TBT: ODE TO JACQUELINE

TBT: Jacqueline will always have a special spot in my heart as she was the first kid goat I got to witness being borne once I moved to the End of the Rainbow Valley. Her namesake is after a special Milwaukee friend with whom I co-directed a Foreign Language program in Whitefish Bay. We had a special bond as we spent a lot of time together building a 5 year foreign language elementary language program. My school had Spanish and me as Profe and at her school she taught French and was Madame Jacque.  Being old enough to be her mother, she definitely saved me as she was tech savvy and knew how to plug in those state standards. And I was an honorary grandparent and got to see her son's first ultrasound. 

So it was only natural when the female baby kid was born to Louise, Natureman's Alpine milking goat, Jacqueline was added to the goat herd. She looked just like her Mother and also was a good mother and great milker providing Natureman his  morning coffee's milk for 13 years.  

Jacqueline and Fluffy the Cat were tight and where one was so was the other. When Fluffy passed away a couple of years ago, Jacqueline was unsettled until her kids distracted her.

I have attached one video after she gave birth to Blanco, another beautiful Alpine goat.  

"GETTING YOUR GOAT This apparently refers to an old English (Welsh?) belief that keeping a goat in the barn would have a calming effect on the cows, hence producing more milk. When one wanted to antagonize/terrorize one's enemy, you would abscond with their goat rendering their milk cows less- to non-productive. Comment from Angel: This explains the expression in modern America."
"The goat is a metaphor for your state of peacefulness. When your goat is with you, you are calm and collected."


Jacqueline lived a good, long life here in the End of the Rainbow Valley and as any pet, I will miss her. 
Bon voyage Jacqueline...