So it seems my work is never done...which is totally fine with me because my work is something I love and wouldn't trade for the world. My work consists of lugging buckets and mixing grain, trimming hooves and hauling hay....Its the job of a friendly female farmer....except right this very moment I am sick. I have snubbed up nose, a sore throat and a cough. It sucks, I HATE being sick, and come to think of it, don't honestly remember the last time I had a cold. I am a really healthy person normally, so why has this happened. STRESS...and I let it get to me. Lots of things are transitioning here at Black Horse Farm, all of them are for the best, but still its change and sometimes change for me is difficult, I am stubborn and hold onto things that do not support and uplift me in my future endeavors, but Alas its a process that I am working on. So tonight in the blustery wind and snow, I bundled myself up to go and visit the goat ladies, fluff them up a big bale of hay and sit and scratch away anyone who was interested. Gigi of course is interested, she is the extremely vocal cashmere goat who is friendly to a fault and wants to talk your ear off, until that is you start to scratching.....she takes on this mesmerized look that says in a language only the one doing the scratching can understand...OOOOHHHH Yaa baby that's the spot....all animals have a look when you get the sweet spot, the spot they just can't reach on there own. She bounces away contented and begins to munch the freshly fluffed hay....Then comes Mae, she is our Alpha goat, and is persistent about how and when and how much you scratch her and no matter how long you do it, the look she gives says...you can't possibly think you are done....She paws you with determination, insisting you continue. She makes me smile, they all do...all 11 of them, we are adding 2 more does with babies in the belly to our herd after the first of the year, giving us 8 does in milk this spring. We really need to win the powerball so I can get my dairy and commercial kitchen set up...
Even when I am sick and not feeling my best, I feel better by going out to do the nightly check on the ladies, for taking the time to sit down in the hay and scratch and love on them. To observe the herd and see the dynamics of their hierarchy. To make sure no one is sick or has a injury of any sort. Its a time to just relax myself for the day and chill with my goatie girls. They make me smile and laugh and not take anything to seriously....Yesterday morning we went out and played...I ran around in circle and they all followed me round and round, jumping and kicking and bouncing into each other...taking the moment for what it was worth..a moment of release, fun and laughter....I know I feel much better when I take these moments every day.....lessons learned from a goat and their farmer....
Till tomorrow peeps!
-the friendly female farmer
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