It was a cloudy overcast afternoon, so I knew I needed to get the feeding chores done right away or get caught by a shower.  I tucked in my little seedlings into the greenhouse, went and fed the poultry crew, and then headed to the goat yards to feed the babies.

There was nothing too eventful going on at the farm this afternoon. The turkeys had laid a couple of eggs. One of them was close to the turkey nest I had made them…(guess I still need some training on how to build a turkey nest!) But mostly everyone was just hungry and glad to get some food.

With the last goats fed I went into the goat pen to play with Jack and Jill. They were sleeping so I climbed the fence and went over to pick them up. They sleepily opened their eyes and said…"maaaaaaaaaa"…that’s "hi"…in goat. I was petting them and playing when I realized I hadn’t seen Buttons today.

So I put the babies down and went to look for Miss Buttons. I walked along the fence searching and calling for the young goat. But I didn’t see her anywhere. I did discover that the electric fence was broken and needed a repair. Did she get out? Had she broken the wire? I knew that if she had gotten out she would have headed over to the other goat yard where her ma lives. I hadn’t seen her at all. So I kept looking and calling.

I finally went over to where the other two girls about her age were laying and napping after their dinner. Indy Girl and Punkin…"Have you seen Buttons?" They looked over toward the big barrel to the left as to say…"Indeed we have." I turned and looked inside the barrel near them…and there she was taking an afternoon siesta…"Buttons…there you are, I said!" She jumped and bolted out of her sleep and then the barrel…and ran looking for her dinner…Sorry little girl the other goats have already cleaned up the supper dishes. Guess this cloudy afternoon was just a good time for little goat naps.

I fixed the fence and headed on to the house to fix our supper too. The rain still hasn’t begun…maybe it will come a bit later…but anyway. Everyone’s fed and accounted for…

And so go the adventures for today in the goat yard.