shots from Saturday Morning

TootleLu gets a lift from her Mama, Clara


Clara and her triplets - CoCo, Deets, and TootleLu

Deets and Sundance

we're still bottle feeding Gabbi

they've been stripping the bark of an apple tree

SweetPea and her blue-eyed Mama, June

SweetPea playing with her blue-eyed half-brother, Sundance

Canyons, MaggiDan's Milker

The view from Canyons Restaurant today. Met my GOG's (Good Ole Gals) for lunch. We dine at a different spot each month.

Todays my birthday and I'm surrounded by this, thank you Lord.

These boys are inseparable - SugarPop and Cahoot.

Mike has been burning decayed wood, etc that was laying around the barn area.

Christy at FarmDreams recommended the MaggiDansMilker, haven't had the time yet to get the hang of it yet but think I will like it, will report back later.

I had a photo of my little, outside grill but the photo came out sideways. We've been cooking out the last few evenings, I grilled some corn last night that turned out so crunchy and tastey. Yum. Gotta do that again.

BlueRidgeMtns & buck pen

We live the Blue Ridge Mountains. This is the view from our doe pasture. The bucks don't have their fenced pasture yet but

they now have a buck pen.

MilkDud, Cahoot, and SugarPop. Cubby and Boones will be moving in when we take 'em from Caliente. That will be difficult for Mike and I, taking babies from a Mama, so don't hold your breath.

9-month old SweetPea likes playing with the kids. She doesn't hang out with her Mother June and Grandmother Clara. You see SweetPea's stomach that was shaved for the c-section, however, she doesn't realize that she is a Mama. We're still bottle feeding little Gabbi.

I hate for the black hoses to be in the photo but they transport our Spring Water which we use a lot of for our animals.

Young Cuckoo Marans perching on a water bucket.

HeritageHomestead Goat Cheese, etc

The best goat cheese that I've ever tasted is sold at my High Country Farmers Market. Heritage Homestead Today, she didn't have as many flavors as she usually does (didn't have my Orange/Cranberry/Black Walnut but still had a good selection. I bought the Garlic/Chives for me and the Fiesta for Mike.

A coworker Louis and his wife, Grace, stopped by an bought a dozen eggs from us. Thank you!

Caliente and her boys, Cubby and Boones, were doing better today, getting used to a new home. I'll be glad when that green tattoo ink wears off of 'em.

Caliente, Porch, Goat Cheese

Meet red Caliente, and her wethers Cubby, and Boones. They moved from West Virginia to our house today. Their breeder, Bob at Country Bumpkins, tattooed their ears yesterday and I think the green ink is supposed to disappear in a couple of weeks. Bob met another gal, from Maryland at 4AM, who was traveling to Kids Corral in Marion, NC to pickup some goats so she brought our three. Thank you Bob for making the transfer in the middle of the night! while we slept.

We're up to 15 goats now which includes three wethers and six kids. I guess we will breed a few, we have invested in good stock, but the primary interest is as pets and the goats milk (which you have to breed the does to get milk). I started out just wanting a couple of does for the milk now look at us. :-)

Cubby, Boones, Caliente


As we traveled to Kids Corral in Marion, NC this morning, we saw a campground park, I took some photo's because I want to show Contractor BIL this porch, we want something like this for our RV.

This afternoon, I attempted my second batch of goat cheese. Click on that link, I like the directions better than the one on my first try. And I didn't want to use rennet but wanted to use apple-cider vinegar as the separator.

Separating, getting the whey on top. The leftover whey can be used to water your plants, cooks beans, etc.

I mixed in a little orange marmalade. Wish I had a few cranberries to add in. Would have been thicker if I had let it drain longer, but was anxious to try it, turned out pretty good. At our High Country Farmers Market, one of my friends sells several flavors of soft goat cheese, savory and sweet ones, all are just delicious.

Book - Temple Grandin

If you are looking for a good read,

Book - Animals Make Us Human By Temple Grandin

Temple is a doctor of animal science and a high-functioning autistic.

around here this evening

Cuckoo Marans Early and LouBlue


All 4 of our Bourbon Red turkeys in the same photo - a first.


MIL's large garden


moving to the right, our RV down from the garden and pasture

We live in the Blue Ridge Mountains of the Appalachians but my inexpensive camera doesn't always pick up the blue layers that surround us.

Cahoot, a Nigerian Dwarf Dairy buckling

and his wethered buddy, SugarPop

Gypsy and Clara

June delivered twins 10 days ago but she is still big around. She's like me, stays a little too focused on food. Aren't her blue eyes pretty?

Her little buckling, Sundance, has blue eyes too. Her daughter, SweetPea, on left.