Goat Friends....

My Portland friends have been teasing me with Facebook posts about playing with goats,feeding goats, and holding baby goats. I was like WHERE ARE THEY!!!!??? It isn't news I have a goat problem and want one for my very own, but since that wont be happening anytime soon this is the next best thing! I know where to go when  a need a goat fix, no more waiting a year for the Flock and Fiber Festival.

On 12th and Belmont in an empty grass lot there is a small herd of mostly male goats with a mama and her two babies. You can visit them whenever you want and feed them through the gate but if the gate is open you can go in and...touch them and maybe even get lucky enough to have a  newborn baby goat fall asleep in your lap,what could be better?(well, besides a newborn human?) I just love their teeny tiny horns.

I have already been there twice since finding them last weekend especially since my camera died on my first visit and I was hoping to get some photos for drawing reference. 

 I had to pull a foot of my hair out of a goat throat which was pretty gross, don't ever turn your back on a goat.

It's the most wonderful time of the year.....

This weekend was the annual Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival in Canby Oregon. I very much look forward to it every year and was willing to brave the typhoon rains along with some friends to go out there this year.

I had to bring my little animal lover Nalah and she was just as thrilled as I was in the animal barn. It is just too much fun to see all the different fiber animals. The rabbits and alpacas and sheep and goats, they are all so lovely.

So wish I was able to bring them home ;)

The Flock....

         And the fiber.....

Isn't this sculpture amazing?! It has really inspired me to do more needle felting, just wish I had more time. This sculpture was made by Whimsical Ewe and you can visit her blog HERE.

At the Fair....

Oh mama, I kind of know how you feel, I can't imagine all those babies at once?? Look at her cute face!

There just really isn't anything sweeter than a baby pig. (this one is 2 weeks old)

Any day where I get nibbled by a baby goat, is a good day.

 Alpacas are one of Nalahs' favorite animals, you should see her at the Flock and Fiber Festival!

Where is Solomon?

There he is!

The best part of the fair was that Solomon, my little engineer, the little guy in my house who has been taking apart flashlights and pens and vacuum cleaner for years just to see how they work got to control a robot.

He also got to make the robot shoot out frisbees.

I think he was pretty happy about that. His pin says" I drove a robot."

Not to bad for a mostly rainy day!

Flock and Fiber Festival....

Check out the smile on the guy in the middle:)


Imagine the sock drawer this yarn could create..






slightly creepy.....





This is my third year attending the Flock and Fiber Festival in Canby,Oregon, but the first year I was able to go alone with friends without bringing the kids along. I could hardly believe my luck as I hardly ever go anywhere without one of my kids along.I felt a little guilty about visiting the animals without them, but it was so nice to be able to look at everything without being rushed or worrying about sticky fingers on hand spun yarns:) It was so great to have a little mama time.
The weather was beautiful and I brought home some beautiful wool roving for a future project.

Half Birthday Celebration

Hurray for the sweetest boy I know! 18 months already?!
Solomon is a very busy little guy. He loves cuddling up to read books although he lacks the patience to finish one. He is saying several new words a week. Tonight before bed he touched my head and said "head" and then he poked my eye and said"eye" and then "Euce"(gross).He is deadly afraid of bugs, mostly house flys.

We celebrated the day with a trip to the zoo with Sophie , and then we walked down to the toy store in the evening to let Solomon chose a new toy. He happily found the stroller at the end of the store and couldn't give it up. He tried it out with his monkey when we got home. I am sure it will get a lot of use over the next few years. Good choice Sollie.
Thank you for coming into my life. Here's to you babe.

I mean, come on.....

Goat buddy.

Trying out the goods.