Apr 20 - 26

So, folks the baby geese hatched the other day. Here are 2 photos of them in the nest.

The next day they jumped six feet down and joined their parents in the pond.

Then they abandoned us for the neighbors fancy pond.

Apr 13 - 19

I appreciate all the people who brought me articles from the Bee about how Goats eat everything.

So apparently, I have spoiled goats. Figures since I got them from Granite Bay.
They were probably hand fed. Probably fed fresh apples and fresh blackberries bushes.

I am sure it is way beneath them, literally, to eat off the bare ground. And of course me bringing them scraps from the restaurant doesn't help.

I wish I had something intelligent to say, but you know that is not going to happen.

Apr 6 - 12

Has anyone ever told you you were stupid, and as soon as they said it, you realized they were absolutely right?

Okay, so about a year ago, we moved the kids into their own home in Orangevale. On the side of my son’s house was a large lot that was difficult to maintain, so I got goats to keep it manageable. Lately, the weeds have been getting very tall.

I tried not feeding them and told all the neighbors not to feed them, but the grass kept growing. This last week, I had a veterinary appointment for their semiannual vaccinations. While she was there, I asked her why the goats weren’t eating the weeds.

She took her hat off, put her hands on her hips, stared at me, and—in what I think was a Texas accent—said, “Goats don’t eat weeds.”

This is where I tried to look intelligent, but failed miserably.

She went on to say, “They eat hanging vines, branches off trees, blackberries—but they don’t eat weeds. You need some sheep.”

Ten months after getting goats—which I was told would eat anything—I found out I knew nothing.

So now I need to hire a gardener.