A Character

Today, I'm donning my other horns.  Instead of being a famous, musical blogging goat, I'm working as the spokesgoat for...

my human.

See, she wrote a novel and I am one of the "characters" in her book.



So's Bob.



She wanted me to tell you that her novel, The Elements, is available through Amazon.  She is also hosting a giveaway at Goodreads.  You can enter the giveaway through the sidebar widget.  Be warned though, this isn't a book for kids, only mature bucks and does.

All of us animals at Eden Hills would appreciate it if you helped spread the news about our human's book, so everybody buys it.  Maybe then she'd be able to stay home with us all the time!

Follower

Me's gots a follower.

Silly Bob kitty!  He's no goat.

He nots suppose to be browsin' wif us.

Linking to Farmboy Friday cuz me's no girl.

Norma Jean Be's Naughty

Norma Jean be's staring at something wif her mikly face.

Or is it someone?

There she goes!  What is she after?

Bob cat!

Run, Bob. Run!

Naughty Norma Jean!

"Oh, yeah.  I'm bad."

"I showed that cat who's boss around here."

Her Maxine maa better teaches her some manners.

Pool and Beard

I get to lay in the pool at night because I am the herd queen.

Not everybody gets to lay in a pool. Most of them have to sleep on the ground.

But I am herd queen.

Look what happened to me in pasture today.

How humiliating to have burrs in your beard.

By the way, Bob can see with both eyes again, and he got to come visit us.

Where's Bob?

We have a cute little buddy that hangs out with us, but we haven't seen our friend Bob for a couple of days. I asked the human where he went. Look at this!!!!

He got something in his eye that he appears to be allergic to, so the human won't let him out.

He's not very happy about it. I thought I could hear him whining all the way out here once.

I must say, he isn't very photogenic. We goats are always ready to pose for our picture.

She thinks he'll get to come out tomorrow if it keeps looking better.

Bob Makes Friends

This is Bob. He spends a lot of time in the barnyard.

Everyone seems to want to be his friend. Little Miss Maddie introduces herself.

Bekka gives him a good sniff to see if he would be friend material.

Now Bob returns the favor.

Even big Sally wants to check him out. She certainly got his attention. After all, she's a giant compared to him.

I wish I were as popular as Bob.

Peachick is Gone

The other day the human spent I don't know how much time looking for the little peachick.

She could have been scratching between my horns or serving me a nice cold bowl of pink lemonade, but she was searching in the building and in the outdoor pen and even outside the pen. The little chick had taken to hopping through the wire and feasting on the hay set out for the weaned goatie girls.

She never did find the chick. At first she thought this might have been the problem.

No, not the duck. The pool. Just a couple of days before she came rushing out of the building and swooped the little thing out of the pool. I could hear her in the barn talking to it. "Oh, poor baby. You just sit here. I'll hold you under the heat lamp until you're warm and dry and fluffy."

Poor baby, heck. It's called survival of the fittest. Anyhow, she emptied the pool and got clean water, which Quackers was enjoying, but she did not find a little peabody.

That made her think the something like this might be the culprit. After all, the chick had been going out of the pen, and a raccoon could have picked it off.

Personally, I think it's way more likely that it became a snack for this.

Summer Fun

The human let us into our good old pasture again. The kids are really enjoying the old stumps.

Stormy seems to be the biggest kid. You'd never guess that she is a responsible adult with her own kid.

Flash looks like he could enter a long jump contest.

Kizzy finally brought her girls out. I think that is just great.

I do wish, however, she would not try to kill any kid (my Bambi) that gets within ten feet.

Here, she is giving Flower and Bud the goat stare of death. They weren't too scared.

She's already chased Bob Cat a couple of times.

The human suggested she go after Rooster Boy if she really wants to kill someone. He's gotten a bit full of himself since Tammy's chickens went to be processed, and he is still here.

Busy, Busy, Busy

Things have really been happening here. It's cooler and rainy. I'm still trying to figure out when I want to have kids. I did get to go spend the afternoon in the shed Cutie and Pam had shared because we had a lot of rain, thunder and lightening. The human didn't like us in the metal hut under the tree, so she moved us. Now I'm back to laying in the hut under the tree.

Scarlet has finally brought her triplets outside. Right after the human trimmed her hooves, she opened the gate for them to come out. They are certainly going to keep Scarlet on her toes. Good thing her feet are in better shape now.

She has one little girl with a bad eye. She's washing it with garlic water and putting a salve in it, so it is looking better. Maybe she got something in it when she was born. It's more likely that the lid was turned in. The vet said to make sure she pulled that lower lid out when she put the salve in, and it might be enough to correct it; otherwise, she'd have to have a clip put on it to correct the problem.

We have someone to watch over all the kids. It started with Mabel and her babies. Now, he watches and follows and looks after all the kids. It's kind of weird really.

Muffin's girls look much better now that they are dry and fluffy. They are two girls. Neither one has obvious horn buds, but we'll just have to wait a few days to see for sure. They both have wattles, just like their mom. Muffin hasn't brought them out yet, but she did have to share the building with them during the rain storm.

Here's Bob. He's always hanging out with us in the barnyard. He better not go near Muffin's girls because she tries to kill anything that comes near her babies: cats, geese... I hope the rooster doesn't try to check on her kids.

Last night, Litha decided to have her babies. She had twins. This one arrived first, and is a little girl.

Next came this little boy. The human said they arrived at 2:00 am. I wouldn't know because I was sleeping.