G is for goat

I've mentioned this here before, but I love the Carl Sandburg house. I feel so blessed that we can get out and hike whenever we want now that we live in NC and this is one of my favorite places to do it. Last weekend we got out with some friends to visit the goats and take a hike on one the CS trails. Here are some pictures from our day...

Truth be told. I have a bit of an obsession with goats. I would love to have one some day but I hear they are a lot of work to care for. You have to milk them like a million times a day. Maybe one day, but for now I'll have to get my goat's milk cheese from the farmer's market.

Later on we spend some QT on the porch and I did a little front porch "pickin" (I quote it because iI use that term loosely and that phrase jokingly). I am still working on learning the mandolin. School delayed my plans a bit to become a master mandolin player but now that I'm only taking one class for Spring 2012, I'm hoping to have more time to devote to becoming an expert :-)

One last thing...here's my new favorite website...The Skinny Confidential!