This is our first attempt at blogging! He, would be Tim, I am Shari! We have been married ten years and moved back to rural Dallas County eight years ago. You see we both grew up on a farm and couldn't wait to get back out here. We were lucky enough that my dad let us build a house on a parcel of land that his dad gave to him when he got married 49 years ago. My parents live 3 miles away and Tim's mom lives about 10 miles away.
It has been suggested that we write a book on the trials and tribulations of life on the farm (who has that kind of time). Suffice it to say there is never a dull moment and we have the philosophy that you better laugh or you will go crazy!
Our farm consist of 40 chickens (give or take a few with the is heat, you never know what you will find when you do chores at the end of the day). Two guineas (18 eggs in the incubator and fingers crossed). three peacocks and one baby pea, momma hatched out four be we can only fine one, raccoons! If anyone needs beautiful peacock feathers, we can set you up!
We have three horses and one miniature donkey, her name is Punkin. We have thirteen cow/calves, 10 calves, 9 of which will go to market in January. The one that probably won't go is Lucy, we bottle fed her last year and she is our friend, just like Lucky who we bottled fed this year. You just can not eat something you named. Ask my dad, I wouldn't show animals for 4-H once I was told you have to sell them after spending 9 months taming and training them.
We also have the token barn cats, one of which was rescued 6 years ago and lives in the house. Her name is Mia, I call her ugly. She is mean to anyone who comes into her house, she has even gone so far as to attack people when they come near me while I am sitting at my computer. She has no claws but that doesn't stop her. I feel safe as long as I can get to my computer. We also have two of the best dogs. A yellow lab Sadie, she is ten years old and has cancer, she doesn't let it stop her. Start the four wheeler and she is there, going for a walk she is there, she will not be doing anything the rest of the day but she is going with you! Then there is is Pepper a beautiful, feisty, four year old black lab. We swear she has springs in her legs, she jumps straight up and down. Not on you just up and down. If she sees me with tennis shoes on and heading toward the door it starts and it doesn't stop until we get about 500 yards from the house. If you start the four wheeler it is worse she jumps and springs and finds chickens to chase. She doesn't catch them she runs at them until they squawk and fly away.
That about sums up what are farms consists of. Hopefully you will enjoy the goings on of our farm life, we know we do!
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