Good times with the little and the minis today. A hot hot day. With a nasty humid heat. The forecast said heavy showers later in the day. You could feel that humidity heavily.
Jeanette had dropped off a bunch of branches she had brought from her neighbour, and in fact when I arrived she was heading out to pick up another batch. So I gathered up a bunch of those and put them inside the goat house in various places. Figuring that it would be nice for the goats to have some greens in there when the rain came later. Also placed a bunch of them under one of the platforms and under the big tree, in the hopes they will stay somewhat dry. We’ll see. Lots and lots of leaves for the goats in any case.
Other than that not too eventful. We had some headbutting. Real headbutting this time. Last week they reared up on their hind legs but came down without clashing heads. Today they did actually connect. horns. Not very hard, not like some of the really fierce headbutting you sometimes see. But definitely clacking horns a little. I think both minis went up a few times with Sky. So I think that’s good, that must mean they are getting more comfortable with Sky and less afraid of her. I mean, she still chases them off now and then, especially when I was giving out treats. But that’s nornally. Ask any goat who got in the way of the Mio train back in the day… when there’s food, it’s every goat for themselves and the strongest will want it all.
Had another bout of douple lap goat time too, sitting on the bench with one of the minis in my lap and then the other jumping on too. So funny. Not very comfy, but so funny. I had some relaxing lap time with the both of them too. It’s fun when you have one in your lap and they are squirming and the others are running around and you’re giving out treats and it’s all a bit frenzied. But it’s also really nice when you have one sitting in your lap and they settle down and just relax and chew their cud. It makes you feel like they feel safe with you. And it’s a good bonding thing, so I made sure to do that with both. And I made sure to sit with Sky too so she knows she’s still loved even though there’s a couple of interlopers trying to upstage her. The are all wonderful.
Later the blazing sun went away. And then the skies went really dark, just as I was getting ready to leave. Jeanette told me I’d better leave right away if I wanted to get home dry. Well. I was heading for the supermarket. And if I’d left the goat place ten minutes earlier I’d have made it there dry. As it were, I didn’t. The heavens opened up. We call it “skybrud” in Danish. Sky break. Luckily, not the goat Sky breaking. But the clouds breaking into extreme downpour. And just a few minutes outside in that left completely soaked and drenched. So the people in the supermarket god a nice Mr Wet T-Shirt view of me. If you’re a Premium+ subscriber check out the photos in the member’s area. (Just kidding. Probably…). By the time I’d done my shopping the skybrud had eased into just normal rain. I think it’s stopped raining althogether now. So it was fairly brief, but it was good to get some rain for the greens. The forecast for the coming days is looking cooler than the heat and drought we’ve been having. So that’s pretty good.
26/6 2023
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Still no name for this big girl. Jeanette told me that they were gathering suggestions Tuesday and Wednesday and then probably voting on Thursday. It could still be a few days after that until I hear the result. But we’ll see. I entered a couple of suggestions for the voting. Soleil and Solskin. For the sun theme. But I doubt they have a chance. Soleil is a bit too fanc for the humankids probably. And Solskin is a little weird. Not as weird as Myg, but not really anything I’ve ever seen used as a name. Means sunshine in Danish. Jeanette told me that one of the suggestions so far was Bella, which was her favourite. She quite likes the Bella Luna combination. Do Americans know that? I guess it’s Italian for Beautiful Moon. Judging by a quick google search it’s a phrase that’s used a lot in Denmark, a lot of food places and other things use that phrase as a name. When I was thinking of names at first, before the Lille My and Myg and Luna came up, I had actually thought of Bella as a possibility. So I’d be happy enough if that won. Bella and Luna, that works well.
For now she remains TBD. Temporary Bella Doe.

26/6 2023
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The goaties working on the greens. And this is just the first batch, Jeanette came back with twice as much to add. Thank you to her neighbour for giving the goats a nice buffet.

26/6 2023
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Hey look ma, I caught a Luna!

26/6 2023
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Good goat times today. The weather has cooled down, but it kept dry and we got some nice sunshine too. A bunch of sweet visitors, kids happily running around amongst the goats. A couple of girls were a little too eager and were picking up Luna and running after the hens. But that’s why there’s adult supervision, so they can be taught not to do that. But everyone was quite happy. Later on I had some really sweet times. Sitting in the middle of the bench with Luna in my lap. TBD sitting to the right of me. Sky sitting on the black tub to the left in front of me. All of us just relaxing in the sun. Perfect happy family goat time. The kind of moment when you wish you could get up and tpakee a picture. Except you’d ruin the moment as soon as you get up. Catch 22. Catch 3 goats.
Got some more headbutting in too, the goats not me. And the minis have gotten their first peanuts, I thought it would take longer before they were able to eat them with shells too, I’ve been de-shelling the nuts (ouch) but they can take them whole too.
27/6 2023
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I mentioned sitting with the goats and not being able to get up and take a picture, well after sitting there for a long time I did get up and set the camera to film some video. But when I sat back down with Luna in my lap, well TBD had gotten up and decided not to sit back down again, she just stood there and chewed her cud. So in this still from the video, imagine TBD also sitting down next to me instead of standing. That’s how we sat for a long time, all four of us relaxing in the sun. Luna in my lap, TBD sitting to my right, Sky sitting on the tub in front to the left.

27/6 2023
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Having a chat with Sky. She was just listing her grievances with the babies.

27/6 2023
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And now for something completely different.
It’s

27/6 2023
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Entertaining visitors.

27/6 2023
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Sweet kids of all kinds.

28/6 2023
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goatlog, the second day of our new kids.

28/6 2023
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Good goat times today. A grey day, but comfortably warm. After the scorching drought it’s not bad to have some cooler days.
Lots of fun and sweetness today. We got a goat circus. The threebies running around and being silly. That’s the first time since.. Day 2, I think. I was wondering if Sky’s silly running days would be over now that she doesn’t have her playmate Milo anymore. I was a little worried about that. But it’s good to see that the 2 minis can get her in a playful mood too. It started with her chasing them away from the treatpocket and then it just went from there with lots of sweet zoomies.
And the minis are at that perfect age where they just can’t help themselves, if you sit down with them then they just have to climb onto you. it’s so sweet and funny and I got mugged good by the goat brigade. I am trying to resist teaching them to climb up on my back to reach leaves… I know I shuld but oouuooogh I just miss that thing. At least I can have them climbing in my lap.
There’s more to tell, but I need a powernap and a pot of soup. Then I’ll be back. Do we have a name for the big mini? Well, I guess you’ll just have to stay tuned and find out later, won’t you?
29/6 2023
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Okay okay. We have a name. Well, she has a name.
And the name is… Bella. Not surprising, but I’m happy about it. I would have like some kind of sun theme to go with the moon and the sky, but as I mentioned I had already considered Bella as a name for one of them, so I am happy with that. And it was Jeanette’s favourite. Bella and Luna go well together.
She’s a troublemaker in the making though. Jeanette told me she has to be careful when going through the gate, because this gal likes to try to slip out with her. And she’s butting heads with Mia and pushing Luna around too. She will probably want to take over command of the flock when she gets older. We’ll see if Sky can stand her ground. For now Sky can still send her running, but who knows.
But I’m glad that’s settled. Sky, Bella and Luna. And Lasse makes four.

29/6 2023
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The funniest thing happened today. Sky was doing what she’s doing in the below picture. She often does that, sitting down and then bending backwards to groom/scrach her hind legs or around her tail or butt, heehee. Well, she was doing it on the lower slope of the mountain. If you look at the picture, imagine her bending and stretching back even more. And doing it on a downards slope… well she stretched so far that she tumbled over. She was completely fine but it looks do funny. It looked like she fell down.. while sitting. It’s hard to describe really. It looked like she did one of her jumping pirouettes, only lying down. I had my camera on the tripod filming, but unfortunately I was filming upwards of the top of the mountain, and she was below the frame. That video would have gone viral I tell you. It looked so goofy. Goat contortionist.

29/6 2023
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I know you know, but I just love these goats. It struck me today what a feeling of peacefulness and love I get when I am with them.
My whole life is one big hurricanei of anxiety and pain and fear and doubt and constant noise. It’s like being at a heavy metal concert. And then when I’m in the goat pen it is calm quiet. An oasis in the desert. No pain and fear. Well, I mean. At least not when things are going well. I guess that’s why it hits extra hard when there’s trouble related to the goats. When the pain and fear extends into the goat pen it is extra hard.
I can’t say everything is just fixed and healed now. But I am able to feel good again. I am able to focus on the good, at least for a time.
I really feel sad for people who don’t know the happiness of being around animals. It makes me sad that the government is closing down some of these animal playgrounds, we should have more of them not less. Especially in areas like the one I live in. The ‘ghettos’. For kids to have this kind of space with greens and animals and adults who care. I wish there were ressources to have much more of that.
A thing that stuck with me for all these years, I forget the exact details of it, but it was a litle girl, i think at the first playground. She was so happy to around the goats and she told us that her and her mom lived in a tiny apartment and they couldn’t have any pets. It made me really sad, but also happy that there was a place she could go to have contact with animals. I don’t know how my life would have gone if I hadn’t discovered my sanctuaries. I am thankful to have somewhere to go to escape reality. Even if all the places have had their flaws. Sitting with the goats is just healing.
As you know, it’s been a rough year. And there will still be bad things ahead. But hopefully also times to enjoy the good.
That’s enough babbling. Thank you for providing some digital sanctuary for me as well.

29/6 2023
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Goaten morning. I dreamt that grandma Mio came back last night. I wish dreams came true…
Maye it was a sign from her that she approves of our new generation of goatlings.
Thank you all for your lovely words.

30/6 2023
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Hvor er tiden der tager os, tho?

30/6 2023
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Meawnhile, Bella Luna.

30/6 2023
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goatlog

30/6 2023
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Embrace Goats

30/6 2023
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I know I shouldn’t but…
I’m not going to pretend I know anything about student debt in American and the pros and cons and consequences of canceling it, but.
What really makes me sad is how many Christians seem to not care about the message of the bible. About kindness and charity and helping the poor and not lying and not killing and so on and so forth. Like, I will never ever in a million years understand how someone can claim to be a Christian and support the death penalty. It’s right there in the top 10 of things you’re supposed to follow. It doesn’t say Thou Shalt Not Kill (* unless they really deserve to be killed). I understand the emotional reasonings, there are definitely criminals who do things that make us feel like they should be executed. But, you don’t kill. It’s right there in the book. If you demand the leader of your country to be sworn in on your holy book, you don’t get to just ignore the teachings of the book. As I understand it the president isn’t legally required to be sworn in on the bible, I would so forking love it to see someone ask to be sworn in on the holy book of another religion or fkn comic book or something. See how that would go down.
Imagine what a wonderful world it would be if religious people actually acted like their holy teachings tell them to act. Instead of using religion to control and divide and subjugate and destroy. Imagine all the people.
If you think it’s okay to kill criminals, if you think [my country] first, if you eat shellfish. Then you are not following the rules in the book you use to hit other people over the head with.
Yeah yeah I’ll shut up now.
30/6 2023
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Aand just to have a goat post at the top of the page, here’s Sky. I love what a little cuddly teddy bear she can be.

30/6 2023
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Still nothing. There’s GOT to be an easier way to make an omelette, this is taking forever.
Bella is impatient for breakfast.

1/7 2023
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Just keeping your seat warm!

1/7 2023
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Oh! Remember I told you about the funny Sky roll? And I said I didn’t catch it on film!
Well, I was just editing footage and.. here it is!
Now, I probably oversold it a little when I told you about it. From my angle above it looked completely wacky. Maybe it’s not quite as funny from the camera angle. But it’s still pretty funny. And you can see the wagging tail afterwards, she was just fine. Only thing hurt was her pride. I included a little snakeyslide down the mountain too because I know some of you enjoy that.
1/7 2023
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I know you have treats, don’t make me headbutt you.

1/7 2023
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This is not a walkway! This is a trough for food. But tell that to the kids, they like getting up there and walking around.

2/7 2023
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Well if I can’t stand on uncle’s back…

2/7 2023
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Judge me by the company I keep.

2/7 2023
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That’s all for now.

Today was a long day. A long and lovely day.
Everything went. We got two lovely new baby goats. No matter how bad I feel, baby goats can always make me smile. They are wonderful.
I am going to write it all out tonight, and there will be more photos and video. Just one photo for now.
And a question, for the English speaking folks. About names. I was allowed to name one of them, and while thinking about it I got stuck on the name Lille My. Little My. She is a character from the Moomins, in case you don’t know. Now, the problem is of course that My is a word in English and I do all my writing here and on Mia’s page in English. I am not sure if it would be a problem. What do you think? Do you think Little My would be okay? While thinking it over, for whatever reason I suddenly thought of calling her Myg. That is the Danish word for mosquito, so I mean it’s weird and dumb. But I kinda of like that better than just a human name. It’s also three letters with a Y, which goes well with Sky. But then.. Myg I don’t think sounds great in English either really. I think Jeanette said that they would go with Lille My for the playground, but I could always call her Myg on Facebook. What do you all think? Would you go with Myg on here or keep her with one name. Little My. Kind of makes me wish we could call the other one Me, so we’d have Me and My. But the kids at the playground will name the other one. I already heard Ronaldo being suggestions, so at least someone else is worse at coming up with names than me! Haha. Let me know if you have an opinion on Little My or Myg. And otherwise enjoy the photo and I’ll tell you more later.

19/6 2023
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Currently writing about today’s adventures, but I thought I’d just post a little picture of our new herd. Sky saying hello to the babies. it’s a grab from a video, so the quality isn’t great. But thought it was cute.

19/6 2023
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Well, it was a big day today. I spent a couple of hours with Sky in the morning. Just relaxing and waiting for the later happenings. There was a moether with a sweet baby who came and said hi and they came into the goat pen and got to pet Sky. And feed her carrots.
And then it was time to head out. We were supposed to be 4, but one guy had called in sick. So it was me and Jeanette and Mohammed (not sure how to spell his name properly). Felt like the trip was quicker than the last time we went, maybe becausea now we knew exactly where we were going. And the whole thing was very quick. Got there. Picked the two kids. Went back. There was no fuss at all. I was a little worried, and felt bad, about taking the kids from the mothers. I hate having to do that. But I try to take comfort in the fact that they were accidental pregnancies and there was no way they could have stayed, at least they get a good home where they will be loved and treated well. With treats. We got them wrapped in a towels to keep them still. Jeanette and I sat in the backseat, each with a goat in our lap. No fuss at all. A couple of times one would bleat and the other would start bleating, but they barely made a sound. For the first and hopefully last car ride of their life.
I was curious to see how Sky would react to the newcomers of course. Her reaction was pretty much “What the fork is this”. Well, she was pretty chill. But she was following them around. It was pretty cute, it was like she was stalking them. And she did chase them a bit and headbutt a bit. Trying to assert her dominance and defend her territory.
And the minis? They seemed like they were just home. They immediately started grazing. Their old home was lovely, but it was a small pen with no greens. I imagine people may have brought leaves for them maybe, but I think this was their first time ever on grass. And they were like kids in a candy store. Literally. The first hour or so they just walked around and ate grass and weeds. Sky following them around.
I’m telling you, it’s going to be a nightmare for me to tell them apart! Hah. When they are standing next to each other I can tell that Little My(g) is smaller. And her fur is a little darker. And I think her ears are whiter. But as soon as they are immediately next to eachother I am totally lost. Haha. If they grow to the same size I’ll be doomed. Oh and their eartags are the small round kind. Which is better for them and may make some people less angry. But it does mean it’s really hard for me to see their numbers. The little one is number 13 and the big one is number 14.
I sat with Lil in the car by the way. She is so sweet. I guess she must be a little younger than the bigger one? I don’t know their exact birth dates. They are half-sisters. Same father, different mothers. So i guess it makes sense they weren’t necessarily born at the same time and one is a little older. I don’t know. The little one does look more babyish. They don’t have the chubby cheeks that Milo and Sky had.
Anyway. Where was I. Yes, so that’s how the first time went. The minis just walking around eating green, now and then running from a Sky train incoming. Once Sky settled down a little she started eating greens too. Eventually sitting down up on the mountain while the minis grazed. They went up on the mountain too.
So the introduction went pretty well. I had to explain to some of the staffers that you know, it’s normal goat behaviour to butt heads. Milo and Sky did that too. And I was expecting this kind of meeting, Sky who has been through a lot lately a little unsure about the newbies, wanting to make sure she’s the boss. She made these guttural sounds sometimes that I have never heard her make before. But I have heard many goats make them. They are the kind of instinctual sounds that the bossy goats make when the lesser goats are a little too near, especially if there is food involved. Mio would practically growl. Milo was making them a bit during his last days here too, when he had been upgraded to being boss, if I tried giving Sky treats he’d make them sometimes.
But normal goat behaviour. It will take time for them to get used to eachother. I do hope they will gel into a unity, bond and be family. But time will tell. There may always be some kind of divide between them, but as long as they can live together and get along to the goat degree, that will be good. I wish that Sky will adopt them and be their lil mama, but time will tell.
We did get some circus time eventually. It started with Sky chasing the two of them around and then it evolved to some silly running and jumping, Sky was racing up the mountain, up the hill, back to me and jumped up on the overturned tub with such speed that she slid right back off it. Then got a treat and then ran some more, with the kids running around too. It was good to see Sky with that kind of energy again. Playing like a kid.
I was happy to see how the minis just settled right in. All that green is a great distraction from the potential confusion and worry and fear. It was like if you dropped me in a giant bowl of soup, I would not drown I’d just start eating.
The only time they got a little unhappy was when it eventually started raining. That was the first time they stared bleating for more than a single blerp or two. Little unhappy kid bleats. Aw. I guess they didn’t really know where to go to get dry. And Sky was in the goat house entrance, like a guard goat keeping them out. Eventually i went and got the lil one and carried her in, the other one following. Into dryness. But Sky chased them out again. Yeah, they got along ok mostly but in close quarters there’s no doubt that Sky will need time before she accepts that. They went under the tree instead and it wasn’t raining that hard so it was okay. They came inside for a bit later on too.
That is the basics of our day. There’s some more stuff to tell, but I’ll save that for later I guess. Mostly I just followed them around. Gave them space to get used to the new place. Sat down and watched them. Made sure to give Sky lots of treats and cuddles and reassurance too. She’s used to being the baby of the pen, now suddenly there are new and cuter kid around. I didn’t mean that! You know, it’s great to have distractions and happy things happenind and goat babies are pure magic. But they are not going to magically mend all that is broken in me. It’s like… painkillers. I guess. They can take the pain away for some time, but they can’t fix it. Maybe time can. Maybe not. But Sky is my boo, we have been through a lot. And I want to do my best for her.
I am still thinking about the name thing.
19/6 2023
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More stories from today.
The minis are already attuned to the treats. I thought it might take some time, but they learned quick. I was feeding a pear to Sky, and she dropped a piece on the ground. So it was no longer good enough, of course. I thought I’d see if the minis wanted it, since they were just peeking in to the goat house then. And they did want, maybe a little hard for them to get to grips with, but the were smunching on the stuff. So I tried raisins, and they took them too. The lil one especially got eager for more, was jumping up my leg to beg for some. So that was sweet.
There was also another sweet one in the pen today. A very nice boy. I think his name was something like Mihail, or similar. He was actually there when Milo left too. And he seems very kind and caring, several times asking me how I was doing and coping and talking about how hard it was to say goodbye to the goats etc. Honestly he seemed more empathic than I’d expect from most boys aroudn that age, maybe 13-14 ish. He was very good to the goats too, he came into the pen today and was patient and good to the babies. Sometimes you see boys who seem to get a joy out of being dominant and mean to animals. And you feel sad about it and wonder what happened to them and how they will grow up to be. But then you meet kids like this too, who are good and sweet and enjoy being nice to the animals. And I always try to be nice and help give them good experiences with the goats, and listen to them and answer their questions.
Anyway, on the day Milo left that boy told me how much he was missing Mia too, which immediately endeared him to me. And I was showing him and one of the staffers how Milo could shake hoof. Which they were quite amazed by. And today he asked if Sky could do it too. So I showed him that she could. And he asked if she’d only do it with me. I told him i didn’t actually know. He was going to try to do it, but just then Sky was walking away. But a little later the boy was sitting on the bench. And he called for Sky. And Sky walked over to him, and he reached his hand out. And Sky gave him her paw. And he was so thrilled. SHE DID IT! SHE’S SO SMART! That was really lovely. And he was asking questions about the goat behaviour and Milo and about me too. It’s always nice when you meet good kids like that.
I think that’s all for now. I need to get to bed soon. So tired. This was another day where I stayed at the playground longer than I usually do. We went to get the babies around noon and of course I had to stay with them as long as I could, to enjoy them and to help make them feel at home and help the transition with Sky and everything. It’s hard work being a goat man. Yeah yeah, I know. I’m just a lazy bum hanging out with goats. I didn’t choose the goat life, the goat life chose me.
Another photo to give some aws. I will try to get some video up at some point, but more important to spend time with Sky and the babies than to edit footage right now.
Thank you all for being with me in the good and the bad and for being company to a lonely heart.

19/6 2023
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Good times with the little and the minis today. Everything is going well. The babies were a lot more vocal today. Lots of bleating when they wanted attention. But they seem to have settled in nicely. And things are progressing with Sky. Today there was less chasing, and more sniffing face to face. Still some chasing of course. There was several bouts of almost-headbutting too. Both the minis and Sky reared up to do it. I don’t think they ever connected heads, but they went up on two legs to challenge. Good that they aren’t just running away from Sky. That’s goat communication. They were pushing eachother around a bit too, the bigger girl trying to push the smaller one away for cuddles and treats. They loove treats. I tried cucumber and tomato today and they snarfed it down happily, along with the pears and rasisins and deshelled peanuts and all teh green in the vicinity. They have quickly learned the upside of being in Lasse’s goat family. Yum yum get some. And they are cuddly too, climbing up on my lap and legs and enjoying the attention. Super sweet. It is nice to have some happiness.
I think Sky is feeling better too. She barely bleated today. The first day or two after Milo left she was screaming a lot. She calmed down then but still occasionaly go into bleating sessions, calling for him I guess or just general complaining. Today almost no bleatins, no prolonged sessions at least. Well, until I left. But even then she was screaming as desperately or as long as when she was on her own. Even though she’s still defending her status and territory and giving them the ‘you little punks are not welcome’ routine, I think having them here has already perked her up a lot.
And as a I said, less chasing today. They went out grazing together all three of them. The minis side by side and Sky with a little space to them of course, but all of them grazing in the same space without problems. Later the minis sat down on top of the mountain in the sunshine, and Sky sat at the foot of the mountain with me and it was all very idyllic. They had spent the night together inside too, I am sure there was some commotion, but I think it’s going well. It will take some time, probably months, before we’ll see if she really adopts them as her own, or if they will always be a little apart. But it’s looking good in general.
Oh and today I met a salamander! I was sitting with the goats and heard Jeanette talking to some visiting kids about it. And then she came to the fance and asked if I wanted to see it. The cutest tiny little lizard monster in the palm of her hand. Really sweet.
20/6 2023
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Look at that cutie! And the goat isn’t bad either! Tee hee.
I think this is the smaller one. Right? Maybe. Honestly I’m not sure. Maybe you guys with better eyes can tell.
But I hope so, because this is a post about the littlest one’s name. A decision has been made. And, we took a bit of a left turn.
Someone on Mia’s page said that if there is a Sky then there must be a Sun and a Moon. And then someone replied that for moon it could be Luna. And I loved that. When I was a kid there was a long running children’s show, one that everyone in my generation watched, and it had a character called Luna who was the sweetest loveliest woman who sang lovely songs. And the name is just lovely and simple and works well in English and Danish and I just like it. So. our littlest girl is now Luna. I did like Myg a lot, I thought it was funny and weird and unique. And I love the Moomins so much so Lille My would have been nice too. But eh both of those just didn’t work so well. So. I hope you like it, thank you for everyone who gave suggestions and inputs. At the end of the day a name is just a name. In my experience, once a goat has lived with a name for a while it just becomes … it. There have been names over the years that I weren’t crazy about at first. But after a while the name becomes the goat and the goat become the name and then one day you couldn’t imagine it any other way. A goat by any other name would still lay berries as sweet.
It would be nice if we could have the bigger girl named something related to the sun, but given that the kids at the playground will name her I think we will just be hoping she won’t end up being called Ronaldo. We’ll see about that. But little Luna 13 is a doll.
Whether it’s her in the picture or not…

20/6 2023
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Hey, look at little Luna. She’s going places! Jeanette saw her up there and asked “did you put her there?!”. Nope. I guess the platforms aren’t too steep for baby goats, she got up there just fine. I did pick her up and put her back down just to be careful. But that.. that must be the first time anyone has been up on that one. I know Sky could climb the other one. But not this one.

20/6 2023
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Video from yesterday, the arrival. And stalking.
20/6 2023
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Baby goaten morning.

21/6 2023
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It’s been a while since we had a Goat Butt Parade.

21/6 2023
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We have had several groups of visitors in the goat pen already. And it’s a whole new experience. When Milo was here we had to take the kids in two at a time and pay careful attention and I’d preoccupy Milo and if Jeanette wasn’t there they couldn’t come into the pen at all. Now don’t get me wrong, if it was up to me I’d much rather have Milo there and find ways to make it all work. But I understand that this is the way the playgrounds are supposed to work, now we can just take all the kids in and let them walk around with the goats. Everyone having a lovely time. “Look they have eyes! And a butt!”. Feeding them carrots. And I was happy that Sky got attention and carrots too, even though the babies obviously get the most adoration. It is sweet and lovely and a good experience for everyone. And that is the concept of these animal playgrounds.
Bittersweet for me of course. Last I heard was that Milo’s new home is a ‘huge’ farm. And Jeanette talked about trying to get that video of him to me, but I don’t know if it will be possible and I don’t want to be pushy about it. She also talked about finding out exactly where it is so we might go visit Milo, but again I don’t want to get my hopes up too much, and right now even though there’s finally some happy things going on, I am still very tired and worn down. But we can hope.

21/6 2023
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Oh, here’s Luna on her way up the platform. She’s a lightweight.

21/6 2023
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Hey hey! Thank you so much Beverly Fish for the lovely card and the lovely words inside! It has sure been a difficult time. Thank you for thinking of me. Hopefully things are looking up, hope they will for you too. Love your art and thank you for being a friend!

21/6 2023
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w video of the kids up on the page. At the start I’m talking some Danish and you can hear me saying Lille My, in case you want to hear how it’s said. Not sure how clear it is though.
21/6 2023
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Good times with the little and the minis today. A lot quieter today. The babies weren’t hollering so much. I think on Tuesday they probably bleated so much because they realised they hadn’t seen their mamas in a while… and they were milk-thirsty. But today they were quite chill. When I got there all three of them were in the goat house together, with no fuss. So that was nice. But of course there was fuss as soon as I brought out the treats. When there are treats on the table then nobody is friends! But the littles are fast. And uncle has treats for everyone.
But it was quiet today. No visitors at all while I was there. And Jeanette not working today. The only human I saw was Jesper, the handyman. He’s very nice, we had a couple of good little chitchats. You know I’m not good at talking to humans, but it went pretty well. He’s got an 8 month old kitten, so that’s fun. And he told me he’s just coming back after being on sick leave because of a blood clot. Messed with his eye sight too, so we bonded a bit on that. But he said that even though he’s been on sick leave he was still earning vacation days, so now they’ll be making him take 5-6 weeks of vacation. Well good for him! But it might get in teh way of the platforms getting fixed right away. He’s walking around fixing stuff now, but I think the platforms are a slightly bigger job. We’ll see.
Other than that, just hanging out with the goat crew. They are getting along pretty well most of the time, when not competing for treats. They are walking around together a lot, still obviously split in two groups. But you know. Together apart. Especially the bigger girl, name To Be Determined, sometimes is close to Sky ,they’ll be side by side grazing sometimes. And they all sit down in the blazing sun. Again, of course some distance between Sky and the minis, but usually in the same region. And Sky just seems to be in better spirits. She’s not bleating the distressed or sad bleats. She’s not sitting down constantly. I think it is going really well.
Heck, when it was time for me to leave she didn’t even notice at first! Don’t know if I should be offended! When Milo was there and when she was on her own, as soon as I started stretching and packing my backpack, they or she knew what was up and started complaining. Today she didn’t notice. To be fair it was super hot and she was sitting on the mountains with those quick breaths they do when it’s hot and she was just chilling with the minis. They were too zonked in the sunshine to get up and follow me, as they usually would. She didn’t notice until I hopened the gate and went out. And even then she didn’t get up at first. She did start bleating but she didn’t get up until I was starting to walk away from the pen. And even though she bleated after me it wasn’t too much of hte panicked screams. So, I do think she’s doing better. And the littles are just grazing and chilling, chillin’ and grazin’, they seem like they are right at home. Enjoying all the treats too.
It’s nice to have some good feelings again. Even though the sadness is still there of course. I was sitting with Luna in my lap and she was sort of nibbling at my cap and I couldn’t help dearly missing how Mia would chew my face off with her smooches. I didn’t get my face chewed off today. But I did get a knockout punch the teeth. Sort of. Well I had Luna in my lap and she started squirming to get up and I was trying to hold on to her to put her down gently and the THWACK!. She didn’t headbutt me haha but she was swinging her head around and hit me right in the kisser. At least I ddn’t lose any teeth. Maybe I should bring a bag of aspiring along with the raisins and peanuts.
Anyway. I love little Luna and bigger TBD and biggest Sky. They are a lovely group.
22/6 2023
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Speaking of the platforms, we got ourselves a new platformer. I actually thought it was Luna who got up there again. And I thought so for a while, until I wanted to lift her back down to the ground. Wait you’re too heavy to be Luna… yup. It was TBD who got up there. Luna actually tried to get up there too, but didn’t make it this time. But TBD went up a couple of times. And sat there in the sun. This is kind of how the original intent was for the platforms, a good place to sit and sun yourself. But hopefully we can get them lowered still, at some point.

22/6 2023
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My view as I was packing my backpack to get ready to leave. Three goaties zonked out on the mountain.

22/6 2023
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New video is up on the page. Lots of cute running around. It started with Sky chasing the minis, and then it just got silly.
Oh and my notifications are borked again again, sorry if I’m missing comments.
22/6 2023
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And for the premium subscribers, a preview of a future video. Don’t worry, the minis are alright.
22/6 2023
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A very tired Sky to end the night, as I am tired too.

22/6 2023
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This place is weird, the goats have feathers and lay eggs here!

23/6 2023
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Feeling a little unwell. Very tired. As in, sleepy. I have noticed the last couple of days I was getting tired faster. Today very sleepy, in an unnatural feeling way. Maybe it’s the heat getting to me. Maybe it’s all the stuff going on that is wearing me down. Maybe I’m coming down with something. I think i’ll try to go to bed early and actually sleep in my bed instead of in the chair tonight. We’ll see if that helps. It’s been a rollercoaster lately.
23/6 2023
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But more fun, a goatlog from Monday. The full day of the new arrivals. Starting with Sky alone, then a quick trip to the Other Place and then the babies meeting Sky.

23/6 2023
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Here is Sky performing a visual representation of how I feel.

23/6 2023
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I am feeling a bit better still tired but more normal. I’ll be heading off to (my actual) bed in a bit and hopefully get some okay sleep. Here’s a sweet picture of Jeanette and a kid and some kids.

23/6 2023
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Baby goaten morning everyone. I had a nice night in bed. I still have trouble sleeping completely through. I wake up a lot. But it felt really nice to actually sleep in my bed. I think it may have been a couple of months since I did that last time Might have been before Mia’s passing the last time. Just gotten used to sleeping in my chair, even if I havwn’t been sleeping well. But hey, feelling decent right now. We’ll see if I get tired soon again. Hope you’re all doing well. I know I am terribly self involved at the moment (as opposed to.. every other time in my life..) but yeah I’ve had lot going on, thankfully now some of it is good too. Thanks for listening and sharing in my life + times.

24/6 2023
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Talked to my dad on the phone, and he wasn’t feeling too well. He was tired and had a headache and some other stuff. I wonder if maybe we’ve gotten each other down with something. I’m starting to feel pretty tired again, despite the night in bed. I’m not feeling too bad though, just sleepy. Well we’ll see, hopefully it’s nothing serious for either of us. i’m just taking it easy for the weekend, need energy to keep up with the baby goats.
24/6 2023
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On a brighter note, here is a fun little video from teh past week. I think there’s a Lasse somewhere under all the goats.
24/6 2023
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Meanwhile, in World News today.

24/6 2023
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I was trying to get some good shots of the eartags and I thought this picture turned out kinda cute. And I was able to confirm, their ID numbers are the ones starting with 000. Luna here is 00013 and TBD is 00014. There’s a longer number on the tag too, but I guess that’s maybe an ID of birthplace or something like that. But it’s pretty clear here, Luna is 00013. Not that i have any hope in heck of seeing the numbers when I’m running around with them, and even in a lot of photos the numbers are obscured by the ears. But oh well. I may end up tying a ribbon around her horns so I know who’s who.

24/6 2023
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Baby goaten morning.

25/6 2023
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Oh Sky is just working on her Keiko impression.

25/6 2023
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When you come home and you find the babysitter passed out drunk on the couch and the kids are just taking care of themselves.

25/6 2023
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That’s all for now.