Adventures in bread making

Well I have had a bread machine for about a week now. But we have been sick and I am just trying it out. I made a french loaf and it turned out very good. Our son had to get up to see what the noise was and I told him he could watch the bread being kneaded. So he pulled up a chair and I had to snap a photo, thought that was just to cute. This is my first time using a bread machine, but I have made bread totally by hand. That bread did not turn out as good as I thought it might. It was chewy and hard crusted. That was not to my liking, I had found that reciepe in Mother Earth News and they said the bread was made alot during the depression. Well I am so glad things have improved :-)) Although some may like that kind of bread, I prefer the one I just made today!

Whiskey and goats

This is funny to me, we bought a Nigerian Dwarf goat to keep our New company so he would not be the lone male. Tammy who we bought our other Nigerian's from sold him to us. She had already named him and his name is.... Evan Williams. Yes Evan Williams, my husband said so now we have a goat named after some whiskey! I told him I did not know that! LOL! Oh, well, he knows his name and we just usually call him Evan anyway. Evan Williams is a mouth full :-)) Evan is quite nice and friendly too. Such a sweet heart, he is also small for being just about a year old or so. He is not much over 21 inches I think. Quite short, poor guy, he will sit in my lap or just let me hold him like a lap dog :-))) So precious!!!!!!

Goat Jumper

We have a Nigerian Dwarf Goat that will jump literally on my back, if I kneel down to pet the smaller goats. Which is quite fun, not really! It really hurts :-(
Her name is Olivia and she is quite loving, but I am not sure why she does it. Does she want attention or is she jealous? Hmmm! Who knows what is going on in her mind.

I do know that I love the goats we have. We made some good choices on the goats we have.

We have also added some LaMancha's. They are really sweet too, we bought a nanny and a buck. I asked Riley what he thought about a name for the female. He was not sure, so I asked him about some characters from the cartoon PowerPuff Girls. He named them and we decided 'Buttercup' would be good for the nanny. She does have a coloring toffee so it goes good. Now the buck is quite a character, no pun intended. When I saw him I just fell in love with him. He has a nice little hair do on top of his head. So my husband came up with Cosmo Kramer from Seinfeld! So funny :-)) LOL! Love it!

Spring is not far away

Getting up early feeding the animals, then getting on the milking stand. I can hear the birds singing. Which is very nice, but it also make's me realize how we don't really get to enjoy a Fall or Spring here in Louisiana. Which is sad, those are my favorite seasons! Another irony is that my favorite smells are the smell of rain and fresh cut grass. Well I am allergic to ALL grasses! How about that one! LOL!