Okay. It’s christmas! It is, it is. The 24th. That’s christmas in Denmark. I shall be heading out to celebrate with the family tonight. So here’s my plan. I will prepare the goat update now. And then when I’m back home tonight I will append the christmas update. And then I will post it all and you’ll be none the wiser! Perfect plan.

So now let’s just go with the pictures.

Mia and Mio, with Kamel just poking her head into the shot.

And there we have the three of them.

Mama Mio with the asymmetrical ears.

Preben. It was quite a foggy day. Almost needed a rednosed goat to light my way home.

Bob looking up.

Bob checking out my new hat.

Kamel with the folded ears.

Sweet Mia. You wouldn’t know it, but she packs quite a punch. She managed to give me a bloody nose! She was standing on my shoulder and I guess she fell forward and planted a hoof in my face. Next thing I knew she was on the ground and my nose was bleeding. Knockouted by a goat, I’m sure we’ve all been there. It didn’t hurt or anything though, I just stuffed some tissue in my nose and kept on with the fun.

Couldn’t possibly be mad at that sweet face.

And those propeller ears.

That is my apartment block, in a snowstorm.

Yes, we were hit by a giant snowstorm!

Okay, it wasn’t that bad. Just a little snowstorm.

This is CityVest, the shopping center around the corner.

And the last of the snowstorm.

I had gone up to see the goats. The playground is closed for christmas, but I was hoping I’d get there when they fed the animals. Unfortunately that didn’t happen, so I couldn’t get inside. But I did get to see Mio and Mia through the windows. And I fed them through the grating. So at least it wasn’t a total waste. I had taken my gloves off for a minute to feed them and my fingers were immediately frozen through. So I went by my parents’ place to just warm them up. My parents seemed surprised that I was out in the storm. They wanted me to stay for lunch, or to call me a taxi. Or at least walk me home. But really, it wasn’t much of a storm. And it isn’t far to walk from my parents to my place. So I went out on my own. Braving the snowstorm! It wasn’t snowing that bad but there was a fierce wind and it was dark and cold. But quite nice actually to go adventuring. Went and did a little grocery shopping and then home.

And since Debster requested videos of my surroundings, I made a video of my snowstorm adventure. So you can see me walking around in the hood. You can see Mio and Mia through the grating at the beginning. And then I’m walking through the snow more or less for 10 minutes and we go inside the shopping center too, briefly. And then end up in my apartment block where I just pop out again and film up towards my windows. Exciting stuff! The camera picked up a lot of light, it was actually a lot darker out there than it seems in the video.

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But there are also good old fashioned goat videos of course. First off is a slowmotion version of the video of Mia jumping around and butting heads with Kamel. It’s also zoomed in a little so you can get a good look at her amazing leaps of joy.

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And a goatlog from Monday with the fogness.

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And a goatlog from Thursday. Preben has started taking an interest in Mia. She doesn’t quite understand his intentions but you can see him staring intently at her and following her around. Even doing a little huffing and puffing at her. Mio doesn’t appreciate it I think. She would rather he stays away from both her and her baby! Preben also has a little brawl with Felix the pony. It seems Felix is trying to eat his horns. Or maybe he’s trying to use them as toothpicks?

And that’s all. Now I’m going to head off for christmas celebrations and I’ll be back tonight and tell you all about it.

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Okay, later that day. Back from the christmas celebrations. It was pretty much the same procedure as every year. No visitors this time, but just my parents and brother and I. A quiet little christmastime. First though, I went up to the playground and gave the goats some bananas through the grating. Then I went to my parents’ place. Dozed off in a chair with the traditional Disney show on the telly. We had a nice roast and risalamande for dessert. I got the hidden almond. Go me! Won me a marzipan prize. And that’s about all there was to it. The only difference to so many other christmasses was the christmas tree of stacked cardboard boxes with stuff packed down for the move. The last christmas in the house I grew up in. It’s an odd feeling, that we won’t be having any more christmasses around that table. But there will be new christmasses in the new place. And I’m tired and coming down from the christmas buzz, can’t be bothered nostalgizing right now.

At the end of the evening we took a taxi back to my place. The driver was a surly fella who did not seem in the christmas spirits at all. He even refused taking my dad’s senior citizen discount card thingie. Maybe he was upset to be working on christmas eve. I hope he finds a merry cheer somewhere on his ways.

And I hope all of you all are having or will be am being have had a jolly time. Merry christmas, and to all a good goat.

Oh PS. Desirée, I don’t know if you’ll be reading this, but if you do I suggest you check your “other messages” on Facebook. I can’t leave a message in your diaryland anymore and the email I have for you is no longer valid. But thank you so much for the calendar!

Once again, merry christmas to all!

It’s been a nice week. We’ve had more snow, but also a good deal of sunshine. I got presents and cards and magnets from Facebook friends. And a lovely package from the one and only Debster. Thank you, Deb! A very nice package. I have quite the Pheasants Forever hat collection now! And I wore a pair of the socks today. They are quite smooth and nice. And the crocheted cloths will go into my kitchen very nicely! The soap is smelling lovely and the christmas decoration is hanging from a drawer handle within eyesight. Good tidings! Thank you so much, and please say thanks to the husband and the animals as well! Hope everyone is doing well.

Today I went back to my parents’ place for the last supper. I mean the last soup. In the hold house at least. My parents will be moving out right after new year’s. I’ll still be going over there a couple of times before then, but this was the last soup gathering in the house I grew up in. Sniffle. But good soup and good times and now leftovers for a few days as always. It’s all good.

Meanwhile, in goat news.

Bob looking for hay in a haystack.

Snow in the suburbs.

Snow in the streets of Århus.

Road to the playground.

A bird in the snow. They must get cold feet.

Kamel doing a headroll. I love when they do that. Kamel and Bob do it quite frequently.

Mia looking particularly adorable.

Scratchies for Mia.

Mia and I. There may be some forced perspective in the picture, but her head is almost bigger than mine now…

Mio camouflaged in the snow.

Periodically Mio goes to that spot at the fence and looks towards the main office building of the playground. And if she sees people she’ll start baahing. “DINNER TIME PLEASE?”. If she hears people inside the stable she’ll usually go to the far end of the fold and look up at the windows and baah at them from there. It’s funny when you know goats so well that you start to learn their habits.

Sun shining on the snow.

And up above the sun is shining.

A snowcone on the fence.

And videos.

First off is one of my favourite videos of all time. Mia and Bob playing in the snow. Running around, chasing each other. Sprinting and jumping. So much fun, so cute. Several times Bob runs up to Preben and jumps in the air as if to challenge him and then runs away to safety. A perfect winter interlude.

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Goatlog from Monday. More snow, more fun.

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And finally goatlog from Thursday. A beautiful day with lots of sunshine and snow still on the ground.

That’s the lot for today. Everyone take care out there. It’s a big bad world out there sometimes, so be good for goodness sake.