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Welcome to our ranch



    Frog Creek in Paradise Texas...

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Bovines

Our current herd...
Cassy, Sissy and Nanny  Bovines-1-16-11a.jpg    And...  Welcome Pooh...!  Pooh/Pooh-1-16-11b.JPG                                      Pooh/Pooh_n_Mom-2-17-11a.jpg                  Pooh/Pooh_n_herd-2-17-11b.jpgPooh/Pooh_n_herd-2-17-11a.jpg
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Past herds...

Stock-2003.jpg   Stock grazing - Spring 2003
FirstCalf.jpgOur first bull calf, Summer 2005     HowNowBrownCow.jpg
                                                                                                               He meets the neighbor's cow


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                                                                                                                           Sissy Keeping cool
Calves-Lilly-10-21-07.JPGLilly watching her herd, Sissy and Cassy

 Calves-2-20-08a.JPGCassey looking for a treat
                (She has now joined our neighbor's herd)


 heiffers-1-29-09a.JPG  Nanny and Sissy        heifers-3-6-2009a.JPG  
                                                                                                                                                             Enjoying the new barn construction, 2009.


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Sonny!  Is there any room for Ginny?

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Kiki... Would you like a bath?                                                     Molly

   

                                                                          
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    Abby says, "Could someone light the fire?"            Ruggles says, "I prefer my own bed!"


Canine crew...
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Boomer, Beemer and Monkey, the
'oodles', Poodles and Labradoodles, 
checking out what's going on...
(They are in new families now)

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                        Maxwell  (from Oklahoma.)  He's now with another family.


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                     Bella  is now with a new family                                                              Monkey (from Oklahoma)

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Moose (from Ontario)  is now with a new family

Ruby-6-18-08b.JPGRuby (From California)


                                                                                    Ranch dog...

 Lilly-8-9-07.jpg  Lilly -- Australian Red Healer.

Lilly-8-9-07a.jpgLilly Keeping cool at 106oLilly-8-30.JPG
                           
Lilly is actually our neighbor's dog but likes hanging out at the ranch.        


Tiny, our Dosa...
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                                                                                           Busted!

 Tiny loves his little sister...
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In loving memory:

Our Sharpeis...
Pooker&Geisha.jpgPooker.jpgSushi-LanGeisha.jpgGeisha Girl

Rocky, a Boxer we rescued from the pound                                                                                                                            
He enjoyed a happy retired life in Pennsylvania...
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                                                           Beedee, tame pigeon hatched on our ranch

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  Barbie    Lulu.jpg Lulu, Cockatiel we raised from birth
                                                                                                                                                                     
Our mousers!
BobBarbie.jpg  Bob and Barbie (poor Barbie is gone now)
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Their (only) litter...
            Popeye.jpgOliveLilly.jpgLilliTaz.jpgTaz named after a Tasmanian Devil)


The Great Escape (from the laundry room)...

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'Boo' is our Holoween cat.  She came to us in October and is black.











Rescues...
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Spirit and Chester were foster/rescue horses.  They went to good homes.

First residents of Frog Creek...

Mandy.jpgMandyToodles.jpgToodles


 Donkeys-8-8-07.jpgNew arrivals Sally and Alice, Summer 2007.


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Here's our donkey crew stealing hay from the horses




Our four jennies now live with thoroughbreds in Ocala, Florida.  Their job is to chase off the coyotes.

Critters
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Swallow's nest on our front porch


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Cardinal's nest in arbor
A nest of wild rabbits that showed up in our vegetable garden this Spring... Rabbits/Rabbit_nest-3-7-11a.jpg
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We call this one Topper because he's always on top of the pile...
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Saving baby wild rabbits




      Hooty.jpg Wild owl we rescued          Armadillo.jpg Texas icon! 
                                                                                     

Turkeys.jpgWild turkeys tarantula.jpgTarantula (Southwest icon)

Widow.jpgBlack Widow (Another Southwest icon)

Beep Beep !!

RoadRunner-2-7-09a.JPGRoad Runner (Another Southwest icon)


Chickens...

Shrimpy.jpgFirst chick hatchedbrood.JPGThe brood
FirstDozenEggs.jpgFirst dozen eggs

Chicks.jpgMore chicks  roosters.JPGRoosters



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                                                   There must be a pot of gold at the base of this double rainbow!
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  Last updated September 12th, 2011