Hutch the Halfie **The Last Chapter on Pg. 18**

[Tuffoldhen]

Here ya go Erin! This little one use to ride this old wild pony all over the meadows and hills by herself!!!

Yerrr welcome!!

 

[denim deb]

What a cutie!

 

[littlefarm_bighappy]

AWESOME old picture. Amazing how horsemanship evolved and kids survived without helmets all thru 1970, yes?

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

I think as long as you don't post a photo like this (of yourself), you'll be doing just fine.

Yes. It IS from an actual ad.

 

[Msbear]

What a great pic, Tuff. Those sweet, trusted ponies are worth their weight aren't they? babysitters, they call them

poor horse, RoPo... Is that a kentucky mountain horse or something like that?

I took a few pics of the farm today. I grew up here but, haven't lived here in over 15 years... very excited to be home


the old pump... doesn't work anymore but, that doesn't effect its coolness

view from the front porch.. can see the fence work needed on that spot to the right. Rusty sank a couple new posts last week. We're replacing rotten boards this weekend

the chicken barn and the three stall run-in.

Hutch in the CORRAL

Hutch chasing me

just peckin around.. the guineas are new. And, they are well worth the noise because of their stink bug addiction

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

The only info was that she is listed as a "Pinto Pony".


Your farm is GORGEOUS!!!!!!

 

[hunterjumper999]

MB would it cost a lot to figure out how to get that old pump working again?! I LOVE old farm implements!

 

[Msbear]

Thanks, RoPo! We are really working hard on it. It's been in my family for a long time. My father could no longer care for it and moved in with his GF. My husband and I rented out our home and moved in with my brother. We're all chillin here together and it's been really great. I didn't know what it was like to be able to just turn my kid loose and not worry about roads and cars and ...anything. We are really loving it. Here's some more pics I took today.. after the storm... really neat lighting.

Here's some pics of the pasture up by the house

and here's one of the hay field

This is the farmhouse. The two cast iron tubs are going to by my herb gardens

back part of the house and the hay field that wraps around. See our HUGE stack of firewood ready for the Winter

Yeah, the heating stinks in that house. It's oil and only part of it has the vents. We have iron louvered registers in the upstairs bedroom floors so that the hot air can rise up naturally. Which translates into sleeping in flannel PJ's and having a thick down comforter.

 

[EweSheep]

What's the history of that house and land when it first being started? I am guessing the house to be in the late 1880's? But no earlier than 1850's the way the house looks pre-Federation style.

 

[Tuffoldhen]

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Well, move over cause I'm coming up to live with ya with my chickens!!! LOL Beautiful !!!