Ho ho ho, merry forking christmash.

19/12 2022
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Happy Mio Monday everyone. I hope it’s a good one.

19/12 2022
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Good goat times today. A little warmer than last week, but it didn’t feel it. Cold wind and frosty rain. Snow on the ground the goats can cope with if they have to. But frosty rain?! No, thanks. So we stayed in the goat house the whole time. It’s a day like this when you miss the goat house at the old place, because that was just bigger and nicer and neater. But okay, it’st the company that matters. And the company was great of course.
I almost managed to teach Milo to shake hoof! He had almost a couple of times sort of. But then my frozen gloved hands started fumbling with the treat bag and we lost moment and well, he doesn’t have the patience for that and it all went sideways. But maybe there’s hope for him yet!
And Sky had a little altercation with one of the redshirts. I think it just got a little too close for comfort and Sky did what goats do and headbutted it away. It wasn’t really hard or anything and I’m not even sure she connected. But it was enough to get the clucker to squawk and get out the way.
And then I had a hard walk home. The freezing rain on the freezing ground. It was like a skating rink. Jeanette even warned me before I left. But I’d already seen it on the forecast. There was an advisory out from the Danish weather service, that’s how bad it was. I had a couple of near-stumbles, but i kept mostly off the pavement, walking in the snow that was still left on the grass and dirt at the sides of most wakways. Much easier to walk in snow than on ice. So I got home without broken ribs or soaked pantaloons. I wish it was srping soon.
19/12 2022
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Staying inside. And look at Sky eyeing that clucker.

19/12 2022
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Jeanette was a little slow refilling the hayholder, so Mia thought she’d help herself.

19/12 2022
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HappY Yogi daY everyone. I hope it’s a good one.

20/12 2022
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20/12 2022
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Dat face tho.

20/12 2022
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Happy Hump Day everyone. I hope it’s a good one.

21/12 2022
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21/12 2022
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Happy seasonal holidays to all my friends on here. Thank you for being the gifts that keep on giving. It’s been a rough time lately, and I don’t know how I’d get through it without you.
Now, sorry for jingling that ball in your face.

21/12 2022
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I love “crash test dummy” pronounced with a French accent.

21/12 2022
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Reminder: If you’re having me for Christmas dinner, you need to start defrosting me now.
21/12 2022
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I hope today is a good one. Here is Peanut from 2016.

22/12 2022
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Good goat times today. A little bit warmer now, up to 5C/41F. Which makes a huge difference. Just to be out of the freezing. We even got a bit of sunshine today. And we got out for a bit, despite the wet ground and soggy old leaves. Just nice to get out and about.
Had some visitors at the fence. And for once it wasn’t kids. A young man and two young ladies. The goats raced down the hill to say hello. I think they have missed getting attention, there haven’t been a lot of kids around because of the bad weather and vacation. So the three young people got some nice goat petting in and I answered some questions. Very nice.
Today was Jeanette’s last day before going on vacation for the holidays. We won’t see her again until January 2nd. So that’s a bit sad. We had a nice little chat and said our merry christmasses and happy new years. She’s left detailed notes for the replacement guy on feeding and stuff. I hope it goes well. Jeanette has complained to me a few times about other workers there not always following her directions. I wish Jeanette could work full time taking care of the goats. Not everyone is as good at it as her. But hopefully it will all go okay. The goats might not get to be outside as much during the holiday as normal, but as long as they get the food and water they need that’s most important. And I’ll try and get them out some times too. Hooves crossed all will be fine. First holidays at the new home. Hope Santa got our forwarding address.
22/12 2022
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Here’s Jeanette, doing her rounds refilling hay and food and water. Of course Milo demands she stops and pets him. They’ve gotten a nice bond.
We’ll miss Jeanette until January. Oh and she told me she’d been to see Sassy, Lily and Nuller. They are doing well. I didn’t get any more details than that, but the fact that they are doing well is what matters most anyway. They got through the big freezes ok. Hopefully we can go see them again some time in the new year.

22/12 2022
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You know what, I’m getting tired of goats. From now on I’m just going to hang out with chickens.
Ok ok I’m probably not fooling anyone. But I had some fun times with the cluckers today. At one point I was sitting on the floor of the goat hallway and had my legs outstretched and one by one three of them jumped up on my leg and onwards to get to the back part of the room. And then a little later the three of them one by one jumped on my leg to get back out. And a couple of times I managed to pet one of them and they sort of.. squatted down while I did it? I’m not sure if they liked being petted or if it was some kind of defensive or avoiding act. But in the past they have mostly just ran away when I reached out for them so I’d only get a quick touch and then they were out of reach. Not sure why the change in behaviour.
Oh and the visitors at the fence wasn’t the only thing that got the goats running today. At one point Milo and Mia was inside the goat house eating hay. And then on the other side of the playground one of the hens started squawking really loudly. And Mia and Milo came running out of the goat house with a startled expression like “WHAT THE CLUCK IS THAT?!?”. I wish i’d been filming because it looked so funny. Anyway. Feathers and furs for the fun today.

22/12 2022
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The cashier I have a crush on at the supermarket wished me a merry christmas today.
Okay, it’s not a real crush. I just hink she’s pretty and she’s always nice to me when I happen to get served by her. And okay, she wished a merry christmas to everyone in line at her register. But I don’t know, I think this could be the start of something wonderful.
Mainly because I bought shredded cheese to put on my pizza the next time I get one. It must be, love. Love love.
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Here’s one of the cluckers stepping on my foot to get by me. I know I said they stepped on my leg, but I guess I misremembered. By the way, the tear in my pants is not from a chicken scratch. It’s just that i love these pants so much that I wear them even though they get teared. Periodically I get my mom to sew them up, but they usually get torn again at some point. And I don’t care because I’m a hobo. I’m fixing to buy a new pair of these, but it’s ‘temporarily out of stock’. So we’ll justh have to deal with it. Let’s just say it’s that cute cashier who’s been trying to tear my patns off me, yeah that’s the ticket.
Anyway, chickens stepping on your foot sure is less brutal than goats stepping on your foot! And trust me, i know.

22/12 2022
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Better have some goat content too. Mia the teefy.

22/12 2022
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Hey hey Thank you so much CarolAnn Ellis for the lovely card and the lovely message included! I appreciate you thinking of me! Happy seasonal holidays to you and yours <3!

23/12 2022
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Hope today is a good one. Here’s Magnethe from 2007.

23/12 2022
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As always, my sleeping schedule is quite messed up. So I’m going to head to bed now and dream a long trip. Tomorrow is Christmas in Denmark, so be good for goodness sake. Hope you all have a jolly season. Attached is a little video for the premium subscribers. Milo running in the snow last week. You also get to see me fall, but don’t worry it’s not bad like that video where i broke my rib. Here I was walking backwards filming Milo, and i forgot about the stack of old hay behind me. So I ended up tripping backwards and got a bit of a soggy bottom, but no broken bones or anything. And instead of a pained rattle you just hear me laughing.
23/12 2022
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I hope today will be a good day. Merry festivities yule all everybuddies.

24/12 2022
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Good christmastimes tonight. Back from the annual get-together with the family. Just mom and pa and my brother, as we do every christmas. A nice little family tradition. Mom does the cooking and I appreciate the rare home cooked meal. I got to sit in the comfy chair and watch the Disney show as I always do. And then the traditional ris-a-la-mande dessert. Peter got the almond this year, and I’m not saying there was foul play but I found it all very suspicious. Still, he’s the youngest so I guess we’ll just let him have it. Let the kids! Dad forgot to buy an almond prize anyway, so there was only the glory to fight for. And then a taxi ride home. No white christmas this year.
It’s always nice to celebrate christmas this way. Hard not to think about whether this will be the last one with all of us there, in body and mind. But hopefully there are a few ones more to. That’s my Christmas wish. I hope you’re all having a good time out there, whether you celebrate today or tomorrow or some other day or not at all. Best wishes for you all, from the Henriksens.
24/12 2022
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Merry Funday everyone. I hope it’s a good one.

25/12 2022
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Do you know the show “Between Two Fearns” with Zach Galifianakis? Well this is Sky’s new show “Between Two Butts.

25/12 2022
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Jolly xmas to those who celebrate today. Hope it’s a merry one. My sleep rythm is even wackier than normal because of the christmas gathering, so I’m off to dreamland now and we’ll see when i make it out. Take care and remember to watch out for mistletoe.

25/12 2022
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Happy Mio Monday everyone. I hope it’s a good one.

12/12 2022
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Good goat times today. Another brrr’er. It was down around -5C/23F in the morning. White stuff at the side of the road, I wasn’t sure if it was snow or frost at first. But it was snow. In the goat pen there was more of it, although not enough to completely cover everything. But in places there was a fair bit. Thankfully Jeanette had managed to get the door open, so I was greeted at the fence by the goats. They’d rather walk in snow than in mud. And Mia was walking better. Her hind leg still seemed a little stiff, but better than last I saw her. Jeanette is planning to get the vet to look at her. I hope the vet can trim her hooves too.
Mia needed to be able to move today She had to be able to get away from Sky. Whomst was in heat it seems. Is it just me or does that happen a lot when it’s really cold? Haha. She was doing little grunty noises and following Mia around, sniffing at her rear. And they did the dance around, Mia pushing her out of the way. Circling around each other. And Milo wanting to get in on it but lacking the equipment and instincts to really know what to do so he just headbuttet Sky a bit. And me on the sidelines trying not to laugh because it’s such a ridiculous circus. Oh boy.
Part of me wishes we could get a boyfriend for Sky. How cute would it be to see ‘the baby’ having little babies of her own? I’m glad they don’t breed the goats, but boy I miss having goat babies around. It’s been like what 5 years since Nuller was a baby? Speaking of things I miss.. sigh.
But yeah, it was a good time. I managed to pet the redshirts today too. I don’t know if it was the cold, but they seemed more cuddly than usual. I mean they are always friendly, and usually following us around. But they usually get out of the way if you reach for them or walk right up to them. But today it happened several times that they came right up to me and didn’t really shy away at first when I gave them some strokes on their backs. Cute!
I also did a little photoshoot with Mia, which amused Jeanette. But you’ll have to wait ooh about 12 days to see the results of that. That’s a hint.
Now if you’ll excuse me I have to wrap myself in pizza dough and go take a nap in the oven.
12/12 2022
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It’s beginning to look a lot like mittens.

12/12 2022
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Snow butt parade.

12/12 2022
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A couple of things, non goat related, from today.
First, I managed to stand up for myself in the supermarket. They have a promotion where if you spend a certain amount then you get a gift certificate that you can use if you spend a certain amount the next week. So I wanted to use that today when shopping, but then the cashier said “Too late, I can’t take that now because I’ve pushed the ‘total’ button, you sohuld have given it o me before I rang it all up. You’ll have to use it next time you shop”. Ehm, I’ve used these gift certificates before without any problems, no one ever said anything abouth aving to give it before all my goods were rung up. And the thing is, i have two certificates from my two shopping trips last week, I typically go shopping twice a week. I can’t just come in and keep shopping for that amount you have to hit for the certificate to be useable. I have to use the two certificates I have on the two shopping trips I plan to do this week. So I coplained and the casher started punching keys, I guess he ‘undid’ my total and redid or whatever. It took a minute, I’m sure the people behind me in the queue weren’t too happy. But I got my discount and saved some money. Normally that’s the kind of thing where i’d rather just lose money instead of having to deal with a social interaction with humans. So I’m pleased i managed to do it.
Second thing was when I got home, and less pleasant. I was taking over my overcoat and sweater. I was out in my hallway. It’s a tiny hallway, if I stand in the middle I can basically reach out and touch all four walls, it’s that small. But there’s no light. Well, there is one, but it’s so weak that it doesn’t help me so I never turn it on. I just use the light coming through the door from the living room or the bathroom. But I had those almost closed at this point and I managed to get myself turned around while pulling my sweater over my head. And I reached my hands out to push open the door to the living room. And it didn’t budge. And I pushed again. Nothing. I couldn’t understand why I couldn’t open the door, then I realised I was pushing the wall, not the door. Now given how small the room is, I should just basically have followed the wall around with my hand until I found the door. But for some reason I didn’t, i almost panicked and got really disoriented and I couldn’t understand why i couldn’t find the door. For a second I got these impulses like “wher am I?”. “Have I been beamed up by aliens and transported to some other room?”. “Is this a trap?”. It was weird. Not complete panic, but just weird. I managed to focus on the light coming from the bathroom door ajar and I got myself turned and opened the door into the living room and then I was fine. Weird feeling. I don’t think it was a brain fog moment, I think it was a “I’m blind and disoriented” feeling. You know how you have some things just.. on autopilot? There are some things that are just hardwired into you because you’ve done them a million times and then if you change one thing by mistake then you’re just thrown out of the loop and the whole thing malfunctions. That’s what it felt like. And then worsened because of my blindness in the dark. For some reason I got this memory of the old board game where you have the grid with the moving floor tiles and you push the tiles and the walls in the maze changes. You know that? I felt like someone had changed the walls in my hallway and I was stuck.
Anyway, I’m fine and all, it was just a weird moment.
So that was a bit of storytime.
12/12 2022
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Rest in peaec Angelo Badalamenti. I can’t even put into words properly ow much the Twin Peaks soundtrack means to me. It is such a huge part of the whole experience, an experience that has meant a lot to me. You just have to play the first few seconds of the theme and you know, you just know. It’s so distinct and recognisable and such a big part of the show. In dreams and nightmares that music has played and I hope there is music in the air where he is now. Other than maybe John Williams’ Star Wars soundtrack I can’t think of anything that has meant as much to me. It melts my heart every time I put it on. A true genius, Very sad,

As I said when Al Strobel passed recently, I have been thinking of doing a rewatch of the entire Twin Peaks continuum, the original series, the movies, the deleted scenes, the return. Maybe it is time. It scares me a little because nothing gives me nightmares like BoB. But i love that show so much and I want to experience it again. There’s nothing like Lynch’s dream visions. And nothing like that music. I can’t explain it, it just part of my soul. You know I love to dream, you know I dream more than I live.
13/12 2022
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I love this video of Angelo Badalamenti talking about creating the Twin Peaks music. I can just imagine him and Lynch making magic.

13/12 2022
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HappY Yogi daY everyone. I hope it’s a good one.

13/12 2022
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No means no, says Mia to Sky.

13/12 2022
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Happy Hump Day everyone. I hope it’s a good one.

14/12 2022
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I’m always a little behind with these. This is from the last time we had a snowday. And on this day Sky was also showing heat signs Haha, maybe snow just gets her going. I don’t know.

14/12 2022
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I know I shouldn’t tempt fate, but I must say, there seems to be less fireworks than usual. It’s halfway through December, normally I feel like we’d be hearing fireworks daily by now. There are some occasional blasts, but those seem like bigger singulary ones. I don’t really hear people going around throwing firecrackers and setting off bottle rockets and whatnot. I’d pay good money for it to stay like this. I’m sure before too long it will start up. I wish fireworks could be ontainted to special occasions, not the month befoer and after special occasions. But hey, so far so alright this season. Maybe it’s the pandemic or the supply difficulaties to ‘blame’. Maybe the war fairly close to home is dampening the desire for explosions. Maybe I should get a white stick.
14/12 2022
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Milo, trying to keep his beard out of the snow.

14/12 2022
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I hope today will be a good day. Here is Mathilde from 2005.

15/12 2022
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Good goat times today. Another brrr’er. Down to -5C/23F. But beautiful. More snow one the ground, and walking to the playground with a nice sunrise. Lots of sunshine today. Freezing and pretty.
The goats were scouting for me in their hallway as usual, but the lock on the fence gate was still locked, which it isn’t usually. I managed to get it open with some pulling and wiggly. Sounds like my love life, badumtish. Jeanette hadn’t been able to get that lock up in the morning, but she’d taken an alternate route and gotten the goats out, so that’s all good. Mia was stiff limbed again. After the usual morning treats she actually went inside and sat down in the hay in their bedroom. I don’t think I’ve ever seen her do that before. But then she let out a big yawn, so I think that was more a ‘it’s too early and too cold’ thing than anything else.
Jeanette told me she’d sent a text to Lars (at the old playground) asking for info on their hoof trimmer and vet. And hadn’t received a reply back yet. So that’s kinda crummy. We need to get those hooves trimmed and maybe Mia’s legs looked at. Sigh. Let’s hope it gets done soon.
With more snow, the goat hill was quite slippery. Mia and Sky didn’t even want to try to walk down it for a long time. I managed to get Milo down and then he zoomed back up the hill to the girls. And then came back to me for treats and then ran up the hill. A couple of times back and forth like that. Loved seeing him run in the snow. Sky usually likes to do that run too, but not in the snow I guess.
Jeanette was making some salad for the bunnies and brought over some carrots and some cabbage thing for the goats. They aren’t crazy about carrots, but they took some of it all. And I told Jeanette about Milo’s ‘bandit’ nickname, when he was jumping up with his front legs on her trying to get more and then headbutting the carrots when she offered them to him.’ I can see why!” she responded.
More to say, but that’s enough typing for now. I’ll give you a break nd get me a snack.
15/12 2022
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Hit snooze.

15/12 2022
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Well, there was a little bit of a sad occasion today. Today was Malene’s last day.
When I was saying goodbye to Jeanette as I was leaving, she said maybe I should just say bye to Malene. I hadn’t known today was her last day. But I’m glad I got to talk to her on my way out. Just a little chat I thanked her for all she’s done for me and the goats, and I thanked her from the Facebook peoples too, I know some of you asked me to do that. I told her it has meant a lot to me, that she agreed to take Mia and the littles, and that she’s been a good advocate for the animals. I told her I apreciated. And as always she was very appreciative of what I’m doing too. “youm ake us look good” she said. Haha. I guess she’s been looking at Mia’s page and liked what she’s seen. So that’s nice. I hope she will have a good time in her new job. “Maybe we’ll see each other again” I said, and she said “of course we wil!”. She is really nice. I hope things won’t get worse now that’s she’s gone. I’m glad Jeanette is still there, I wish she was there more than 3 days a week but I don’t think that’s something she wants.
But in any case, thanks to Malene for listening to me when I asked them to take Mia. I don’t even want to think about how things would have gone if she’d stuck to the plan of taking only the young goats. Thank goodness she listened.
Goatspeed, Malene.
15/12 2022
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Nice to see the sun coming up.

15/12 2022
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I hope today will be a good day. Here’s Bob from 2013.

16/12 2022
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Forecast for tonight: -10C/14F.
Booking my tickets for Oceanic flight 815 to Hawaii.
16/12 2022
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Here’s Jeanette feeding carrot and salad to the goat gang yesterday. I am glad she will still be with us.

16/12 2022
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Happy Caturday everyone. I hope it’s a good one. Here’s Nala.

17/12 2022
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While looking for another old video I came across this old thing. Little baby Magnethe in 2005. The first baby goat I ever met. Had no idea her mother Mathilde was pregnant, one day I just got there and met this little darling. And I was sold for life.
Magnethe was the big herd queen until she passed and her bloodline ended, at least at our place. That was when Mio took over and her family line became the dominant one, which I guess it still is with Mia being her girl.

17/12 2022
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This year Santa got lazy and let an AI decide who’s naughy and nice. Much easier than keeping a list. Cross your fingers and hope there won’t be coal in your stockings, or worse!
17/12 2022
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Wintery goats.

17/12 2022
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Happy Funday everyone. I hope it’s a good one.

18/12 2022
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goatlog

18/12 2022
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Might as well face it you’re addicted to goat faces.

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