Kidding: Round Two

I can’t believe it’s time for our next round of kidding.  I really thought I had a good plan for separating the retired and already done kidding goats from the ones that are to give birth.  Then I could keep the new moms and kids in my little pasture, while I had all the others out in the Back Forty.  The rain isn’t letting that happen.  With over a foot of rain, my barn is flooded and messy, and I have no idea how this is going to work.  Somehow, it will all work out though.  I have ten girls due between May 31st and June 5th.

Due May 31:

Bonnie bred to Fionn

Due June 3:

Pistol bred to Fionn

Harley bred to Fionn

June 4:

Victoria bred to Fionn

Clover bred to Fionn

Vinnie bred to Fionn

Dolly bred to Fionn

June 5:

Joe  bred to Boeris

Maisie bred to Fionn

Cookie bred to Fionn

I don’t plan on sleeping much in the month of June.

Linking to Rurality Blog Hop, Farmgirl Friday and From the Farm Blog Hop,

This Week’s Scavenger Hunt

The topics for this weeks scavenger hunt are:  vacation, food(s), sound, texture, and anything.

Vacation:  I don’t really get to vacation much with all the animals.  I do consider almost every trip to the pasture to be a nice mini-vacation spent with my friends, however.  I really do get to spend a lot of time in my favorite place in the world.

Top: Millie leading; Bottom: the rest of the herd

Food(s):  The pasture also provides a lot of food for the goats.

(SOOC) Vinnie, Cinnamon, Myson, Vixen, Jelly, and Muffin

Some of them like to eat on the run!  There’s grass and those delicious multiflora rose bushes!

(SOOC) Clockwise from top: 1.  Kizzy, Chip, Robbie, Victoria. 2.  Huey. 3.  Bud, Xena, Huey, Ximon, Robbie, and Myson.  4.  Reva.

Sound:  I love the sound of the birds when I’m walking back there.  The red-winged blackbirds are especially noisy.

Texture:  I was looking at this old stump with the lichens and shelf fungi and remains of bark.  It has a lot of interesting textures.

SOOC

While I was walking close to it, I scared one of the owlets.  I keep doing that, even though I don’t mean to.  I kind of like the texture of their feathers too.

Great Horned Owl

Anything:  Well, I saw the male oriole in the wild plum tree, but I’m trying to decide if the lower picture is his mate.  I couldn’t get close enough for a really good picture, but maybe someone can tell.

Updated: Top: Oriole; Bottom: Eastern Meadowlark

I’m also sharing Haley and Harley, my triplet girls that I have come to call Monster 1 and Monster 2 because they are such ornery characters.

(SOOC) Haley and Harley

I don’t know how long they were together trying to get cozy and cuddled up next to each other.

Linking to Scavenger Hunt Sunday, Monday Mellow Yellows, Bird d’Pot, and Mosaic Monday.

Another Scavenger Hunt

The topics for this week’s scavenger hunt are:  perspective, golden, bloom, dark and local.

Perspective:  I’m so glad that my cherry tree is loaded with lots of blossoms, and they are just starting to open up.  Hopefully we’ll have a good year for cherries and apples, and I’ll be making a lot of wine this fall!

This is the wild plum blossoms.

Golden:  My favorite time to go outside and take pictures is in the golden light of evening.  It’s perfect, even if it is sometimes more orange than gold.

Minnie Pearl

Millie

Bloom:  My peach tree is blooming.  Well, there’s about ten or so blossoms on it.

Dark:  My beautiful MJ is about as dark as they come.  Soon the longer days will bleach him out to a dark brown color.  As round as Maxine is looking, I need to move them off that alfalfa to the Back Forty.  The trees need to get some leaves first though.

MJ and Maxine

Local:  This is one of the local residents in my Back Forty.  This little fellow was enjoying a drink in the drainage ditch.

Then he saw me.

He went back to his tree.

He decided to just get comfy in the tree and wait for me to move on.

Linking to Scavenger Hunt Sunday, Weekly Top Shot, Macro Monday, Mandarin Orange Monday, and Monday Mellow Yellows.