End of Goat Story - Sit Spot #1162 - April 5, 2022

Alice is the far goat

Gertrude is the near goat

Photo from 2013

Yes,

names in memory 0f Gertrude Stein

and Alice B. Toklas

Photo from 2011

Alice on the balance beam

Gertrude on the ground

Alice's story at the end of this blog post

Tuesday, April 5, 2022 11:20 a.m.

Sit 1162  :  Brush Pile W  :  Cloudy 

+7° (+5°) E 13-19 kph 82% humidity 

Cardinals,

Song Sparrow,

(Traffic noises),

(Jet - United Airlines flight 408 . . .),

Crows, 

Extras:

Along the Trails -

Chickadees, 

Mourning Doves, 

Goldfinches, 

Cardinals,

Phoebe, 

Turkey Vulture, 

Crows, 

Song Sparrow, 

1st Field Sparrow, 

Robins, 

Silver Maples blooming,

p.m. -

Red Maple blooming by road,

Killdeer by road,

Kitchen Window and Bird Feeder -

Blue Jays,

Cardinals,

Chickadees,

Crows,

Mourning Doves,

Goldfinches,

Juncos,

Red-breasted Nuthatch,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Robins,

Red-bellied Woodpecker,

Dark Paper Wasp in house,

Chipmunk,

Black Squirrel,

Grey Squirrel,

Red Squirrel.

End of Goat Story -

Our old goat, Alice,

with the taste of fresh strawberries

still in her mouth

thanks to Fleur-Ange

was helped to be at peace this morning

she had been hobbling

all winter

but was unable to stand on her own

for the last few days

and

in attempting to get up had smashed her head

against the barn wall breaking a horn

and had been bleeding excessively

very sorry to lose her

but glad she is out of pain

Leroy, our donkey

and goat protector

let out a loud bray

at the moment the vet said that

Alice’s heart had stopped beating

did Leroy know somehow

Alice and her mother

are now lying side by side

 in a hill 

overlooking the meadow

that is in the photo

at the top of this blog

a painful day for this blog writer