Posts Tagged ‘Georgia’

Georgia and Mirrie

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

Each afternoon I open the entrance to the goat barn and bring Georgia and Mirrie out into the yard to play and browse for a while. And each afternoon, their first stop is the milking/storage area where Mirrie tries to get at the sweet feed, and Georgia nibbles a little hay.

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Today, they took off running like crazy once they got outside.

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They were in a great hurry to get somewhere.

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Ah, I see. They needed to get to this tree before it got away.

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Georgia struck out on her own.

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Mirrie refused to be left behind.

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Good thing, too. Georgia found a tasty oak leaf.

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And Mirrie found a small tree in need of pruning.

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Georgia struck a profile pose for me.

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And then they begged some carrots off of me.

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Before too long, it was time to head back to the goat barn. They weren’t very enthusiastic about going back in, until I promised a little sweet feed as a reward. That got them moving.

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It’s never easy walking away from these little faces though.

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There is Still Hope

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

I have to tell y’all, losing our little precious Hope in such a traumatic way was a horrific experience. I would not wish that on anyone. As upset as Bernie and I were yesterday, poor Mirrie was beyond consolation. She didn’t understand where her sister went. She couldn’t stand being alone. It was such a bad day for all of us.

Even though none of us will get over our loss, Angie knew that we needed a companion for Mirrie as quickly as possible, and she offered us a sweet one year old doeling. Today I went and picked her up.

Interestingly enough, she had never been named. When she was born someone has asked to buy her, and requested that Angie not name her. This person wanted to choose the name. Time went on, and eventually the person that had wanted to buy her backed out of the deal. And the little doeling had gone so long without a name, that she was just known as the goat with no name! So, as I drove this little girl back to the homestead, I pondered on what her name should be. I didn’t have to think on it very long. Angie and I were both born in the same state. It seemed only fitting that I should name this little girl something that represented one of my first bonds with Angie.

Meet Georgia.

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Mirrie is SO happy to have one of her old friends here with her now.

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She’s still my baby…..

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But now we all have Georgia with us too.

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We miss our little Hope. But today it finally feels like things may be ok again.

Thanks to all of you for your overwhelming support and kind words during all of this. It means so much more than any of you will ever know.

(((hugs)))