Bright sunny morning up at crack of dawn, the sun is shining, and looking forward to a good long walk with the dogs and staying dry for a change. No chance!
No, not the rain. A very unhappy goat! Well, blimmin' Abbi escaped when I was putting her in the shed last night and went tearing off up on the bank at the back of the house! Spent a good hour climbing up and down after her, slipping and sliding as it's ever so muddy, in fact it's treacherous! Well, the dogs were all having great fun but they weren't exactly helping so I had to put them indoors in the end. By this time it's dark and I'm scrambling around by torchlight. And covered in mud! Hmmm! Well, I just could not catch her, normally she is as good as gold and will follow me anywhere for a bit of carrot but last night she had the devil in her! Finally managed to steer her almost in the shed door, then next minute sister, Elli, makes a break for it and I've got two goats on the loose up on the bank. I was praying for rain as they hate it and would have been in like a flash but not a drop! To cut a long story short I was in and out every half hour or so trying to coax them in! Got a lot of work done on the computer in between! Was finally around three in the morning when they trotted happily down and went in on their own! Then I had to get cleaned up!! Hmm, off to get the animals out and then walk the dogs this morning and I knew that something was going to go wrong on the first sunny morning we've had for ages. I was expecting it in fact! Abbi in a very bad state with a terrible bad belly ache, still some apples lying around up there, hmmm! Managed to get some peppermint down her, always keep some growing in the greenhouse for the kitchen and these emergencies. And then spent a couple of hours rubbing her belly and wondering if I was gonna have to get the vet out! Finally she started moving around a bit and a few pellets out of the back end so she's not completely blown! Took her for a walk up and down the garden and she seemed a bit easier and stopped to nibble a few dried leaves. The dogs not impressed with the walk today so far but then they did have a jolly good time last night chasing up and down that bank last night! So I've popped Abbs back in the shed now and come to have very late lunch and quick check on the email as I'm supposed to be going out tonight! Check on her again and if all goes well, still time for a bit of a walk! Everything crossed for us and what's the betting the moment we set off it starts to rain, it's clouding over now! Sods law!! All love, Jean, Sunny, Simmy, Barney and the Gang XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX http://www.angelfire.com/anime3/longlease/index.htm
