Time flies when you are having fun. Except on a farm.
I have only been there for six days and it feels like a month, because it is hard. Well, the tasks aren't difficult but there is just so much. I love it though. I never thought I could enjoy discipline but I do. I know what to expect when I wake up and I like that. Sleeping is like blinking. Especially when you don't start till 1:30 and you are going to be waking up at 6:45.
Today is a nice break. Laundry and relaxing, no goat poop or hay dust. But then the goat poop and hay dust and the heavy buckets and all the work are what make this one of the best times of my life. Its a duality for sure but the enjoyment wins out. Oh yeah and we make cheese to, thats like a vacation built in to the day.
Here are some pictures I took this morning. I don't have time otherwise.
I hope you like looking at goats.
Feeding those babies is the first thing I do in the morning.
thanks for hanging out with me today on your time off! I'll do your laundry anytime so you can come every week if you want. Good luck with the goats, hope to see you again soon!
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Olivia
I love your new friends. They seem like they kinda like you, too. (At least they're smiling.) I still can't believe you are milking goats and making cheese. It boggles the mind. But I'm guessing you're probably pretty good at it. Can't wait to sample some!
ReplyDeleteI love looking at goats! I have about 70 in my yard at the moment, and more on the way. I knew your folks when we were all in highschool, and I'm really pleased to see they've raised a goatherd.
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Sarah Dohack-Young
We just returned from a visit to Goatsbeard today and I can honestly say, the goats in your pics are even better looking in person! The babies are really adorable. And even the mommas are nice looking ladies. It was a beautiful, 70-degree, sunshine day and the setting was absolutely beautiful. As we were leaving, we watched the herd following you and Ken off into the sunset. What a life! Thanks for giving us the tour. And the cheese we sampled was out of this world.
ReplyDeleteNeveau du bon fromage, I hadn't checked your blog in a while and I'm so pleased to see / read that you're simultaneously working hard and having such a great time. That really is an unrivaled feeling. I can't wait to see you again and learn a tiny slice of what you've been learning. That car ride from KCI taught me more about cheese than I'd learned in the prior 40 years.
ReplyDeleteTake care of yourself. Work your butt off. Learn as much as your head and heart can hold. And sleep soundly at night (even if it's only for a few hours).
: )
Toby