Goat corral is finished

The vision keeps moving closer to reality. I've finally got the corral set up and secured and have begun training the goats to follow me over to it. The idea is to have a portable corral that we can move around to various places that need clearing.

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I then get the goats to follow me from the pen to the area and let them eat all day. I'd leave them longer but it's not really big enough for Sadie the guard donkey and she's tough to get over and back. The first time we tried, it took a stressful hour to get her back in. I'm also concerned that a predator might get the goats without Sadie there to protect them.

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I've been wondering lately why, after two years of steady work at the property, I still find it enjoyable. I was never able to put it into words until I heard a great saying, at church last night, that expresses it perfectly.

"Vision without work is dreaming. Work without vision is drudgery."

It's also cicada season. I had a few drop on me from the bushes, but I saw more husks than I did live ones. Here's a husk caught in a spider web. The most interesting thing is the sound they make. It sounds almost like an jet approaching from the distance. It's a weird, long steady whine, that's not like anything I've heard before. It's kind of creepy.

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