Good goat times today. A lovely, summer day. The heat was a bit too humid, but it’s nice to have some sunny days, before fall falls on us. Several rounds of visitors from teh new neighbour school. Seems like they really enjoy coming over and spending time at the playground, and with the goats. And the goats enjoy the attention, especially because it means they get carrots. Yum yum.
Other than that, not too much going on. Lots of sitting down and relaxing together. I have to make the most of it now, while Luna is still small enough to sit in my lap. And while it’s warm enough for the goats to want to sit and relax. At least with the other groups of goats, when the weather gets cooler they don’t want to sit down so much. As it gets colder and wetter they preter for stay on their feet. So gotta enjoy it now.
I especially like when we all sit close together like a goat family. Some of the times Sky will sit a little apart. At least when we’re up in the goat house. When we’re down on the bench then she’ll sit on the tub of course and we’re together then. But when we sit in the goat house she’ll sometimes go into the bedroom and sit, or on the new platform in the back. Or she often likes to sit out on the hill. Today I was sitting with Luna in my lap and Bella in the haybox. And Sky came over to us. And in my head I was going “sit down with us, sit down with us, sit down with us”. And she started pawing the ground next to me and I thought ysss she’s going to sit. Then she stopped pawing the ground and started rubbing her butt on the wall. You know how Sky is, she did that for like 10 minutes. Haha slight exagerration. But thankfully when her rear was sufficiently scratched she pawed the ground some more and sat down with us. So I got to sit with all my three little ladies within hand reach. So sweet and relaxing.
21/8 2023
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Familly chillout.

21/8 2023
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The feathers are on board too.

21/8 2023
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Good goat times today. But a couple of bad things too. Both concerning the troublemaker Bella. First off, she smashed my camera. It’s dead, Jim. I had set it up on a tripod and yeah well you can see where this is going.. Bella pushed it over. It has survived that a few times, falling in the grass or on the ground. This time it fell face-first right into one of the pavement tiles. So that’s gone. Grrargh. I do have other cameras. But this is the second camera to get dead in a fairly short time. Not great. I may have to go out and buy a new one soon. Oh well.
The other thing is worse, though. Seems like Bella has hurt a leg. I noticed halfway through the day that she was limping around. Luna has had a problem with a leg too, but that seemed pretty minor. She was running around and putting weight on it. Bella was limping and having a hard time putting weight on it. So that’s not good. The problem is that the vet that the playground uses has been closed over the summer. Jeanette is trying to get in contact with them, but last I heard they hadn’t returned her calls yet. So that’s not good. But hopefully it’s nothing too serious and hopefully the vet will come by very soon, it’s time for their hoof trimming and I thought that might be the issue with Luna, but with Bella it seems more serious. Hopefully it’s not anything eriough, though. She seemed in good enough spirits and when we had kids in the pen (more visitors from the neighbouring scool today) she was running around to get carrots too.
We had a sweet moment later on when i was sitting on the bench with Luna and Bella. Sky had went and settled herself down on the platform behind the mountain. Well, Luna was climbing on me and bleated out. And Sky bleated back at her. And then Luna bleated back. And they bleated back and forth a few times. And then I heard the clippity clops of goat hooves on wood: And i could hear by the speed of it that it was Sky running down the ramp of the platform. And a few moments later she appeared coming around the mountain to join us. So that was pretty sweet, I guess Luna wanted Sky to join us. They were butting heads today those two though. I don’t know if it was because Bella was a little impaired that Luna thought she should try to move up in the hierarchy. Sky didn’t seem particularly threatened though. Luna was running around and going up in dramatic headbutts and Sky was just standing there and blocking like ‘yeah whatever’. And then to hammer home her point, she started humping up on Luna. No doubt who is in charge.
But send some healing thoughts to Bella if you can.
22/8 2023
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Well, that was a nice camera I used to have.
Another one for the *exasperated sigh* files.
It may look like the camera is just out of focus at the end. But it does no longer turn on. The lens is stuck, and I have tried real hard but it will not unstuck. So the camera no longer turns on.
22/8 2023
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goatlog

23/8 2023
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Twinsies. Who’s Arnie and who’s DeVito?

23/8 2023
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Me looking at anything that was made after the 90s.

23/8 2023
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Good goat times today. A lovely summery day. Don’t know how many more of those we’ll get. Soon we’ll move into the 9 months of dreary weather. Sigh. Better enjoy the sun while I can.
Still more visitors, looks like with the neighbouring school opened up there will b pretty much daily visits. I forgot to mention that one of the little girls that came visiting from the school was named Luna! She wasn’t there today, but she’s been a couple of times. As you can imagine it’s a big hit that we have a goat named Luna too. Although the human Luna is a little unsure of the goats. And the goat Luna just wishes they ‘d feed her.
Unfortunately Bella is still having problem with her leg. And Jeanette is having trouble getting a hold of the vet. She said she almost wanted to move to another vet, the problem is that it’s not easy finding vets in suburban Denmark who care for goats. And then there’s the fact that we’re a government institution, which means bugets and oversights and clearances and whatnot. But I sure hope it gets figured out soon, we need Bella to get looked at. She’s doing pretty okay, she seems happy enough and she doesn’t seem to be generally in pain or anything. She walks around with us. But it’s clear her right hind leg is not good, she does her best not to put weight on it. Sometimes when she wants to sit down it takes a little extra effort and time to get into a sitting position. I hate seeing her in discomfort. I still hope it’s nothing serious, but we really need the vet to look at it.
Lil troublemaker still tried to knock over my tripod a few times. Sheesh, I need goat insurance.
24/8 2023
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Sweet Bella. I sure hope your leg will be better soon.

24/8 2023
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I stopped by my old supermarket today, for the first time in ..a couple of weeks? Maybe. I had a couple of packages to pick up. Oh by the way, I have mentioned that one of the bad things about the supermarket closing is that the postal shop connected to it will go away too, and I was worried what would happen to my packages now. Well, thankfully a new postal shop has opened right next door, in a kiosk that was already handlnig GLAS packages. So now both my postal and GLAS packages will go there, and there will be no negative change to my package routine. And after I had that talk with the mailman, I haven’t had problems with them leaving packages at my door when i’m not home either. So, the postal situation seems fine for now.
It was a little sad seeing my supermarket now, though. Outside the signs proclaimed “3 days until final closing”. Many of the shelves already complately empty. Surprisingly they did have fresh tomatoes, which they haven’t had the last few times I went there. But it’s sad that it’s closing. After more than a decade of doing all my shopping there. But, the new grocery store is working okay for me so far. I am thankful Jeanette told me about it. They have the stuff I need and it’s only a tiny detour on my way home from the goats, the overall trip may actually be a little faster than going to the old supermarket. So, looks like things are working out okay. I was really bummed about the closing and worried about how my life would be affected, but hooves crossed it seems to not be too bad at all.
Sometimes seeing the worst in everything isn’t necessary after all. Not that I’m going to stop…
24/8 2023
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Family time.

x24/8 2023
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Another one in the “exasperated sigh” series. This was filmed Monday, so before the camera got broked. This was just a practice run from Bella.
25/8 2023
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WARNING star wars post ahead.
So, I watched the first two episodes of Ahsoka. My thoughts?
I enjoyed it! Good, entertaining stuff. I will say, I don’t know how interesting it will be if you haven’t watched animated shows or read the books. If you don’t know who Ahsoka or Ezra or Sabine or Thrawn is, well you might not be that invested in all of this. But if you’re into all that stuff, this really cool. It’s neat seeing so much stuff from the cartoons in live action. And I remain in my belief that casting Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka is one of the best things in Star Wars. I just love her.
Only two things disappointed me. One is we didn’t get to see Thrawn yet. I’m dying to see our Lars Mikkelsen in blueface. Smurf it up!
And two, I wish the lothcat had pushed the starmap globe off the table.
But good start, looking forward to more.
26/8 2023
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good morning, ghoulies

26/8 2023
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Caught in the act! Don’t let her sweet, innocent face fool you. Bella is waging a war against tripids. If Earth ever gets invaded by Martians in giant tripod war machines, just send Bella to the front.

26/8 2023
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the nineties were the besties
26/8 2023
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.It seems a little on the nose that Bob Barker passes away on National Dog Day.
I know the name, but I did not know him, other than snippes read in passing. From what I can see, he was extremely well loved. So rest in peace, sir.
26/8 2023
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I spy with my one eye, Bella and Luna, but no Sky.

26/8 2023
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We have been at the new new playground for a year and ten days. I am happy that we have Jeanette and a lot of space. But we lost a lot over the year…

26/8 2023
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goatlog

27/8 2023
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Its a dangerous life in the goat pen.
The second one got me pretty good.
I have never been worried about a goat ever willfully headbutting me in the face. But their depth perception isn’t always great, so you gotta be careful if you’re in the line of fire when they try to hit another goat. Better add aspirin to my treatbag.
27/8 2023
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The kids, relaxing.

27/8 2023
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That’s all for now.

Good goat times today. It was a lovely day. Summer is somewhat back. Fairly warm and a good deal of sunshine. Nice to have some good weather again.
The goats spotted me from way across the sportsfield, before I even got onto the playground grounds. I think that is the first time that has ever happened. When I made my way over to the goat pen, they were all up on the steepeest platform. Excellent view from up there, the could see me coming from miles away. A sweet greeting.
And speaking of platforms, the one I made in the goat house last week is getting good use. Everyone jumping up on it, all three of them at different times got up there and pawed it and sat down to relax. it is goat approved.
I found a new big wooden board and I commandeered that and brought it into the goat pen. Goats love to be on stuff, even if it’s just an inch off the ground. That new board got some nice butting around, got pooped on pretty quick, Sky sat on it for a while. Another goat approved addition.
Today Jesper the handyman was back. I guess he wasn’t fired despite my recent work to overtake his job! Good to have him back. He’s very nice. I don’t talk to him as much as I do to Jeanette, but we are on good terms and i’m starting to feel comfortable around him too. So that is nice. More and more human friends!
And speaking of Jeanette, I gave her a nice surprise today. Brought her a gift. From Keiko! You all saw the painting of Mia with a halo in the video. Keiko made one for Jeanette too, with a lovely inscription on the back. So I presented that to Jeanette, and she loved it. It looked like she was really surprised and moved by it. She took her hands up to cover her face. And then she took it and looked at it and held it to her heart. I think she was very happy with it. She knows about my facebooking about the goats of course. I told her a little about Keiko and our story over the years. Told her about the amazing book full of years of goats history, she was quite amazed by that as well. And I thanked her for all she did for Mia and all she does for me and the other goats. And she thanked my back and said she couldn’t do it without me. Feels good to be appreciated, even though i’m just a goat bum who comes and dawdles around in the goat pen. But I feel like she appreciates what I do.
And she sends her thanks to Keiko of course! Thank you so much, Keiko. That was a wonderful thing you did. For her and me. And she thanks everyone else too, I told her how you all appreciate her too.
Aww, feelgood times!
After goating I went and did my first real shopping in the new store, the one Jeanette found for me. When I did recon there with my dad last week we just went in and got fresh tomatoes and left. Today I went through the whole place and looked though it all. I realised it’s the same company that runs my regular supermarket. This is just their discount supermarket version. But they have a lot of the same stuff, so that’s good. It’s a lot bigger and more comfortable to use than the tiny discount store in bottom of the shopping center. Probably a little smaller than my regular supermarket. But I managed to get almost everything I was looking for. I should be able to make it work as a replacement. I got my Pepsi delivery coming Wednesday, and assuming that works out okay then I should be able to get by okay when my supermarket closes.
So that was a pretty good day. I managed to stayi n the moment and have happy times with the goaties. And not think about the fact that today would have been Mia’s 11th birthday. Sigh. I will make a post later about it of course. I will have soup in her honour now. A toast to the queen. Hope she’s having a party on the heavily weighted down clouds above with grandma and auntie and Palle and Yogi and everyone else who has passed on… I wonder if Peanut and Fuzzy are still alive… they ought to be. But you never know. Sigh. Okay, I can’t think about all that. Think happy thoughts. Love you, Mia.
14/8 2023
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I thought I was going to spend my summer with her. After all the upheaval of the previous year, I just wanted a quiet, peaceful summer. But here we are.
I am thankful for the time we had, and for all the good people she helped bring into my life. And you and you and you.

14/8 2023
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Good goat times today. After all the emotions yesterday for Mia’s birthday, today was a fairly simple day. Nice and warm, but mostly cloudy. Relaxing with the goats a lot. Several groups of visitors, three rounds of kids in the pen, and a visit by adults too. There was a lady, a “nature guidance counsellor” ish person. She came over and introduced herself to me. She’d heard about me, i think from Jeanette probably. She just wanted to tell me that she’d be coming byl ater with a group of people. I am not sure exactly what they were doing, but I heard some talk about being out in nature helping you sleep better. A lot of the people in the group were refugees, several of them came over to see the goats and feed them carrots. So we had a busy day socializing.
We also had a little almost-mishap from our troublemaker. You remember that we had to remove the salt block inside because Bella had jumped up on it and the onwards up on the hayholder? Well, the holder of the salt block is still there. I thought that wouldn’t give her enoug height to jump into the hayolder. But she gave it a try today. I think because the hayholder was full she thought she could get up on it. I am not sure if she would have made it up there cos I kinda bodychecked her and interrupted her jump. Well, I went and told Jeanette about it and when Jesper Handyman came, he went and took the saltblock holder down and put it up another place. So, now Bella definitely can’t jump into the hayholder. Right? Right… along with the other hayholder taken down. “We have to childproof EVERYTHING I told Jeanette, and she laughed yup. Oh and she told me she’d already found a great place to display Keiko’s art, she’s got a room with stuff on display, I’m not sure if she said she had made stuff herself or it was other gifts, but Keiko’s art is a valued part of her collection now. I can tell it meant a lot to her. Thank you again, Keiko!
15/8 2023
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Sky and bella on the new platform, Luna in front.

15/8 2023
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The new platform has quickly become a popular place to take a rest. Here’s Luna, in a (rare) quiet moment.

15/8 2023
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I just got my Pepsi delivery! And it went smoothly. Thankfully. I know it’s stupid to get so anxious about something so simple, but it’s just that dread of knowing HUMANS ARE COMING. If they were delivered by goat I wouldn’t fet. Anyway, The delivery was scheduled between 10 and 11 am. Got here around 10.45. Driver unloaded bag after bad of Pepsi Max bottles. And a couple of other things. He was very friendly and there were no problems. And now I have a stack of 25 1½ litre bottles of Pepsi Max. That should feed my addiction for a while. So that’s a relief. Even if my supermarket wasn’t closing this would be a great way to cut down on destroying my back by constantly hauling Pepsi when I go shopping. Now I can do the simple weekly shopping in the new grocery store and get a Pepsi delivery about once a month. Good stuff.
16/8 2023
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goatlog

16/8 2023
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Here’s the wooden board I dragged into the goat pen. Propped it up a little bit on one side so it could be a little slanty for the goats to play on. As you can see Sky did her part by giving it a berry baptism.

16/8 2023
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Goats just gotta be on things.

16/8 2023
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Did i ever tell you about the time I got top marks for a Danish report/essay in school writing about the movie Legend, inspired by the Bryan Adams song Heaven?
Remind me to tell you about that some time.
Or how about the school trip to Prague where i bought an Eros Ramazzotti cassette tape and listened to it over and over on my walkman on the bus trip through Czechoslovakian countryside.
A walkman is like an mp3 player that you can’t connect to a computer, kids.
And Czechoslovakia was a country that ..well it’s a long story.
And the music don’t feel like it did when I felt it with you.
16/8 2023
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Good goat times today. Cool and cloudy day, but dry and not too cold. Lots of socializing again today. Several visitors through the day, from the new school that has moved in nearby. “I wonder how many people will be seeing from there” Jeanette said. Quite a lot, it seems. It’s always smaller groups though, I think the school may cater to special-needs kids, so there’s more of a chance for teachers to be minding smaller groups. In the morning there was a teacher, or counsellor, with a boy named Jayden. He was sweet. Jeanette wasn’t outside when they came, so I answered a few questions about the goats and the place. And it was cute, Bella was up on teh steep platform. But when she saw them coming, she ran down the steep ramp and bounded through the grass and jumped up on the tub, which was over by the fence. And then down from the tub and up on the new wooden board, front legs up on the fence. She was hoping for treats. Had to settle for cuddles, though. But that’s pretty good to. And then Jeanette came and Jayden got to have a tour of the place and meet the bunny and guinea pigs that live inside one of the buildings, and then he came back and they went into the goat pen and got to meet all the goats up close. Very sweet. And a couple of groups later on too. Jeanette had to leave early today, one of the groups came after she’d gone, but I let them come into the pen anyway. I prefer when Jeanette is there, she’s a lot better with humankids than me, but it went fine and the kids got to see some goats, and berries, upclose. All this socializing is tiring me out, it is not easy for me. But I’m happy I can help people have good experiences with the goats.
Oh and Luna has been humping Bella again. Sheesh. “I thought we got them as boys” Jeanette laughed. Oh boy.. I mean oh girls. It’s funny because Bella is bigger and stronger and more dominant. But I haven’t seen her try any humping to show dominance. Luna things highly of herself I guess. So does everyone else.
17/8 2023
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Sky on her throne. She seems to have taken a liking to the steepest platform recently. Before the kids came I don’t think she ever made it up there, but after following the little ones up I guess she realised she could get up there after all. Now she goes there to scout the surroundings or just to sit down.a

17/8 2023
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Goats on the mountain. With the weather a little bit dryer, it’s back to mountain climbing.

17/8 2023
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Sheesh, someone get a stick and poke Sky to see if she’s still alive..
Don’t worry, she’s fine. Just sleeping.
I used to never, or at least very rarely, see any of the goats like this. They’d sit and relax, but laying their heads down completely and sleeping, very rare. I feel like it has started after Bella and Luna arrived. I have seen them do it and Sky doing it several times. Before the big changes I can’t recall ever seeing her like that. Don’t know if there has been some change or if it’s just random chance. Maybe the kids have taught her how to nap.

17/8 2023
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goatlog

18/8 2023
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Darling Sky.

18/8 2023
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Time for a little Bitching & Moaning again. Youtube has updated their design, and as with every website all the time it only gets worse. It’s great having the time played/remaining showed as a tiny red line. That completely disappears on systems in high contrast mode. Brilliant. So now I have to spend hours trying to find fixes for that.
And in November the city busses here will stop offering cash tickets. So now I have to spend time and worry about what to do. I take the busses very rarely, so a normal bus card would be a waste of money. And I don’t have a smartphone so I can’t use the app. I guess i have to get a Travel Card finally. Which I guess is an electronic card that you check in and out with in busses. I’m sure it’s a great and handy solution. I just hate change. I hate dealing with new things. I hate feeling lost when things I depend on stop working. I hate that feeling that the universe is telling me that there is no room for someone like me. My building will be torn down, my apartment will be gone, my supermarket closes, my bus won’t take my money, all websites get harder to use. I know many people are much worse off than me. I guess it’s just all the anxiety and depression that makes it all feel like it’s piling on and insurmountable. This world is not for me.
By the way, apps are the devil. I hate how everything is an app. At least most things have alternatives. But explain to me why the Danish postal service requires you to have an app to do things related to your mail and address? Why can it not also be done on an actual website? Why can you set your address to allow flex package delivery in an app but you can’t log in to their website and do it? At least the government stuff still has alternatives for people who can’t do things digitally or on phones. You just have to go down to their service centers and hope you can get an appointment to get help. I had to do that when we switched to the new electronic ID system. If I hadn’t had my dad to help me with that it would have been a lot more difficult for me. I hate that feeling of being lost and left behind and a sub citizen and person. And then you read people discussing it online and you see these infuriating remarks like “what’s the big deal, everyone has a phone, I’m glad they’re taking away all other options” grargrgdfhgh. And again I know there are many people way worse off than me, I’m just a spoiled anxiery-riddled brat. I just miss my childhood when you got into the back of the bus and put your paper bus card into the clipper machine and you had two rows of seats, double seats on the left, single seats on the right and the exit was in the front of the bus. Today the exits and entrances are the same, in the front and the back and the middle and the seats are all over the place and FACING EACH OTHER, there is no worse nightmare for a socially phobic blind dude than stumbling through a bus desperately trying to find an available seat, going back and forth, ending up sitting FACE TO FACE WITH ANOTHER PERSON ugh, i spend my whole life avoiding people why would I want to sit FACE TO FACE with strangers in the bus. Conversation busses?! Jesus christ what fresh hell is this.
Anyway, I may have slightly rambled, sorry about that.
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18/8 2023
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And here’s a goat post to make up for the B&M.

18/8 2023
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Jeanette with carrot snacks for the goats.

18/8 2023
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Sweet Luna. I love when she sits down with me.

19/8 2023
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Aw look at this. Sky and Red Sonja sharung a breakfast bowl. That surprised me. Sky gets along great with the feathers, but still. Sharing food is not something goats usually do. And you know Bella and especially Luna would not have allowed this. They chase the feathers away most of the time. But I like Red Sonja, she always comes running when there’s a chance for food. Henrietta Solo is more wandering around. That’s what got her in trouble with that dog attack, she had wandered out on the pathways beyond the playground. She’s often away for stretches of time, just wandering around. But sonja usually hangs out more with the goats. Lil hungry mini feathered goat.
19/8 2023
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It’s been a while since we’ve seen sky snaking her way down the mountain. Let’s hope we get some dry ground for a while, for more mountain fun.
19/8 2023
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Oh my. Watching a youtube video on a channel that does coverdisc comparisons from old Amiga games magazines… and randomly came to a video that covered three magazines from April 1992 and.. i recognised one of the games and then the cover.. and.. it’s my first Amiga magazine I ever got. Amiga Action april 1992. Oh wow. Memories flooding back. I got this issue on my birthday, March 15th 1992. I got it, I believe, from my uncle Bent. And at first I was confused and I told him “thank you that’s cool, but it’s a Commodore 64 I have, not an Amiga”. And he said he knew, but I had been talking about getting an Amiga, so that was why he got me an Amiga magazine. I felt pretty stupid because I hadn’t realised that was the reason he got me an Amiga magazine haha. But I apprecaited it, and I got my Amiga soon after that. That was the only issue of Amiga Action i ever got though, I ended up getting The One magazine as my Amiga magazine of choice going forward. But I still remember that one issue of Amiga Action. My first glimpse into my Amiga future. Wow.
I’m attaching the youtube video, although I know it’s not of any interest to anyone else haha. But it was that Son Of Zeus demo that sparked my memory. That game was never released. But I remember the demo. Maybe even just the screenshots from it. Etched in my memory. That was my 14th birthday. I miss the 90s. And my Amiga. And everything. Sigh.
This is the issue of Amiga Action: https://amr.abime.net/issue_104_contents
Issue 104, my one and only. I miss my old The One issues too. Did you know that Gary Whitta was a writer on The One, and he later moved to America and became among other things a screenwriter and he wrote the Star Wars movie Rogue One. Which blew my mind, when Rogue One came out I hadn’t thought about him or The One for ..well decades. And then suddenly I saw the name of this writer from my childhood Amiga magazine from England behind the new Star Wars movie. I had no idea he’d moved to America and was making movies. Wrote The Book Of Eli too. Anyway. I’m gonna shut up now.

19/8 2023
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Bella morning.

20/8 2023
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Ahoy hoy.

20/8 2023
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That’s all for now.