Welcome to the madhouse

I live in a crazy place.  My house is a rundown 50s ranch on the outskirts of Houston, in unincorporated Harris County.  I have about three quarters of an acre of fenced-in land, where I garden and keep my family - my husband, JC, who is an animal care tech at UT Med School, and our large and unruly group of critters.  Our current group includes:

Chip, 14 year old brindle chihuahua
Maggie, 12 year old brindle boxer
Mariposa, 7 year old Boston Terrier /chihuahua mix
Cane, 7 year old lhasa apso
Cheyenne, 5 year old bindle Staffordshire bull terrier
Brick and Ash, 6 year old HUGE black cats we bottle-raised
Joey and Dutch, 25 year old and 20 year old pair of Timneh African grey parrots
Sam and Al, 18 and 19 year old macaws - Sam is a blue/gold and Al is a greenwing
Chica, 8 year old severe macaw
Cici, 5 year old greencheek conure
Mork, 5 year old violet English budgie
Hamilton, 18 year old potbelly pig
Some fish to be named later

Last week we lost our precious 18 year old chihuahua, Oscar - I promise I will tell you more about him in an upcoming post, along with  introducing you to each of these guys and some of our past friends, too.  Look for some special guest doggie bloggers, too - Max, Raspa, Bartlet, Gumbo - this means you!

I will close with some pics of our most recent additions.  In our grief over the loss of our dog, we succombed to a chicken purchase.  Not that this was a really bad or entirely unexpected purchase; we had a new hen house built and ready, and were prepared to purchase when we found what we wanted.  And find it we did - we now own 6 barred rock pullets (young hens) and a gorgeous blue Ameraucana cockerel (young rooster).
We haven't named them yet, so watch this site to vote on rooster names soon!

Girls taking a little afternoon dip

He's a little bit shy... but oh so pretty!

Until next time - go hug your pet!