In the summer of 2016, on the 13th of July, I was a member of the highly motivated potato harvest team.
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You'll see a bit of that work in the photograph, but the focus will be on the non-working animals.
While we were digging out the delicious tubers ...
... in the field overgrown with tall weeds ...
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... three young goats were sniffing and monkeying around ...
... entertained by the action.
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Their mother was resting under the olive tree ...
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... on the edge of the field.
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This is Mladen. The leader of our group.
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He was the youngest but also the most expert and experienced in the field.
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He had a tractor ...
... and he knew how to use it.
The goats were exploring the trail left by the plow.
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My part of the work was picking the unearthed potatoes ...
... but ...
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... since we weren't in a hurry ...
... I had more than enough time ...
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... to follow the goats ...
... up, down & all around the field.
I took many goat-themed photographs on that occasion.
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Maybe too many.
Yeah ...
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... I mean, definitively too many.
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Of course, no one forced me to put them all in the post.
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But I just couldn't resist putting them.
Fairly early in the morning, Mladen arrived with the tractor.
An hour or so later ...
... we were all there ...
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... brought by my old auxiliary car ...
... that doesn't exist anymore.
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The red Fiat Punto ...
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... one of the most prominent non-goat protagonists of this post ...
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... ended its career in a vehicle recycling facility.
Its bodywork was crushed two years ago but its memory is well preserved in these photographs.
On the 13th of July 2016 ...
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... that car was an ideal playground for the young goats.
They were exploring the trunk.
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They were jumping in and out.
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They were jumping on the hood as well ...
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... and then on the roof.
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It was the strangest day in that car's existence ...
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... it was a special day for the goats ...
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... and we had a memorable experience too.
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The fairly tall plant that was covering the field ...
... and hiding every trace of potatoes ...
... is the Chenopodium album.
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Chenopodium album, commonly known as goosefoot or wild spinach, is an edible plant.
It's considered a weed in some parts of the world and is being cultivated as food in some other places. Here where I live, is mostly considered an annoying weed. But it tastes good. Especially with potatoes. I eat that thing from time to time.
And now, exactly halfway into the post, is time to take a look at the central, most important part of the whole thing - THE VIDEO. Have a good viewing.
The video was assembled from pieces of footage recorded on the 13th of July 2016. Some friends and I were harvesting potatoes and three young goats were playing around. It was a great summer day and I had to record some moments of it. Hope you'll enjoy it as I had back then in 2016. The car shown here didn't have a car stereo so the music in the video must have been played from someone's mobile phone. Most of the time my videos are just small fragments of longer and more elaborate posts on Hive and this one isn't an exception. You'll see and read more if you take the time to explore the entire post. Have a great day and a good viewing.
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With all that Chenopodium album covering the potato plants ...
... the place didn't look like a potato field at all.
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Which has its advantages. A well-hidden potato treasury, for example, doesn't need fences.
Despite the field being unkept and overgrown with wild plants ...
... the harvest was very good, actually.
Here you can see a goat standing near a bunch of unearthed potatoes.
In this photograph, the goats are exploring my backpack.
At one point, the lady called Maia ...
... brought some special food to the goat family.
Can't remember what food it was, but the goats look very excited about it in these shots.
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Here you can see the youngsters exploring the tractor.
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Here the trio is on the top of the car again.
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Here, they are inside the car, for a change, and in the following set of four photographs ...
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... you can see them inside the car, on the top of the same car, and around the tractor as well.
When we sat down to eat something ...
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... the young goats joined us, of course.
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They explored every object in the wide array of stuff around us.
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They also had a bit of bread ...
... for dessert.
They made some funny, cartoonish faces while chewing.
In this photograph, a friend called Emil is driving the tractor.
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In this animated collection of black & white shots, the goats are exploring the trunk of the car again.
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Here, they look pretty glamorous on the rooftop of the Fiat Punto.
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I wonder how they'll look on the ultimate finance bro fetish - the proverbial Lambo. Maybe these goats will add a refreshing tone to that boring cliche.
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The goat in the right part of this photograph was caught in a moment of rumination. You can see it chewing the regurgitated food while laying comfortably on the top of the car.
Here you can see a goat laying down on the ground ...
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... surrounded by erected and trampled Chenopodium album plants.
In this photograph, another goat is ready to lie down and take a rest. In the following shot ...
... two goats are resting and only one is still active.
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Here you can take another look at that active one. In the following photograph ...
... all three gave up the action.
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Here you can see them in action again.
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You can see them exploring the trunk of the car ...
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... sniffing around the tractor ...
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... you can see them doing all that entertaining stuff that you already saw them doing in dozens and dozens of photographs in this damn long and repetitive post.
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I'm starting to think that there is too much goat-related material here, too much even for a post with a goat in its title.
Here you can see me, for a change. I'm actively meditating in the field while the potatoes in the ground under me are emanating some obscure but extremely positive energies. In the following photograph ...
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... the focus is on the goats again.
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The goats are in the trunk of the car again here.
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Here you can take another look at my friend Mladen, for a change.
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The goats are again busy sniffing around the tractor in this photograph.
Yep. The car trunk again.
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And then the tractor ... again ...
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... followed by yet another car trunk scene.
At one point, soon after we finished the work ...
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... a gentle rain started falling ...
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... so the young goats ...
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... found shelter under the Mladen's tractor. What a nice way for a young goat to finish a highly entertaining harvest morning. In a cozy place under the silent, sleepy machine.
And that's it. I have no more pictures to show. Finally. The Goat Show ends here. Hope you had a jolly good time. Bye - bye.
AS ALWAYS IN THESE POSTS ON HIVE, THE PHOTOGRAPHS, THE VIDEO, AND THE ANIMATED GIFS, ARE MY WORK.
