What did you do today?

[Nanno]

Yesterday was Sputnik's turn to be the macho goat! I felled a small tree halfway down the big hill behind our house, and I thought I would be able to carry it up to the house myself. Well it turned out to be not as small as it looked from my back porch and was much too big for me to drag home in my arms. The goat herd had just disappeared into the bushes, but I called Sputnik and he came running from the herd, eager for the treats he knew would be forthcoming. He followed me to the house where I left the chainsaw and grabbed the breastcollar, singletree, and rope that were all waiting handily near the door where I'd left them after Finn hauled in the Christmas tree.

Sputnik did awesome hauling that heavy log up the hill in the snow. He paused once or twice near the top where the snow gave way to mud and made the going pretty tough, but a few cookies got him going again. He seemed very proud of himself when we reached the house, and I had some extra wood for our stove today. It's a blizzard out there!