LUCIFER!

I found a pic of Lucifer! The goat who use to live on the roof of the Mill House at The House on the Rock!

Argan Oil

In an effort to cover all things related to goat-pop-culture, I have to share this story on tree climbing goat poo oil. Yes. You read correct.





























Full article here:

http://www.forkfulofnews.com/?p=2300

BURNED!

The ever-lovely and so up beat Gavle Boken (the biggest straw goat in Gavle Sweeden-they have two) has burned to the ground!!!! At 3 a.m. this morning local time. So sad! He had a twitter page and a blog this year and he is ever so optomistic, even as his "little brother" was stolen earlier in the month.

Then:

















Now:














Perhaps next year they can sell more baby goats (stuffed versions) so that they can hire more guards to protect him. Ah well. His spirit live on!!















http://www.merjuligavle.se/English/VISIT-GAVLE/THE-CHRISTMAS-GOAT/

The Saga of Brett the Goat

In my sordid past, I was a high school student in Winona, MN, and it comes as no surprise that one of the strangest stories to come from the Viking Farve tone poem (sorry!) is out of that river town.

Seems a 21 year old girl along with a dude and a kid went to Tires Plus to get a belt replaced in her car. There, she confided in an employee that there was a goat in her trunk. Not only that, but when the guy opened the trunk, he found the goat was painted purple and gold (Minnesota Viking football colors) and had former-Green Bay Packer-turned Viking Brett Farve's #4 shaved on his side. The goat was only one year old.

Conflicting reports exist as to whether or not the goat was actually going to be sacrificed, but kudos to the repair guy for reporting the incident and rescuing the goat!

First reported in the famed Winona

The goat, now named Brett, is going to a new home. In Wisconsin.

Next up-a report on the "goat sanctuary" (some day.)

12/05/2009 -- UPDATE! Check out this page for information on Brett's home: http://schultzscountrybarn.com/default.aspx

House on the Rock

I now work for House on the Rock and thought I'd post some goat-ness from that bastion of eclectic agglomerations:













































































I'll be on the lookout for more. I'm sure there's one on the carousel. And apparently a goat named Lucifer used to live on the roof of the Mill House.

Goats+golf=FUN!

Swissland Mini-golf

I was very impressed that for the last two Sundays, there have been goat photos in the Wisconsin State Journal. This week it was for Al Johnson's restaurant (which I've already covered in this blog) and the week before it was Swissland Miniature Golf course which I had not heard of. In the article "Charting a Course," the author wrote about the 18 best holes in the Madison area. Holes 2,612 and 10 of Swissland in New Galarus made it onto their list.

Of course, the most important part about this golf course is Hershey and Marshmallow, two goats who live next to the course. I have not visited but apparently you can buy ice cream cones filled with food for them. (Note-New Galarus also hosts Heidi-fest which features goats prominently. I missed it this year, but hope to attend in 2010!)

Vintage Goat Cart Photos

I just read an interesting article in "Goats" magazine, a special issue produced by Hobby Farms Magazine group. It was about "The Goat Cart Man," name unknown, who was a guy who went around in the 20s-40s with a goat and a cart and a number of banners with the year printed on them. He would pose children in the cart, take their picture and sell the resulting photograph.

I actually have a number of these images, but never thought to look on ebay for others. Lo and behold, there are quite a few, and all very reasonably priced! So if anyone is trying to find that perfect gift for the goat maiden, do a search for "Goat photo," and I would be happy to receive any of them.