No Snow and Goat Love Story

What happened? Two winters have gone by, and this time we're stoked for the snow and ice, but Aidan is wearing shorts today on his field trip to Princeton University to see A Christmas Carol at their theater.

A wintery sky says it's cold, but it's not.

Super milk goat Jasmine is in heat.

After milking she stands in the goat pasture opposite the pen of the boy goats all clustered in their nearest corner.  All are baa-ing mournfully. 

Current events have not been a setback for Jasmine's production. She keeps giving a bit more than a half gallon of milk every morning. The extra glassful I put on my oatmeal. The two quart jarful goes first into the freezer for a quick chill before refrigerating.

Jasmine's is on top shelf, and Ella's on bottom shelf. The fridge is stuffed with milk, cheese and yogurt. The yogurt is still my favorite.

Keoni came home yesterday for a stay until around the second week of January.

They joined me for a walk yesterday afternoon. 

Nice having the violin going during the day. Keoni still plays and walks his circle through the downstairs.

Wendy recorded last night's chess game since "who won" was up for discussion. She may have posted it somewhere.

From the landing is where Toby rules the ingress of his big dog "friends". I asked him why he did this and he replied, "Because I can". Then, he started cleaning his nether end. Oddly, Sebastian trots by him OK.

A stiff, wind accented with strong gusts this morning blew the clouds away. It is still barely jacket weather this evening.

Wendy was inside the barn milking this morning. Aidan's soccer balls await action. His precious goal now inside the fence had to be put outside the barn lot when the baby goats were still small. They got tangled in the net.