Are you looking for free entertainment? Bring your family, a few lawn chairs and an hour or two of your time and you won’t be disappointed. The stage? A backyard. The entertainment? A couple of horses, 13 chickens and a funny looking bald guy. The only thing that could improve the performance is if the bald man could somehow figure out how to juggle the chickens while standing on a horse’s back. I’m working on the juggling act. I have a friend that admitted he’s buying the home behind me because of the entertainment value. He said when people figure out “Hollywood’s Best Kept Secret”, the home values around me will increase dramatically. Last year, I bought two horses from a mule ranch in Moab. Mules are smart. They test fences by bumping them with their chests. They will then rise up on their hind legs and leap over the fence like a gazelle. One of my horses learned the fence jumping skill from the mules. The first time she jumped the fence, I happened
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