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Shangri-La

Blossom and Daisy are two of our most sweet-tempered goats, and always on call
for milking demonstrations at the farm. However… as soon as we got to Google
this past weekend Blossom made a frantic break for her freedom, capering
across the Google lawns in probably the most chaotic action the Google lawns
have ever seen.

I don’t know; she may have fancied the engineering life. It’s a Shangri-La for
engineers at Google – we loved the clean-cut boys doing their laundry early on
Saturday morning, and the compostable cutlery in the canteens, and you’ll have
to check out the bathrooms! It was the delightful Google chefs hosting us, for
a DooF-a-Palooza http://www.foodbackwards.com/ – kids enjoying real food on a new PBS series.

Katya (left) interviewing me for PBS

The very delightful David Poth, kitchen manager, made us feel hungry
describing how the Google food is real – they shop for seasonal, local food
(within 150 miles – if not from their own strictly aligned, immaculate
vegetable boxes).

After we’d redesigned the straw bale pen, to thwart Blossom, who definitely
won’t be hired again, we had a fabulous time. We had two of our first baby
goats along as well, and most people are surprised at their soft cuddliness.
We got to admire the incision of Google offspring (“Exactly how many different
types of goat are there?”), and their parents (“Look! See how the goat’s
pupils are stadium-shaped?”). A great day out!

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Shangri-La

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