All the Farm's a Stage

All the Farm's a stage

And all the bucks and does merely players

They have their exits and their entrances

And one kid in her time plays many parts*




*with all due respect to William Shakespeare

Farm Cat Friday - Success!

You will recall Sherpa the Farm cat's aborted attempt to jump up, up, up!
Well, he tried again!

He came. 

He looked up.

He looked at the publicist.
She told him not to jump.
He appeared to listen.


But later she heard a noise and looked up.
What did she see?

SHERPA THE FARM CAT ON THE WALL!
So he must have made the leap!


Silly Sherpa!

Who is Helping Emily on the Goat House?

Our intrepid little kid Emily showed her mettle yesterday and she kept control of the top of the new goat house. Hooray for Emily! It didn't matter how many times Mallory butt her off the top Emily just kept coming back. Look at her stomp at Mallory - she is saying, "My goat house!"

She just plain wore Mallory down. But was Emily going to keep the goat house all to herself - or was she willing to share?

Of course she was! She is a good kid. After Mallory left Matthew came to see what the fuss was about. He gave things a good sniff, and a little look-see.

He then decided to see things from a higher level.

He liked it up there! And Emily was happy to have company of her same size. Plus Matthew didn't try to butt her off - he's a good cousin. He was sure to sniff and sniff and sniff to make sure everything was A-OK.

They played up there for a bit...

 ...until Mallory came calling for Matthew so he jumped down to go get a drink of milk.

And by the time they were finished Emily was quite tired so she took advantage of her passing Nanny for a little help down.

The kids are enjoying having the new goat house in their pen. Who knows what they will do next!

Tomorrow: A delayed AbbyDay...and she is not happy! 

What Did the Publicist See?

It started out as a normal, quiet morning. The publicist was sitting in her trailer reading the paper. That morning was the first morning she had put all of us girl goats in the same pen together. I can't say that I was happy about it. Jillian and Mallory are very, uhm, active. That's a good word - active. And playful. They are also very playful. I am an old goat. I like my peaceful time. I don't want to run around and butt heads. But I understand, the fields need to have rest periods too.

The publicist had brought in Jillian and Mallory's goat house so there would be plenty of shelter from the sun or rain. She wasn't too smart in its placement, though, because as she was sitting there reading her paper she heard some strange noises and looked out her window. This is what she saw:

JILLIAN AND MALLORY ON TOP OF THE GOAT HOUSE!!!!!

They were up there having a butting contest. Silly goats.

The publicist came out and they jumped down - actually Jillian butted Mallory off and then she jumped down. The publicist was quite upset she wasn't still taking photos because it was quite a magnificent leap!

Abby and I were discussing what to do about them and trying to stay out of the way. Can you see me way in the back of the little goat house? Kevin is in there too!

She went back into the trailer and heard the noises again! And this is what she saw:

Because the publicist was stupid and didn't move the little goat house....

Once she did that Jillian and Mallory could not jump up to the top of the big goat house any longer and all was (mostly) peaceful in the pen.

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