Pass too quickly

We're sure are missing Natalie, things are just not the same without her here.
Life just isn't fair. :(

Natalie is pictured here with her and my favorite goat. Cherry Heart, aka Brown Goat. Brown Goat was our very first goat here in Idaho. She was a lab rat for the vet tech classes at CSI.

When we lived in Twin we would visit her in her stall at CSI and feed her leaves and such.

Lucky for us when we bought some land in Rupert, she was out for the semester, so we adopted her and took her home with us.

...but she was so lonely. Bawling whenever we left. Apparently you just can't have ONE goat. So we had to get another goat for her to have a friend you see.

the rest is history. We seem to be destined to always have a small herd of goats.

but Brown Goat is very special to me. We are both mothers, we both have 4 kids. We both live in Rupert ...of all places. She doesn't mind my complaining about Barry or my yelling ... we have a unique bond you see. She is a very understanding perspective goat.

So I made Barry promise me a couple of days ago if I could keep her until she dies because she's been such a good goat for us.

He actually said I could, but warned me that she is getting rather old, and probably wouldn't live too much longer.

I asked Barry how long goats live, and he surprised me with his answer. "I have no idea," he said.

(I don't get that very often from him)

I chuckled later that days as I looked up Nubian goats on the internet and found their lifespan to average 12 to 15 years. Brown goat is about 4. Just a wee little lass of a goat and she and I are in it for the long run...

The kids were suppose to be getting ready to go to a barbecue in 10 mins at the neighbors. I found them splashing through the flooded pasture and playing with the goats. Luckily the neighbor kids we there too and just as filthy. So I just let it fly and took pictures instead. ...summer days are priceless.