A Waiting Wednesday

After our cold start to Tuesday, the temperatures warmed up.

All that snow melted

By afternoon it was really windy and about sixty degrees.  And this was the only decent day over all of spring break to give birth.

I took the sweater off Melba.

And so I waited.

LilyAnn and Penelope (in the background)

And by the end of the day, zero goats had gone into labor.

Purl (and she is not stuck)

But I did manage to trim a couple of sets of hooves.

Perdita

Caroline got more probiotics.  She is not doing well at all.

Caroline

I did some housecleaning.

I picked up all the cardboard Salem has shredded.

I did some more knitting.  And of course, I wrote this blog post.

I didn’t have pink in the right weight, so the next one is camouflage.

And the sun set.

SOOC sunset

And I waited and hoped that someone would go into labor before the rain and cold came on Thursday.

What Season Is It?

We seem to be in a winter storm Thursday pattern.  And maybe a thunderstorm Tuesday.  It’s crazy.

Sunset after last Thursday’s snow

And we keep going between snow and mud.

Goats weren’t happy their pasture was covered again on Saturday morning.

I have to say, I’m really not a fan of the snow storm during the work week part–it’s been some pretty dicey driving.  In fact, I almost stopped and came home Friday morning, but I didn’t.

By Sunday morning, everyone was out in pasture again.

On my way home that afternoon, there was a pickup on its side in the median right where I thought about turning around.  (Kinda wish I’d gone and taken a picture of that.)

The goats try to find places where they don’t have to be in mud.

As soon as it’s done snowing, it melts.

Popcorn trying to keep his hooves dry.

Last Tuesday we had probably between a half to three-quarts of an inch of ran.

What do you mean my beak is a muddy mess?

That means mud.

Ms. Goose is the only one who likes the mud.

She’s not quite as happy that when it got cold her pool froze and its still solid and stuck to the ground.  Hopefully, I can get it taken care of soon.  Because she needs a bath again!

My maple tree is not supposed to be budding out in February.  That’s insane.

And this week is looking like it will have a similar pattern.

If we have to have the bad weather, I think I’d even rather have it on the weekends, so I don’t have to drive.

Leftover Friday!

Our weather has been up and down all week, and it looks like we’re supposed to have a nice weekend.  I hope so.

Moose

Heidi

So hard to get a good picture of Salem

Popcorn

Hilda in the middle of her girls Purl (behind) and Rosie (front)

Maybeline

sunflare sunset

Antigone and Xerxes up north

Salem and Sky–they make me laugh

Odie

bright late afternoon sunshine

Wanda

Hopefully, we can. make it back to reasonable.  I think I’m about ready for spring to make an appearance.