THE BAR H ANIMALS

I decided that for me Friday would be pictures of all the animals that live here with Roy and me.

Of course I will start with my three babies.

 

This is Sunshine, she was born on April 20. She is a big healthy goat. She still likes me to hold her when she takes her bottle.

Booger Red and Termite, they are sisters. They were born on March 22.  Termite is the brown and white one and she is very tiny and crippled, but she never lets that stop her.

These are the three I am raising…tonight will be their second night out in a pen by themselves.

It has proven to me that I should always raise at least 2 together.  They have each other.

The Ducks..we have 8.

These 3 are new.

These were colored Easter Ducks from last year.

There is one missing in this picture.

 

Dogs and Cats

Five Cats names are Meow Say Toon. Te Neg, Miss Cali, Patches and Chloe.

 

 

Dogs

Names:  Savannah, Ginny, Fritz and Dozer who goes to work with Roy.

I have shown pictures of Pilgrim and Mary, the guard dogs that stay with the goats.

Yesterday this gentleman or lady was in the yard.

Nearly everyday the wild turkey comes. Several days ago a large flock of yellow finches stopped by for a rest and a bite to eat.

The hummingbirds are here, we counted about 8 so far….hard to take their picture.

Well, this is my family and I love each one.  Sometimes I grow weary just feeding in the afternoon, but I get over it.

On Saturday, May 9th. Roy and I are flying away on a big jet to Sedona, Az. for one whole week and my kind cousin from Waco is taking over the chores of all the above……hope she is resting this week.

We really thank her, we couldn’t leave unless she would come to stay.

If you are ever bored, please just come to Texas and we will be glad to let you feed a few animals.   I complain sometimes, but wouldn’t trade my life for any other.

Love Y’all,

Barbara

Waiting for Day Light

Was there a song with a title something like that?    Been up  since 2:00am, have the bottles all ready and will hit the ground running at the first sign of day light.

Thanks everyone for your sweet comments about my little babies and I will take pictures today and show you why I care so much.

Barbara

can’t sleep!

As most of you know I am up very very early in the morning, usually about 2:00 am.  I don’t sleep very good, but tonight I can’t even go to sleep.

You see my three little babies are spending their first night outside alone, well in a pen by them selves.  I have gone out several times to see if they are crying and I couldn’t hear them so I guess they will make it.

After having Booger Red and Termite, as Roy calls them in the house at night for 6 weeks and little Sunshine is only 12 days old, I worry.

Nothing can get them and Pilgrim and Mary stand guard 24/7, but I think they might miss me…..I miss them.  Roy went to work today and the babies are getting to big for me to carry back and forth, so after much discussion, I said ok, they should stay outside.

Maybe I will try to lie down and daylight will come real soon.

Worried Mother

Barbara

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

THANKS AS ALWAYS TO DIXIE FOR PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER EACH WEEK.

NOW ALL TEXANS CAN STAND UP AND SALUTE!

HAVE A GREAT DAY AND THANK GOD FOR YOUR BLESSINGS!

LOVE Y’ALL,

BARBARA

TRADGEY HAS STRUCK MY WORLD!

I can’t find my check book or my palm pilot…..of course can replace both, but how long will it take me to replace all the info in my palm pilot………..I have torn my house upside down and can’t find them and yes I have gone through every purse…..just can’t imagine what happened to them…why would anyone want my palm pilot?

If there is an angel of lost things out there, could she please come by and help me.

I am exhausted…..

Just another day in life

Barbara

SHOWCASE 2009 HOME TOUR

The Sarandos and the Hilbrichs headed to Calvert at 8:00 a.m. full of enthusiasm , even though it was or had been pouring down rain earlier that morning.  We were determined to have a fun day.

We arrived in Calvert about 9:15 to see that they are definitely not ready even though it starts at 10:00, so we go to the only cafe open and have breakfast. 

Now it is a few minutes before 10:00 and we finally found the lady selling tickets, but she had no ( and I mean NO change) so Sharon had to buy the tickets for us.  I wish I could show you the map they gave us to find these homes,,,,,,,,,,,ohhhhhhh.   There were 7 homes and 2 buildings listed.

One store was open, so we stopped in and wow what a treat…..Common Scents owned by a wonderful lady named Candy.  She made beautiful jewelry and had some wonderful candles, but the best part was she and her husband lived in the back of their shop, which was an old building and she took us through her house……….you will never see anything like this, it was wonderful and she is sure talented.  Hope the pictures do justice to it.

 

shhhh…Ernie doesn’t know he is in this picture.

I know there are a lot of pictures, but I hope you will take the time to enlarge them and see her talent.  There are no walls except the bathroom and there is a margarita room/porch on the back  with an bathroom and a huge shower.

Please if you go through Calvert, stop and see this great lady.

Well we finally found our first house and the lady thought the tour started at 1:00 pm, so she wasn’t ready……sorry but she would never have been ready and she also had a Bed &  Breakfast around the corner, but sorry to say …well you get the picture.

The third house listed was never found and we understood later was not open.

The fourth Home was a Dream and it was for sale and if Roy had even hinted we might buy it, it would be mine today. My pictures are poor, but take me word for it, it was perfect and could have been my B & B I always wanted.

It really wasn’t fair to show you these pictures, because they are so bad, but there wasn’t anything I would have changed.  It was gorgeous.

We then visited an old house undergoing restoration.

Visited the Calvert Inn, which is no longer a bed and breakfast.

By now our fellows are getting tired and hungry, so we drive back to the main street in search of food and drink.

We visited a few shop and my wonderful husband bought me the most beautiful piece of jewelry ( which I will post next Blue Monday).

Calvert has no restaurants that serve any kind of drinks other than tea, water or sodas.

So off we went to Hearne to a new Mexican Restaurant for a margarita……well they had not gotten their liquor license, so they only sold beer, which Ernie and I didn’t drink.

We headed back home with many mixed emotions……to be real honest Calvert was not organized for this Showcase, which could have been a great thing.  I will say that we were well treated by the people and I will go back……They have a big Tea Party in the Fall, so we will try again.  There are many beautiful old houses and it is a quaint little town. 

If you ever stop there be sure and visit Candy at Common Scents and tell her we said hello.

BUT…the Sarandos and the Hilbrichs got better acquainted and I know Roy and I loved spending the day with them and hope to go somewhere together one day soon.  We enjoyed each other, hope they did too.

Love you all,

Barbara