Spent the early part of the day at Dog Trainer Jan's, as half of a chicken wire team. We wired the whole of her large Goat Yard, attaching the chicken wire to the existing cattle panel fencing. For the babies. the 4 of them, one of which is Flash who will come here as a wether in the not too distant future.
This for me was excellent. Was my kind of, well, i guess Socializing. We WORKED. talked while working, watched Goats while working, chickens while working, the horse, Empress, ran the fence line and spoke all Horse Things, kicked up dust and lipped my hair. I was energized.
Jan, subtly, is encouraging of me to breed at least one of the does here. For milking. For cheesemaking. This wove in and out of the hours i was there. I listen and think. and in these last moments of this day, i think that i will make this Great List of questions. Who to breed? and Why? and Why Not. Questions of all the logistics that were so emotionally hard for me the last time i tried. She is so much more pragmatic about it all.
So IF and this is the Neon IF. IF the old cowboy has let go his grip by November, maybe i will. Maybe one doe. Maybe two. November means they would kid in April. When it's warm out again. When it would be easiest to do what needs doing to begin milking.
and the NEXT. What a relief....that there IS a Next Cloth...there is always that feeling for me that i have no more cloths In me....but .....here it is. and it Does have a name, even....Shelter.
see the dark mark on the center post?....how important this small dark mark is.......
the first of the Walnut dyes. On the right, see the strip of blue...that was too blue and i could never use it but with the walnut, it is a fine fine blue. It's from a linen thrift shop blouse.
A Beauty FULL and very Fine Fine SUNday.
