A brand new view June 10, 2010

The zoo is growing.  Rodiville is now home to Dexter (miniature cows), Zebu (miniature cows), a Baby Doll Ram ( a miniature breed of sheep), a chocolate lab, a black lab, and now when I look out my window there is a horse too.  What a spectacular view, indeed.

Introducing…..

Carley and Rosebud at the horse lot

Happy kids, Happy Rosebud... Welcome Home Rosebud!

Now the kids goal is to train …. Me to do better around horses.  Breaking Rosebud might be easier than that LOL!    Rosebud and the kids seem to be doing well and even the cows are enjoying their new roommate in the barnyard.  Rosebud is young, just 2 years old and has not been ridden yet.  The kids are working hard at getting her to that point.  I can’t wait to post pictures along the way so you can all see the progress they are making as they forge this new friendship with Rosebud.  Oh and you never know maybe there will be a picture or two of me in there.  Seriously people I want to be more comfortable around horses, I really do.  But have you noticed even our cows and sheep are miniature… do you think that is a coincidence?

And we wonder why…. June 1, 2010

the Rodiville kids are always getting injured……

They play in the field with the livestock,

Climb metal posts

and make a game out of jumping over swinging sticks!

Even our animals like to give us a hard time

Do you see how she is sticking her tongue out at us?  Guess she wasn’t in the mood to have her picture taken.

Or maybe she was just bragging about her escape from ….

KC was all smiles even if in the end she escaped

No one was injured today.  Life in Rodiville is GOOD.

Even Jack was behaving, look at him trying to be all cute and innocent, after he DESTROYED my garden last night!

Big Mamma and Dodge continue to be the good kids in the bunch, just doing their thing and not causing any trouble along the way.

However Dodge does think living with other sheep might make it a tad easier to stay clean.  Life with the cows can be messy.

From one mom to another…… kids will be kids, they will do things we just don’t always understand.  From time to time these choices will cause them to fall and possibly even get hurt.  However there will be days that the choices they make , as odd as they may seem to you, will bring them no sorrow or pain, just happiness and smiles.

Just another day… May 26, 2010

Meet Jack.  He is our 11 month old Dexter calf

He found a nice shady spot to rest.

Wouldn’t it be nice if that tree was INSIDE the pasture?

Yes Jack, you are BUSTED!

Now wouldn’t be even better if he was headed back to the pasture?

That would be just too easy.

Jack actually left his shady apple tree to go and harass the Angus  cows over at my neighbors.  Getting him to return home required some 4×4 action in the big red truck.  Good thing I put on my country girl pants today, the city girl in me would have just cried.

From one mom to another….. choose your attitude and attire for the day carefully, you just never know what task you may have to tackle where both attitude and attire could play a big part in your success.