It is officially springtime in Denmark. And the weather is trying to follow suit. At least we are above zero now.

It was still winter on Monday, though. And it had snowed overnight. So I got one last (I presume) snow day with the goats. And as if that wasn’t enough someone had dropped off a new christmas tree in the pen. So goats were snacking on that and everything was beautiful and cold in the snow.

Thursday was the last day of winter, according to the calendar. And I left the apartment and walked out into beautiful sunshine. Just lovely. The sun is coming into my apartment more and more too. The forecast says we should reach 10C next week. Although it looks like it will drop down a little again after that. But as long as it’s not freezing then that’s a good start. Hopefully the really warm springtime will come along eventually. I’m sure the goats would appreciate that too. Warm for the new babies. I think Mio is good and ready to get them out soon. I have no idea how long it will be, but she’s quite huge now and seems a little tired of it. Can’t wait to see how Mia will react to the new ones. If she’ll see them as siblings to play with. Or annoying rivals that steal all the attention. It will be cute to find out.

Okay, on with the pictures.

Bob, the black panther. As I don’t call him.

Bob with a little hay.

Mia checking out the new christmas tree.

Taking a bite.

Head popping up.

And mama Mio likes the tree as well.

Kamel looking sideways.

Cutiepie Mia.

Sitting on the bench again. I like when she sits down next to me!

And finally mama Mio. Big mama Mio.

Oh, and also…

These are my fridge magnets. From friends around the world. You know, my birthday is coming up on the 15th. So if anyone wants to send me more magnets… get in touch.

And videos.

First the goatlog from Monday. The snow day with the new christmas tree. Quite jolly. And a big ole banana peel for Mia. She actually stole one right out of my pocket earlier on. Must have picked up that little trick from her mama. But I thought I’d feed her one on camera too. Nomnomnom. You can also see me stepping up on the concrete block. I thought I’d try it out and see why the goats always do that. Still not sure though…

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And the goatlog from Thursday. With more sunshine than snow. Most of the christmas tree was picked clean, but I had saved a branch away. So the goats got a little fresh greenery there. Footrubs for everyone. And picking wool from Bob’s fur. And at the end Kamel strategically places herself in front of the camera. No one is better at ruining a carefully planned shot than a goat!

The end!

It’s been a pretty quiet week. Nothing too interesting going on.

I didn’t feel well on Thursday. It helped visiting the goats, but when I got back home I started feeling poorly again. So I went to bed early. It was quite nice actually, going to bed early and waking up naturally, early the next day. I always have a hard time getting rested. I always sleep too little or too much. But I’m going to try going to bed early now. At least for a few days. I’m getting the locks in my apartment replaced on Tuesday so I have to be up early on that day. I will try an earlier bedtime at least until then. Maybe I’ll like it so much that I’ll keep doing it. You never know.

Also, still drinking almond milk. I mentioned that, right? I don’t really like the almond taste that much, but since I don’t drink much milk I can live with it. I only really miss the normal milk when I eat cornflakes. Which I normally only do on the days I go visit the goats. But I’m making do. I have also stopped buying butter. Again. I miss the seasalted butter. But. I’m making do. For now. Did 140 minutes on the bike today. New record. Watch out, Lance Armstrong.

I’m all out of soup. There was less leftover soup than normal. It lasted till Thursday, but only because I didn’t eat any of it as nightly snacks. It’s always a little sad when I run out. Back to regular food, like a chump. The weather should be warming up next week, though. So good timing I guess.

Let’s get on with the playground pictures.

Kamel and Bob at the fence.

Cold and wet Mia. Aw.

You’d think I put raisins behind my ears!

Mio on the lookout.

Mia hiding behind mama.

Mia sitting down on the bench. They usually sit on the ground. As seen…

…here. Sitting on the ground.

And a last one of Mio.

And then the videos.

First the goatlog from Monday. Most of it is a butting match between Kamel and Bob. I love how their tails wag when they butt heads. It’s also quite cute when Mia is licking the grating thing. She’d make a good window cleaner, as I said on her Facebook page.

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And a goatlog from Thursday. My favourite bit is Bob rolling around on the ground. Crazy little goat! I don’t know why they do that. I remember his mother Magnethe doing the same kind of thing on the dirt hill in the horse field. Kind of like pushing their head against the hill and then falling over and rolling around. With a wagging tail. Just too cute.
I’m not sure why those little hay/dirt mounds were in the goat pen. But later on a couple of the playground workers came and started clearing them off. The goats didn’t like the wheelbarrows! It’s always cute when they run to the far side of the pen and stand in a group and watch carefully what’s going on. Usually it’s something scary like a cat or a flying plastic bag that spooks them.

And that’s all. Time to go to bed early, again.