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cash and the goats: a photo essay

Posted on January 28th, 2015 by mountain girl  |  4 Comments »



they’re home

Posted on January 24th, 2015 by mountain girl  |  11 Comments »

Meet Pippa and Pierogi!  We brought them home in the back of our SUV this afternoon and introduced them to their new place.  It was cold and windy outside, so we put them in their little barn right away.  They sniffed around and Pierogi made himself right at home–skipping, nursing, climbing on his mother, and finally […]



almost ready

Posted on January 21st, 2015 by mountain girl  |  3 Comments »

We took a trip to the feed store and got our hay, straw, feed, and all things goaty.  We pulled it all up the mountain in a trailer and set up a feed storage area in the basement.  David has been working like crazy to finish the shed (with rubber flooring) and build a pen. […]



goat visit!

Posted on January 13th, 2015 by mountain girl  |  2 Comments »

My friend Erica walked her three goats down the road to our house for a visit the other day.  We had so much fun with them!  The goats are Nubians–a male and two females–and so friendly and curious. There were goats running in and out of the playhouse, leaping up and down the steps, pattering […]



and then they had cake

Posted on January 1st, 2015 by mountain girl  |  10 Comments »

Zia insisted we needed to “bake a HUGE cake” today.  So we did–but not exactly a huge one. We had just about enough flour, sugar, eggs, and confectioner’s sugar for half a cake, so we made a one-layer vanilla cake.  It was plenty–with leftovers to freeze until Caleb comes home. (Not that you’re saving any […]