We have been moving fences, cleaning up, building the new 40 foot round pen and driving lane, new holding pens for the sheep and the ducks, mowing, moving did I mention moving things? The Linda Rorem Clinic will be here before I know it.  May 19 and 20!!! Audit Space Available ! $25.00 per person.  …

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Today on our afternoon walk I decided to go down the creek and thru the back pasture.   As I came to the meadow, I noticed a cow laying by the creek, strange because the herd was over the hill.   Skye was leading the way and I knew that if she was having a …

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I just had to share what we accomplished this morning… We have 7 Ewes with 11 lambs…Daily I take them out to the pasture, and at night I bring them up to the barn. (No fences in between the two) Mornings are tough..Lambs jumping being lambs even Momma’s just not as high! But they follow …

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I love to hear Whippoorwills!  I Love their songs! Late of the evening about dusk you will hear them way off in the distance singing….then they move closer and closer. It seems they have a route they follow. Late this evening  I was hardly able to hear them. It is 12:49 AM and they are …

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I have been noticing that the movie stars are so pleased to show their “baby bumps” off in bikinis and tight clothes!  I remember when women did not go out in public much when they were expecting let alone show it off!  Times do change! So Amarillo was all bouncy and flouncy the other day …

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Since I have been away for about 5 days, it was a very happy homecoming for me.    Skye just could not contain himself,  he was bouncing up and down and running around and I felt the same way.    After a brief greeting he went straight out to find his frisbee, oh, did I mention I …

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Today was the day! Montanna was more than ready! She really needed the trip! Boy is she a Happy Girl tonight! What a pile of hair was cut from her! Like a whole other dog (or 2) Her heavy breathing has stopped and she is running round like a younger dog! This will help her …

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The ram I leased was from a Sheep Farmer in Virginia named Logan. Logan is a real nice young man and has about 200 head plus Katahdins. His ram is a full blooded registered Katahdin , named  Mr. Wooly. Sunday a friend of mine Diane rode up to the Mountains with me and we picked …

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The last Ewe to lamb, lambed last night! We have TWINS! Both are  girls! And all the Flock is doing well! We had 7 Ewes and they had 4 sets of twins and 3 singles. Total 11 Lambs!!! 3 Boys! 8 Girls! Now I like that!!! They are all such nice lambs, and gaining weight …

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As a young child I think my first memory of milking cows was at age three. I vividly remember the cows coming into the dairy milking parlor…feeding the sweet smelling feed (my job) and the sound of the milking machines milking. Of Grandma and Grandpa talking, the radio playing a local station in Asheboro, (very …

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