Ostriches, Chickens and Emus...OH MY!!
The transformation of Buttonwood, if you recall, went a little like this: One burned house + lots of sweat + lots of time + much sacrifice = The Transformation!
But every journey begins, as they say, with a single step, which in our case was removal of the burned ruins to expose that valuable "Monolthic" foundation.
Many steps (and years) later, the metamorphosis is very nearly complete:
But before we get ahead of ourselves, I promised you a walk on the wild side!
Wild Thing, I think you move me.
(But I wanna know for sure.)
Spoiled pussycats? Of course, we have 'em. (Four indoor cats, for whom life is safe and predictable, with plenty of photo ops!)
Our dog (a Rottweiler mix) is our Prairie Home Companion:
Pretty ordinary pets--downright domestic--I'll admit. But all wasn't always so quiet on the western (Florida) front, we soon found out. The natives (and their exotic pets) seemed to be restless.
Tell me, does this look like a housebroken cow? Did anyone remember to feed the fish?
Most people's neighbors sell insurance or Avon. Ours traded in ostriches and emus. What, no pink flamingos? Sand hill cranes!
Mighty tortoises from tiny turtles grow. 
What true farm doesn't have geese? Not Canadian geese...farm geese! Big, white, German geese!
"Embden Goslings For Sale"
Another 'for sale' sign again sealed our fate. We bought a few chicks, started raising these headstrong birds and we've had generations of them in our family ever since.
Red Bull gives you wings!
But very close by lurks yet another sweet, furry creature:
We "adopted" Shylock the Fox, a/k/a Jeff Foxworthy, (or I should say he adopted us) a few years ago. He and "the wife and two kits" live in a foxhole in our backyard. He has a strict policy about food. I cook him a chicken a night, or my geese will be on the menu. Luckily a chained link goose coop helps us to maintain our agreement.
Well, I've given you a little insight into where the wild things are at Buttonwood. But I'll save the wildest creature for next time:
THE AMAZING, FANTASTIC, EPIC, AWESOME NINJA GOATS!
I'll leave you with this philosophy: Why do we put up with these unruly, thankless, disrespectful beasts?
"It's like relationships, you know, they're totally irrational and crazy and absurd but I guess we keep going through it because most of us, well...we need the eggs." ~Annie Hall
NEXT WEEK: THE AMAZING, FANTASTIC, EPIC, AWESOME NINJA GOATS!
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