April

In April, we finally reached the end of kidding season. We were all tired. So tired that the feed stack and the milkstand were attractive places to nap.

Kidding season this year brought several easy kiddings and several disappointments. The vast majority of the births went off without a hitch, we were way outnumbered on bucks to does this year, something like 27:13 when it was all said and done. Massey in her last kidding at age 10 gave us two bucks after having nothing but girls over her past 8 breeding seasons. Sigh. She is now retired and taking arthritis medication on *goat medicare*. Oh but those newborn saanen boys are always so cute!

Just like every April, we became mud farmers. Mud in the fields, mud in the pastures, mud in the yard, the driveway and everything in between. Mud leaking in our boots, mud splashing from the horses, muddy paws in the house and most notably, a muddy tail in the house. 

The muddy tail belongs to 'you-know-who'. Looking for trouble at every turn. 

And finally by month's end we saw hints of green. The blue sky came out of hiding and the ground started to dry out bringing the season of barn cleaning, hay restacking, shedding horses and oops! Another litter of kittens. . .