Another image emailed me by Savage’s Girl who has a secret fondness for goat trees. Those still in the tree aren’t ripe yet, but the owner of the orchard is picking up the fallen ones before they rot. Looks like a good mid-summer harvest.

Of course, once you take the ripe goats home, they need exercise  to keep them from going mushy. A wise goatman provides a way for them to feed in the fields across the stream, finalizing the ripening process prior to auctioning them off on an Overnight Open Thread.