Meggie | Morning Bray Farm

November 15, 2015

From summer cottons into winter wools

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“The leaves fall, the wind blows, and the farm country slowly changes from the summer cottons into its winter wools.” ~Henry Beston

We had a good summer at Morning Bray Farm.

The herd loves their new farrier. Pedicures long ago stopped being an inconvenience for Ellsworth:

Grace did extremely well with her first pedicures this summer:

We had the occasional peeping Moo:

We enjoyed many beautiful early mornings:

…and the summer storms fondly remembered from my youth:

I had the gardens I’ve always dreamed of:

And, now…

“It is a delightful pastime to sit in the pleasant sunshine of autumn, and gazing from this little spot of free earth over such a landscape, let the imagination luxuriate amid the thrilling associations of the scene!” ~H.T. Tuckerman, San Marino

We hope all is well in your world. ♥

July 21, 2015

The world is her salad bowl

Posted by Morning Bray under Goats | Tags: goat, Meggie, Moo |
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The Moo is in heaven here. How does it get any better when the world is your very own salad bowl?

She has free range of the entire farm, all the time. She coexists with the dogs. She coexists with the donkeys. She never gets penned up and she keeps her own schedule.

She does insist, however, on being completely involved with all weeding and trimming projects. Seriously. You’d better believe she’s going to come running and screaming! when she sees the blue weed bucket.

Some projects she prefers to tackle on her own. For example, she loves trimming the apple trees.

She’s our good goat girl. ♥

June 27, 2015

Morning Bray Farm 2.0

Posted by Morning Bray under Donkeys, Farm, Goats | Tags: donkeys, gardens, Meggie, Moo, Morning Bray Farm, porch goat, rainbow, snails, sunrise |
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We’ve been here for six weeks and it has felt like home since day one.

We now have a porch goat:

Rain or shine, the gardens are lovely:

The herd has the farm’s best view:

Our snail races are exciting:

Mornings are my favorite:

♥

February 8, 2015

Identity crisis

Posted by Morning Bray under Goats | Tags: goat, Meggie |
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July 12, 2014

Cool drink

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May 3, 2014

Her new herd

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January 22, 2014

Have you ever seen a goat impersonate a beaver?

Posted by Morning Bray under Goats, Virginia | Tags: goat, hiking with goats, Maury River, Meggie, Meggie Moo |
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As the crow flies, we live about a mile from the Maury River. Monday’s weather was beautiful, so we decided to explore the woods around our house with the goal of finding the river.

We found it!

You are witnessing Meggie Moo’s very first time on a riverbank:

Evidence of otters?

Evidence of beavers?

I kid you not. We then turned around to see the Moo doing this:

I suppose she thought the beaver was on to something…

Moo had plenty of exploring to do:

And lots to smell:

What a wonderful day.

♥

December 24, 2013

Does a goat hike in the woods?

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July 29, 2013

Meggie Moo joins the backyard crew

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7.31.13 addendum: Okay, my bad. I didn’t take the time to write a narrative for this post, and in doing so, created some confusion. We’ve had Meggie, a.k.a. Meggie Moo, a.k.a. the Moominator, since 2007.

While she is now very sweet, Meggie hasn’t always been this way. I think she’s mellowing with age, and I think she really enjoys being around us now. She still really digs a good scratch.

We got a boatload of rain last Friday, and the barn turnouts ended up under water. It’s because of that we decided to bring Meggie into the backyard with the Hairy Hacienda crew… and she loved it. She’s still in charge… and the girls and Whisky didn’t mind one bit.