Alice Acres ~ new (human) grandbaby!

[Alice Acres]

40 years old?! I didn't know poultry could live so long! Wow!

Pretty much my reaction too. Well, I knew many birds live very long, but didn't know peafowl were in that category too.
Drew said she was about 20 yrs old when she got her, and they've had her for another 20 years now. Amazing.

 

[Southern by choice]

Can't wait for pics! Roller Derby? Must be a Minnesota thing.

 

[Alice Acres]

It's everywhere - Flat Track Roller Derby!

You have several teams -
Carolina Rollergirls - http://wftda.com/leagues/carolina

http://www.greensbororollerderby.com/

and many more

 

[Southern by choice]

The mommy in me says NOOOOOO, don't let the babies do roller derby... they're gonna get hurt.

I bet they love it though! I can't believe we have that here in NC. Who knew well, 'cept you

 

[Alice Acres]

The mommy in me says NOOOOOO, don't let the babies do roller derby... they're gonna get hurt.

I bet they love it though! I can't believe we have that here in NC. Who knew well, 'cept you

They have rules...not like the killer derby that was on TV years ago.

My daughter (their mom) started in it about a year ago, then the kids started in the youth leagues. It is great fun, exercise, and teaches them rules and teamwork.


The littles!

and the bigger kids

 

[Alice Acres]

I snapped a couple pictures late this afternoon. It's a gray day with light snow falling, so needed flash in the barn. Didn't turn out too great, but here they are!

They really didn't like the flash either!

I went into town and got the feed they were used to eating, so I hope they adjust well. It's darn cold, so they need to eat and drink to keep warm.

 

[Southern by choice]

The roller derby pics are too much..the little ones are so cute!

The peas are so cool looking! My neighbor (bout a mile away) had a peacock and peahen fly into her yard...she's got free range chickens... they were blue and green. Beautiful! They stayed for a day or so then flew off. This was somebody's stock, they came back a few days later and one dropped dead. Then a few of her chickens started dropping dead. It was terrible. They were gorgeous though! They were very sweet she said. You are gonna have a pretty lawn ornaments, that's for sure!

 

[Alice Acres]

The storm made it past us. We got off pretty well - just 3 inches of snow, and now the winds. Not nice winds, causing ground blizzard conditions. All the schools were closed because of the white outs and wind - no plows out as they would just drift shut again. Right now at 9pm it's 11F, but with the windchill it's -8F already.
Most of the storm passed to the south of us, we are just on the very edge.

And, my OES (Old English Sheepdog) Chewie has an agent (yes, he really does!)- and he was chosen from her portfolio to be in a print ad for Target stores! So, I drove him up to Minneapolis today for his photo shoot. He is in an ad for a vacuum cleaner. I'm not sure when it will come out, but if you see an OES in a Target ad....it's him! He gets paid (well, I do!) so it was a fun thing to do on my day off. And Minneapolis is to my north, so I drove out of the storm area, thank goodness. I had to alter my route up there, to avoid some dicey roads.

Now we are just spending a quiet evening at home, winds howling.....

 

[PendergrassRanch]

what a cute roller derby! I wish we had something like that around here

 

[Bridgemoof]

Congrats on your famous OES! I will look for the ad for sure!