Boogie Report

 

I got a report on Boogie this week.  Look how sleek and slim he is.

Must be all that good food and walks down the lane with Felissity.

Look at that silly boy being for some licorice or some graham crackers.

He is still al over. Likes everyone that he comes into contact with.  Funny thing...Felissity is trying to talk her parent into getting another goat!  Good luck! Boogie is going to miss Felissity when school starts in the fall.

He Is Livin' The Life

B the looks of the latest pics from Rusty, Boogie is livin' large.  He has made lots of new animal friends and he loves Felissity!  To the moon and back.

I found some books about goats and goat care that I gave to Felissity because she is researching everything goat.  I love it!

Another Boogie and Felissity Report

 I absolutely love getting texts out of the blue from Rusty about Boogie!  Makes me so happy to see that he is getting along so well and that someone enjoys him as much as I did.

I see that he likes apples and they tell me that his new favorites are graham crackers.

Look how slim he is.  He looks like he is getting the right amount of exercise and is not pining away missing us.

The report is that he now follows Felissity around wherever she goes.  That means she is his person.

I Think He Likes It

 I wonder about Boogie and how he is doing every day.  I don't want to be a pest but I just had to know so I text.  This was the response.

Boogie and his new best friend Fellissity just out for a little stroll around the farm.  This makes me laugh.  And I am sure that he loves it.

I'm not sure but by the looks of the pic I think he is betting his beard braided.

He loves attention and he loves being brushed or rubbed.

Off into the sunset, the new friends go.

I can never tell you how much this makes me feel better about the decision that I made.  It was a tough one but I can see it was the right one.  I think he will live a charmed life.  Oh and seems he likes graham crackers now too.

The Bad and The Good

 We have read and learned first hand that you should not have only one goat.  They are really social animals...sorta just like us.  Boogie has been heartbroken with the loss of Scoot.  He cries for him.  He craves attention.  I have tried my best to be there for him, extra love and attention, extra-long brushings, and maybe some (a lot) of black licorice.

I had to make a decision, what was best for him.  And that was to rehome him to a farm or somewhere where he could have animal friends again.  With a lot of help, he has been rehomed to a farm (a real one) that is close enough that I have permission to visit.  They have chickens, ducks, cats, and three girls that are pretty excited about him coming.

I got in a few see-ya-later kisses and nudges.

My neighbor Mr. Bill came down to say good-bye to him and he gave me two pics he had taken of Boogie looking over the fence.

I was amazed first that they got his shed out of the backyard as easily as they did.  Then how great Boogie walked with a rope on his neck down the driveway and into the shed on the trailer.  It is amazing what a craving for black licorice can do.  This is how he traveled down Rt32 to his new home.  I wish I could have seen people's reactions when they passed.  Thanks a million for all your help guys.

Jon sent pics via Rusty of his new home. Looks like it is a good place with good people.  That makes me happy and sad at the same time.

Larry and Linda sent lasagna as a thank you for clearing their driveway which came in at the right time.  I really didn't feel like cooking.

A Bob Evans chocolate peanut butter pie was delivered. 

And Adi drew me a picture to make me feel better.  This ended in a conversation about sad and happy tears.  I had both.

So it's been a rough week all around.

So now the only animals left on my little farm are the three dogs, hundreds (it seems) of squirrels and hopefully, I will be able to coax the birds and bees back to the yard this spring and summer.

Sunnin'

The Boys Say Hello

For the ladies of Wyngate!

They love the lazy days when the sun is out.  They love a good tan!

A short story about Binker...David Kalonick found him in downtown Cincinnati some 9 years ago.  This rabbit just keeps on kicking!

Goats, Taking Life Easy

Boogie being a little camera shy.

Someone has put on a few pounds over the winter or he might need a good brushing.

And there he is...

Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Now look who shows up at the Cluck-Thru!  We don't even need to call them.  Somehow they hear when we sit down at the table.  The kids love it and so do the animals.  There is always a treat at the end for the four-legged ones.

Be Free

Monday night Mark decided that the boys could be free.  Meaning that they could go in and out of the pen whenever they chose.  They chose to sleep by the backdoor.  I slept on the couch to keep an eye on them.  Boogie got into the little trash can (that had a tight lid on it) and ate whatever he could find.  I don't even remember what was in it.  Then he used the can on its side as a pillow.  Crack me up.

Boogie figured out that all the fun was happening in the family room and wanted in.

They drank from the chicken waterer.  Ate most of the leave and mowed down all the weeds on the left side of the backyard.  I should have let them out years ago to eat the weeds.  Next fall they will earn their keep.  I'll never have to pull another weed!

This is the very first time that I have noticed Scoot has a heart on his side.

They love the freshly fallen oak leaves.

I am totally serious about the weed eating thing in the fall!  Might even rent them out if I could just figure out how to load them in the truck without them running down the street!

The Boys

They love a good mouthful of hay.

But don't like to have their pictures taken.  I get the camera out and this is what I get from Boogie.

But then I start sweet-talking him and he turns around o really hear what I am saying.

Scoot is eating the hay while Boogie eats some of the grain.

Then it is time for a little game of tag.

You Just Never Know What You Will See

 A sad day.  Something, most likely a fox, got Agnus a few days ago.  I search high and low for the body but only found feathers.
So we are down to two chickens,  one of mine and one of Mark's.

I found this in the goat pen.  Anyone want to take a guess?

There is a little something-something peeking through.

Now can you tell?

Mr. Bill sent me this.  Come to find out Boogie likes to leeo over the fence to se what Mr. Bill s doing.

Stinker!