Did you ride today?
The high today was like 25 degrees Fahrenheit. Last night and through the morning we got 9″ of snow. The low this evening is a negative 2, with a real feel of negative 20 with wind gusts of 40 mph.…
Anna
Ouch!
Well, Mojo has been through the ringer this year. He’s struggled with some arthritis, a possible locking stifle, as well as chronic Lyme and now this week was diagnosed with severe ulcers! After the Pine tree endurance ride where he…
Pine Tree Endurance Ride 2025
This post is the story of our week at the Pinetree Endurance ride this year. The post was delayed by life happenings and the lack of photos (we didn’t take that many and the ride photographer was also busy with…
Windham County 4-H fair 2025
On Thursday evening Amanda and Quinn went to set up at the 2025 Windham 4-H Fair. Quinn is now aged out of 4-H but still stays involved and helping out. Friday afternoon Amanda and Quinn drove the goats over to…
Hiking in Vermont
Rob and I drove to Vermont yesterday to drop off Amanda at camp. She’s a junior camp counselor this summer for two separate weeks and each week requires two 8 hour round trips to VT. So we decided to take…
Firecracker Endurance Ride 2025
Last weekend we went to the Maine Firecracker Endurance Ride. We drove up to Waterford, ME on Friday and rode 30 miles on Saturday. I put on my big girl panties and rode SA Fiona, Amanda rode JJ and Alex…
Nutmeg Classic 2025
On Saturday, Rob, Anna and Amanda attended the Connecticut Dairy Goat Association’s Nutmeg Classic ADGA show. It was a cool rainy kind of day and it poured for four days in the week leading up to the show making show…
Kidding is DONE!
Last Tuesday our last goat to kid went into labor. It was Sawfish QS Bali. Bali is a really cute loudly colored black and white yearling doe. I found her a little warm and uncomfortable on Tuesday afternoon, pawing lightly…
Ferrari’s kids
On April 3, her due date, Ferrari went into labor. I separated her into a kidding stall and about an hour into active labor things stalled. I called Rob for him to come home, because I was alone, and I…
Chili and Carolina Kid
Chili started us off on the tail end of our main kidding frenzy last Sunday with triplets. She had two bucks, one black with red, and one black with tan, and one little chocolate doe. They weighed in at 8,…