{"id":1493,"date":"2013-01-20T23:55:25","date_gmt":"2013-01-20T22:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plume.dk\/blog\/?p=1493"},"modified":"2013-01-21T00:11:44","modified_gmt":"2013-01-20T23:11:44","slug":"snowback-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/plume.dk\/blog\/?p=1493","title":{"rendered":"Snowback Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Winter is back. Most certainly so. With more snow and freezing temperatures. Very pretty and very, very cold. Is it time for spring soon?<\/p>\n

In surprising news from the playground, Preben is still around. Per told me he would be leaving last Friday or early this week. Perhaps the snow got in the way of plans. Maybe Kurt hasn’t been able to come pick him up yet. Well, we’ll see what happens next week.<\/p>\n

I wonder how Preben’s leaving will affect the hierarchy at the playground. Since he’s been tied down he has lost a little of his dominance, naturally. But I wonder if it will change things when he’s gone. Mio will be the undisputed leader of the flock. Maybe that will calm her down a little. Right now she seems almost desperate to make sure she gets all the food and treats when people feed them. I still find it adorable, the sounds she makes as she chases the other goats away. She certainly knows how to be a bossy lady!<\/p>\n

And I wonder what it will mean for Kamel. She used to hang around Preben a lot for protection against Mio. But she doesn’t really do that anymore. I have been working with her, trying to make her a little more confident. I can tell she’s not quite as used to human touch as the others. She’s not as afraid as Mathilde was, back when I started going to the playground. She won’t run away completely. But she will often take a few steps away if you try to stroke her back. So I’m trying to get her more used to that. With treats and kind words. I have also been cleaning her eyes. She gets gunk in the corners of her eyes and it builds up. I don’t know if it bothers her at all, I don’t see any signs of that. But I figure cleaning it out a little is a nice exercise in trust. Being touched around the eyes can be a scary thing. I should know. I feel she’s getting more used to it now. I feel like she understands that I’m helping her. And I feel like she is already a little more confident. Not backing off as often. In one of the videos below you can see her butting heads with Mio. And she comes over now when there are treats, even if Mio is there. Mio can still push her away, but she comes back and makes sure to get her split of the goods. It’s nice to see her becoming a little braver.<\/p>\n

We’ll see what happens with everything.<\/p>\n

I think we’ll proceed to pictures now.<\/p>\n

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Goats in the snow. I do love how Bob looks when his back gets all snowy. He’d make an excellent christmas decoration! Just don’t try to put him on the tree, there’ll be no tree left in the morning.<\/p>\n

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Mia climbing around on me. Never gets old<\/p>\n

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Mia in the snow. It occurs to me that she has a black patch on her body kinda like Bob has a white patch on his black body. Funny symmetry.<\/p>\n

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A little closer on Mia.<\/p>\n

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It’s not often that the goats sit down when it’s so cold, and especially not when there’s snow on the ground. But I guess Mia was tired and found a little patch of hay. She also had a big old yawn which will be on video below.<\/p>\n

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Got comfy!<\/p>\n

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Three goats in a row in the snow.<\/p>\n

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Impatient little girl! “If he doesn’t give me raisins I’ll just have a look in his pocket and see if I can find some on my own!”.<\/p>\n

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Mio keeping an eye on the horses.<\/p>\n

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Snow on the streets of \u00c5rhus.<\/p>\n

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Snow in the park.<\/p>\n

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More snow in the park.<\/p>\n

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Even more snow in the park.<\/p>\n

Now videos.<\/p>\n

First the great, big Mia yawn. I love it.<\/p>\n