Introducing: Cristal

It occurred to me the other day that when I don't have anything witty to say, I can always talk about my goats. (ALWAYS.) So I thought, why not start introducing everyone! A little background information, if you will. I don't know how far it'll go, but it's only logical to start with the goat that started it all: Cristal!

Cristal - "Got anything good?"

I know it's not the greatest photo ever, but for all that she's been here longer than any other goat we have, I have almost no pictures of her. When I was seven, I announced that I was going to get a white goat and name it Cristal - and she's still here! You can tell she's old just by looking at her, and she's a crotchety thing, but there you go. She was never a super lovey-dovey goat, and is still more interested in babies and food (in that order) than in people, but despite her standoffish, no-touchie personality, she's a sucker for a backscratch. She loves having kids (since her "retirement" in 2005 she's gotten herself bred twice) and currently lives under the same roof as her daughter, four granddaughters, five great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren. (And there are four more sets of kids due from her family alone!) Cristal is the matriarch of my grade line - her daughter Tahoe is my special baby, and her granddaughter Kitten is the highest appraising goat in my barn. Her progeny (through Tahoe) have the best-tasting milk and are unusually smart, laid-back, and easy to milk at the same time.  She's a very "been there, done that" kind of goat, and will most definitely be here until the day she dies.