Monday, February 21, 2022

IF A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS ARE SEVEN WORTH SEVEN THOUSAND?



   
                        Sometimes photos give a false image because how the mind sees it. 
                          Yarrow at first glance has an awfully long tail? Enlarge the photo and
                               take a better look. But between the length of her tail and she is holding 
                        her paws very close together it may appear longer than it really is.


Trouble is a sweet doe and on first look because the large appearance
 of her head and that she is standing with her left shoulder to the 
back opps! Where is the rest of her left side?
                                         

Dude is exactly what he appears to be. A ginger cat chilling at the cats favorite 
gopher hunting grounds. He is maybe not as close to the hay covered by tarps 
as you would think.


Say "hello" to Nutmeg . Nutty is a nine year old doe  She appears larger on 
her right side than her left. Opps again. She is larger on the left as she 
is facing us . Our mind tends to want us to believe that it is right , right? 
Or maybe it is our right? 


Having your right side almost as large as your left gives us the illusion
that her rumen may be larger than normal. Should we be worrying about 
her since she is fussing over it and licking. MMMMM could be a sign of pain
and bloat???!


Well now that is better or is it? If a goat indeed carries her rumen on 
her left what could possibly be going on to make her look symmetrical??



 This is Mama Cat. She is both Dude and Esmeralda's mother. 
Mama cat as you can see is a very limited view of life under the 
milk stand. She is reminding us that things aren't always how
we see them or interpret it. Mama says think outside of the box.
Could a rumen full of frothy bloat push so hard that the other 
organs are being moved into the the right? Not likely because 
if it was we would have a doe in a world of hurt  and most likely
a down doe also. The more likely cause is a happy ending. The rumen
is more pronounced because, drum roll please. Walnetto Farm is delighted to 
invite you to join us mid March for the first kids to be born on the 
new homestead.  And thanks for wadding through my extreme goofy kid 
announcement. 💗

5 comments:

Leigh said...

What a clever post! I loved it. Congratulations on your upcoming kids! That's always exciting news.

Mama Pea said...

Well, you really got all of us looking, reading and looking again, didn't you!? We had a goat named Nutmeg, too. And love Yarrow's four foot long tail!

Goatldi said...

Well MP I am always up to a challenge. In fact when you think of it just showing up probably had a lot of eyeballs being raised not that I’m not important lol.

By the way congratulations on your snow and did I say congratulations on your snow and congratulations on your snow again. We got some snow yesterday hail rain snow hail rain seem to be the theme for the day. I do enjoy it but I honestly with all the work that you have your trusty sidekick Papa Pea. Your lovely daughter and having help from others on a day or two or three or whatever of that makes a whole difference in the world. So I shall enjoy the real deal through your photos.

And if we get more rain hail snow events in March and gives me a few more days of inside with the stove going all day long you’ll be seeing me again sooner than you think.

Nancy In Boise said...

Ah what cutie pies!!! How's it going down where you are?

Goatldi said...

Well rain, hail , snow repeat. Ice dagger wind
and lows in the mid twenties highs in low forties. One day our high was 39.

It was a bit of a surprise of course after spending a week in the mid 60s for highs and starting to think about planting.

Hope you’re hanging out .it seems like everybody has just stinking weird weather going on not only in the extremes but then it disappears and goes away and then comes back again imagine.