First Visitor of the Year

CityGirl came to visit us for 5 days from Denver, Colorado.  The consensus from the boys was, "Can she visit us every weekend?"  We love this girl.

We broke her in with building a loading shute, feeding the inhabitants and checking out the turf.

(Secretly petrified)

Known in Texas as a COW PIE

It took about two weeks for the cattle to allow a bit of head rubbing.

With my boy Meat Loaf

Low-Line Angus Arrivals

It ain't easy being a heifer half-sister and looking this good.

Magnolia & Samantha

But times, they are a changin'.

Enter Beatrice Angus Young and Meat Loaf Angus Young

"I can't believe they made us ride cattle class."

These two bolted out the back of the trailer, no problem!  Meat Loaf (ummm, yes, that is why his name is Meat Loaf) led his meadow lady around the new pasture.  Both are around 9 months old.  Beatrice will hopefully become a good mommy in about a year or so.  (Thomas named her after a special friend he left behind in Morocco)

Tough crowd at the social mixer.  Not the welcoming committee they had hoped for. 

"Hey, where y'all going?"

  

The pastures were alive with the sound of ... hoof clomping.

The chase is on!  

Sometimes it's best to just stand quietly and watch the ridiculousness...

"We'd never dream of being that silly"

"I know!  Let's play 'pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey'!"

"Mmm, spoke too soon"

Finally, everyone settled down and it was time to eat and get aquainted.

Who's Your Donkey?

For a short while, Bullet enjoyed our undivided attention.  

He suffered a bit of an identity crisis between the humans and cattle (who eventually made nice) constantly surrounding him.

Shortly after Christmas we headed to High's Mini Assets (http://www.highsminiassets.com) and collected Bullet's future wives, Sierra and Picabu.  These girls arrived looking mighty fine!

Missy Sierra wasted no time in setting the pecking order and continues to show Bullet who's boss.

"If you make any ass jokes I'll kick you!"

Picabu:

"Yep!"
 "You totally caught me in the snack box."

Next up,... Meat Loaf and Beatrice join the funny farm...

Magnolia Heifer Young & Samantha Heifer Young

Finding miniature Herefords is no easy task but thanks to a new friend, Amanda Oliver (www.oliverminiatureacres.com), we were pointed in the right direction. Thanks Amanda!

It was a rather quizzical online experience pushing "Add to Cart" and suddenly you're the instant owner of a pair of cattle, site unseen. (I'm resisting the urge to say COW because they won't be cows until they've had their first calf)

On Monday, Farmer Young headed 6 hours southwards to Hemphill, TX to collect the two beauties from Rusty Cow Company. (www.rustycowcompany.com)

Samantha taking it easy

After some tactical horn handling, Farmer Husband coaxed the girls into the temporary pen.

Then came time to introduce Bullet to his companions.

"Yup, I can't take 'em"

Ultimately, the social mixer didn't go as planned and Bullet spent Christmas Eve in the big barn.  This was also the night Maggie and Samantha planned their great escape.  We woke up to discover the girls happily roaming the entire property, leaving hot, steaming evidence to prove it.

All in a days work!

 

Bullet Donkey Young

Introducing... (drum roll)... the glorious Bullet Young, first equine member to join Amber Acres.  Hails from the lush pastures of Little Elm, Texas. (www.DonkeyTonkAcres.com)

Bullet awaiting his fate

Time for good-byes and home before dusk.

After a short ride home in our 'new' cattle trailer, Bullet emerges gingerly to discover all of Amber Acres.  Echo, echo, echo...

The digs don't look too shabby, but where are all my hommies?

So far, so good.

"I wonder if the blonde thinks she's a donkey,
because she totally dresses like me."

AND, we're in.  Phew!

'Sigh!'

"Happy days, the torture is over!"

Unfortunately... this is the next problem.

"Who me?"

Because Problem (a.k.a. Charlie Young) likes to join Bullet for a game of Kick Me If You Can.

"Anyone game?"

Pastural Preparations

... All is quiet on the home front ...

29 Nov. '13

Preparations are underway to welcome Bullet Donkey Young to his new pastures. Now that the snow has melted, the ground can thaw and the inhabitants of Amber Acres must get back to work.

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First order of business.  Purchase a hay bale. Drive up country road through One-Horse Town, spot lonesome hay bale in parking lot of ranch supply store.  Pay Cowgirl $85.  Load astonishingly heavy hay bale onto Farmer Young's beloved Ford, thanking Cowboy for his time.
Piece of cake!

Cruise home, pleased as punch that we finally look the part... to discover that said astonishingly-heavy-hay-bale does NOT NOT NOT slide effortlessly out of Beloved's truck bed!!!  (Visions of Farmer Young arriving at corporate head office for work on Monday with hay bale permanently lodged in the rear of the green machine flash through Farmer Wife's mind.)

After some tricky maneuvering, hay in all kinds of inappropriate places and an awesomely cleaver husband, the hay bale lands in the barn where it will live out it's existence.

Loading up for a trip to the loafing shed

'Oh what fun it is to ride on a one-man open sleigh, hey!'

Next up... BULLET DONKEY YOUNG arrives home!

Last Of The Snow

Oh BOY did we enjoy the snow!  2 days off school and hours in the snow.

Early morning walks...

Beautiful sunrises...

View from the breakfast room

And from the front porch:

Men at work...

And play...

Ice-ice Baby!

Good night!

Moon over the loafing shed