Greetings from Redbarn Farm!

Our vacation was wonderful last week, both away and at home. I always think it's nice taking more time off than you'll be gone to a different location in order to relax, unpack, and take care of a few things at home before heading back to work. Not only did Big Monkey get his shop cleaned out as part of the expansion prep, we also had the time to go help his folks repaint their living/dining rooms and kitchen. They give so much of their time to us for watching Little Bit when we have to work that I feel blessed to be able to help them in this small way.

I could make a whole section on our visits to Redbarn Farm. And this time was even more special: two baby goats had joined the herd! The last time I was visiting I remarked that a couple of the nanny goats looked a bit preggars. I got a shrug and "maybe?" Hah! Vindication. Sure enough, Peachy was the first to pop out twins, two girls named Polly and Pearl. It's fun to see newborns of different species. The baby goats were only two days old and already bouncing on rocks, nibbling grass, and checking out the chickens. The only things they shared in common with the last newborns I saw (human babies) was drinking their mother's milk ("From boobies!" as Little Bit has just learned) and sleeping a lot.

While there, we finally got to go into downtown Greenville, something we've wanted to do for only three years now, we've just never had the time. It was everything we'd hoped for and more, really, with the beautiful Riverwalk and Reedy Falls Park and Suspension Bridge and and and! We lunched at High Cotton, a wonderful nouveau southern cuisine restaurant that was high falutin' but still pampered Little Bit. Big points with Mom! Just check out this Reuben sandwich! We only spent a few hours there, between lunch, walking part of the river, and visiting Mast General Store and OP Taylor's so there's still a ton to see and do. We may have to start building in a few hours every time we go down there to venture out and see one new thing. There's a couple of independent breweries that we know of so next time Big Bro is up with his family, we'll have to sneak them out for a tasting.