Happy New Year!

It's hard to believe that 2011 is about to close, opening up a whole new year of adventure. Can't wait to see what unfold in the new year! But saying good-by to this last year is going to be hard. It is a year that has been fought with struggle and compromise. A few new arrivals saddened with a major loss to our family. It has been a year of adjustment to secure our safety and satisfy our sense of serenity. Thing are good and everyone seems quite content right now. The McClouds are happy in their day time freedom and still want to come into the house at night. I have been trying to keep them out, Sometimes they just make the decisions around here and that's okay. We are all very flexible.
Margaret is insane. She attack me often with out any reason. I'm thinking of putting her to sleep. I would give her away except she has never been outside and hasn't developed a winter coat. Plus, I can not imagine too many people giving a goat a home with out having her for dinner or seeing her as a breeder. She is so mean, I bet she would eat her young!
I worry about Drucilla and Gwynne. They have taken up with each other since the loss of their own mate. It will be late at night and they stay at the pond. I always see the beast coming over the berm right to the pond. Yet every morning I find them safe. I still worry. They make an usual couple and often hang with Only and Daisey. Who actually have the good sense to get locked in the barn every night.
Winter is here and may-be it is a time of hibernation for all our predators and we will have a nice quiet winter. Let just hope.
Happy New Year!