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.

Brrr! Winter has really come now. I woke up on Monday to snow. I wasn’t expecting that. At least not such a substantial amount. If I had known we’d get that much snow I would have gotten up earlier and gone to the playground so I could see the goats being let out and Mia’s first look at the snow. It has snowed a little bit before, but this was the first day with enough snow for it to stay on the ground. And it was still pretty good timing, that it snowed on Monday. I didn’t get to see her first steps in the snow, but I was probably there about an hour after they opened so I got to see a lot of her first day in the snow. And it was all very beautiful. I have always loved the way everything looks under snow. And now with warmer winter clothes I can enjoy it better. Hopefully this winter I won’t be relegated to only visiting the playground once a week. Like previous winters. I think I can stand it better this year.

But anyway, let me show you in pictures.

I jumped on the bus and went for a walk through the park. I always like to do that when it’s snowing.

Watched the birds.

The playground also looks nice under the snowcover.

And then I spent time with the goats in the snow.

Bob is a real christmas goat now!

So cute with the white snow on his black fur.

My filter glasses. Also note there is goat hair on everything I own. Just a fact of life.

Kamel in the snow.

I had to bring out all my winter clothes, including the scarf that Traci knitted for me. I don’t know how to wear a scarf properly, but as long as it’s warm. Texas warm.

Mio in the snow.

Mio again. I think she’s telling them to turn on the heat already. It was speculated on Facebook that she might be trying to catch snowflakes on her tongue.

Preben. You can see how I’ve arranged the branches on the turned-over table so he has something to butt heads with.

A nice look at the black stripe down Bob’s back. When he starts getting woolly the rest of his fur gets whiter so the stripe really stands out. Magnethe had a black stripe down her back too, although it faded somewhat with age. I guess she passed it on to her boy.

Mia takes a rest on the bench.

Mia and Bob. I put a branch up in the hay holder and then I put the hay up on the branch. Just to change things up a little. More fun that way.

And finally a closerupper of Preben.

On to the videos. First is a little video of Mia’s first fun in the snow.

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Next is the full goatlog from Monday. Or snowlog as I called it. Lots of falling snow. Birds and horses and dogs, oh my. And of course goats. So pretty and cold.

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And finally the goatlog from Thursday. The snow had stopped falling but there was still some left on the ground. And it was very, very, very cold.

And that’s all. It has been snowing again today, so hopefully htere will be more fun with goats in the snow. And more warm clothes. Got my new sweater (seems super heavy and warm) and thermal underwear. I’m looking forward to trying them out!

Oh and I finished my playground archive. I wrote about that, right? Sigrid asked for pictures. Today I burnt a DVD with almost 3500 pictures ranging from 2003 to 2012. And 87 movies. I could fill up another 4-5-6 DVDs of movies but I guess this will do. I hope they’ll like it. I’ll also give them the 20 photos I had printed recently, of the current crop of goats. Merry christmasgoats!