Chivoville - our little place on the edge of the desert...

[Chivoville]

Hi - I am slowly making my way through the journals and have decided to start one of our own

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Well Howdy! Welcome from another Texan and I'd be so GLAD to send you some of my mud...

Love your new barn, and I think your house is charming!

 

[OneFineAcre]

A couple of things.
1. The goat houses in your avatar makes me think you are pretty handy. They look great.
2. Your house is charming.
3. Beautiful barn.
4. I sure wish I could send some rain your way.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Small world, isn't it? We might be ex-neighbors, lol! While I am in the Alvin area now, I didn't grow up here. However, I've lived here more than half of my life now. My daughter lived in the San Antonio area for several years so I've made more than a few road trips in that direction. I like that area, but it does seem to have a shortfall of rain! (which sounds real good right now!)

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I love your pony and cart. I really need to do something with my little monsters besides feed them, lol. I'm sure my grandkids would love a little cart! And, and, and.....there's no mud at your place. That's it - I'm moving!

 

[norseofcourse]

We bought the original little flock off of craigslist (there will be an ongoing craigslist theme in this journal - DH is addicted to the farm and garden section!)

Love your journal! And totally understand the addiction to craigslist . I check the 'farm and garden' section first, then the free section. And I do searches for stuff I'm interested in. I got my first two ewes off CL, and lots of stuff for the farm and yard. I got great deals on a spinning wheel, loom and drum carder. A few years ago I got a free mini horse (behavior problems), he is quite well behaved now and I trained him to pull a cart. Last year I got another free mini horse, also a behavior problem child, worse than my first one - this coming summer I will work more on her re-training.

Harley and Rusty look really nice! I'll look forward to following your journal.

 

[goatgurl]

just started reading your journal and am enjoying it immensely. I sympathize with your drought. we are still about 10" low on our yearly rain but nothing like youall.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I have three totally useless mini's. They're not tiny and could easily handle a cart. Someday I'll retire and maybe have time to play around more with the horses. The baby in this picture is about 8 years old now and is a total spoiled snot!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

You are correct... I should have said "totally jobless" mini's. They do make me smile a lot, cuss a lot, and just generally keep me on my toes!

The baby was totally fun - I could pick her up and carry her around. And, she's turned into a total snot, lol. Nope - she's not spoiled!

 

[jodief100]

The minis are so cute! I want one, but my vet ( who is primarily an equine vet and raises Paso Finos) says the minis have a lot of health issues. Is he right?