This week, I’m going to post the first of several pictures of some goats on my brother’s farm (all taken this past July at the family gathering). That will be my grand finale in the Creatures From My Summer Travels series. As always, the Friday Ark brings you even more in the critter department! Have a great weekend, everyone!
Hello! I'm Alice, which is my real name (most of the other names here have been changed, though, to protect the innocent). I live in an circa-100-year-old house in downtown Chattanooga, TN with my first husband, G-Dog (who is from New Canaan, CT), and a cockapoo named Nonnie (the moniker comes from a Laurens van der Post book). We have one kid (that we know of) -- a daughter, Emmie, who recently graduated from college and moved out on her own (keep your eyes open and you might spot her at some point, twirling joyously right before she tosses her hat in the air).
I originally hale from Batavia, NY, a quiet little town in rural western New York. G-Dog and I met while attending college in Carlisle, PA, and then moved on to Chapel Hill, NC together before finally settling in Tennessee. Other places we've lived in long enough to have a mailing address include London and San Francisco.
This blog is about a lot of things -- the places I visit, things I cook, people I meet, photos I take, things I read, and -- of course, politics. I'm an unrepentant, arugula-eating, progressive, liberal, lefty, euro-loving, educated elitist (yes!! bring on gay marriage, give us a single-payer, completely socialized health care system, and replace the stupid war on drugs with legal, regulated, uber-taxed marijuana -- and some very handy industrial hemp!).
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Oh, they are so cute! Are they full-grown?
No, those ones are (were?) babies. And they stayed very close together all the time.
I guess they’re full-grown by now. What does your brother raise goats for?
I guess mostly for the educational experience (bro has two young kids). My cousin attempted to milk one of the goats while we were there, and the goat definitely didn’t seem familiar with the process.
Heh.