Dreaming of Goats, Again.

Almost exactly two years ago, we fell in love with the idea
of goats during our cheese-making adventure at Monteillet.

Yesterday, I was in the side yard working diligently to keep the chickens contained when a neighbor stopped by with an "unusual question."

She wanted to know if we'd ever thought about getting goats. At the moment the question was asked, I didn't know that this was a neighbor. It was the first time we had met, so I guess in that sense, it was a curious sort of question.

Anyone who knows us well knows how much we'd love to have goats.

I said, "As a matter of fact, we have considered getting goats. But, unfortunately it's not allowed within city limits."

She went on to talk about how she's thinking about fighting the city on the matter and how some guy fought Seattle and won, so maybe something like this could happen in Lynnwood too.


Our baby ducklings back in 2009

I told her how much we would love to have goats, but that I wasn't sure that we were ready to fight for it. The funny thing about all of this is that I actually had the thought the other day that we could probably get away with having a few goats.... after, all we had chickens before they were legal....

As we talked, we soon discovered that we had quite a number of things in common with this neighbor.


Our ducks weren't meant for a life in
the suburbs. Our survivors, Bonnie
and Wi-Fi, exchanged their
kiddy pool for a life of
luxury at Lake Ballinger.

Her family had chickens long before they were legal too.
And they had ducks too, just like we used to.

Before she left, we exchanged contact information. I'm not sure if we'll join her fight, but sooner or later we'll get our goats!

Now, I'm missing our ducks and dreaming of goats.