Update

 Several weeks ago, Licorice ran away and never came back. The dog was driving her nuts as Lucy always took all my attention because of her training, and Licorice always slept on the couches in the Livingroom instead of my bed. I bawled my eyes out when she never came back, and the dog was just too much when we have no fenced in yard, and I had a ton of school coming up. So I had to find her a new family, and I am very glad I did. Lucy is now in a loving family with older kids and a younger girl to play with. She is very happy, (as the new owner emailed me on Lucy's adjustment,) and she is having so much fun. :-)

I miss Licorice terribly, and as a surprise, I have a new kitten now! So head on over the the "My Pets" Tab to read about him! :-)

Below is a picture from the new owner of Lucy in her new home. And a picture of my new kitten, Patty Paws. 

Lucy!

 I recently bought my first puppy, her name is Lucy, and she is of course a Beagle. I found her on a puppy website, and the story goes how I was either going to get a yellow Labrador, or a Tri-color Beagle. Well, lol, the Lab didn't work out because the breeder could not ship the puppy, (because of Covid-of course.) so I decided to get a Beagle from Missouri, and have someone drive her instead of airline-ship. Well, thankfully that worked out, because I would not have something to write about. LOL. If you are wondering why I got a puppy five states away, It is because CA was in lock down and everbody decided that getting a puppy would somehow help being in quarantine. It does, actually keep you VERY busy. ;-) 

Lucy is now three months old, and as I write this she is carrying a ping-pong ball in her mouth. *Gets up to snatch it away, but then decides she can have it for a few minutes because she hides it way under the queen bed out of reach. Says "Bad girl," and comes back.*                                                                              I guess I am just not used to having a dog, especially of how much trouble they seem to find themselves in-*Stops writing turns around because Lucy is being very quiet. Finds her chewing on my sister's Barbie doll. picks her up and puts her into her playpen.*-OK...Well, as I was saying, Lucy does not listen very well so that is why I might do some dog training with her after I get my drivers license. *slaps face when a giant bang rolls through the house. Finds out Lucy dumped her big bowl of food onto the floor.* -Let me rephrase that sentence, she WILL have some dog training. . .

So enjoy the video of Lucy angry at a brave cat for entering her "Space." The cat of course outsmarts her every time. But come on, Lucy is just so adorable!

We are actually starting up school in a couple weeks, so my next post will be about the subjects I am doing this year. 

What grade are you going into, and what are your school subjects this year?

~Ellie~

                           

My favorite things tag!

Hey everyone, I know I have not posted in like....forever, Lol, but I'm back with a fun tag!:-)
                                
                                                            Rules:
💗 Thank and link back to the person who tagged you. Thank you, Caitlyn!

💗Thank and link back to the person who started the tag. Thanks, Beth!

💗Write about eight of your favorite things in your post

💗Add at least two photos or gifs that have to do with your favorite things

💗Tag at least eight people (if you don't know that many people, just do as many as you can)

💗Put the eight rules in your blog post

💗Include the picture above for the beginning of your blog post

💗Have fun!

      Okay, here we go. :-)

1. I love my parents, siblings, (I would underline their blogs, but they are too outdated. Does 8 years sound old? but if you still want to see them, just tell me and I will add them) and of course my Grandma, and Grandpa. 

I also love my friends, 

Elaina,

Ellen,

Lexah,

And all of my blogger friends! :-)

2. I love my Cat!

    Yes, I do absolutely adore her. She is almost 7, And I got her as a kitten. And yes, below is her in our old house. 

3. I love my Bible

4. I love my Goats,

 Velvet

 Trixie

 Harmony

 Puzzle

And Inky

5. I love Shasta, (oops, I forgot to write a post on him, sorry grandma,) 

6. I love my soon-to-be-puppy. (WOW! I didn't know I skipped so much that has happened! (Get ready for a picture overload on "My Pets" page...)

7. I love swimming! (We recently bought a pool, If you want to see a picture, I can add it to my upcoming, mile-long blogpost) *Shudders at the time it will take* LOL

8.  I love milkshakes! (Especially with rich, creamy goat milk! Mmmmm

9. I love hiking! Its so much fun to go exploring!

I tag....

Lexah

Ellen

I'm finally back!

I know, it has been a Very long time since I have posted on her. (Sorry about that) but now I have SO much to update you all on...
First of all yes, I bought the alpine doe, and second, Velvet and Harmony both had their adorable babies a few weeks ago. Harmony had 2 boys, (though I as hoping she would have twin girls again for the 4th time)... but oh well.
My buck "Puzzle" is surprisingly very tame, even though bucks are mostly always awful, Puzzle is very sweet and I have been teaching him tricks because I can no longer do them with velvet since she has her babies and all. Below is a short video of a couple tricks I

taught him...

Velvet also had her beautiful twins, 1 big boy and 1 big girl. below is "Trixie" and "Cocoa" and the ones after that is Harmony's babies "Shadow" and "Smokey."  who almost died because Harmony had a hard time delivering the HUGE baby Shadow.

 And to sum it all up, Angle our cat had eight kittens!!! :-)
2 grey
1 black
2 calicos
1 grey and white
1 black and white
1 orange and grey

I cant wait to show you them! As soon as I take photos of them I will be sure to show you all of them! :-)

The merry and bright tag! :-)

First of all, thank you Lexah for the tag!
And now, back to the post! :-) :-):-)




Rules:
1.Thank the person wo tagged you
2. make sure to include the picture above to your post
3. answer the fallowing pics

And now, the questions:


1. Favorite movie to watch at Christmas time: 
     
wellll….hmmm......probably the Nativity.


2.  Some Christmas songs that make it Christmas:

Definitely: "Joy to the world", "Deck the Halls", "Let it snow", (which I WISH it would snow in California, and of course wishing does nothing,) Lol!
"O, come Emanuel," "Marry did you know," and "Oh Christmas tree" :-)

3. Some books I love in the Winter:

Well, ones that have to do with Horses, snow, and warm hot cocoa!

4. Some Christmas goodies that make me smile: 

Christmas cut out cookies, peanut butter balls, hot cocoa, Peppermint mocha,
almond bark cookies, and eggnog! :-)

5. some Christmas-y words that make me happy:

SNOW, (Lol) Baby Jesus, bells, and eggnog!

6. Some things I look forward to every year:


Christmas break!
Wrapping presents for my pets,
celebrating Jesus' birth
Family time
My grandparents coming every-other-year :-)
Christmas music, (if my Dad does not play it to early in the year,) Lol!

7. Favorite Christmas memories: (That happen every year)

reading the Christmas story every year on Christmas day,
watching my cat literally tear apart a gift and hide in the paper,
having our Christmas breakfast,

8. memories to be made this year:

Not exactly sure what this means...


But, I hope you enjoyed the post, and I tag:

Ellen


Merry Christmas!!! :-)

Ellianna Faith Ross

"Puzzle Pieces"

Introducing my new buckling, Puzzle, he is 6 months old, and a purebred Nubian. His mom, Dad, and sister and brother are all registered, but sadly he is not. I might buy his Mom, "Pearl" So they are going to breed her first. (To their buck.) :-) :-) Baby goats expected in late march to early April.YAY!!!
And, Pearl had TRIPLETS, Puzzle is just ONE of them!!! pearl had two bucklings, and one doeling (which they are showing at the fair this year!) :-)  Pearl is a full dapple, and so are her babies. (except my buckling Puzzle.)
Puzzle is now living with velvet in their own pasture across from Nellie.
They are really spoiled, and are always wanting someone to go give them a "Carrot Popsicle" :-)
Yes. I have a recipe! Lol! :)
Puzzle is "supposed" to breed her this season, but Velvet's a big pill to the buck, and the buck is a big pill to velvet, Lol!

Recipe:

1 measuring cup, (or something to freeze it in.)
1/4 cup of water, (for each one.)
3 small carrots, (or some other vegetable that will not become soaked from the water when it is freezing)

a pop sickle stick, (I re-use mine!) :-)
some plastic rap, (for the popsickle stick to "sit" in the middle. (or aluminum foil)

First, cut the carrots into small pieces, then put them into the measuring cap with the water, stir, put the plastic rap on top, poke a hole into the plastic, then stick the "stick" in and freeze for a couple hours. Done!
(if you want to make one for yourself) You can also make lemonade pop sickles, and other interesting flavors!

Just now, I found out that a couple "Bad" coyotes got into the goat pen last night and tore up the fencing. Grrr... 
Oh well... at least they are not hurt, and i guess the goats get their own stall tonight!
:-)

New goats coming soon! :-) :-)

I am SO excited, and I have a good right to be!!! :-)
Now you are probably thinking, "Why?!" "What's going on!?"
Okay, I will tell you in just a minute, but I have a few new updates first...

So, a few days ago, I decided to sell my very loud, attacking geese to kevan, he wanted them SO bad, because he wanted to breed them and sell them like I wanted too, but It was better than selling them at the auction, because I really still like them just a little bit!
I was going to keep 1 male and 2 girls, but than I just decided that it would be better to just sell them all. SO. I sold them for $160 to kevan, and now you are REALLY probably wondering WHY I did that, Well, because I decided I wanted to buy a couple more goats, A registered Nubian buck, and a registered Alpine doe. Oh yes, did I forget the fun part? "The doe is already bred!" :-)
she is going to kid early march, So I am not in a huge rush to buy her, but the buck, yes.
I would still like to breed velvet, and buying my own buck is so much less of a hassle than taking her 3 hrs away to a Nubian dairy buck near the ocean! Yea, I was almost going to do that, but it didn't work out.

I am having a Dairy herd, because I am going to make lots of cheese, butter, Fresh pasteurized goat milk, heavy whipping cream, and maybe goat milk soap! I saw that idea from "Showers of Blessings" :-)
I really love her blog!
you can see it below,
Brooklyne 

 These are some bucks I found that interest me.
Which one do you like the best? :-)
The brown and white, or the spotted black and white?

And below, (the black and white one)
is the color of the doe I am interested in. :)

                                                                      Job 12:7-10 

⁷"But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you; ⁸or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you. ⁹Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this? ¹⁰In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind

Ellie R.

Update on my "Geese."

So, as you all know, I received 10 Chinese geese a few months ago.
well, as they are now 5 times as big as they were, I have to say, they are not "nice" to anyone but me. why? well, they learned I'm boss and they know to respect me, but anyone else...well they go after.. :(
sadly.
I have named them all and my mom is always wondering how I can even tell them apart, because they are all the exact same color! It is all quite simple though, I go by tallest and quiet, to loud, annoying females...

First, it is "Uncle Waldo" (from the Disney Aristocats, the three geese)
then my second male is "Mr. Honkers"
then the first female is "Emelia gabble" (Disney Aristocats)
the second is "Abigale gabble" (Disney Aristocats)
the third female is "Mrs. Lucy Goosy"
the fourth female is "Subrina"
the fifth female is "Kate" or "cuteykaty" (as she is the smallest and cutest of them all)
the sixth female is "Maybelle" (who is defiantly a piercing belle in your poor ears)

So I have a grand total of 6 girls and two boys, a perfect ratio of geese!

they are all very special, but sometimes make me angry when they turn over chicken waterers, and finding a way to escape to get to the porches and mess them all up...
But anyway they should be hatching their own baby goslings in April so I am REALLY looking forward to that, so all the baby geese will pay for all the precious food I have been feeding them...
So here are some pictures of my "Huge!" geese.

pic 2. "Uncle Waldo"



Ellie R.

"Velvets Tricks..."

Here is a video of velvets cute tricks I taught her as a baby. she knows them very well, and sometimes goes around "shaking" peoples hands for crackers. and yes. she gets a piece of a cracker every single time. "Lol!"

This is her "shake," and "up." we are still working on it though. :-)

She also knows, "Velvet come here!"
well, sometimes, if she "feels" like she "wants" a cracker.


Update on the goats:

Velvet is now 92pounds, and a little bigger than her pasture pal Nellie, who is about 2 years, (Kevan looked at Nellies teeth. I guess.)

She is almost 7 1/2 months, so I am fattening her up a little more before I breed her next month...
I guess it all depends on the weight of the goat, and Nellie had twins at just 80pounds, so I hope Velvet will at least have twins. :) but if not, that's alright too.

Kevan keeps bugging me that velvet is big enough right now to be bred, but I am like, "who wants baby goats born in the freezing cold winter, instead of the warm, grassy spring?"
But we are all very much looking forward to cute and cuddly baby goats!

If you are wondering what happen to Coffee, (my wether,) I sold him at an auction and got top price for him. one hundred dollars to be exact. usually wethers sell for less than 60 at an auction. So who knows why I got that much! (probably because he was so cute, and friendly. I can just picture him going straight up to the person waving the flag at him, and start chewing on his clothes. Lol, that's one of the reasons I sold him in the first place. Especially after he ate 2 inches of my sisters hair, a few months back.

Velvet 7 months ago, and now...

Introducing, "Jewels Last Trophy."

"My new horse!" :)

First of all... yes, I got a new horse! I got Jewel about 3 months ago, and she is the best "pony/horse" I have ever had! she is smart, intelligent, and SO lovable!
Jewel has been gone for a month because she was at a trainer to "finish" her training because she is still very young, but now I have her back. So let me introduce you all to miss Jewel! :-)

Jewels Last Trophy is a 14.1h American paint horse with registered papers. The story was I found her on dreamhorse.com and I was looking for horses the day wyatt left us.
Jewel popped up a day later. At first I had been looking for a tall horse, and since Jewel was a true pony, I kinda ignored her add. But I kept going back to her because she was just so unique, and all the other horses were not like her.
I quickly went to mom and told her about a horse I had found, she asked how far away it was, and "oops!" I forgot to look, than I raced back to the add and fund out it was less than 45min!

Mom said we could go look at her the next day, and we got in the car and drove of.
We drove up to her ranch, and went on a bumpy road for about 4 miles, than finally arrived at a gorgeous ranch and beautiful horses.
The owner came out of the house and we talked for a while about the horse, than she let us tack Jewel up and than we went riding!

Jewel turned out to be a fantastic mare, and now she is a twin to lacey, and the sweetest horse! :)

A few facts about Jewel...

NAME: Jewels Last Trophy
HEIGHT: 14.1hh
BREED: American Paint Horse
FOALED: June 2012
FAVORITE TREAT: sugar cookies
FAVORITE FRIEND(S):  Lacey, and Velvet, (even though she ate 3 inches off of Jewels tail.) Lol!
FAVORITE THING(S) TO DO: gallop, fallow Velvet around, eat, nuzzle, and riding!

Goslings

Baby goslings just arrived! :)
I ordered 10 a few weeks ago and they came today! I sadly cant name them yet, because we ordered straight run. but Julie REALY wants to name one snow white. and I named one Honkers because he/she will not stop "peeping." They are White Chinese geese and they LOVE swimming. Chinese geese are actually Swan geese because they look so much like swans. they mostly will eat weeds, and do not really prefer chicken food, and would rather "weed."

I'm back! :-)

Yes, it has been a while but my other computer crashed, and the hard drive broke with everything on it. So since I can use another one, I can give you some updates on what is going on;

First, my beloved horse had to be put down, I made a tribute to Wyatt so here it is.

A TRIBUTE TO WYATT

We will miss you, Wyatt. We will miss your funny personality and your cute disposition. I know I will never see you ever again, but you will always be in my heart.

I was trying to think of what you have taught me. I was thinking for a long time, and I finally figured it out.

You taught me to be relaxed when I ride. I remember when I was riding you one day. I was so frustrated that I wanted to blow up! You would NOT go forward. You put on your brakes and wouldn’t budge. Grandma was with me, and she tried to guide me through it, but you would not walk forward. 

I tell him "Goodbye."

Right then and there I did not notice that I was not being quiet with my hands, and I was very stiff in my seat. So I kept kicking and complaining. The next time I rode you, Wyatt, I saw that you were just as nervous as me. You didn’t want to be tacked up, and you didn’t want me to pick your feet.

I got irritated and angry. You sensed it and mimicked what I did, so it was a nasty ride . . . until I finally recognized that horses DO mimic people’s feelings. Right then I relaxed my hands, let the reins loose, loosened my back, sat back a little, and tried to enjoy the ride. I have to say that THAT was my best ride. And one of our last…

You also taught me how to handle difficult horses, because sometimes you were VERY difficult.  You have bucked, bolted, and reared with me and my brother countless times, but I still got back on. I tried to work you through those awful problems, but you still kept doing them.

But I did not give up, and I did not give you your own way. And after a few months you slowly stopped them! I was SO proud, and I am still proud right now. And that was the amazing thing to me.

I was tired of riding lazy horses (Lacey, to be exact) and you were a breath of fresh air! I LOVED the thrill of galloping bareback on the roads and having the wind whip through my face. THAT was amazing, and truly thrilling.

I still miss that you will never nod your head for treats again, you will never again bloat the BEST you could whenever I cinched you up. You will never try to eat the hose when you were drinking from it. And I will never gallop you bareback ever again, and that’s what really hurts.

I will never EVER see you again, but I thank you for the fun times we had together. You taught me so much, and I just want to say, “Thank you.”

Epilogue

Wyatt had to be put down today because he had a continuing problem with his legs. He kept getting hurt, and two days ago he REALLY got hurt in his back leg. We got the vet out yesterday, and she said it was best if he was put down. She could have helped him with antibiotics and Bute. But another abscess would follow this one, and on and on. Wyatt was also very old, mid-to late twenties. So, we made the hard decision for him to be put down humanely.

This morning he was shot and now lies buried in our pasture. I know it was the right thing to do because he was in SO much pain. I said “goodbye” to him before the person came over, and Wyatt was crying a little from all the pain his leg gave him. I told him he would not feel any pain any longer.                                                                              

 Goodbye, my sweet friend. 

Ellianna Ross

 

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Wyatt was a wonderful horse, and I miss him a ton, but I will be buying a new horse soon! and that is exciting. :) I cant wait to buy another horse, and this time I am going to buy a young one.
I also really want a mare because I do not really like geldings. Its hard to say why, but I just love them. :)

Velvet and coffee are still alive, and cute as ever! they are almost 4 months, and are trained to lead.
coffee is well, (A little)

Almost all my pets on the "My pet page" are dead... so I will go ahead and fix that page.
I just can not take pictures because I'm not at home, I am at a hotel for a week. (I will tell you why next week or so.)

I got 2 purebred mini rex bunnies for breeding! they are the only ones I have, and Luna, (the female) is expecting soon. :)  so that is very exciting too!

We are getting kittens soon! late next week, :-)
2 orange tabby's, one grey female, and I am totally not sure, but maybe a black girl, (if they don't want to keep her.)

 They are adorable!! :-) don't you think?

Ellianna R.

Velvet dressed up!

We got baby goats!!!

Really quick update on stormy,
He was not doing very well with us, he started to scour a lot, so I gave him to my friend lainy.
She has a mamma cow that is now raising it!
I'm so happy he has a real mother now! ☺

Now the baby goats...

Yesterday, I found a Craigslist add for goats.
It said that the males were $15 ea.
And the females were $50 ea.
Mom, me, Susie and kristi went to go pick them up. We wanted 2 females, and 1 male.
When we were 1 mile to the goat farm,  you won't believe it! We got stuck in mud! It was about a foot and a half deep!

We all got out and walked around, it was a beautiful day! Lol!

Mom called the goat owner,  and he came whith a chain, and pulled the van out of the mud. And the then,  FINALLY we drove to the goat farm. There were 5,000 goats!!
They were EVERYWHERE!!!
He showed us the pen of baby goats,  and we picked 3 females and one male.
But, as we were getting in the car he said,  would you like a free one? So, now, we have 5! We hit home at 5:30pm and I had to feed the baby goats, get dressed, (I was baby sitting at the church that night) and eat in 30min!!
So here is my new baby goats! :)

Number 1.

 This is Stella!
I have to say, she is my favorite. Becouse she will literally jump in your lap when you sit down! She has a black stripe down her back. :) She is very sweet too! And always has TONS of energy,
Jumping, running, butting, ect.

Number 2.

 I have not really named her yet, I want to name her toffee, or velvet. Please let me know in the coments what you like best! ;)
She I SO energetic too! She is 3 days older than the rest of them though! She is quieter than stella. (Stella is CRAZY!!)

Number 3.

This is scarlet,
She is the most quietest becouse she really just likes to lick your fingers,
She is all brown,
And is a little princess.
Scarlet eats alphalfa already!


Number 4.

And than this is our new buck, Coffee & Cream! He is 3 colors and My 2nd favorite!
He will be the buck for the three females! :)

Number 5.
And lastly, the free baby goat, we will castrate him soon, he is susies baby goat and she named him cream puff.
He is a lamanche goat. He is not as active, But he is super cute!! He is the middle  white goat. :)

They are ADORABLE and they are just way to cute! Bottle baby goats are SUPER fun!

Ellie R.