Bartering For Adeline



So we get home from our morning run, and Dh's brother in law comes up the lane on the 4 wheeler.  "Some foreign guy dropped a calf off while you were gone."

LOL!  Welcome to my life.  Not a calf, a goat.

About a year ago some of you may remember that our greek friend stopped by, and in broken english, informed me "your husband teach me to drive tractor.  I bring you good goat."  Sure enough, he brought us a great goat - Horton, our current billy.

This year the same man was buying a lot of hay from us.  He bought it to resell, and the man he was selling to was not always prompt in paying him, which stressed him out, because that made it difficult for him to pay us.  I told him to stop bringing me cash, and to just bring me goats instead.

So today, he delivered payment for some hay.  I've been wanting another LaMancha, the only one I have is very, very old.  I know she doesn't have many years left.  I also have a thing for spots.  Dan cringes anytime there is a spotted goat at an auction, because he knows I will want it.  So a spotted LaMancha (crossed with Nubian) ?  Oh yes, the perfect goat!

Unfortunately she still needs a bottle, but I am bottle feeding two calves right now anyway, so what is one more bottle?  :-)  She's super friendly!


Farm work Monday - Castrating, Worming, CD&T

Getting ready
Dan read recently that if you castrate either on day 1, or 3 months, it is less stressful for the steers.  This one is about 3 and a half months, and he does not seem stressed at all.

CD&T for the 3 month old goats
Daisy, supervising

Puzzle Junkie Challenge

PUZZLE JUNKIE CHALLENGE



To Qualify - 

1 Found Puzzle Caches in at least three (3) States and list the three states in your find log.
2. Have found at least 50 Mystery caches and post/publish that cache list(a minimum of 50) on this challenge page.
Pennsylvania 
Some of our favorites in PA are:
The Legend of the 7 Gi's - I think this was our first ever night cache.  http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCWNV4_the-legend-of-the-seven-g-i-s
This one was our first experience with geoart, or waypoint art - http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC16DCJ_picture-this-waypoint-art
This Geo Addiction Series was one of my favorite series of caches of all time - I'm sorry to see it is archived.  http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC12B39_geo-addiction-1-fairyland-u-s-a
Our kids were homeschooled, so caches like this one using the fibonacci code became school work - http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC11P6M_maths-missing-minutes
Maryland
We've found 2 mystery caches in Maryland  - Our favorite to solve being the Einstein Logic Puzzle (although this was not our favorite to find!) http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCM91A_hey-youre-as-smart-as-einstein
West Virginia
We have 4 Mystery Cache finds in West Virginia.  Our favorite was http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC4ZTVD_geo-art-night?guid=518b5af1-6d84-4159-9ac1-efdef21a77bd
  New York
We found 4 Mystery Caches in New York State while there for the Alleghany Geobash