What's in a name?

Thanks for all of you that have posted suggestions thus far, post again if you've thought of anymore. Check out what others have suggested. I've also commented with ones that Andrew and I have come up with. For the rest of you lurkers, and I know you're out there, what are you waiting for?

Assistance Needed!

OK people: faithful readers and the occasional peruser, we need your help!

We need a farm name. This is no longer something we can toy with and bat around like we have been doing all winter. We are on a deadline, a little less than a month to be exact. Here's why: The two goats that we have are pregnant, the first one is due in just about a month from now. When you register a goat with the American Dairy Goat Association, the first part of their name is your farm name, and then their given name. Hence we can't register the babies until we have a farm name and they are supposed to be registered within a few weeks of their birth....

Andrew and I have a couple of ideas (which I will throw out there at a later date for feedback, but I don't want to influence the creative juices that I know are out there). So comment away.

P.S. We want the name to be something that we can use for all our farm purposes, not just with the goats, so try to steer clear of things like "Goat Acres" etc. That's the only guidelines I'll give tho.

Camera Regret

Sam & I went for a walk this afternoon. It's blustery and we got snow over the weekend after we just got rid of all of it last week, but it was sunny and sort of warm.
I was only going to go to the end of the pasture, but it was so nice we kept going. I didn't bring my camera and of course we saw a ton of interesting things I could have take pictures of. Here's a few of the things we came across, I'm going to go out tomorrow morning, with my camera, and see what I come across.

• There was a massive Red Tail Hawk, we saw him sitting in a tree and flying over the field and woods, screeching the whole time.
• The creek has snow and ice on the edges but is now running and bubbling.
• There was a group of Robin's eating sumac.
• There was a group of Grackle's that followed us along the creek's edge, it was a little creepy, think The Brother's Grimm (for those of you that saw the movie).
• I saw an Eastern Bluebird, a REALLY bright blue one with a rust chest. He was beautiful, and he sat still and watched us for a number of minutes before he flew off across the field. It was a perfect shot.
• A flock of Canadian Geese flew overhead in a perfect V across the bright, blue, not-a-cloud-in-the-sky sky
  

So the moral of the story is, no more field and woodland walks without the camera.

Superstitious Mountain

Little known fact: Cactus don't start growing branches until they are 50 years old.


Superstition Mountain & The Dutchman's Lost Mine

Legend has it that a German immigrant found a large amount of gold in the mountain. Often trading gold for goods in Phoenix. On his deathbed he told his nurse where the mine was and even drew her a rough map, she was never able to find the mine, despite numerous attempts. She then began selling the maps to other hopeful gold seekers. But still no one has been able to find the mine or the gold.
The name of the mountain comes from farmers that used to grow hay at it's base and heard stories from the Pima Indians who were afraid of the mountain. The farmers thought the Indians superstitious, hence Superstition Mountain. As you can see from the pictures the mountain does have some eerie look to it when the sun hits it just right. I can see where tribes could come up with some pretty spooky stories.

Tortilla Flats

Upon arrival in Arizona we immediately went sight seeing to Tortilla Flats. The draw for us, Prickly Pear Ice Cream. It was delicious, the closest thing I could compare it to was maybe cranberries, without the tartness. It was fruity but not too sweet, oh so yummy. Unfortunatly we didn't think to take a picture of it.

Canyon Lake

I don't think the pictures do the landscape justice. I love the colours of the desert.