Just Where to Scratch

Annie seems to think the human knows just where to scratch...

Looks like she's enjoying herself.  I think I should be getting some of that attention though.

Annie is Ornery Again

Annie was feeling ornery again this past weekend, you know before it was freezing rain.

She and Dolly were butting heads through the fence.  They seemed to be having a really good time.



Pam was watching them.



I think she's wishing she weren't so big and round so she could go have fun too.

Cannibal Annie

We were just hanging out the other day (before it got so cold) when Annie came up to me.



I thought she was being nice and just showing me some respect.



But then...



She tried eating my horn!

I must say I was shocked!

Can you believe this?

Annie Get Your Lovin'

Annie didn't feel very well for a day or two.  It was nothing serious, just a cold, and she's all better now.

But she sure did play it up to get some lovin' from the human.  Smart girl!

A Soft Pillow

Annie found a soft pillow for her nap.

Looks pretty cozy if you ask me.

Linking to Clever Chick's Blog Hop.

A Farewell

Do you remember these two?

This is Betty Lou's little girl, Squirt.

This is Annie's boy, Fowler.

(With twin brother, Fionn)

Today they left the farm to go to their own forever farm.

We'll miss them very much, but we know they are going to a good family.

Annie, the Baaaad Naaaanny

Annie had twins, Fionn and Fowler. Here is Fowler.

He is big and sleek and strong from nursing his nanny.

Here is Fionn. He's trying to chase his nanny down, so he can nurse.

He can see what he wants.

He can almost reach.

Oh, she stepped away.

Now where is lunch going to come from?

Yep, Fionn is one of the human's bottle kids because Annie is a baaaad naaaanny.

Collars

I am not the only goat around here gaining weight. In fact, a lot of our girls seem to be outgrowing their collars!

Maggie needs a bigger collar. She is one of the yearlings, and she has really filled out and grown.

Helen, another yearling, needed her collar loosened, and now she won't let the human catch her. She looks like some kind of stray without a collar.

Look who else needs a bigger collar. She's not maturing, though. She's positively fat.

Maybe I'll outgrow mine if I keep eating. Scarlet doesn't have a collar either, but she didn't outgrow hers. She lost it fighting. The human wasn't too happy with her.

Annie

When the human came home and started doing chores, this is what she found.

It did not belong on the ground in the mud. This is where it belonged, on Annie Belle O'Boera.

This is the collar that Annie had been wearing since she first came to Eden Hills long before it was Eden Hills when she was only a few months old. She, Scarlet and Grace were not very friendly, so the human had to lock them in and put whatever collar she could find on them. They never had a new collar, just the leftover whatever was lying around collars.

Now Annie has lived here for for almost four years and become very nice. Last year, she had Sallie, who is standing behind her in the picture.

Isn't this much better? This year she'll have a Marley baby. You can see she is getting fairly close to having her baby. Anyhow, after four years, she lost that icky old collar.

Here Annie shows off not only her pretty new collar but also her flexibility.