Saturday, March 29, 2008

Easter





Goat Shearing

Today, we sheared the goats. Or, I should say, a very kind gentleman sheared the goats, I just moved them from place to place and picked up mohair. The kids helped, until Matthew and Cora got a bit scared and had to move out of the pen. Anna took pictures and video. Once all that mohair was cut off, you wouldn't even recognize them as being the same goats!
My billy looks much smaller, not nearly so pretty, and just not very impressive when he's buck naked.
Gypsy, my purebred angora doe, looks like a stick who swallowed a basketball after losing all of that hair. The next picture shows her being sheared- notice the beautiful curly locks?
All gone!
Two more pictures of Gypsy. A side view, that shows just how wrinkly she is under all of that mohair- she and Curly, the other purebred angora, had a garbage bag full of mohair together.
And Gypsy's opinion of shearing:

Saturday, March 01, 2008

Reagan Enjoying the Warm Weather

Sadie and Reagan spend a lot of time together. Reagan especially loves to sit on Sadie, bouncing up and down until Sadie gets fed up, and rolls over, tumbling Reagan off, which just leads to giggles from Reagan.
Notice the scab on Reagan's nose? Duane is pretty sure that I didn't tell him that Reagan can open the kitchen door- I'm equally sure I did. Either way, she opened the door and tumbled down the steps, landing on her face. I guess she thought I needed help doing chores and was coming to find me!

Let's Go Fly a Kite!

Today, March 1, was a beautiful day. Sunny, warm, play-out-side-all-day weather. Anna thought it just might be windy enough to keep our heavy-duty fish kite up in the air. She was right!

It was a bit muddy though!