WE HAVE GOATS!!!

We drive 1 hour 45 minutes to look at these goats that are in New Tripoli. Wow the countryside was amazing!! Jess was fantastic with them (she looks after them).

I did pack my wellies ~ but ended up in the barn with my flip flops.... Mike called me a clown (honk honk)

Being an aussie bloke he took charge & checked for all the things my lovely vet told me to look for :)

So we decided to buy 3!! All girls ~ 2 sisters that were born Super Bowl Sunday & are already named Seattle & Denver... & another girl called Patches. You know me & names... I'd love to think more about them... suggestions welcomed!!

My lovely friend, Nonny, asked if we were transporting them in crates... my response:

ermmmmmm...

I LOVE MY MINIVAN!!! ~ how else can you transport a family of 4, 2 bails of hay & 3 goats in style!!!

Traffic was bad on the way back ~ windows had to be opened... Mike pulls up longingly beside a fancy looking audi & comments what a nice car... yeah & I bet they don't have 3 goats in the back!!

The girls were so good apart from the occasional bleat & waft of goatness you wouldn't even know they were there.

that is one fine looking goat!!! [ Seattle ]

my farm hands...

[ Patches ]

They were a bit wild yesterday ~ but have calmed down a lot today. I wanted to bring them nearer the house to graze on the tasty weed patch but they don't like going on a lead... my gorgeous friend said no problem, where do you want her? :)

2 hotties!!

Of course I want to feed them everything, I am half Italian!! But so far I've given then banana, strawberries, melon (water & cantaloupe), swiss chard, cabbage & apple, (but they seem a bit overwhelmed to enjoy them). They love my potted elephant ears though.

I thought the car had survived any lasting odors... but as we ran errands today & it got hotter outside there was definitely a farmyard smell growing stronger. If only I could find where I packed my steam cleaner.