TRADE DAY

WHAT A DAY!

I've been wanting to go to Trade Day for a while now. Denise has been wanting to get a couple of ducks to accompany the duck that we have at the barn (at Denise's dad's house). Today seemed like a good day to go.


So this morning we get up and head out to Collinsville Alabama. It was a nice drive...the weather was so wonderful......an excellent morning. To make a long story short.....we left Trade Day with no less than 3 baby ducks, a kitten for Carolina, a saddle for Rosie, an owl call, a Bama bird feeder for Denise and a Pygmy goat. Her name is Cleopatra.....Cleo for short.

She is so small. We fell in love with her when we first saw her. Denise saw her first.

Collinsville is so cool. You can buy just about any kind of livestock there. Llamas, horses, pigs, goats, sheep, chickens, ducks, quail, rabbits, geese, pigeons and the list goes on. It's a regular flea market......with so much more.

Cleo is pretty close to being full grown. We thought she was small, but it wasn't until we got her down to the barn that she looked so tiny in comparison to the other goats. She's smaller than the baby goats currently down at the barn. The guy who sold her to us said that she might even be pregnant......we hope so!

We decided to get 3 ducks hoping that one of them would be a male and would provide some companionship for Dixie, our duck of 2 years at the barn. Originally we bought 2 ducks. Carolina named them Winn Dixie and Opal (you'd have to watch the movie Because of Winn Dixie to understand). It just so happened that Denise picked out a boy and a girl. The girl stayed around.....the boy left. So now Dixie is down at the barn......among the chickens, goats and horses. Denise felt strongly that she needed more of her kind. It works for me.



Carolina ended up with a kitten. At first we weren't going to get her one because her Memaw said that she couldn't have one. Denise had called to check. As they were walking around Carolina came across a couple giving away kittens.......and they had one left. This time Carolina called herself and well........she now has a kitten. Plus the couple gave her $2 dollars to boot! The $2 bucks were for cat food. Now that's smart! I'll have to remember that.



I bought Denise the bird feeder and the owl call because we love all the birds that come in and out of our yard. We love owls too. Right now we only have one bird feeder and a bird bath in the front yard.......and they get action! At one point.....we'd fill up the bird feeder and within a few hours it would be empty. Finally we caught a squirrel who was basically hogging the bird feeder all to himself. That cool with us.....we like squirrels. Anyways......I thought it would be nice to have another bird feeder in the yard. The owl call is cool. It's carved out of wood in the shape of an owl.......and it sounds awesome!

Denise and I both agreed not to go to Trade Day again at least until next summer. We couldn't believe that stuff that we bought. I got a good deal on the saddle. I've been wanting one for a while to start training Rosie with. It's a small saddle (13 inches) mainly for children and small teenagers.

So this was our exciting morning at Trade Day. The rest of the day was spent with Cleo. It took her a while to calm down and get comfortable being around us. I guess it was a bit traumatic being hauled up to the flea market and being around all those people. Then being carried to a truck and transported 30 minutes away and tied up in the front yard only to have a neighborhood dog scare you.......running loose in the neighbor's yard and having Denise and myself chase her down. It was quite a day. Cleo got better once we got her down the barn and fed.
This photo is in our front yard.....after the altercation with the dog. Cleo is resting.......enjoying the safety of my beautiful wife. Today was a good day.