WoOolly
I am not feeling the greatest. I have been very tired. And my stomach unruly.
But I soldier on, more or less.
What does the weather forecast say for tonight/tomorrow? Snow. Snow STORM. Giggidy giggidy! Ah well, I suppose I shouldn’t get my hopes too high. I have been burnt before. But snow snow snow snow snow. T’would do me good.
Good like a goat.
They are really getting woolly. It always amuses me, those tots of wool that just seems to grow out randomly.
I was grooming Magnethe the other day and it just came off in droves. I almost felt bad for wasting it. I wish I could have a sweater made of their wool.
At one point Mads was shaking his head around and the wool literally came flying off him. Hehe.
Action shot! Mads usually jumps over the side there, when he gets off and on the bench. He doesn’t like to approach from the front. I think it’s too muddy there. So he would rather jump over the handlebar at the side. What the hay is that called, where you rest your arm? The… arm rest? Hmm.
I think my eyesight is getting worse. Or well, I know it is. Damnit. I don’t want to buy new glasses again. They’re too expensive. Maybe I’ll just buy some ugly ones.
So anyway. That’s it. Tomorrow is my day off. Possibly with snow. One might hope. Arlwrite.
February 20th, 2007 at 23:56
Armrest is exactly the right word :)
February 21st, 2007 at 2:20
Can you bring a big brush and groom them for a bit? I know when I used to have pet dogs I would brush them when I came home from work. They would actually wait for me and whine until I bring out the big brush and groom them in the backyard while I hummed some Carpenter’s songs to them. Then I’d fall asleep until one of them jumped onto my lap and wake me up. It was time for their dinner.
Just like Mads, they would say “brush me, brush me.”
(Sigh) I miss my dogs…
You can’t brush a lizard. I don’t think Moominlizard would let me.
February 21st, 2007 at 2:59
This post was weird to read… so many thoughts similar to my own! I’m also feeling sleepy and my stomach is being unruly. I’ve also thought of saving the goats wool and trying to wash it and knit a sweater or something, but it’s not cold enough here to really get good wool.. it would take me years of brushing, probably!
I’m also thinking my eyesight might be getting worse… I used to have perfect vision, but the eye doctor told me last year that I wasn’t *quite* 20/20 anymore and it seems to be getting even worse now… *sigh*
February 21st, 2007 at 3:33
I bought a wide-toothed comb that you use to comb horses’ manes/tails with and use on our goats. John-Boy has longish hair on his back legs (his bloomers, as we call them) and he will tolerate me combing the snarls out of them.
Our goats have those tufts of hair, too. Last spring when they were shedding their winter coats, Billy had “fuzz butt”. That was the last place the winter coat was left. Seemed like it took forever to comb it out. Had enough goat hair floating thru the air it looked like snow. I think we did have some birds with nice soft nesting material.
Luis Lemmings: you might try making a noise like whistling/singing etc., when you bring out the fruit for Moominlizard. He might start associating you with food (not as FOOD) and start showing himself more when you’re in the backyard. I guess lizards can hear? Snakes don’t hear like we do, they feel the vibrations and sense things with their tongues. Do lizards have ears? (Note to self: check on lizard ears!)
PS: Hope you’re feeling better soon Plume and Laura. Luis Lemmings – you don’t even think about getting sick, okay? That’s an order.
February 21st, 2007 at 3:59
Iguana update: they see, hear, and smell good. Guess I should say they smell well! (ha, ha) They also are good swimmers, so he shouldn’t get washed away. They like dandelions and other plant matter, fruits, berries, etc., they are vegetarians.
A person could get lost in the internet reading all about iguanas. Especially the part about having the babies eat some fecal matter from an adult iguana because of some bacteria they need to survive. They aren’t born with the bacteria. Said your pet store or vet could help you with the fecal matter. And they breed in January and February. I love researching stuff like this.
PS: Luis Lemmings – I’m not teasing you about the iguana fecal matter, but I might just maybe be teasing you about the “snow sharks”. Maybe . . .
February 21st, 2007 at 17:55
Your Horoscope
February 20, 2007 |
Your Birthday Today:
It’s not important that you failed, or that they laughed at you, or even that you cried when they laughed at you. What’s really important—what actually, truly matters—is how much louder and harder the laughter was when you cried.
Aries March 21 – April 19
You will soon meet the greatest love of your life, which, unfortunately, has less to do with the quality of the former than the brevity of the latter.
Taurus April 20 – May 20
While you admit you’ve made some mistakes in the past, the clockwork regularity and strangely detached manner in which you do so is really starting to freak people out.
Gemini May 21 – June 21
You will reach for the stars this week, once again proving your complete inability to accurately judge distances.
Cancer June 22 – July 22
The stakes will be raised this Thursday, moments before being repeatedly plunged by frightened townspeople into your chest.
Leo July 23 – August 22
You will awake feeling relatively refreshed and comparatively invigorated after deciding to cry yourself to sleep at a more reasonable hour tonight.
Virgo August 23 – September 22
What starts as a desperate attempt to finally regain control of your life will soon end as a desperate attempt to finally regain control of your life.
Libra September 23 – October 23
Your mother claims she never raised a liar for a son, but then what else do you expect from a lizard-human hybrid born out of a top-secret genetic-manipulation project gone terribly awry?
Scorpio October 24 – November 21
There’s a time and a place for everything, as you’ll soon discover after falling into the rhinoceros pit during mating season.
Sagittarius November 22 – December 21
Your inquisitive nature will soon see you demanding answers to a series of questions ranging from “Huh?” to “Who the—?” and “Whazzat?
Capricorn December 22 – January 19
Growing up, you always believed the house across the street belonged to an evil witch, but now that you’re older, you realize that she was in fact only renting it.
Aquarius January 20 – February 18
You will be saddened to learn that, in your case, mixing business with pleasure involves filling out the same quarterly spreadsheet report.
Pisces February 19 – March 20
Fortune will smile upon you this week, only it’ll do so in that shitty, passive-aggressive way Fortune has of smiling—you know the kind where you can tell it’s just being polite, but that, really, it doesn’t give a damn about how you’re actually doing. Ugh, seriously, fuck Fortune.
February 21st, 2007 at 20:46
cant you get new glass in your old glasses then.. in the monture.. is that a english word?
February 21st, 2007 at 22:41
Stu – I knew it! At least, I thought I knew it. Now I know I knew it.
I tried leaving a comment in your blog again, it didna work. Tried three times even, maybe they are stuck in some verification loop.
Luis Lemmings – I don’t even know if I have a big brush appropriate for goat grooming. But they must have something at the playground, I have seen them groom the horses. Maybe there’s something there I can use. Maybe I should sing some Carpenters to them as well, although I’m not much of a singer.
Maybe you can brush Moominlizard with a paintbrush. Like that old commercial with the colourful lizard.. amazing colours.. hmm. I don’t remember what it was about really.
I love your horrorscope Luis. You should have that published somewhere. Or maybe have your own psychic hotline. Can you tell me where my Mew t-shirt is, it’s been gone for months!
Laura – We are like twins seperated at birth. Freaky. I loved your latest youtube by the way. Mads and Magnethe have been known to get in a trough or two as well.
Debster – Magnethe has her most marked wool on her back legs. It looks kind of odd actually hehe.
You are a veritable walking encyclopedia. Next time I need to find something I’ll just consult you instead of google!
Hanne – Yes, I’ll probably end up doing something like that. I need such strong glasses that it’ll still be expensive probably though. Bummer.
February 21st, 2007 at 23:24
Hmm… looks like it thought you were spam… I’ve now whitelisted your domain and IP. :)
I really have to see your playground one day. It’s great!
February 22nd, 2007 at 5:54
STU: I like your pictures of the zebra finch, stags, squirrel (a nutter), the sheep in the green, green grass, the white horse, and of course GOATS. Plume has us all addicted to animal pictures. I have goats on spools, spoolish goats, if you will. They are big wooden spools (empty) that cable/wire come on for the electric company. Our goats love to jump on them.
We all want to visit the playground and have our dear danish goat boy (Da Plume) give us a tour. But we musn’t circle him, no no, he won’t tolerate that. And we must give him treats first! Plume fancies lemonade and so does Mads, King of Goats.
February 22nd, 2007 at 8:17
Stu – If you ever come to Denmark you should definitely visit it. I’ll give you the tour, apparently I am the designated tour guide!
Debster – If you give me soup treats then I might even let you circle me!
February 22nd, 2007 at 16:05
I knew you’d come around if “treats” were involved! And because I’m the Exalted Ruler of the Universe and appointed you the official Danish Playground Tour Guide. I have mucho powers!