Tales of Afro Chicken....

Today it's a snow day!  Actually...and Ice Day!  No school, no work, just boring inside stuff (as my 5 year old says).  

Even the dogs are bored.  I had to go outside and rescue Afro Chicken from the mouth of my blue-heeler mix dog.  Apparently he was showing our toy shi-poodle how to hunt and gather - NOT COOL!  After a thorough examination, we concluded Afro Chicken was not physically harmed, just a little mentally distraught.

Meet Afro Chicken!

So what is this crazy-haired, black, feathery bird that we call Afro Chicken (for self-explanatory reasons)?  I think she's actually some version of a "Silkie" chicken.  I'm sure if I'm wrong, someone will comment and let me know....but we really don't care what she is we LOVE her and treat her like family.


Afro Chicken is best friends with one of our ducks.  She came to us as a baby chick accompanied by a duckling.  She looked like any other baby chick.  My mom is a teacher at an elementary school and one of the science classes hatched 2 eggs.  When the school year came to an end, these two baby birds had to have a home, so my mom dumped them off at my house.  Reluctantly, we kept them, fed them, and the duck grew up to be pretty white Aflac duck. The chick grew up to be, well....Afro Chicken.

Afro chicken struts around like she owns that place and has even been featured in some of our photo shoots.  So....keep an eye out for The Barn's "World-Famous" (or so we think) AFRO CHICKEN!  

Liz Chrisman Photography

We hope you enjoyed our "slow news day" blog!

Adios Muchachos!
XOXO
Les

We've been bad, very, very, bad!

Ok, so I've totally neglected our little blog for a very long time!  I am making it a point to update our blog on a regular basis no....scouts honor!

So what's been going on behind the scenes at The Barn?  A Lot!  Which means there's lots to blog about.  I've had the amazing opportunity to speak to college students who are seeking out careers in the event/catering/tourism industry, We'e added a few things out at The Barn, we've got a new crop of interns, we have some amazing new features that we can offer to brides/clients, we have new catering menus that are available....and the list goes on and on.  Needless to say, my fingers are gonna be tarred (that's southern for "tired").

Today, I'm gonna fill you in on what happened to us yesterday....hold on to your bootstraps, it's pretty fabulous!



In case you haven't heard we've been pretty blessed within the last 2 days as far national exposure goes.  The Barn's latest photo shoot was picked up & featured by 6 MAJOR sites yesterday (yes, all in 1 day).
We were featured on these major national sites:

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And then, we were featured on these major in-state Arkansas sites:

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And also we were on a wedding site in VERMONT, yes VERMONT!  We Love it!

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We are still trying to catch our breath from the overwhelming excitement!  So until we are able to do that, we leave you with a photo from that shoot, that lets you see our newest addtion to The Barn....our new bar!  For those of you that have been to the barn, it's out by the firepit.  Because nobody likes to have to walk very far to get another drink....lol!  Love to you all!  

xoxo,

The Barn Team!