Saturday, November 7, 2015

Dancing On Air

Three-quarters of the way trimming goat hooves (one hoof each goat every day).  I can't trim hooves during the latter days of summer, they're just too hard and I no longer have the hand strength to do the job.  After a few days of walking through wet grass (weeds), the hoof walls soften enough that I can cut them back.  Goat hooves fold in to the middle and it must be like walking on marbles.  While they hate to have their feet fooled with, when the task is finished they must be dancing on air.

Goats weren't the only ones floating yesterday.  It's time for the semi-annual wash curtains and get ready for the holidays.  After the hoof job and taking down the curtains, my legs rebelled against climbing the step stool to wash the windows, so this process is going to take a few days.  Rain is due again tomorrow, so it was nice to take advantage of the lovely weather yesterday.  I like to see this lacy laundry dancing on the breeze.

It was a good day.

1 comment:

Kathryn Williams said...

Looks like a well-directed movie. Maureen O'Hara's veil in How Green Was My Valley comes to mind!!! And yes, John Ford planned it very carefully! It looks like Bessie is letting Old Mother West Wind do the work...although it's probably not from the west.