Look at my new desktop.

That picture makes me smile.

(Old desktop and older desktop)

Good news today. I think. I went to feed the animals, and when I started pulling the chain at the horse stable I heard baahing from the goat stable. Vanilje’s baahing. And she was there alrite.

I was expecting Mads to be all alone. So that was a nice surprise. I hope this means that they have decided that Vanilje is pregnant after all and that she doesn’t have to go be with the buck. Of course it could also just be because Kurt couldn’t handle two goats in his van at once. Maybe he’ll take Vanilje with him on Monday. I hope not though. Two goats are better than one. I will be missing Magnethe enough as it is.

No foal yet. Maybe that was why Sille decided to be a troublemaker today? When I tried to get her inside she ran off to the field and started eating grass. And Musse ran after her. So I had to spend a good, long time getting them back inside. Musse wasn’t too bad. But Sille was very adamant that she not be removed from the juicy grass. My poor back.

The piglets are very cute.

I love their oinks. And when they get excited it goes up a pitch and they start squeeealing frantically. It’s cute. And Kurt was right, they are very friendly. I like scratching them behind their ears.

Haha. It looks like a big, giant piglet smile. Although it’s probably more of a “Hmm I wonder if I can eat those stubby, pink things he is sticking out to me” expression.

They get very excited when they get fed. Almost like Yvonne. They’ll start pushing each other out of the way to get to the food. And their water holder is right next to the food holder so usually one of them will step up into the water and stand like that and eat.

There were nice people today as well. A couple of families. One of them was Norwegian. Tourists, maybe? I think they were all rather entertained at my repeated attempts to get the horses to come back home. For some reason I started thinking that I was in a Laurel & Hardy movie. Hmm.

Santana came by too. He was too late to help me feed the animals this time though. But nice to see him anyway.

And that’s all, folks. Happy weekend.

There is a new intern at the playground. Can you guess what his name is?

Lasse.

Now that’s not going to get confusing at all! Hehe. Bouncy-girl found a solution, though.

There she is with Vanilje. Her solution? Calling me “goat Lasse”. Which I rather like. Some people might say that’s not a flattering nickname. But then those people just need to spend some more time with goats, I say.

I was sitting with the goats when one of the boys came over with a football. He asked Mads if he wanted to play football. Soccer. Mads looked at the ball and twitched nervously and ran away. He does NOT like footballs. So the boy asked me if I wanted to do a “nikker” which sounds almost like a racial slur, but it’s just Danish slang for heading the ball. I said no, though. Sitting down like that I was afraid I wouldn’t so much head the ball as I would have the ball crash in my face and destroy y glasses. Instead I let him throw the ball to me so I could catch it. And then I threw it back. And we did that a couple of times. And then he asked me to throw the ball to him so he could head it. So I did that. And he headed the ball back to me and I caught it. And we did that for a while. I had some excellent one-handed saves, I tell you. And then another boy came and joined and I was throwing the ball to them and they’d head it back to me. Good fun. It made me miss football. I used to play football all the time when I was a kid. Now I only watch it on TV. And play it on the computer. Even though I didn’t kick the ball at all I still got a bit of a surge in my stomach. Missing it. I should join them when they play football out on the pitch sometimes. That’d be fun. Kick a ball about again.

Not all is pure joy at the playground, though. Kurt told me that he is taking Vanilje and Magnethe back to his place. To be with the buck. Yeah, Vanilje is supposed to be pregnant already. But I guess they’re not completely sure that it has taken. So they’re both going. I’m going to miss them so much. Kurt said it wouldn’t be too long though. He was hoping only a week or so. I guess I can survive that. Mads is just going to have to suffer my undivided attention, the poor guy! And hopefully soon there will be a sweet, new foal to cheer me up too.

Oh I have taught myself a magic trick. I can make peanuts and raisins disappear! This trick works best when seated next to the goats, for some reason. What I’ll do is that I’ll take a few peanuts and raisins and put them in my hand. Then I’ll hold out my hand and close my eyes and say the magic words “abrakadabra, goatsie-woatsie, hulubulu Lotte hvor er du henne”. And then when I open my eyes the raisins and nuts are all gone! Boy, I tell you, the goats really love that trick! They get all excited whenever I start to do it! I think I have a promising future as a magician.

And I am sleeping better, still. Phew.

Now a coupla pics.

Oh Magnethe I will miss you so. You better come back pregnant. Then maybe people will stop calling you fat!

Mads getting himself tangled up in the rope.

And enjoying the sunshine.

I just.. couldn’t… resist…

That’s me, using him as a pillow. Sorry about the sunblasted look. It’s kinda hard taking a picture in that position. With my arm up in the air like that, it almost looks like I’m crushing him or something. But I was just lying down with my head on his stomach. And he didn’t even mind. So comfy. I could’ve fallen asleep like that.

That’s about all for today. I shall now make myself invisible. *waves arms around in the air*.

Hmm. I seem to have turned myself blue instead. Oh well. I’m going to go play Smurfs.