Your photos are are absolutely beautiful Sonya, you have a great variety of animals there, I've had them all except for the goats. My friend had goats and they were so naughty, they used to get into the house and jump on the beds and open the cupboards, so I gave them a miss. My daughters always had pet chickens that they used to bring into the house and they were toilet trained as well. It was so funny to watch, they would walk past with a chicken in their hands and hold it outside the door and they would just go plop and then they would bring them back in again. They were bantams, so quite small.
Your farm is divine it looks like heaven, much greener than mine, but with the irrigation, we can at least keep it green around the house areas. I would love to be able to post some photos, but I have a computer cliché at the moment and have to wait until it is fixed. Love to say more but have to run. Take care.

madi xx

Hi, Madi. That is so cool! Those goats sound like some heavy metal band out on tour so are trashing their hotel rooms. LOL. I know that parrots are easily potty trained but didn't know that chickens were. Perhaps I'm easily amused, but I find that utterly fascinating. And, I simply love, love, love bantams. Here's one of my favorite works of art. It's called "Stunning Bantams" and is a case by James Gardner of London. This is a very early and rare case. Totally original, circa 1890. Apparently there are those from hundreds of years ago who love bantams as much as we do. Okay, I did not enhance this photo at all except to make it slightly smaller and add the silver frame cuz one ought view such art as it truly appears.



Stunning Bantams indeed! I'll have to that ya'll all about my summers at my relatives farms. They are on my Mom's side of the family. You'll crack up when I tell you about my "horse ride." It wasn't a horse and ... I'll save it until later. And what I did trying to drive that HUGE tractor at about age 5 when no one was looking. Everyone thought it was going to flip over and I kid you not. Gotta tell you about the bamboo condominiums we kids made. They were awesome and so much fun to play in them. Oh, I did find out back then if you cut the yellow silk stuff from off the corn while it's still on the stalk and maturing that it will kill that corn cob. I just wanted to use it and make some really pretty hair for one of my dolls. True story. Well, that's all for now. Take care everyone. Please know you're all in my thoughts. Big Hugs!!!

Always,
Dottie xoxoxox

Madi I would love to see some pics of your critters. Is anyone here on Facebook? I am so look me up ladies: sguidish@directv.net

Hi Sonya

Just sent you a 'friends' invite on Facebook. Hope to see you there.

Love Jan x

Just dropping by to say hello to youze guyze.

Take care and will talk atcha later.

Always,
Dottie xoxoxox

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The bantam picture is lovely Dottie, birds are such beautiful creatures. As soon as I can, I will post some photos of my daughter's pet bantams on here. She has some odd looking Silky ones where just their feet are visible poking out from under their bodies, so cute. She has two cats and a dog as well.
LOL, you sound like you were the child from hell on that farm Dottie, like one of those children my husband fears will strip the treasured new budding fruit from our trees. My husband nearly has a nervous breakdown every time we get new fruit starting to form, because without fail some visiting child will do just that, strip the whole tree. It attracts them like a magnet. It wouldn't be the first time I have hidden handfuls of picked buds from him, I hate to see a grown man cry!!
Out with the horse ride story Dottie, I'm sure it's going to be hysterical.Take care, hugs

madi xx

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Great pics Jan...I almost missed the bird in the first one...I was just seeing the bunny. Great swan pic with the duck in the front. What kind of deer is that...a fallow?

Love seeing your angels chasing butterflies too...that is so cute!

Hi Madi and Everyone,

Sorry it's taking me so long to get back to you and everybody else. I'm still trying to catch up. Glad you like the bantam picture. I'd love to see some photos of your daughter's pet bantams. That would be great! Naw, I wasn't quite the child from hell on the farm. Not really. But, I'll bet my poor aunts, uncles and cousins sure felt that way at times. Hehehe. Thank goodness they realized I was a tiny kid "city slicker" so didn't know any better and were very patient, loving and dear. Bless their hearts. Lots and lots of super wonderful memories from those days. Funny as heck, too.

Okay, about the horse I rode. It began one day when I saw my cousin Marvinelle riding bareback on this huge mottled white horse. Yes, that's her real name. Daughter to my Uncle Marvin and Aunt Myrtle. I guess they wanted their first child to be a boy or already had picked out a name or something. Hahaha. Anyway, I was standing in a grassy pasture playing with some other cousins and friends when I saw that huge mottled white, beautiful horse and begged to please let me ride it. Oh, the horse's name was Smokey. I have no idea how I remember that, but I'm positive it's name was Smokey.

Well, I was a really tiny kid and had never ridden a horse before to the best of my recollection so my older cousins were hesitant especially fearing I'd get hurt. Still, I begged and begged. Finally, Marvinelle gave in and it was decided that I'd be safe if she sat me in front of her on the horse and we rode together. Of course, at that young age, I was certain I could ride Smokey by myself cuz little kids many times feel themselves invincible. Nope, not gonna happen. I had to either ride along with my cousin with me sitting in front of her or no ride at all. That was super fine and dandy with me so she reached down to grab and pull me up by one of my arms while my other cousins held me and pushed from the ground and there I was on Smokey's back and ready to ride. She even had Smokey gallop a little for me because I asked her to please go faster, faster, faster. Just like a kid. What a perfect first horse ride it was! I don't have any photos of Smokey horse so I did a google image search. This is pretty close to what Smokey horse looked like.



Well, it was still a terrific first "horse" ride. LOL.

Big Hugs to you, Angel Fur Kid Ulriich and everyone's Angel Fur Kids!!!

Always,
Dottie xoxoxox

Ha , Dottie, what great memories, and what a cool 'horse' haha, oops sorry Smokey, is. I missed this in the Cyber shoulder room the first time round, but it certainly needs popping to the top of the board again. How is cousin Marvinelle doing these days?
Hugs
Jan and my Angels and Pixie xx

Hi. I'm Renee' otherwise known as Ren. I'm 26. I love cats, sitcoms, music, soap operas, and writing songs and poetry, and cooking. I am also beauty junkie. I'm a very artistic person. My vices are smoking, vodka, and swearing like a sailor even though I'm a Christian...I have a bad temper so I go off alot. I really hated stumbling across this forum. But, I had to. The lost of my pet is just too hard to handle on my own.

I know what you all are going through. Because, I'm going through the same thing.

Nice to meet everyone.