Sun, country, and baby goats

Sun, country, and baby goats

• 4.28.2015

We did something pretty amazing this weekend. Every time I get out to parts of Oregon's beautiful and fruitful countryside, I feel totally grateful to live in this incredible place and totally humbled by the work that goes into (or should go into) creating our food and food system.

One of my coworkers owns a nursery about an hour outside Portland, and has alpacas, chickens, ducks, and goats. My company's Fun Committee puts together seasonal weekend events like pumpkin patching, Christmas tree-cutting, etc. and last year (at my suggestion!! =) ), springtime baby goat-visiting and plant start shopping. We went last year and got comfortable playing with and picking up the goats, and it's time for it again this year!

(Baby goats are among the cutest things ever. Evidence: this video and this video. So it was so fun (spirit-lightening, really!!) to see them jumping around in person!)

Here are a few shots of our buddies. The two smallest were only 2 weeks old. This one weighed about as much as our cat, I swear. And was only slightly less cuddly.

The other babies were 6-8 weeks old.

So cuddly! The hay in my pocket was for feeding to the goats. What an interactive experience!

We also stocked up on veggie starts for our front porch container garden.

And, we brought a picnic lunch (ham, mustard, and avocado wraps--so good!! and salad with CSA veggies including radishes) and ate it in the beautiful gardens they have.

I'm excited for spring and summer and more chances out get out to the country!