– running through my head all day yesterday. For you. But I did not write it down. Roger and I have similar problems, whereas he cannot remember a word, I cannot remember an entire concept. There was something I was going to tell you. But it has popped like a soap bubble. Gone.
Ah well.
This would have been the money shot if Freya had been in focus. But she leaped in –
(as goats do) from left field. Out of left field. A saying I have never understood – not being in any way – Sporty.
Then she leaped out from Right Field. Apparently as goats DO – I am learning fast.
And then they laugh at me. Have you heard a baby goat laugh yet? They do you know.
And eat. 
Tima and Tane are spending a lot of time down the back, by the creek. Greedily consuming even the suggestion of a green grass shoot.
When I call they come running. Then I shut the back gates behind them again so they do not range, down in the free land out the back, when I am not on duty (a girl has to sleep sometime you know!). 
The Dutch Belted Duchies. The Breeder has informed me that Elsie (Screen Left- Stage Right) is 100% Dutch Belted. Though she does not have a full belt, she is the real thing and she is a smaller cow. Lady Astor with her overblown belt and white feet (another no no) is so much bigger. (I still do not have her papers so I am not sure of her pedigree). Though again I did not buy these two to show. Or for their pedigrees. So it is OK with me whatever they look like. I bought them for the milk. Raw cows milk is a huge component in the feed cycle of my little farm. And both these cows are doing beautifully so far. So I am looking forward to the milk again.
Now that the big pigs are out of the barn, I feel so much happier about their health. Pigs need sun even on grey days. I need sun too! So off out I go.
I hope you have a lovely day.
Your friend on the farm,
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
52 responses to “I had a thought –”
Your post is lovely as always, Celi, but your comments about your memory are making me feel heaps and loads better about mine! (Or lack thereof.) 😉
PS: Can’t wait to get our goats. Someday soon…
Agree with Bev [right at the very beginning] – my Mom taught me way back to go back to where you last remember thinking of a word or a thought – it does ‘come back’!! Of course I also oft have early morning laughs going to the bathroom for ‘relief purposes’ , where that word I simply could not remember during the day suddenly pops into my head and I seem to hear all my brain cells laughing also . . .