[Shasta220]

I forgot to talk much about our cats:

Panda,5, and Millie,6, were rescues. They are half-siblings, found at our local paper mill when they were tiny babies. They’re both indoors, but they’re not exactly the nicest of cats. Panda will be lovey-dovey maybe 5min every day? Millie never meows, almost never purrs, and never really enjoys being pet. Panda has the colors of a showeshoe/ragdoll cat (I can’t remember the technical name…it’s basically like a Siamese w a white underside), and Millie? She is the oddest colored cat I’ve ever seen. I think the technical name is “chocolate tortoiseshell”, but you can google “Siamese tortoiseshell” to get a basic idea for it. Then she has a line straight down her face. Half is white, half is dark brown.
Maddy is 12 now, she’s also a rescue. Dad found 4 tiny kittens dumped in the woods, so he brought them home. We gave one away within a few months, then one passed away when he was 3-4 (I think he may have had a heart attack. He got scared of EVERYTHING. At night, he’d walk down the hall and see his own shadow, then completely freak out!). Then the third one died just a few months ago…he was an outdoor kitty, so we suspect he got in a fight with something he shouldn’t have. Maddy is a 100% indoor girl though, so she won’t be cougar bait! She’s a very petite kitty, and is a beautiful long-haired silver tabby color.

Then we have 7 hens and a rooster. They’re all crack-ups. Who needs TV when you can look out the window and see chickens bumble around? There’s Zsa Zsa and he sister Eva, Lucy (the red hen), Amelia (the flyer), Roxy and Isabelle (black hens), and Phillis (the fluffy white one…seeing any correlation yet?…). Our rooster is “Theadore Roostervelt” or Teddy. Then we also have two ducks, Petunia (named after my favorite children’s book) and Olivia.

Our miniature horse is Jazz. She’s about 11y.o. And is a been there, done that, kinda gal. We’ve only had her for a year. Poor girl, I think we are her 4th owners now? She originally was in a home of abuse and neglect, then someone rescued her from that. Then our neighbors ended up with her and rented her out for 4-H. Now we have her. She’s a sweetheart and super gentle, but people definitely aren’t her favorite. She just doesn’t really get bonded to anyone very well, but I can’t blame her! If I had that many people let me down, I’d start to think grass is my only friend too!