Frodo

I am sure, from the last post you are wondering who Frodo is! I have not been able to keep with the blog because Blogger was not letting me upload photos again. I don't know why but it just started working again.

Frodo was kept in a small box stall for the past 3 years. We found a cap for the truck on freecycle and Murph headed to VT to make the rescue.

He did great on the trip and is amazingly healthy.

He only stands 28" tall but no one has told him!

The horsekids came over the next day and he got lots of attention.

He has already started loosing his pudgy belly.

He is a gentle soul.

We are keeping him in with the chickens for now. Eventually he will go in with the big horses. It is working out perfectly for Scout since she is able to go right in and spend time with him.

He shy's away when someone tries to touch his head...Scout walked right up to him and touched it.

The seem to already have a strong connection.

Playing outside

You'll be seeing lots of these "outside" pictures. We spend most of our time here. School, for us, will also be primarily be outside. She is learning so much already, I can't imagine her being happy if she couldn't be outside for most of her day.

This is her new watering can we found, at the dump, where we find lots of great toys. So sad how much perfectly good stuff ends up in the landfill. People are so wastful. We make the best of it though, it is amazing how many things we have gotten there for all of us!

Putting the chickens to bed. We just yell "come on girls" and where ever they are they all come running.

Scout in the horse shed...looking for her helmet.

She found it. She loves to where this, I guess she knows it means fun stuff to follow!

This was Zach's hat when he was little. She found it that morning and wanted to wear it.

She is interested in coloring now.

Petting one of the girls.

Saying "hi" is one of here favorite words. She especially likes saying it to the animals.

You can see here her mouth is open, saying hi to Tonto, her pony.

This is our compost pile. The area closest to Scout was the oldest. We have already dug it out to make our new raised beds. In back the chickens are scratching in the newer stuff that we will use next year.