Poco Mountain Girl

Linking up with SouleMama…a moment from our week.

My friend Erica’s three goats were lost in the neighborhood one night.  She eventually found them, but wanted to make sure they carried contact info in case it happened again.  So…she asked me to make some goat ID tags. 🙂 🙂

I tailored the artwork on the tags to Erica and her goats.  She’s Japanese, so I hand-lettered them in this artsy Japanese-style font.

For Nuku’a, the girly “princess” goat, I went for a Hawaiian vibe using a sparkly surf-blue background and a Japanese flower design.   Cady is the other doe–a feisty and brave little goat girl.  I painted hers bright red and added three cherry blossoms.  For Zen, the calm and cool boy goat, I made an open “zen” circle in blue on a gold background.

The tags are worked in permanent colored inks on aspen wood slices. The backs feature a little heart over each center knot and Erica’s contact info.

Hope you goats like your tags!  Y’all will be the best-dressed goats in town. 🙂

Well, we don’t have anything on the Northeast, but we have gotten a little snow and a few cold days.  Goodbye, February summer.  We  have fond memories of thee and thy warm sunshine.

We happened on this mini horse in the feed store this weekend.   I think she was there for a birthday party, and probably stayed after for a little “advertisement” for her farm.  She is only 10 months old, and super tiny.  Zia thought she was a dog at first. 🙂

We brought Zia’s little goat home yesterday!

A last romp with her mama, Tsunami. Neither one of them cried for each other when they parted. Her mama is a feisty little thing, as you might be able to see from this picture. She was probably thinking, Good riddance.  Jk, but I think I am getting over this dread of weaning goat children. They actually are just a little different than humans. 🙂

Valentine is an African Pygmy/Nigerian Dwarf mix. Dwarves are a bit finer boned than pygmies and are considered a dairy goat, while pygmies are considered more of a pet/4-H/meat breed.  Both are tiny.

Getting ready to take her home!

Zia rode with her in the back, since she is very calm and cuddly.  So is the goat. 😉 Actually, Zia is not that calm, but she is cuddly.

Welcome to the mountains, little goat.  She’s from the foothills, where the temperature is at least 20 degrees warmer all the time.

Pippa put up quite a fuss when we arrived, and has spent every waking moment teaching this new little creature exactly who is Queen of this mountain. Pierogi, on the other hand, was thrilled to have a little goat friend for the first time in his life.

See Mom?  She’s not so bad.

Goat in the house!

We made Valentine a little place to sleep on the stairs, but it turned out she missed goat company and preferred taking her chances with Pippa’s horns, so we let her sleep in the shed.

Valentine is now allowed to sleep within a few feet of Pippa and her child. Pierogi is very spoiled and gets the best seat in the house.

Welcome to the herd, kid!