Where did the summer go? It’s been cold and rainy here. At least I think the temperatures will pick up a little again now. I do hope we will get some 30+ days before the summer is over. So far it hasn’t exactly been scorching. But I’ll settle for sunshine and above 20, thank you very much.

All is well in the goat camp. Palle is growing up well. Bigger and stronger. Running around on his own or with the two older kids. They are all so cute and so much fun. I have had a couple of nice, little talks with Sigrid about the goats too. They’re looking for a new home for Medium now. He’s getting about that age where he can’t stay with the others much longer. Sigrid has been looking for places that might take him. I hope they’ll be able to find one. Not many people are willing to take bucks, even if they have him castrated. There are talks about keeping Palle. Because everyone loves him and his sociable personality so much. It would be lovely if Mia could keep her baby. I wonder how well two castrated bucks would get along together, though? Bob is trying hard to assert his dominance towards the little boys right now. I often see him and Medium going around in circles with locked heads. We’d like to keep Large too, as always with girl kids. She has funny horns and those lovely wattles. She’s a little more reserved, personality-wise, than the two boys, though. I’ve been spending more one-on-one time with her lately, trying to get her a little more outgoing maybe. We’ll see how it all goes.

Meanwhile, at the home front. Vegetarianism going well. No meat. And I have been working hard in general. In the past I have often tried the exercise and eating better stuff. But this is the hardest I have ever worked. The most focused I have ever been. Really eating less and biking for 3 hours at a time. In the last month and a halfish I have lost some 13kg/28pounds. It’s a start. Maybe some of it is just water. I have cut down on salt too. But I’m putting in a big effort now, I think. Feels good. I am not without fault, though. For example I temporarily lifted the cheese embargo and had a pizza. I just had a craving for it. With all this healthy eating I do start fantasizing about unhealthy things, hah. My dad was nice enough to go bring me the pizza. I had asked for a “marguerite”, which is just a plain pizza with cheese and tomato sauce. For some reason they couldn’t make that. So I got one with cheese. tomato sauce and.. corn. I have never heard of corn on a pizza before. But to be fair I never, ever eat pizza. So what do I know. I don’t understand why they couldn’t just make the corn pizza without the corn.. that would have been a Marguerite. But maybe they had something premade and just heat it up or something. I don’t know. I’m sure pizza lovers would have found it not terribly impressive but I enjoyed it. There’s just something fun about eating a slice of pizza. Like American debauchery. And as long as my weight is slowly and steadily dropping then I will allow myself the treats now and then. I’m sure I could lose more weight if I were even more dedicated. But I have plenty of time and I don’t want to break my neck over an impossible ideal. I’m doing pretty well!

Now on with the goat media.

First off I made an “internet meme”. Sort of a parody of various “keep calm and listen to [something]” pictures that go around the net. Starring Mio.

Good advice!

Kamel being nosey.

Mio in the green world.

Little Palle.

Hellooo Mia!

A sweet shot of Mio.

And the Bobster.

And a goatlog. Fun with the kids. Running and jumping around quite a lot. There are visits from a golden retriever too. A man I have seen several times now. He seems to like the goats and likes introducing his dog to them. The goats aren’t fans of dogs, of course. But he seems to have good control of the dog and it seems to be a sweet one. It’s fun to see the goats’ reactions, and I think they’re getting a little more used to seing it too. Although they’re still on guard when it’s around.

And that’s all for today. I hope to see the sun next week.

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