Tuesday April 6, 2010

 

 

Sheep & Goats

…and a car for Nathan

Wednesday, March 31

 

 

While at Jeff and Chris’ house for Jenna’s birthday party, I met a brand-new, baby goat. That’s her and her mama on the other side of the fence.

 

 

She and her parents share the pen with a lot of sheep.

 

 

There she is – at the age of one day.

 

 

She is inquisitive and busy.

 

 

It was difficult to get a picture of her standing still.

 

 

She is a Fainting Goat. After she becomes an adult, she will probably faint (for a few seconds) when frightened.

 

 

Isn’t that the cutest little face?

 

 

She has lots of lamb friends in the meadow.

 

 

These are twin lambs which were born a few days before her. The easiest way to tell them apart is to look at their ears and tails. The kid has floppy ears, and the lambs have longer tails.

 

 

 

 

Mama goat and her baby

 

 

Mama sheep and her twins

 

 

Mama sheep and her lamb

 

 

Gloria brought a lamb to the fence for a photo.

 

 

Another cute face

 

 

We smiled as we watched the sheep and goats trying to get to the feed in the middle of this platform.

Jordan did that because he enjoys watching them try a variety of ways to get to the feed. Sometimes the goats jump on the platform.

 

 

Gloria put feed on the ground to bring them closer to the fence where I was standing.

 

 

Even though there was other feed, a couple of animals were always trying to get to the feed on the platform.

 

 

Johnny – the male goat – has formidable horns.

 

 

I enjoyed watching and photographing the sheep and goats.

 

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Nathan came home from work – at a neighboring dairy farm – giving me a first look at the VW Jetta he recently bought from a friend.

 

A first car is always a fun purchase.

 

 

He likes the archery logos on the back window.

 

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Tomorrow night: Becca’s Bridal Shower

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