Sunday, September 27, 2009

feeding the goats 26 Sept 2009

When I went to visit David's family in September, Aimee took me to vist Cox Farm, a harvest time kids adventure outing, about 20 minutes from her home in Northern Virginia


How about a hayride into the Haunted Forest?

Very exciting slides - don't forget the gunny (burlap) sack so you can slide like crazy


Now where did that peacock go?


I should remember how to milk a cow - I was doing it at the age of six, when my dad took my mom from the D Ranch, north of Morcroft Wyoming, to Sheridan to deliver that sister Elizabeth.


Newly hatched baby chicks under a warming lamp

Couldn't resist the sign - Oh yes, I am A Cox Girl


Feeding the goats consists of "goat food" (pellets, grain, etc>) in an ice cream cone - easy for a child or Grammie to hold onto - and easy for the baby goats to grab, chomp on, supposedly without eating the kid fingers. The little brown and white goat sure knows the drill - took the whole cone and ran off with it stuck in his mouth.




this may be what they mean when they say " as happy as a pig in poo..."



Later that trip... a visit to the MacGregor library collection at the University of Baltimore. Standing with me is Aiden Faust, archivist, and Tom Hollowak, director of Special Collections. They monitor and care for over 100 separate collections housed there.Did I mention a side trip to Baltimore's Inner Harbor and the enticing Nessie paddle boats just outside the window at Cheesecake Factory? You don't need to be psychic to understand the real drawing card :-). There is nothing mediocre on their menu.