Sunday, January 15, 2012

backyards


If you have chickens in your backyard you might live in the country.

If you have horses in your backyard you probably live in the country.

If you have cows

and emus in your backyard, 

you definitely live in the country.



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24 comments:

  1. TexWisGirlJanuary 15, 2012 at 1:36 PM

    WE SURE HOPE SO!!! :)

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  2. FireblossomJanuary 15, 2012 at 2:46 PM

    Moo!

    What a cute post.

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  3. Cheryl CatoJanuary 15, 2012 at 2:49 PM

    One can have chickens in downtown Austin... but not in the sort of suburbs where I live. Pity, I always enjoyed hearing a rooster crow to waken me when I lived on 6th Street in Austin.

    Cool photos!

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  4. Rubye JackJanuary 15, 2012 at 3:42 PM

    Are these guys hanging out in your neighborhood Ellen?

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  5. Ms. MoonJanuary 15, 2012 at 4:05 PM

    Yep. Also- if you have a trailer in your side yard you might live in the country. Or be a redneck. We are thinking that moving a double wide into the back yard for Lily and Jason and Owen and the new baby might solve a lot of problems. Might create a few too, though.

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  6. JoanneJanuary 15, 2012 at 4:13 PM

    How about if you have a turtle living in your backyard?

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  7. ellen abbottJanuary 15, 2012 at 4:15 PM

    Ms. Moon - the trailer was a given. Actually I almost included a picture of a trailer but decided to stick to the animals.

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  8. Rosaria WilliamsJanuary 15, 2012 at 4:31 PM

    Or, in suburbs that allow you to have animals.
    If so, you are definitely lucky.

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  9. JayneJanuary 15, 2012 at 6:11 PM

    I'd love to live in the country. But I did see four deer in my backyard, by the stream, today. :)

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  10. The BugJanuary 15, 2012 at 6:58 PM

    LOL - I love that! Our neighbor had a chicken for a while, but we definitely DON'T live in the country. Fortunately Mike drives through it to go to work so I can look at pictures of it :)

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  11. Kathy's KlotheslineJanuary 15, 2012 at 7:30 PM

    What if you have RV trailers in your back yard? Emus scare me!

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  12. KerryJanuary 15, 2012 at 9:57 PM

    Emus! Their eggs are enormous.

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  13. VM Sehy PhotographyJanuary 16, 2012 at 12:52 AM

    I have neighbors with chickens and horses in their back yards. Does that count?

    I acutally used to live in Thousand Oaks California where our neighbors had chickens and the other neighbors had peacocks. The chickens would get into our fenced front yard and then forget how to jump out. That was frustrating.

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  14. stevenJanuary 16, 2012 at 6:12 AM

    i've always lived in the city - several of them - i know nothing of the joys and privations of country life. i feel as if i've missed out on something!!! steven

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  15. Reya MellickerJanuary 16, 2012 at 7:08 AM

    Ha! You are so clever.

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  16. GailJanuary 16, 2012 at 9:27 AM

    I guess I live in the country...nice shots.

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  17. izzyJanuary 16, 2012 at 10:01 AM

    Yup all country here,(except the Emus.)I hear they are good eating...

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  18. Out on the prairieJanuary 16, 2012 at 10:14 AM

    Wish I had them all, I so enjoy watching them. I went to a glass studio in Omaha over the weekend,Hot Works is a collection of artists.

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  19. SueannJanuary 17, 2012 at 9:19 AM

    Love the photos!!
    And if you have a cow...Ha...I am sure your neighbors like that you live in the country!
    Hugs
    SueAnn

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  20. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2012 at 11:17 AM

    Or in San Leon! Well, I suppose by most definitions San Leon is in the country - likewise Bacliff, Dickinson and such.

    I wish there were chickens around. I love a rooster crowing in the morning. I had a pet rooster once, but he landed on the Sunday dinner table because of a propensity to crow 24/7.

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  21. SnowbrushJanuary 17, 2012 at 12:26 PM

    Here in Eugene, you can have two dogs and/or any number of cats. You can also keep birds (including chickens), fish, amphibians, and reptiles (as long as they're non-native). But no pot-bellied pigs, which seems bizarre given that they're less trouble and less annoying to you neighbors than some of the other animals I've mentioned.

    I always enjoy your photos.

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  22. Jenny WoolfJanuary 18, 2012 at 8:03 AM

    And if you have emus in the backyard you probably live somewhere on the other side of the world from me! :)

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  23. HilaryJanuary 21, 2012 at 2:40 PM

    I am so a-mooooosed.. emused.. or something. :)

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  24. Rick WatsonJanuary 22, 2012 at 8:41 PM

    I definitely live in the country, because I get fresh eggs every morning from my chicks :)

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