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.

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

10/10 2022
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Good goat times today. No news about snl, though. I talked to Jeanette, and her neighbours hadn’t responded to her text yet, which she said was a little unusual, but she didn’t want to be pushy about it. So I think we’ll have to wait a few days more for confirmation. But we are assuming that Sassy, Lily and Nuller are at their place now. Apparently Jeanette lives in a little village, and the neighbours live sort of at the end of the village with a little land and forest. So it’s not like neighbours you just see next door. But sounds like snl will have some good space. I’d just really like to have it all settled and everything in its right place. But we’ll have to see.
But a nice day with Mia, Milo and Sky. Sunny, but a bit cold, around 10C/50F with a cold wind. The greens are startin to fade, but there’s still enough for them to go around and rummage for. And we had some good time sitting on the bench too.
When I was leaving I bumped into Malene, which was very nice. Haven’t seen her in a while. She’s the leader at the playground, she mostly does indoors stuff, she’s not out working with the animals. But nice talking to her and Jeanette. They were appreciative of what I do with the goats, which is always nice. And we talked about fixing the ramps and the fence, but she told me Jesper is busy at another location and that is a higher priority right now, so it may take a while. But it’s still on the list of things to do. They were talking the hens too. Apparently they got a couple of them from another playground and I guess their lives there hadn’t been so great. They hadn’t laid eggs in years, but Jeanette said that one of them had started laying eggs here, which was big news i guess. That hen is really cuddle, it follows Jeanette around and wants attention. Sweet. She said she’d had to move my backpack, I usually put it in the wheelbarrow in the goat house, but I guess the hen likes to lay eggs there now! How about that.
well anyway, enough about hte chicken adn the egg. I crossed the road and went home and let’s hope for news about snl soon. Jeanette still says she wants to take me out there so I can see where they’ll be living, once things are all settled down. So that will be nice. i am thankful for Jeanette and her help in setting it up and helping us save snl. No wonder the hen likes her!
10/10 2022
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I put this trough up against the fence here, it’s nice when visiting kids come to the fence, the goats can stand halfway up on it and reach up to get petted. There were no kids visiting today, can’t remember the last time that happened. But Mia was still good enough to model what my intentions were.

10/10 2022
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Goat butt parade.

10/10 2022
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HappY Yogi daY everyone. I hope it’s a good one.

11/10 2022
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The greens are starting to disappear, which leaves a better and better view of the sportsfield thing next door. The goats periodically seem to be fascinated by it. Probably just the old ‘the grass is greener on the other side’ thing. If there’s a fence, goats want to get past it. That’s just their nature.

11/10 2022
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Happy Hump Day everyone, I hope it will be a good one.

12/10 2022
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goatlog

12/10 2022
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Happy space

12/10 2022
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Instead of licking food so no one else wants it, Milo just steps on it. My hay!
Oh and there’s our chicky friend in the back. I’m not used to being too close to the feathery fowls, but I saw Jeanette petting it so maybe I’ll try and see if it will let me do it too some time. That would be cute.

12/10 2022
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I hope today will be a good day. Here is Mads on the bench, in 2006. It’s been around for a while!

13/10 2022
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Good goat times today. Starting to get a little chilly, even with my jacket. May need to start thinking about longsleeved shirts. Hopefully I don’t need to start wearing the winter coat for a while yet.
But it’s always good to be with the goats. I have not been doing so well mentally lately. It’s nice to just sit with the goat buddies and forget about the world and the worries. We had some sweet visitors at the fence too. One of their grownups remarking on how great Mia was with the kids. Yup, I definitely am glad they listened to me when I sang her praises and told them they had to take Mia. Perfect with kids.
Later the trio were foraging over by the tall fence next to the sportsfield. Suddenly all three of them startled and ran away to a safe distance. I have no idea what they saw. But then their eyesight is considerably better than mine. Maybe it was someone walking their dog on the far side of the field. Or maybe some small animal somewhere or a leaf in the wind, who knows. But for the next 20 minutes Mia stood and suspiciously stared in that general direction. Which did give me the chance to sit on the bench with moth Milo and Sky, doesn’t happen too often without the big queen forcing her way up to be with her peasant on the bench.
The goating was good but I managed to wreck my body when I got home. Went shopping twice. To stock up on pepsi max and other sodas. Even though my back was already aching after the first run I made the mistake of going again and buying even more. Eight 1½ litre bottles. I barely made it home, all the way chanting in my head ‘this was not smart’ over and over to try to not think of the pain. And when I got home I collapsed for like 30 minutes without being able to do anything, in pain and with zero energy. A snack and some painkillers helped a bit, but I’m still feeling slightly woozy. Note to self, don’t do that again. At least I got enough pepsi max for the rest of the week…
13/10 2022
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Aw, Mia really is the perfect petting goat. The crowd is enthralled. That’s Jeanette furthest back with the glasses. And I think it’s Milo poking his tail into the frame. And of course our feathery friend is hanging out with us too.

13/10 2022
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Someone noticed the camera! And Mia doing her great job still.

13/10 2022
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Mia, staring down whatever demon apparition hath arosed on the sportsfield.

13/10 2022
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Here’s ‘the egg pooper’ as Keiko called her. In the wheelbarrow in the goat house. You can see I had to put my backpack up on the shelf above to avoid risk of coming home with a bad omelette later. She’s pretty cute that chicky. Haven’t quite worked up the courage to try petting her yet, but she likes being around us it seems. Jeanette says she follows her around a lot too. Companionable little girl.

13/10 2022
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Here is Bruce and Clark from 2014. Hope today will be a good day. I got some bad news. My parents both have covid. My mom had been sick for a while but the doctors thought it may be an infection. But now they’re both sick and diagnosed with the croner. They’re doing fine, nothing alarming for now. But it’s hard not to worry because they are up in age and a myriad of pre-existing conditions. But hopefully there won’t be any complications. They’re vaxed and covid generally seems a lot less scary these days. Hooves crossed it will pass quickly.

14/10 2022
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goatlog

14/10 2022
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Mia’s got some set of horns on her.

14/10 2022
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Rest in peace Robbie Coltrane. I think to most Americans he is mostly known from Harry Potter, which is a thing i have never watched so I don’t know how big his role in that was. But I grew up absolutely loving him in Cracker, a British drama series from the 90s. He was phenomenal in that. That role has stuck with me all these years.
14/10 2022
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Happy Caturday everyone, I hope it’s a good one.

15/10 2022
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Sky thinks uncle needs breath spray.

15/10 2022
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Happy Funday everyone. I hope it’s a good one.

16/10 2022
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goatlog

16/10 2022
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Here is some Milo face for your Sunday. I’m feeling the depression a lot, but keeping on keeping on. I spent a day and night in bed and had some great dreams. I read that you can’t read in dreams, but I often can. A recurring theme in my dreams is old used books stores, I used to go to Bogshoppen a lot when I was a kid and get comics and stuff. Last night I was picking up Calvin & Hobbes collections in a bookstore. I miss C&H although I greatly respect Bill Waterson for retiring no his own terms and following his own vision. I got all the albums that were released in Danish, but I also got the English versions. That was one of the earlier instances of me realising that hey I actually prefer English to Danish a lot of the time and I know English well enough that I can actually enjoy the original versions instead of waiting for translations. That’s how you become one of the cool kids in school, you read Calvin & Hobbes in English. No wonder I got all the girls! nb I may be lying.
Anyway. What was I talking about. Dreams. I spent some time earlier googling people I had met in my dreams to see if they really existed in the real world. It seems there are people called Flagboy and Ezequiel Moss but they are nothing like the people I met in my dreams.
Anyway. Hope you’re all doing well out there. Thanks for paying attention to me. I appreciate the army of supportive spirits in my back, the wind beneath my butto.. wings. One day a day.

16/10 2022
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Got a message request from someone who has apparently clone the profile of an fb friend that passed away earlier in the year. Sheesh. How low can you go.
16/10 2022
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Well well well. My brother has the covid now too. He’s fine, but he’s been diagnosed with it. My parents are fine too, I’m not sure they’re completely over it yet, but no complications.
More and more I figure, I probably had it when I had that weekish of being sick a few weeks ago. Hopefully Peter won’t have any complicaions either.
We’ll see if I get anything now, I was with Peter briefly on Saturday.
16/10 2022
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Think goat thoughts. Again, thanks for all the heart and soul.

16/10 2022
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That’s all for now.