh I just noticed I still have the christmas decoration you sent me hanging from the drawer in my TV table. How merry!

Now let’s get jolly with the goats.

Bob looking up at the cold, white stuff falling on him. The sky appears to be falling, Mr Lasse.

Falling on goats and men alike.

Snow or sleet, Kamel must smile.

Mia exploring in the snow.

Mio in the snow. She’s getting quite wide now.

Sille at the gate.

Walking in the snow.

Walking in the snow.

Walking in the snow. Descriptive!

And videos.

First a little one of Bob in the snow. As I said, shaking the snow off his back. Love it to bits.

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Goatlog from Monday. With the fierce wind. The goats just wanted to be let inside. Baahing loudly. It was pretty much the loudest I have ever seen Kamel. Or heard, I guess. She doesn’t talk much but she has a sweet voice. It’s funny how loud little Mia is compared to the others. Like a little fog horn. I like Mia’s little double take when Per came to the fence. She was baahing and then he startled her and then she kept baahing.

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And goatlog from Thursday. With lots of falling snow.

And that’s about all. Ready for the reboot.

I had a busy week. Well, not really. But I had foot therapy and a birthday. That’s TWO things. I am still exhausted.

I was supposed to have foot therapy on Monday, but it got moved to Tuesday. I had the big, yearly checkup so it took a couple of hours. It was downwards of -10C in the morning. Brrr. I still have wounds from blisters on my heels from new shoes blabla. That’s boring. Other than that nothing too new. My foot therapist has moved and is now located literally almost next door to the playground. So that’s a lot easier for me. I could just pop right over and spend time with the goats after I was done with the foot treatment. Unfortunately the playground closed early that day because the staff was away. So I only got a couple of hours in. But that was still nice. Especially after the sun came out.

My birthday was on Friday, but I celebrated with the folks on Thursday for scheduling reasons. I started off going to the playground and spending a good, lovely time with the goats. Again very cold until the sun peeked out. Then I went to my parents’ place for dinner. It was nice seeing their new apartment with the sun shining. I felt like I could actually see the place this time. A good little time with good food. Goats and family, that’s a nice birthday celebration. On Friday I got a bunch of nice birthday wishes on Facebook which made me jolly happy.

As a special birthday treat, here is a photo of a photo of my brother and I, circa 198choo.

I’m on the right. I like our overalls. Hah.

Anyway, now I’m too tired to write. And ready for spring to begin. Let’s get on with pictures.

Bob pondering his escape. He _could_ get through there if he was properly motivated. He’s done it once before. When Mio and Mia were taken from the pen and he was left back there with Preben. He did not like that one bit, and he managed to jump through the fence. But he doesn’t seem to want to do it again, even though every now and then he goes to the fence like that and looks out. Maybe there’s too much mud outside. And big horsies.

Speaking of. The goats aren’t the only ones who like to sit down in the sunshine. Fernando did it too.

And Kamel.

Kamel and I.

Hold me closer, tiny jumper.

Aah, sunshiney!

Mio and Mia enjoying the sun.

Hello Mia!

Still standing on my back.

The girls.

And videos.

Goatlog from Tuesday. As I mentioned, they closed early. At the end you can see the goats being let in. And the fight for the food buckets begin. This is why the goats always baah when they hear people inside. They think it’s time to come in and get fed. Not like they don’t get food when they’re outside! But there’s never enough food if you’re a goat.

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And from Thursday. Before my birthday dinner. Mia was quite loud. And it was very cold. But thankfully the sun came out eventually. A couple of kids came into the pen to say hi to the goats. The older one was kind of goating (harhar) the younger one to go in and pet Mia. There’s a funny bit where Bob is sneaking up on her from behind and the older girl said “watch out!” and the younger girl turned around and saw Bob and yelped and ran away to safety.

And that’s all for today. Here’s to the future.