A New Goat on the Farm

Meet Billy, the newest goat on the farm.  I found him.. where else.. on Facebook Marketplace.  We met the seller on Saturday and the goat came home with us.  He's a cast iron doorstop!  

The seller told me he'd need some cleaning.. yep!

Billy joins my collection of doorstops.  Our old house isn't level and our front door won't stay open in the summer without a doorstop.  :-)

This pair of Scotties was my first doorstop.  It was brought to a Portland Women's Forum meeting for our White Elephant sale.  My friend Dorothy brought it and I think I got it for the grand total of $5.  We had our Cairn Terrier Buddy at the time so I was attracted to this.

The second doorstop that joined my first one is this gorgeous white Scotty.  I got it when we had our blond Cairn and so I liked this one.  He's neat as most doorstops are one sided but he is fully 3 dimensional.  His name is Buddy.

I'm not sure how I got these kitties.. but this was my 3rd doorstop.  It's rather funny what we're using these for right now.  But Mocha, our black brindle Cairn Terrier, rolls her balls under the TV cabinet, so we've lined these up in front of it so they don't roll under it.. because when she does that she barks at us until we get the ball out for her.  Sheesh.

This is Billy after a good soapy washing.  I am wondering if I shouldn't have cleaned him so well?  But here he is.  Do you have a door stop?

In between crocheting I fold up my Dahlia blanket and have it at the ready.  It's getting almost big enough for a lap afghan!

I have been wanting to roast a whole chicken at home.  We always buy a rotisserie chicken at Costco when we go and love it, but I wanted to make one at home.  I found a recipe online and Dayle got the ingredients and prepared this for us last evening.

YUMMMMM!  A total success!  You will need a large cast iron Dutch oven.. ours is a Le Creuset 7 quart "French" oven.  I will add the recipe I printed up if you want to try it.  Chef Dayle is amazing!

You can click on the recipe below and then print it up.  He used bacon grease to brown the chicken breast instead of olive oil...  Only 4 cloves of garlic instead of 8.  Dried rosemary instead of fresh.  Chicken stock instead of sherry and did not use the lemon.  But you can follow the recipe to a T if you want.

What are your kitchen successes of late?  Do share!  ((hugs)), Teresa :-)