The thunderheads building up in the west were taking after Resa’s Tree.
Our neighbor’s goat had a goatlet (kid). The photos in the gallery below were taken this afternoon. The goatlet was 26 hours old when I took the photos. Click on a photo in the gallery for a slideshow.
Laurie holding the goatlet shows how little or big it is for a 26 hour old goatlet
The above video is of thunderheads dancing. Turn up the volume and enjoy the show.
The painter was in a lavender/gray, blue and white mood for the sunset tonight. Looking west.
Sunset looking east.
Off Center & Not Even 
Day One – Get born. Night One – Survive the Predators. Day Two – Into the herd. At least that is how it is
with wild goats.🐐🐐🐐 (MS needs to work on their goat emoji a little more.)
I can imagine wild goats have to fend off a lot of preditors. Eric has a nice goat shed to help thawrt the preditors. There are a lot of lacking emojis these days. Thanks, David.
Wow… 2nd goat post I’ve seen today. Here’s the other: https://wp.me/p9ZFgA-5Xp
HI Leen. Goat season, I geuss. I don’t need an interactive goat statue for my man cave (music studio/darkroom). I can hear the neighbor’s goats from the north and another neighbor’s sheep from the southwest. I get goat and sheep baying in stereo. And often another neighbor’s donkey joins in on the chorus.
Sounds heavily compared to me hearing planes, freeway traffic, emergency vehicles, and the jerk currently setting off professional level fireworks.
We still get the sound of planes (commercial, military, and recreational), freeway traffic, trains, emergency vehicles, lawnmowers, leaf blowers, chainsaws, and chippers mixed in with the goats, sheep, donkeys, cows, chickens, ducks, geese, coyotes, Coopers Hawks, and chirping birds. I haven’t heard fireworks this year so far.
We virtually never get a break from fireworks. They were really bad last night and will be horrific on the 4th.
I’m 5 miles from an airport and under the ascension path. The return of commercial and lear jets has been a system shock.
The best wild animal sound I get is hummmingbirds. Years ago, we had a pea hen for a couple days. NOISY!!!
It’s hard to find quiet.
I fondly remember the nights, a year ago, when I sat on my front porch at 3am… feeling safe and enjoying the quiet!!
When I get up and three am to let in the irrigation water, it’s often very quiet.
Here, it’s obv quieter than daytime but nothing like the pandemic quiet. And I no longer feel safe.
Are you anywhere close to where the LA bomb disposal truck blew up when they were detonating illegal fireworks?
Thankfully not! That was about 30 miles away. What a nightmare!
The explosion is impressive on the video. LA is going to have a lot of law suits of that catastrophe.
Yeah… the lawsuits have already started. I heard there are 60 investigators on site.
I’m in Long Beach, about 3 miles from the QueenMary.
Whoa, the sky looks gorgeous!! Cute goat ❤
Nice photos!
Thanks PBS. The goatlet is adorable. When Eric put the goatlet back with its mother, it started nursing and wagging its little tail. It was so cute.
Lovely goat and i liked the dancing clouds a lot 🙂
Thanks, Rudi.
Aw.. So sweet. (whispers… I have been called ‘Dances with goats,’ but we will keep that one quiet)
That’s much nicer than most of the names I’ve been called throughout my lifetime. Does that go back to your pre-Sheygoth days? Thanks, Shey.
Love that title, Shey.
xxxxx Rebecca. it goes back to Tilos which was prob a post Sheygoth era.
Cutemess overdose… those ears!!!!!
Thunderheads are impressive though I see someone’s not so happy with them!!! 🤣🤣🤣😹😹😹
Painter painter, you never cease to amaze!!!!
Merci!!!!
Glenda does not like thunder and lighting. She’s giving a headbanger yell at the end. The goatlet is and overdose of adorable. Thanks, Marina.
Glenda and Hera could have long conversations about thunder!!!! 🤣🤣
Ciao Timothy 🙂
Ciao Simona.
Glad the goatlet immediately started nursing. Otherwise get the bottle, at least that was the way with the cattle. Yesterday our place had, as you so aptly put it, ‘professional grade fireworks’ on both sides of our place. One of the worse things Indiana did was legalize Class 1.4 G.
Hi Maj & Sher. Leen is the one who is dealing with neighbors igniting “Professional Grade” fireworks. I have not heard any out here so far. Maybe people are having enough sense to not light fireworks in a drought during cotton storms. The City of Albuquerque will put on its firework show tomorrow night.
Hope everyone is going to play it safe.
Let us hope!
I so love this type of goat. Adorable. And those skies… always such a treat!
Thanks, Dale. Have you done a bit of goat herding in a prior life?
I cannot say that I have 😉 Not too familiar with goat life either 🙂
We had goats when I was young, and so did most of the farmers out here. I remember having many battles with butting billygoats. Billygoats can be really ornery. We had some pretty ornery horses, shetland ponies and burros, also. And now I have ornery cats. Hmmm! Maybe I’m an ornary animal magnet.
Marvelous skies and goatlet! I love the photo of Laurie holding the goatlet, and the video of the clouds too, with its spectacular ending!
Thanks, Leah. It’s such a cute goatlet.
The sun looks like a star on top of a cloud tree in the first photo, and the goatling was very sweet! Sunset clouds from your area are always a treat!
The kitty at the end of the video has a nice set of teeth. Which kitty was that?
That’s Glenda. I saw the first photo in the same way. Thanks, Lavinia.
These pictures of the kid are adorable, Timothy.
Thanks, Robeta.
I love beginnings, first days, the possibilities of continuing. Babies are the best gift. Please give my hugs to the goatlet next door!
All baby animals are adorable. Thanks, Rebecca.
P.S I am dancing with the clouds!
It’s much more fun than Dancing with the Stars, unless you are dancing with heavenly bodies. When we went out to the middle of nowhere to watch and photograph the ring of fire solar eclipse in 2012, there were people having an eclipse party about a 1/4 mile from where I set up my camera for the event: https://wp.me/p1yQyy-Di. Dancing with the Cranes in a ring of fire is fun, also: https://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2018/10/flew-into-a-burning-ring-of-fire
Goat hugging should be available somewhere all the time…if it’s okay with the goats. So very, very sweet and adorable. Hope the baby has a long and loving life. You certainly have great looking skies.
Thanks, Gigi.
BTW They have goat yoga in town. I understand people do yoga with goats standing on them. I’m not sure what the point is other than trying to be different.
Thanks for the show Timothy❣️
Oh that cute goat kid and your awesome video.. Rawr… Meow 😂😻😹😻😹
Thanks, Cindy. I’m happy you liked the video and the goatlet is adorable.
the cat jumping out.. 😹
sooooo cute that goatlet🌷👏👏
Gorgeous clouds, Tim. I love the goat! How adorable. Hugs to you and Laurie.
Thanks, Teagan. I hope you are out of the flooding?
Yes, safe and sound. Thanks for asking. After that big flood (where some construction company blocked arroyos for their subdivisions (20 years ago or so) most of the city is listed as being in a flood plain… but it really isn’t. There have been flash flood watches all week, but I’m not aware of any problems. Not that I would be, but… you know.
That’s good. Carlsbad got hit pretty hard. We are bone dry up here and the Pecos is flooding down south.
Glad to know ya’ll are safe. Yesterday, right beside my old neighborhood in DC, there was a tornado. Not strange for the southeast, but DC is in a weird sort of pocket. They almost never get tornadoes. Anyhow, have a great holiday tomorrow.
That’s an adorable goatlet!
Thanks, Holly.
Loved the goatlet pics.
All such delightful photos, especially the new kid. We have a new human one in the family, and we’re over the moon, dancing in the clouds as Rebecca says!
Congratulations, Mary Jo. And to the wonderful parents. We need many more human kids in this country and the world, contrary to the doomsayers’ mythologies. I knew the clouds had a good reason to dance!
Thank you so much, Tim! This gladdens my heart even more! 🙂
Once again you’ve managed to capture the most amazing skies, and that kid is absolutely adorable, Laurie looks smitten! 😍🐐
Hi Tiffany. That’s a good description of Laurie. We were trying to figure out what her look was. Thanks.
Fab opening pic, Tim!
My tree is magnificent!
Okay that goatlet is cuter than cute. I’ve always adored goats.
Thank you for all the sweet shots…irresistable!
You are welcome, Resa. Your tree always looks good.
Agree! It’s got great bones!
I always love your amazing skies, Timothy. And the baby goat is delightful, bless him.
Thanks, Lizzy.
Cute lil kid.
Thanks, Teri.
I’m a cloud fan .. that little video is awesome! Cute kid getting a big cuddle from Laurie 🙂
Thanks, Julie. We are getting into cool cloud season. The kid is cute.
Beautiful baby goat! And super photos!
Thanks, Flo.