{"id":1575,"date":"2014-07-06T22:52:15","date_gmt":"2014-07-06T21:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plume.dk\/blog\/?p=1575"},"modified":"2014-07-06T22:52:15","modified_gmt":"2014-07-06T21:52:15","slug":"the-old-man-and-the-snowflake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/plume.dk\/blog\/?p=1575","title":{"rendered":"The Old Man And The Snowflake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Somewhat of a quieter week. After last week&#8217;s reading glasses and Bodil present successes. Not so much has happened this week. We did get a nice visit from Sigrid at the playground. I haven&#8217;t seen her for ages. Since she stopped. She&#8217;s very busy with the vegan place. But it sounds like it&#8217;s going well. Hard work is better than no work. It was nice getting to say hello to her. I miss having her around. I&#8217;m glad she still follows the goats through my Facebooking too. We are not forgotten!<\/p>\n<p>Had kid visitors too. Several boys enjoyed feeding the goats. Sitting under the apple tree. The apples aren&#8217;t very big yet. But they are perfectly sized for a goat mouth. There was one boy who told me he could never remember my name and would it be okay if he called me Ali? Haha. I said sure. I should have suggested he call me Goatman, like some of the other kids do. I wouldn&#8217;t mind that catching on. Just put up the goatsignal if you need me.<\/p>\n<p>Fun times.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a warm weekend. And by weekend I includ Friday. The sun is back, at least for now. It has made for good exercise. Effective, exhausting, exhilarating excercise. I really need to buckle up and make July and August count. Hard work and discipline. Yup, that sounds like me alright. We shall see.<\/p>\n<p>Let me quote my Facebook post.<br \/>\n&#8220;I am a snowflake. I cannot change the direction of the storm. I can just do my best to land gently on the ground. I am a snowflake.&#8221;<br \/>\nThis is my new mantra. Snow is calming. Snow is soothing. I like imagining myself as a falling snowflake. When the storm makes me sad or upset. Just gently fall. Let it fall through you.  I am a snowflake. I am doing my best and I will be okay.<\/p>\n<p>And now for something completely different.<\/p>\n<p><a HREF=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pics\/displayimage.php?pos=-7032\"><img WIDTH=450  SRC=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pics\/albums\/uploads\/2014\/thumb_140630_herman.jpg\"\/><\/a><br \/>Herman in the grass.<\/p>\n<p><a HREF=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pics\/displayimage.php?pos=-7033\"><img WIDTH=450  SRC=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pics\/albums\/uploads\/2014\/thumb_140630_kamel2.jpg\"\/><\/a><br \/>Kamel in the grass too.<\/p>\n<p><a HREF=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pics\/displayimage.php?pos=-7035\"><img WIDTH=450  SRC=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pics\/albums\/uploads\/2014\/thumb_140630_mia1.jpg\"\/><\/a><br \/>I like that spot. Mia with the sun and the shade. <\/p>\n<p><a HREF=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pics\/displayimage.php?pos=-7034\"><img WIDTH=450  SRC=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pics\/albums\/uploads\/2014\/thumb_140630_mia2.jpg\"\/><\/a><br \/>It&#8217;s a bird! It&#8217;s a plane! No, it&#8217;s tasty leaves!<\/p>\n<p><a HREF=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pics\/displayimage.php?pos=-7036\"><img WIDTH=450  SRC=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pics\/albums\/uploads\/2014\/thumb_140630_mia3.jpg\"\/><\/a><br \/>The goat princess.<\/p>\n<p><a HREF=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pics\/displayimage.php?pos=-7037\"><img WIDTH=450  SRC=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pics\/albums\/uploads\/2014\/thumb_140630_mia4.jpg\"\/><\/a><br \/>I wonder if the grass is greener&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a HREF=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pics\/displayimage.php?pos=-7043\"><img WIDTH=450  SRC=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pics\/albums\/uploads\/2014\/thumb_140630_mia9.jpg\"\/><\/a><br \/>Mia close.<\/p>\n<p><a HREF=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pics\/displayimage.php?pos=-7042\"><img WIDTH=450  SRC=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pics\/albums\/uploads\/2014\/thumb_140630_mio.jpg\"\/><\/a><br \/>Mama Mio.<\/p>\n<p><a HREF=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pics\/displayimage.php?pos=-7044\"><img WIDTH=450  SRC=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pics\/albums\/uploads\/2014\/thumb_140630_palleme1.jpg\"\/><\/a><br \/>I think Palle wants to stand on my head.<\/p>\n<p><a HREF=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pics\/displayimage.php?pos=-7049\"><img WIDTH=450  SRC=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pics\/albums\/uploads\/2014\/thumb_140701_miapalleme.jpg\"\/><\/a><br \/>Maybe they just want the leaves.<\/p>\n<p><a HREF=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pics\/displayimage.php?pos=-7045\"><img WIDTH=450  SRC=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pics\/albums\/uploads\/2014\/thumb_140630_playgroundatmosphere.jpg\"\/><\/a><br \/>A little mix of the goats in the sun and shade.<\/p>\n<p><a HREF=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pics\/displayimage.php?pos=-7047\"><img WIDTH=450  SRC=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pics\/albums\/uploads\/2014\/thumb_140701_herman.jpg\"\/><\/a><br \/>Peekaboo, Herman!<\/p>\n<p><a HREF=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pics\/displayimage.php?pos=-7050\"><img WIDTH=450  SRC=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pics\/albums\/uploads\/2014\/thumb_140701_palleme.jpg\"\/><\/a><br \/>Trying to trick Palle into thinking I&#8217;m not taking a photo. Don&#8217;t think he&#8217;s buying it.<\/p>\n<p><a HREF=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pics\/displayimage.php?pos=-7052\"><img WIDTH=450  SRC=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pics\/albums\/uploads\/2014\/thumb_140703_kamelboy.jpg\"\/><\/a><br \/>The boy who wanted to call me Ali. Getting apples for the goats. Kamel would rather try on her own.<\/p>\n<p><a HREF=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pics\/displayimage.php?pos=-7051\"><img WIDTH=450  SRC=\"http:\/\/plume.dk\/pics\/albums\/uploads\/2014\/thumb_140703_palle.jpg\"\/><\/a><br \/>And a #Palleface to round things up.<\/p>\n<p>And the goatlog. With Mia and Palle trying to ruin my neck. And Kamel terrorizing the picnic table repeatedly. Mia eating apples. Herman trying to undo Mia&#8217;s leash. And other fun goat adventures.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NTCjDUAjAe0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s all for this week, folks. See you in the next fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Somewhat of a quieter week. After last week&#8217;s reading glasses and Bodil present successes. Not so much has happened this week. We did get a nice visit from Sigrid at the playground. I haven&#8217;t seen her for ages. Since she stopped. She&#8217;s very busy with the vegan place. But it sounds like it&#8217;s going well. 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