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.

It’s been a nice week. With a little bit of spring. The weather isn’t warm by any means. But we’ve had a good deal of sunshine. I have been able to pack away some of my winter clothes. It’s quite nice being able to walk out without thermal underwear and scarves and hand warmers and foot warmers and gloves and all that. Only one pair of ski socks instead of 2. Unfortunately it looks like we’ll be back down to 0 degrees next week. My dad even said it snowed a little today. Phoeey. I hope the spring will be back soon.

I just love when the sun is shining and the goats sit around lazily. Sitting next to Bob and scratching his back and just zoning out. It’s zen, man. Zen. Good times.

On Monday I went downtown with my dad and got myself a new pair of shoes. My old pair was very worn so my foot therapist had been telling me it was time to get some new ones. Got a nice pair that looks not unlike the old ones. I don’t really care much about the style and all that. They just have to be warm and functional. The ones I got were a little bit too big, but it wasn’t a problem. Until I took them out again on Thursday. I put extra soles in them and tied them really, really tightly. When I got back home I had blisters on my heels. Ouch. I have foot therapy on Tuesday so I’ll have them looked at then. I can’t remember if I mentioned it in the blog but recently I lost a bit of the nail on one of my big toes as well. Must have smashed it into something. Part of the nail was half torn off and it was bleeding. It was very sensitive where the nail was missing for a while, but it’s better now. We’ll see what the foot therapist says. And hopefully tying the shoelaces less tightly will work better. Maybe taking out one of the two extra soles too.

Onwards with goat pictures.

Bob rolling his head and casting a shadow.

Sitting with Bob in the sunshine.

Kamel sitting in the sunshine.

Kamel, Bob and Mio relaxing in the sun.

Mia sitting with a straw.

Almost looks like she’s biting my nails.

Pulling funny faces.

Mio sitting in the sunshine.

Bob eyeing the plastic bag with my seating pad. I put it in the hayholder. Bob likes biting at it. But I could tell he was conflicted. Get up and go for the alluring plastic bag or stay comfily seated? Choices choices..

Bob keeping an eye on a couple of kids who came into the pen to say hi.

Kamel at the fence.

Mia standing on Mio! Too cute. It’s a video still, video below.

Mio relaxing again.

There you go. Now videos.

First off a goat yawn. I caught a yawn from Bob on camera. Y’all know I love goat yawns. I didn’t even notice it when it happened, but then I spotted it while going through the video footage. Lazy in the sunshine!

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And a video showing that Mia is not too big to stand on my back. It starts off with her standing on Mio’s back too. Cute stuff.

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And a little bit of documentation of the goats’ raisin tricks. What they do to get raisins. Mia’s trick is the good old “jump on Lasse’s back” as seen above too. Bob’s trick is to jump up with his front legs on me. And usually I’ll grab his hooves and propel him up. He’s been doing that for a long time. Kamel’s trick is new. One of the things I was doing to build her confidence is that I would get her to reach up on the bench to get a raisin. I’d hold up a raisin just out of her reach so she had to get up on the bench with her front legs. At first she didn’t want to do it, she’d rather stay safely on the ground. But eventually the lure of the raisin got her to do it. And then the next time I was there she started going up on the bench by herself. And looking at me like “okay, I did it. Now where’s my raisin?”. And I’d give her a raisin. And she’d keep doing it. And I’d keep giving her raisins. It was kind of like her leg scratchies. At first I had to grab her leg and do it. But then she learned that it was nice and she started putting her leg up by herself to get me to do it. Asking to be touched and get treats. Much more confident. Once she even jumped all the way up on the bench. I can’t recall her ever standing on the bench while a person was sitting on it before. So she’s coming along nicely.

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And a couple of goatlogs. First from Monday. A nice springy day with sunshine and lazy goats. You can hear Mia’s baahing when I leave at the end. It’s always really hard to go when she starts screaming like that. I just want to stay there all the time.

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And from Thursday. The day started off with a cold wind, but it died down somewhat and the sun came out again.I rearranged the christmas tree and table. I like to change things up every now and then. The goats are usually spooked when I move the table. It’s so big and heavy that I have to roll it around. You never know with those treacherous tables.

That’s all. Next week is foot therapy and birthday. And hopefully more good times with the goats, even though it will get wintery cold again. Come back, sun!