Author Archives: Beth Donovan
Light Snow
Our silly goats seem to enjoy being out in the snow. When I went out to get them their hay, they were all out in the pasture instead of their run in. All the goats ran over to me, except … Continue reading
Cleaning the Barn
In the winter, we just keep piling straw onto the the barn floor. It’s called deep bedding, I believe, and it keeps the critters warmer. You just keep piling straw or other bedding over the poops – and goats have … Continue reading
Short Post, I’m all peopled out
We went to a Rotary event tonight. It’s an important one, about fundraising. It was a nice dinner, but I am completely peopled out. I’m never very good in large groups of people I don’t know very well, so I … Continue reading
I’m Far Behind my Goats Goals.
I had hopes of all my goats being sheared a month ago, but weather, work and a woeful attitude delayed it all. Here is a photo of Miss DeeDee, well in need of shearing. I have a whole bunch more … Continue reading
NA-NO-WRI-MO? No! LO-GO-WRI-MO
As many of you know, November is National Novel Writing Month. I have a lot friends who work hard on this every year. I don’t have a novel in me, but I do have a blog! A mostly Goat Blog … Continue reading
Okay, not so depressed now.
Drugs seem to be helping. So, as an update, we lost two of the three very sick goats that I wrote about in July. It’s been a rough 6 weeks or so. I have spent a lot of time checking … Continue reading
Depression is so darn annoying!
Yeah, I wrote there for a few days in a row – a couple of months ago!! Then I fell down into that hole again. Climbing back up. Working on recovering the house – vacuuming, dusting, all that fun stuff! … Continue reading
Kid Care
Well, my 7 bottle baby kids are slowly being weaned off the bottle. Today, I decided to feed one at a time, then put the kid on my grooming stand so I could trim nails and spray anti-bug stuff on … Continue reading
On Habits
I did mention a week or so ago that I needed to give up some habits to be a more successful goat herder/ fiber artist. I did delete from my Kindle one of the two games that suck me in … Continue reading