It's beautiful outside right now. The stars are easily seen out here in the desert away from the city lights. It hasn't gotten so hot yet that even when the sun goes down the heat radiates from the baked ground and you find no cool breeze anywhere except next to the air conditioning vent in... Continue Reading →
Diary of a Milk Maid: Week 3
* Warning: This post will be full of goat speak. For anyone who may be interested in learning the lingo I'm learning, I've linked the terminology to sites explaining their meanings*Today completes three weeks of milking my first freshener Darla. The three weeks was completed in Darla's cantankerous style. In fact I would say... Continue Reading →
Meanwhile, back at the farm: Journal of a Milk Maid Day 3 {and thoughts on Nahum}
(Daylight and Daisy) (Daisy, the more timid of the two doelings, warming up to me and my hat)(Daisy and Darla (the momma goat) (Daisy) I thought it was neat that both my doelings have these pretty markings on their backs. They both have a black strip down their spine and star of white on the black stripe.... Continue Reading →