Richard and the flock (Wordful Wednesday!)

This is our rooster, Richard. Pearl hatched him out at school this spring. When she brought him home she said that his name was Richard and now as I talk to other people who got some of the chicks from school, they also have one named Richard. Smart teacher, I think she named them ALL Richard! He is a silver laced Wyandotte and so far has been very much the gentleman. Ginny the Guinea can been seen in the background, that is for Ken, he laughs because there always seems to be an animal in the background of my pictures!

Evelyn especially enjoys the chickens and she checks for eggs for me about 16 times a day!

The chickens are still laying well dispite the shorter days, we did put light in the coop as they lay better with 12 - 14 hours of light. We are anxiously awaiting our first egg from our "Easter Eggers" Pearl picked out two Easter Egger pullets last time we visited our chicken lady and we are hoping for some green or blue eggs from them. Our dog, Banjo, is finally leaving the chickens alone, although I did catch him with an egg the other day, better an egg than a $6.00 chicken! Good boy, Banjo!

Grandma's Garden - Wordless Wednesday

Homecoming

Pearl was the crownbearer for Homecoming this weekend. She got to give each of the Queen candidates a rose and then she presented King's crown to the Queen and then the Queen put it on the King's head. This was right up her alley and she had a lot of fun. Royce and Evelyn also had fun running around during the game with their friends, we love that Holly lets you park around the football field to watch the game. Yeah for the small town! We would have never made it to halftime in the stands! Go Wildcats!

New Boots - Wordless Wednesday

I am copying an idea from another post that I have seen (thank you Aussie Oklahoma!) and on Wednesday I am going to try to post just a picture! Enjoy!

Biscuit

Some of you already know that we lost our faithful pony, Rocket about a week ago. We decided that maybe we should replace him with a bigger horse, but one with his same qualities; gentle, old and slow. Well, meet Biscuit, she is not a big horse, nor is she old, but she needed a home and we couldn't refuse her. Is she pot-bellied? Yes. Is she knocked kneed? Yes. Does she have an underbite? Yes. What breed is she? Who knows. Do the kids love her? Yes, and that is all that matters! We have been playing with her everyday and as she came from a home with 4 energetic boys, there isn't much she hasn't seen! We are still planning on finding an older horse for Pearl to use in the Fair next year, but until we do, we are keeping busy with Biscuit!

The Dark Side

Okay, I have officially entered the dark side. After repeated attempts to not blog (I don't have time, I don't have anything to say, etc. etc.) Tanya talked me into my own blog. So, welcome to Daskam Land and Cow, well, actually the cow part isn't even true right now since the dimise of dear Blossom, but the land part is true (kind of). Anyway, I have big plans for the cow when we do get her and in the meantime the kids, chickens, horses, cats and dog keep me busy. So stayed tuned for more posts as soon as I figure out my camera!