Between buying, breeding, and selling, I've owned about a dozen goats in my three years of saanen ownership. We've been lucky—six out of our seven Bent Barrow kids have been doelings, and have fetched a good price from loving buyer…
Toujours Dans Mon Coeur
I've been told that my name—Fenway Bartholomule—is as splendid as I am, and I dare say it is a fine moniker. Still, though . . . I have a friend whose name is FAR more romantic. Boyfriend Chant du Coeur has a sophisticated, continent…
FarmWife's Clever Redirection
My dear FarmWife was stricken with the fresh desire to buy something pricey for me yesterday, and with her budget being what it is I urged her to reconsider. I am but a humble mule, and I have but humble tastes. I don't need a persona…
Short, Dark and Handsome
Before FarmWife found me, Fenway Bartholomule, she was a horse woman. Not just a horsewoman, but a sporthorse fancier. She liked her horses athletic, fancy, and tall. She once told a friend, in fact, that with her height she would look ridi…
Yesterday's post got me thinking
If you were going to wish for 78 pets—that is, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1, of something, what would you pick?
Here's my guess at FarmWife's list, off the top of my head:
12 zebras
11 giraffes
10 goats
9 donkeys
8 po…
12 days of Christmas
Since neither I nor FarmWife need 78 Christmas gifts, we decided to pool our wishing power and collaborate on this Bent Barrowized version of "The 12 Days of Christmas." See if you can sort out which items are on her wish list a…
Find what you love
Find what you love and do it. That seems to be MY answer to happiness, anyway! (I'm not so sure this philosophy applies to all—I've a friend, for instance, whose compelling passions are zombies, chainsaws, metal music, vampires, an…
For the Curious . . .
An update on yesterday's horses:
Shorty lived to old age with young FarmWife, and was euthanized when his Cushings advanced to an unmanageable level. He was buried on the farm.
Panda was euthanized at age 22. He contracted terminal pn…
Lessons
Shorty was FarmWife's first pony of her very own. He taught her how to post, how to mount, and how to avoid getting wiped off on low-hanging branches.
Panda was FarmWife's first "big horse." He taught her how to jump, ho…
One of life's great questions . . .
Why is it that minimule Harriet gets couch privileges and I do not? It cannot be her size alone, as baby goats are easily as small. THEY do not get couch privileges.
It cannot be manners. I am more polite.
It cannot be softness. I am quit…
A Few Little Abnormalities.
There are a number of slightly odd things about the citizens of Bent Barrow Farm. Here are a few, presented at random: 1. FarmWife is deaf in her left ear; 2. Paisley the Dog is deaf in both; 3. FarmTiger Townes has some undiagnosed disfu…
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