3 Years in the making

We've lived in the hills of East Tennessee for almost six years.  We started with two dogs.  That was working well for us.  However, within the last three years, we have started adding to this animal family.  We now have, 2 dogs (neither the originals we started with), a German Shepard named Big Jake, (I have a crush on John Wayne), and a Great Pyrenees/ Anatolian Shepard puppy named Brutus, 3 cats, Oreo, Funny Cat, and Molly.  2 female rabbits, ChaCha and Salsa, 10 Guinea Fowl, 2 roosters,  10 chickens, and 21 Chicks.

Our first dog, Tango, sadly, he was hit by a car and died.  He lived up to his role, protector of our small children.

From the beginning, I knew this would be a noteworthy experience.  And so, I've been documenting our adventures in photos from the start.  All the time with the goal of starting a blog.  However, my weakness in writing has kept me from moving forward.  I finally decided to call my blog, Chicken Scratch in an effort to ease the pain that my poor punctuation, run on sentences, miss spelled words, and generally, poor writing would cause.  The fear still exists.  It's tough to put yourself on a public forum in a world that has proven to be harsh when they can hide behind a screen and hurl insults at you.  But I'm doing it anyway.
I'll keep you up to date on our current happenings while also periodically taking you back to the beginning or how it all started.