Queen Mum's Dancing in the Rain

[Queen Mum]

Thanks for all your kind words and hugs. I spent last evening reading some of my old posts about her and Houdini. I already miss them both. His grandson, Joey, is quite like him. He's an escape artist.

I bang a pan to call the kids back to the pen. When I do that Joey turns and looks at me with Houdini disdain as if to say "pipe down, I will go when I am done here!"

 

[Southern by choice]

oh gosh QM... sitting with this thread up and open in a new tab for a few hours now.
Bittersweet. I read your above post and immediately began to smile... as I reminisced. All the Houdini and all the Mama stories, the antics, the joy, the laughter, the frustration, all of it.... those two were special!!!!!!!!!!! Sad because of the loss of a friend that has been with you for so long... through many moves, hardships, good times, bad times...
You gave a great life to them and you were both mutually blessed by having one another.

The joy of the memories, my friend, helps makes the grief more bearable.

 

[Queen Mum]

The girls were all in the field today and there was no Mama to holler at the kids to keep them from sneaking out.

Chaos ensued. And who was at the forefront of the great adventure? Joey! He had led them out the back gate and across the road up an embankment into the hedge weeds. He was hiding in the hedge quiet as a mouse munching away while the girls peeked out. The girls bolted for home, but not Joey. He waited til I coaxed him out with treats!

 

[Queen Mum]

A couple pictures for you of my kids. I'm ready to sell my bucklings now. They are full of beans and in rutt right now. The first boy is the middle one. His sister is in the front and she is Almond Joy and his name in Almond Roca.

Next is Prince E Pal. He's got his head down and is eating. Next to him in the pan is his sister, And behind him is Marshmallow Fluff.

Marishino Cherry has her head in the black feed pan and you can barely see her.

 

[babsbag]

Beautiful goats. I love the colors on Almond Joy and her brother. I so understand the rutt part. Chaos rules in my barn right now. Went to feed the young bucks last night and I was missing one...he jumped the fence to visit with the girls. No idea who he bred...I have about 50 does in that pen, but only about 5 that I would want HIM to breed with. I also have three bucklings still with the does that I need to remove, I know that they are old enough to cause trouble.

 

[Queen Mum]

Thanks Babsbag. I do love the colors on those two. I'm getting ready to sell my boys this month. The colors from my new buck were outstanding. He proved out really well in that department. I'm anxious to see how the udders turn out on his daughters this year.

 

[goatgurl]

beautiful babies queen mum. I do love alpines, they were my first love in the goat world. how I ended up with lamanchas i'll never know. well I do know but that's a story for another day.
how did your arm and shoulder heal? hope you are fit as a fiddle. good to see you back again.

 

[Queen Mum]

Hi Goatgurl. My shoulder is not healing properly. After almost a year of physical therapy and one surgery, I can't lift it above my waist. I have to have more tests to see what is going on. We shall see what we can see. Then it will probably be more Physical therapy. Either way, it is MUCH better than it was. I can move it and use the arm without screaming in pain. And I don't need lots of pain medication any more. I'm milking and don't have any trouble with that now.

As for the goats, I sold all but two of my adult does and one of the doelings. I still have Bonzai. I am "starting over" so to speak. It was hard to do that, but I decided to cull the herd for winter.

 

[Baymule]

sorry about your shoulder. My husband had shoulder replacement surgery in February 2017 and is happy with the results. It used to pop out of socket several times a day and I had to pop it back in. It took a lot of therapy and working at it, but he can use it now.

What surgery did you have? Rotator cup or shoulder replacement?

 

[Queen Mum]

Rotator cuff surgery and frozen shoulder. Then a couple months later I broke my arm. I just had an arthrogram. No sign of what is causing the problem.

I can't have an MRI, because I have an implant in my hip.

I guess, I'm stuck with the stuck arm.