Happy Mio Monday everyone. I hope it’s a good one.

24/10 2022
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Good goat times today. Grey, but not too cold. And it stayed dry while I was out. It had rained before I got out so it took a little coaxing to get the goats out on the wet grass. The leaves are falling and the greens are fading, but we went around and they looked for edibles. Jeanette had put aside a mini pallet for me, told me I could use it to sit on so I wouldn’t get a wet behind. So I carried that around and sat down and watched the goats go around.
We had some sweet visitors too. Kids at the fence, and in the goat pen too. Always nice. A lady with them asked a bunch of questions about the goats and seemed quite impressed with my bond and story with the goats. It’s always nice to feel appreciated. And Jeanette is always complimentary of me when she talks to visitors too, it’s very nice.
I’m really tired now and my nose seems to be running a bit. Let’s hope I haven’t caught any bugs. Thank you everyone for the good thoughts for my dad btw, haven’t heard anything from the folks, so that should mean he hasn’t gotten worse at least.
24/10 2022
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“Yes, I know Jeanette got you this to keep your butt dry, but I need to keep my hooves dry and my hooves are more important than your butt” said Mia, probably.

24/10 2022
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Accidentally had my camera set to ‘creative mode’ so i guess this is creative. I am an art.

24/10 2022
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I tried the cucumber again, and this time it was a succes! Opened it sideways and threw it on the ground, and all three feathers came to get some. The brown one is Grethe. And I believe Henrietta is the smallest white. The other white is.. not so good a story. Apparently because there’s no rooster this one has had some hormonal changes occur and is now acting kind of like a rooster, but she’s attacked Jeanette a couple of times and I believe attacked kids too. So she will not be staying with us unfortunately. I think they’re planning on adding more feathers, not sure if there will be a real rooster there. But anyway, it was nice to see them go for the cucumber.

24/10 2022
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Three goats on a life raft…
The second I get off that mini pallet, there are goats on it. Goats just gotta climb on things. Can’t blame them when the ground is wet I guess, can’t be fun to walk around with wet hooves all the time.

25/10 2022
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HappY Yogi daY everyone. Hope it’s a good one.

25/10 2022
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Happy Hump Day everyone. I hope it’s a good one.
I managed to get on the exercise bike today. For the first time in a month and a half. I weighed myself afterwards. I only weigh myself after exercising, smart right? And then I note the result down. I got in the habit of that when I was actively trying to lose weight. Smart enough to have a record of changes. Anyway, I weighed myself today and much to my surprise I found.. I had lost half a kg since the last time I exercised. I was sure I’d put on weight. Not exercising and eating poorly because of everything that’s been going on. But hey that’s good i guess.

26/10 2022
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Got some bad news today. I called dad to hear how the covid was going. I think he’s over that by now. We didn’t really get to talk about it. Because it happened that I caught him at the hospital. I guess he had an appointment today to do with his memory problems and all that. I didn’t know he had an appintment. I knew he was going in November. But I guess maybe this is a precursor to that appt because he said he wouldn’t get the final results from today until a month from now. That would about line up with his appt in November.
But anyway. They got some images of his brain and stuff and unfortunately the news aren’t good. It’s pretty clear that he’s in the early stages of alzeimer’s. He said the images had looked almost exactly like the ones Uncle Jens had gotten. So that wasn’t nice to hear. I didn’t experience what happend to uncle Jens up close, that side of the family lives on Zealand and with my problems I’m not really in close contact with that side of the family. But I got the updates about what was going on of course and it was heard to hear, how towards the end he couldn’t recognise his own kids and he ended up basically catatonic in a hospital bed. It was rought. And it’s sad and scary to think of my dad going through that too. Hopefully he will still have a good long while of being able to live his life more or less normally. But there’s no doubt where it’s heading. And it’s not like it’s surprising news, it has been pretty clear what’s been going on with his memory.
Yeah, life isn’t fair sometimes. It’s another one of those things. You can kick and punch and scream but you can’t stop it. Some things can’t be fixed. We just have to hope for the best for as long as possible.
I just wish I could stop time. There is nothing about the future that is appealing to me.
26/10 2022
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Thank you everyone for the thoughts and words. One day a day, hopefully still a lot of good ones ahead.
27/10 2022
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I hope today will be a good day. Here’s Preben from 2012.

27/10 2022
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Good goat times today. Managed to get out and goat despite just wanting to bury myself under pillows and blankets. But sometimes you just gotta go on autopilot. I know being with the goays always makes me happy. And it did, it’s always worth it. Good to be with them. Nice to see Jeanette as well, and Malene was there. She always shouts out my name with a big happy smile when she sees me. Always nice. And sweet visitors too, kids in the goat pen. Sky got a whole lot of cuddles. And there was a sweet girl who bravely petter all the goats and told us how she really wanted a bunny. “BUNNY BUNNY BUNNY BUNNY” she said to her mother. Hard to argue against that pitch.
27/10 2022
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Skyis the center of attention.

27/10 2022
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All animals deserve to be handled with care.

27/10 2022
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I hope today will be a good day. Here is Mads from 2007.

28/10 2022
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Well, my dad just stopped by. We were supposed to have a longer chat, but he lost his wallet so he had to leave again fairly quickly to go see if he can find it again. He might have lost a month’s wages and back card and stuff. Ugh.
But we talked briefly, and the news are worse than lost money. We won’t have all the results of his tests for another month, but he told me that the xrays of his brain showed there were large parts that no longer worked. And he told me that he did not expect to have much more than a year left to live. So that’s .. shocking. I knew things were bad, but he’s still functionaing quite well, other than forgetting stuff a lot. Somehow I did not expect things to be this far along. He said there’s a medication that he can take that might give him a bit more time. But it’s not going to be a lot and there’s no real stopping this. i’m sure the doctors will do all they can.
I don’t really know how to process this. I feel numb. And there’s nothing to do about it.
28/10 2022
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Thank you everyone, for all the words and thoughts, the support and your stories. I appreciate having the support system here and people who care.
I’m not feeling too talkative about it. There is not a lot to say. We’ll have to see how it progresses. I suppose we’ll find out more next month when all the results come in and maybe we’ll know more.
Still don’t really know how to process it. Sat for a few hours in my comfy chair, listening to Bowie and clutching my bald head in my hands. I fell asleep for a while, and dreamt about dad. He was printing out random pages from the internet and trying to find secret conspiracies in teh words. Sigh. Sometimes there is no deeper meaning.
And this is literally the song that came on just as I started writing this.
Well, one day a day. Keep on trucking, mothertruckers.
Thank you all again, really. Don’t know what I’d do without you and goats.

28/10 2022
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Happy Caturday everyone. I decided to postpone the other idea I had and continue Caturday with Heino and Nala, as was suggested to me. I didn’t really get as close to them as I did with Mousy, because she slept inside the stables and at the time I would often let the goats out there in the morning and see her. While Heino and Nala I only saw them when they on occasion dropped by the goat pen and then it was just brief passthroughs mostly. But they are cute cats so we can keep the Caturdays going for a while with them, if you’re all okay with that?
Other than that, nothing new. Hanging in there. Just kind of on autopilot for now. Oh yeah and my ad found his wallet. He’d left it at home I guess, not in the supermarket. So that’s a relief, not so much because of the cash but more the bank card and identity stuff, I was worried about someone getting a hold of those. But we got other stuff to worry abou anyway.
Thank you all again for the support.

29/10 2022
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Happy Funday everyone.

30/10 2022
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a goatlog

30/10 2022
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Hey hey! Thank you so much Kaprine Pearlz for the lovely ‘animated’ Halloween card! I had some fun pulling the weenie! Heehee. Thank you Keiko and Strawbs for thinking of me. I got it a couple of days ago and with the stuff you posted on my wall yesterday/this morning you have given me some nice smiles. Much needed. Lots of figurative goat berries sent your way <3

30/10 2022
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In the prison yard, dreaming of life on the outside.

30/10 2022
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Mr Fluffybottom modeling his fuzzy pantaloons.

30/10 2022
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Happy Mio Monday everynoe. I hope it’s a good one.

17/10 2022
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Good news everyone. I went goating today. That’s not the good news. Well, that’s good news too. I wasn’t sure I was going to go out. Massive depression and with the whole family sick I wasn’t sure it was smart to go out. But I’m glad I got out. Being with the goats is always good. And I finally, finally got confirmation that Sassy, Lily and Nuller have safely arrived at Jeanette’s neighbours place and are all good. What a relief.
I was sitting in the goat house with the goats, as it was raining outside, and Jeanette came up to us and asked “did you get the text I sent you Friday?”. Uhm, nope. She’d previously told me she’d had some problems with her texts not getting through to people sometimes. I guess mine didn’t get through. So, I could have had the relieving news on Friday already, but ah well. It was nice to get them in person. Seh showed me some pictures of them on her phone. Hard for me to see too well of course. But it was nice to see them and nice to know that they are home and cared for. One picture had what appeared to be a big smiling kid’s face and a goat butt in the background. Aww. The family has four kids, and a fair bit of land out in the country. They have had goats before and are excited to have some again, they should be well taken care of, with vets if needed and land and all. Sounds good. Sounds like they will get human attention and interaction. I am happy about that. Worst case of course would have been them being put down, but I’d also thought about how sad it would be if they’d been shipped off to some for-profit farm with goats that never got any human loving. Got a sad pit in my stomach thinking about them having to adjust to that kind of life. But thankfully it seems they will get the love and attention they deserve. I am so thankful for that.
The downside is that it’s a place I cannot go to myself. Jeanette still wants to try to arrange for us to take a trip out there so I can see it, but there’s a likely chance that will be the last time I see them. I just want to be upfront about that. It does not seem like a place I can just drop in when I want. Theoretically maybe some further visits down the line may be possible, but it’s not something i can count on.. There’s going to be added to the sadness I carry, not being able to see them and sit with them as I have done so often in the past. But for them it should be a good outcome. I have to appreciate that and look beyond my own needs. They come first.
It’s just a relief that it’s all settled and done now. I was getting a bad feeling about it all. But now it’s good.
With all the things I worried about and was afraid could happen, things turned out the best they could under the circumstances. I was so afraid I’d lose all the goats. That they’d be put down. That they’d all go far away. That they’d be split without thought to the bonds. That their new places would be tiny and bad for them. But I get to keep my love Mia, and her adoptive kids, in a place closer to me and that is in most ways actually better than the old. And the newbs get a happy home with love and care. It’s the best outcome in a bad situation.
And I am thankful that Jeanette has come into our lives. Without her I’m not sure the outcome would have been good for the newbs. She has turned out to be a great friend to us all. When I left today she told me to come check something out at their garbage dump. It was something thrown out by the club. You know those big spools you see goats jump on? It was like a mini one of those, up to your knees in height. Not sure what it’s been used for, cable spool maybe? Jeanette asked if i thought the goats might like that to play with. And I said they might. I could see the littles jump up on that for some fun. on the other hand I could see Milo being terrified of it, you never now with that dork. But worth a shot. So as I left, Jeanette dragged it over to the goat pen. Just an example of how she thinks about the goats and their needs, she cares about them and does stuff for them. And she cares about me too I think. As we walked over the garbage she was asking me how I handle making meals and stuff. She sometimes asks stuff like that about my vision and how I cope with stuff. I’m sure to most people it’s just normal conversation. But I am not used to conversating with humans. And the fact that I feel pretty comfortable conversating with her, well that means a lot to me. I find myself looking forward to seeing not just the goats, but her too. And I don’t often look forward to seeing humans. So that’s just really nice. And Malene is nice too, I don’t see her outside so often, but she also seems concerned with doing the best for the goats, keeping them happy and doing things to improve stuff for them. It’s really nice. I don’t want to speak badly about the other place, but I did start to feel like Lars had checked out a bit about the goats. After they gave over the case to the animal protection agency thing, it felt like he felt his job was done. And things were not getting done. I saw him posting on fb about how happy he was to be getting his horses back. Well yeah. Hope they enjoy their horses, and hope they don’t discard them once something more interesting comes around!
But i’ve blabbled enough for now. I am just happy and relieved that snl are in a good place now. That sure is a load off my mind. I will miss them so much. But there is no love without loss. Sometimes things are out of your hands. And we’ll see how it goes from here. Their safety is the most important thing.
17/10 2022
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HappY Yogi daY everyone. I hope it’s a good one.

18/10 2022
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The good news about snl wasn’t the only nice thing that happened yesterday. If you have seen the video on Mia’s page you’ll know that our new feathery friend joined me and the goats in the goat house while we were rained in. And I managed to pet it a little. Just tentatively, but it went well so I guess i’ll be trying that again! And I asked Jeanette if she has a name. And she does not. So, i guess we’ll have to decide what to call her. She is really friendly seems to like company. Whether it’s following Jeanette around or coming in to join me and the goats. I know you all have posted some suggestions already, and I think Henrietta seemed to be the most popular one. I like that. Only downside is that it’s pretty English centric. In Danish a hen is a ‘høne’. But Hønrietta doesn’t quite work. Anyway, if you want to vote for a name, Henrietta or another suggestion, put it in a comment on this post. I’ll tally it up and then I’ll ignore the votes and pick my own favourite! Haha We’ll see how that goes. My sleeping schedule is a bit off right now, so I’m going to bed now. Plenty of time to get votes in cos i’m going dreamwalking. See you on the other side. Quack! No wait, that’s not right.

18/10 2022
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Happy Hump Day everyone. Hope it’s a good one.

19/10 2022
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Thank you for the name suggestions for our feathery friend! There were some sweet ones, and some funny stories.
I think Henrietta is the genearl favourite. And you can spin her name in variations like Henny Penny, i like when you can twist the names around for variety.
But i must say that Sean’s suggestion of Hen Solo really tickles my feathers. The downside is again that ‘hen’ isn’t the Danish name for a høne. Høn Solo? Hen Solo. Høn Solo. Henrietta. If you had to pick one of those, what would you pick?
Sorry I’m being indecisive!

19/10 2022
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Okay. Thank you for all the input! I think we will go with the conservative, and most popular, choice. Henrietta. But. We can call her Henrietta Solo, right? So in a hurry it could be shortened to Hen Solo. But Henrietta Solo is our feathery friend. In her Wheelbarrow Falcon.

19/10 2022
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You know, I talk shirt about American politics. But I still get shocked when I see stuff from England. The completely insane kind of jeering and hollering, like a kindergarten of monkeys. It’s hard to believe these are serious politicians supposedly having serious discussions about issues. The speaker of the opposition, or whoever it was, coming up to deliver a lame one-liner joke. I suppose they must get political work done at other times, because I can’t imagine anyone getting anything out of these debate things. I would be so embarrassed if Danish politicians acted like that. Not that ours are so great. We’re in the middle of an election right now and it can get dumb. But at least they just start chanting like it’s a football game for toddlers. Jeez. At least in American debates the offensive stuff is what is being said. Apart from youknowho most of them actually talk like people.
Maybe it feels worse because most of them are like… old white stiff-upper-lip british folk. You have the stereotype that they are more reserved or intellgent. Not these bloody clowns. I think the first time I saw this was when we got cable in the 90s for the first time and I started watching Sky News. And when i saw transmissions from .. is it parliament? or whatever. I just sat back and thought, this can’t be real. This can’t be politicians arguing issues. I’m on a prank show, i’m being filmed, I’m being Trumaned. I don’t know. People are the worst. just butt heads and work it out, man.
19/10 2022
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Better put some Mia content up, don’t want to show up in the morning and find Henrietta gone and a bunch of feathers wafting in the wind.
I’m not saying she’s jealous butt

19/10 2022
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I hope today will be a good day. Here is Fuzzy from 2016, looking almost Peanutty.

20/10 2022
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Good goat times today. Sunny and cold. It’s autumn vacation in Denmark, and I didn’t see a (human) soul at the playground. Well, other than Malene. Normally Jeanette works on Thursdays, but she’s off for the vacation. I have noticed that when she’s not there, the goats don’t get let out as early in the morning. But that gave me the chance to let them out. And it was nice seeing Malene again. We talked a bit about Henrietta. I didn’t manage to tell her that we named her. But she told me what Jeanette has said too, that Henrietta is super sweet and funny. Everyone loves Henrietta! And when Malene let the feathers out, it didn’t take too long before Hen Solo came a running to hang out for a little in the goat house. I managed to pet her a little again. Although i’m still working on getting more comfortable with that. But she really is sweet. And so are the goats of course. Don’t worry, I’m still the goat guy. And I pay the treat toll to make sure they know it.
20/10 2022
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Malene just exitting the goat house after putting out the goat breakfast inside. And you can see Mia’s got a headstart. Milo and Sky better hurry up or it’ll be all empty bowls by the time they get in.

20/10 2022
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Here is Malene with Henrietta. It was lovely to see how happy Hen Solo made her, she was like beaming when we were talking about it. And she always seems happy with the goats too. When she came out to us at first, the gaots all ran to the fence to see her.

20/10 2022
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Does Henrietta want a cucumber?
Thinking… thinking… nope!
Oh well. I’m not even sure you can feed a chicken like this, is it all wrong? Maybe she’s not used to being handfed like that, maybe she doesn’t like cucumber, maybe I did it all wrong. I threw the cucumber into the little hen yard, maybe she’ll eat it later. I guess we’ll try another day.

20/10 2022
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Oh yes, my family is doing okay it seems after the covid. I think all 3 of them have started going outside again, so it can’t be all bad. Assuming I also had it a few weeks ago it seems like we all got through it without complications. Thank you vaccines and boosters. Or you know, Jesus and guns or whatever.
Thankful they are doing ok. We are a rat’s nest of pre-existing conditions so it could have been bad. Hooves crossed it’s all good.
20/10 2022
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I hope today will be a good day. Here is Mathilde and Magnethe from 2005.

21/10 2022
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goatlog

21/10 2022
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Milo was being funny with this branch yesterday. I couldn’t figure out what he was doing, he kept pawing at it. It looked like he was shaking hands with it. For a second I wondered if his hoof was caught or something, but no he walked away and then went back to it a few times. For minutes just pawing at it. When I took a closer look I realised that he managed to use the branch to scratch between his hoof. Clever boy. He’s funny. Under no circumstances are you allowed to touch his hind legs. But he looovs getting scratchies between his hooves.

21/10 2022
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Milo also likes tomato.

21/10 2022
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Happy Caturday everyone, I hope it’s a good one. This is my last photo of Mousy. I didn’t take a ton of pictures of her, so this will be the last Caturday from me. I do have an idea for a new Saturday theme, so we’ll see what you say to that next Saturday.

22/10 2022
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Here’s Milo and Sky with the spool that Jeanette found. I am not sure we’ll be able to get the hole in the middle blocked so I don’t know if we’ll get much use of it. it’s too unstable for them to jump up on it anyway, so we’d need to not only block the hole but also secure it better in the ground. Not sure it’s worth the effort. But we’ll see.

22/10 2022
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Happy Funday everyone. I hope it will be a good one.

23/10 2022
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Well it seems I was a little too optimistic when I said my family was over the covid. Turns out my dad has taken a turn for the worse. Nothing alarming, but while mom and Peter got over it, dad got a little worse. He says he’s expecting to be fine in a couple of days, so let’s hope so. He’s a little older and with everything he’s been going through we gotta keep an eye on him.
Hopefully he’ll be over it soon too.
23/10 2022
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Hey hey! Thank you so much Cyd Burk for these lovely addition to my personal art gallery! Thank you for bringing colour to my life, on and off the facebox. Love you!

23/10 2022
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Thereby hangs a beard

23/10 2022
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That’s all for now.