If only the days were longer. Like summer days, for example...

Today I spent some quality time playing in the mud. It was fun, invigorating, gross, stinky- and a bit scary to think I might slip and fall and get sucked into the depths, never to be heard from again.

Its been such a dry winter, there shouldn't even be that much mud. But due to some really terrible drainage planning paired with some unfortunate but unavoidable natural features, this farm in Everett has a mini-slough of its own. That would be fine- everyone would love a wee crick running through the pasture- except that the sheer amount of goat poo sliding into it creates such a heavy, thick muck that you could lose a boot in there. Or a whole intern!

Today we actually built a bridge through the sludge

out of wood pallets. I am afraid the goats will break their ankles if they step on them wrong, and it will only get worse as the pallets rot. But if we didn't build it, they wouldn't come out to the south pasture at all. They are rather more fastidious and more particular about the weather than one would expect, and will only brave deep

mud if there is something super tasty in sight on the other side. It was a ridiculous way to solve the problem, but it was all we could think to do. Pallet bridges? Hrmph!

After the mud was semi-conquered, we finished putting up some fencing- or rather, some gates. That was heavy, hilarious work, hampered by the completely unnecessary presence of too many dogs and too much twine. It was further interrupted by the escape of a buck and the merry chase that followed. After an afternoon tea break, I

dug up some of last years flower bulbs to move to a new garden. I fear that in my digging I may have damaged them enough to make transplanting futile. But transplant I will, nevertheless. They were not buried very deep, so it should have been simple. But I swear there must have been a million bulbs. Either that, or my digging muscles are in truly awful shape!

By then it was time to make yet another to-do list, have a warm drink, and off to bed to check email and watch a movie- which I have discovered I can do while typing this blog. Yay, multitasking! Today I am watching 'Cold Comfort Farm' as it reminds me in certain respects of my current situation...

Oh, and here is a cute picture of a cat sitting in the fruit basket on the table.