Looking Good! ~ Patrick

"I'm Ready for My Closeup, Mr. DeVille" .

- Gloria Swanson -

What can I say? My closeup is as good or better than
Ms. Swanson. Bob and I are eleven years old this year,
and we look Fabulous!!

Bob and Patrick in the snow

A snowflake is one of God's most fragile creations,
but look what they can do when they stick together!
- Author Unknown -

Bob: I am out in the snow. I do not like the snow.
Yikes! Where did our grass go?

Patrick and I walked up the hill. Not fun!
I think I will get Patrick and go back inside.
Patrick: All Righty then, Mom! Come open this door!
Please?
We think the basement is where we need to be,
and bring us some more hay and cookies. Please?
We hope all our furriends and their Beans are nice and warm.
Ya'll stay safe, and we gotta get back inside!
Oh, MOM..come on!! Please??
~ Bob and Patrick
Mom Bobbie: I'll be glad when this snow melts!! *smile*

Bob and Patrick nom noming

Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections,
predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal.
Difficult standards for people to live up to.
-Alfred A. Montapert-

BOB: Look to the left Patrick.
PATRICK: OK .. I see some nice ivy to eat.

PATRICK: I like this little tree, nom nom.

BOB: Nope, the ivy is much better.
We have our winter coats coming in, but we think
Mom will let us go in the basement if it gets really cold!
Happy Monday!
~ Bob and Patrick

Walking with The Boyz

If you're short of trouble,

get a goat :)
Mom came into our yard today and saw how wet it
is from all the rain. We do not like rain or wet.
There will be more of it this week.
We wish summer would hurry and get here.
We will be ten years old this spring!
Happy Sunday everyone!
~ Bob and Patrick
^..^..^..^

Southern Snow with Bob and Patrick

If you're short of trouble
get a goat
-

Hey Mom! We are not sure it is
time to leave the basement!
Why did our yard change
colors??
Let us back in!

We Walked around a bit outside
our fence, and decided to go
back in and have some hay
and maybe a few cookies.
Hope every one stayed safe,
warm and dry!

~ Bob and Patrick

Photo Hunters - Cooked/Cooking

~ You cannot do a kindness too soon,
for you never know how soon it will be too late ~
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson --

No!! I didn't cook my Patrick Goat!
Stepping way outside the box here :)
I noticed last week how sunburned (cooked) his little head is
and have been putting sunscreen on him. It's sorta hard to do,
and he and Bob head-butt so much it just comes off.
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Bob and Patrick

~ You become responsible forever
for what you have tamed ~
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery --

Hey Mom! It's going to be twenty degrees tonight!
Rumor is, you may let us sleep in the basement.
Huh? Huh?
Want me to go get Patrick off the hill?
Huh Mom? Huh?

~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~

Speaking, well, writing of things we've tamed..

Take a minute and look at this video of Mona,
the elephant in Birmingham, AL Zoo.
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No Jumping From The Bridge

Photo Hunters - Empty

~ Over increasingly large areas of the United States, spring now comes unheralded by the return of the birds, and the early mornings are strangely silent where once they were filled with the beauty of bird song ~
-- Rachel L. Carson --

Empty?
House Wren nest in a basket on my carport.
Don't know if they got the fur lying on the ground
or
off my goat, Patrick :)


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Goats Doing Better!

~ A conclusion is simply the place
where you got tired of thinking ~

Someone asked about Bob and Patrick, so I decided to take them outside their yard for a little walk around. They wouldn't leave the edge of their fence for quiet a while, but nibbled the grass right outside.
Their feet have healed and Patrick (in front) is walking much better.

They are still very afraid/nervous/alert as this picture shows.
The dogs bark at them, but so far they've not gotten back into their yard.

*Paws and hooves all crossed here!*

The Boyz ~ The Weather

~ Be kind, everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle ~

Patrick is feeling better. His pads have healed and he is using his left foot more. As mentioned in another post, one of the dogs got twisted up in her lead. I checked on her and it looks like she may loose her tail because the circulation was cut off by the lead.
She and the other dog are really good dogs, they just like to chase my Boyz, which causes them great pain from having to run.
I hope the dog will be all right.

It has been so cold here, I've been keeping the Boyz in the basement at night. I let them out yesterday for a while, and they were shivering after an hour. I don't like the humid, hot, hot summer heat, but I think my Boyz do. There will be no sun today for them, but hopefully tomorrow the clouds will start to move out.

Dogs In With My Goats!

The neighbor dogs can escape from their fence and now they have come into my Boyz fence twice.

There is a small brick ledge on the house that they can jump on to keep the dogs from getting them , but I fear that one day they may not can make it to that little ledge. Their area is large and if they don't know the dogs are in, would they be able to get to safety?

They are already off their feed, and their bowel movements have changed. They are living scared, and I just don't want that. I am putting them in the basement at night, which leads to a clean up every day, rather than just with bad weather or fireworks.

This has brought me to making a decision about re-homing Patrick and Bob or hoping that the dogs won't get out of their fence again. I don't think I can secure my fence anymore than it already is, as I have no help here.