This is my best milker, at least for now. She meets me every morning standing on the stanchion ready to be milked. Yesterday she stepped in the milk, but today went well. Corn is her downfall. These are three of my nannies. The one in the back is a regular sized goat. You can see the others are half her size or less. I don't have a billy tall enough to breed her. Want to buy a goat? Yes, that is my dress she is eating. The boys have to be separated so they don't sow any wild oats. Oreo is the first on the left. He gets out in the day time to nurse. The others are older than him and don't need to nurse. #2 has been practicing shots in the evening. We have school now because days are so hot. Today is no exception.

Trick riding is also a favorite evening pasttime. "Look Ma, no hands!" #1 usually rides my bike; his is too small. Tricks don't work so well on my bike though, so sometimes he rides his own. He is nearly as tall as I am now. #1 practices shots, too. These are the new chicks. They are all Black Star, but some have variations in coloring. They hang out in large groups in corners of the hutch. Two of the girl kids get put away at night so they won't nurse. The other girl likes to look in at them. Only one has a mother that gets milked, but the other girl has figured out she can eat chicken feed if I put her way at night. The one on the outside will likely be sold.

Yesterday I shared their names, today I share their faces. I just downloaded pictures from the camera. That is the dilemma of a digital camera; I let them sit there a long time. These are recent actually, not like the others on the camera that were a couple of months old!

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The knitting lessons went well last night. I was able to cast on, knit and purl, and bind off. It was kind of fun once I got going. I am not sure #1 found it as exciting as he had hoped.