Welcome to the Homestead

We live in a suburb of Fort Worth Texas.  It is called White Settlement because it was founded 150 years ago when it was the white settlement west of Fort Worth surrounded by American Indian tribes.  We love it here.  We have a city park to the north, a field to the south, to the west is a ravine/water channel and to the east is a large property with a couple of horses.  We can see hawks, buzzards, horses and an occasional coyote, and hear a rooster crow and we are inside city limits.  It is almost like living in the country while still being close to everything.

We have 2 medium large dogs, Rhody and Riplee. Rhody is a 75lb Black Lab/Rhodesian Ridgeback mix who was born in January 2002 and  is incredibly smart and easy going.  Riplee is a 55lb Shepard mix that was born in July 2004 and is really loving but a bit on the dim side.

We also have 4 cats, tortoiseshell Rat born in 1996, Rascal born in 1997, RJ (Rascal Junior) born on May 5, 1998 and Rhapsody (Snowshoe) born in 2006.

We have 2 turtles, Yurtle and Houdini.

We also have 7 chickens all born April or May 2012, Apple (Easter Egger), Henrietta (Dominique), Snow, Ice (both sex-linked Easter Eggers), Dorthy, Rose and Blanche (Buff Orpingtons).

This is our menagerie!  Welcome!