SAY CHEEEEEZ!!!

Made goat cheese today!!! My girls are doing great! Am having a bit of xtra goat milk so thought I would take advantage of the Xtras---- GOAT CHEESE! Just the simple, nothing fancy, quick-n-easy goat cheese. Actually, it was easy but not QUICK!!! Took me an hour of stirring at low to medium heat to get the cold 'goats milk' to the temperature of 190-200 degrees---did I say AN HOUR??? That's a LONG time stirring!!! Standing and Stirring!!!

Standing and Stirring!!! That's OK---cause tomorrow we will be indulging in FRESH - HOMEMADE goats cheese---hmmmm---think of what fresh 'herby' flavors I want to add to it------------maybe just let it be a'natural!!

K---Love the name of Erma for one of the newbies, love LuLu-probably won't go with Monty, ask your Mom about that name! Am thinking there will be an Erma in the new herd!!!

Must touch a bit on Babe. Babe, born last March 24---just did not gain a lot of weight, not for sure what to do with her. She was just an itty bitty thing, thought about selling her, but she has changed so much as of late. I truly believe that she believes she will be the BEST milking goat EVER.!!!Not bred, no babies, not a drop of milk in her, but after Avalon is on her stanchion and milked, Babe comes out of the goat barn and jumps on the stanchion and we 'pretend' milking and she will be soooooooooo ready next spring after she kids----practice makes perfect!!! Will let you know how the goat cheese turns out!XOXOXOXOgmasu...

TOOK A DAY OFF (ALMOST)!!!

Yes, yes, yes! I did take MOST of Wednesday off! Did morning chores, had lunch with a dear friend, then we spent the afternoon going through some awsome 'SHABBY-SHEEKIE SHOPS!!! Places I had never been in before, some places that I did not even know where there, one place that looked very very interesting, paper plate sign on the door--'OUT TO LUNCH-BACK AT 2.' Welllllll--it was 3:30 when we where there, sign still on the door. Must have been a heck of a lunch!!! Can't wait to go back when it's OPEN! So---went and had pie and ice cream!! DEELISH!!!

Was very fun to get 'out and about' and spend the day with 'real people!' Came home, did the evening chores! It was a fun day----so I took most of the day off but didn't lay around like these kids are doing!!! They are just as cute as can be!!! Help me think up some names for them. XOXOXOXgmasu...

NEVER DID GET A CUP 'O' COFFEE!!!!!!!!

MIDGET WHITE TURKEY TOM

Is this print (coffee) color??? Non-stop day today. Very busy--but at the end of the very busy day, the 4 little goat kids are doing wonderful! Three of our breeding Midget White Tukeys went to a new and wonderful home in Boise, six of our baby Muscovy ducks went to a new and wonderful home in Nampa! Got a lawn mowed, did some errands for my elderly friend next door, actually vacuumed (no one is gonna believe that, but really really did)!!! Hit the floor running early morning, and finally got everything buttoned down at 10 pm. Sure could use that cup 'O' coffee but that would keep me awake and sleep really really really sounds wonderful at this time!

Did I mention, as I am sitting here, that I can hear the wind blowing??? Not just blowing---but blowing HARD! Hopefully, our fence will still be standing in the morning, cause if it goes down, the dogs will take advantage of that!!! XOXOXOXgmasu

FATHER GOOSE!!!

This blog is about Father Goose--and that would not be the movie 'Father Goose' starring Cary Grant. (awsome movie, by the way)! Remember last Friday???? Mamma duck had her ducklings walking 'out and about' freaking me out (that rhymes)... Well--------------as she was 'out and about' the next day walking her babies, along comes Male Goose (guy) whom I have been calling Dot, cause he has a small dark dot on his forehead. FREAKING me out----not knowing what his intentions are and I spent all day chasing him 'away' from Mamma and babies!!! (now there's a visual)!!!

This continued all day Sat. This morning, Gpa and I where watching him and came to the conclusion that he was NOT wanting to harm anyone, BUT was ACTUALLY helping Mamma Duck 'control' her 15/16 ducklings, (can't get an actual count-they move way too fast) helping her keep them gathered, in control and not wandering away from her!!! It truly was a sight to see!!! Father Goose and Mamma Duck, together, herded them down to the canal, they swam and he swam around with them and they all came back home together. I truly would not have believed it if I didn't see it!!! FATHER GOOSE (Dot) you truly amaze me!!! Maybe we should change your name to Cary Grant! I think so!!! XOXOXOXOXOgmasu. and Cary!!!

3 MUSKATEERS!!!

After the busy day yesterday---it just keeps goin' on---these 3 Muskateers have, probably, a dozen eggs under EACH of them! Saw a turkey baby poult tonite when we where locking everyone in, soooooooooooooo what will tomorrow bring??? Bourbon Red Turkeys---great Moms!!! (taste great, too)! More tomorrow, late nite---------XOXOXOXgmasu...

MUST HAVE BEEN A FULL MOON!!!

Doing chores---First part of the 'chore' routin is 'feeding of the cats'! For some reason, they think they have senority over all else!! Maybe cause the oldest cat has been around for ---what?????15 yrs!!! OK OK---sooooo that's the way I start chores. Cats first, corn for all the 'feathered friends' 2nd, then onto the goats... GOATS!! Went to the goat shed, saw that Toasty was not out and about with the others, peeked through the many 'peek holes' in the goat shed and saw 4 teeny, tiny legs----I left--not wanting to disturb anything, finished the rest of the chores with the anticipation as to what was going on in the Goat Shed!!! Finished the chores, went to the goat shed and Toasty had 2 beautiful little baby goats that she was seriously taking care of-----ok---according to the pic. of Toasty, she was taking care of her appetite and the babies (2 doelings, girls) hanging around! All was well---

THEN----got a visual of a Muscovy Duck Mamma that was walking around the yard with 16 baby ducklings!!! Major panic set in cause she was just doing her Mamma thing, but our really big male goose was really really curious about the cute, little, fluffy things walking around the yard----------here is where I got the 'visual' of whomever it was that came up the the idea of 'BIG BIRD' cause that is just what he looked like when BIG GOOSE was peering DOWN at the baby ducklings!!! Ya gotta know, that this all happened before BREAKFAST and before I had a SHOWER!!!

Went to the goat shed to check on the babies and Avalon had delivered 2 more goat babies!!!!! 1 (doeling, 1 buckling) OMG!!!-----------it's Friday, the day to kinda 'kick back' and it's obvious that things are happening and happening at a really fast pace!!!! At the end of the day---the goat herd had doubled in size!!! 16 more baby ducks than the day before, and it turned out to be a really BAD HAIR DAY!!! (for me)! Never got the opportunity to even 'fix' my hair---kinda a big deal with me.. OH WELL!

When is the next FULL MOON???? I must plan ahead!! Yeah right---there is never 'planning ahead in this life!!! Dinner tonite???? hmmm, can't remember! Love my life, gmasu...

Hey---comments on 4 new names for the baby goats!!!

MUST BE HARVEST TIME (SOMEWHERE)!!!!

It truly must be time to harvest something----(somewhere)! I must admit, that I have been harvesting lettuce, lucious basil, radishes, mustard greens. The only problem is----nothing I have harvested has been from the fluffy, tilled, composted, garden!!! Everything that has been harvested, so far, has been harvested out of my GREENHOUSE!!! The weather has not been cooperative enough to put anything (most anything) in the ground yet! Need I bring up that "W" word again (wind, ugh)! Of course, it is too early to plant the basil in the ground, but my greenhouse is FULL TO THE BRIM, with some things that could, and should have already been exposed to the great 'garden of the outdoors' and not be little 'sissy plants' hangin' out in the greenhouse!!! Maybe next week???

OK----dinner tonight---homemade pasta noodles, homemade pasta sauce, homemade garlic bread, snippets of FRESH BASIL atop the pasta---thank you, my lovely greenhouse for making fresh basil available the end of April!!! XOXOXOXgmasu...