i was getting ready to go to Magdalena for a goodbye lunch (i had even ironed my jumper and trimmed the hanging threads (unhemmed)) when i heard THAT BLEAH. ran out, and yup. back in ripping off the jumper and grabbing what was handy (yesterdays clothes).
Onday and two little bucks. one looking similar to Magic...but more grey brown but definately similar.
so...again, birthing in Fiona's Palace...the hardest place, but i guess favored for some goatly reason, and i moved them in to the larger stall in the shed, Magic and Caroline still in the small one and Caroline makes the decision that she will NO LONGER stay in there and begins figuring out a way out. it is very very noisey (everyone is yelling). what to do.
long story short, Caroline and Magic are outside now. in the big yard pen.
Magic, being precocious as well as beautiful, seems to have no difficulty with this on day 2 of her life and begins Just Going.
but somewhere, in the middle of all that, i turned on the hose water (in my anxiety, i yanked the pipe that has the valves) and the pipe broke loose. water gushing. i hunt for the crescent wrench (that was never put back after the initial fence making extravaganza), finally finding it, run and climb over the backyard fence (that has never had a gate) and turn off the water to the house at the road meter. hunt down the little can of PVC glue and steele myself.
this opening is just a bit wider than my shoulders. it leads.............
to the closest place under the house to the pipe. all that stuff to the left is my futil attempt once to insulate the pipe with plastic shopping bags. so, i fix the pipe.
and here i am. feeling inclined to document all this. so i can think about it. while i make a decision.
my arm. pretty much all of both arms look like this...from scratches on the chicken wire.
my pants. i smile. thinking about Boro 2.
back to ..... So. So. i think it's the end of the day. Onday and her babies are in the Albatros (shed). little Magic is out there somewhere for the night. it's summer and i know that i can do pretty much anything when it's warm, being a lizard at heart. but what i need to think about is what if all this happened in the winter?, in the cold and oh so Wind filled days? am i Up To It????????
