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Feb 16
Drover…
Drover is an amazing Sheep Dog! Still at 10 years and 4 months going strong. He is the finder of sheep… and my go to dog to bring them in. My other dogs are equally amazing but after all the late night work Drover and I have done together it is Drover I trust for …
Feb 05
The Heart of a Shepherd…(Drover)
As the sun sets on this wet, damp, grey, cloudy day. It has been amazingly warm . The rain has been in showers light and off and on… I sit here in the window of our living room and watch the fog roll into the low places along the branch and off in the …
Feb 02
My Heart Is Broken…
Simply my KAT will not be having puppies this time. Thru no fault of hers or mine…The puppies are simply gone! Not in her…a miscarriage…she does have milk and is still nesting…The Vet says she is fine and lost the puppies about 2 to 3 weeks ago… She is fine internally everything looked correct and …
Jan 23
The Lamb Project…
All I can say is I learn something everyday I am around my flock…sometimes it is how to take care of them “like today” or about The Good Shepherd… Today was a calling for and on The Good Shepherd. Five Months Ago I started out by flushing my ewes on good green grass and lots …
Jan 14
Fire Ants in January !!! The Lamb Stork had a hard landing this evening…
I arrived home from town and it was all most dark…I walked with KAT across the dam because it was to wet to drive the gator on. Journey was left in a down at the gate… All but 2 sheep were at the gate…they know when it is time to come up for the night. …
Jan 13
Puppies…simply a sweet country pleasure…
Soon we will have puppies! Ms KAT Ballou is expecting and showing all the signs of being with puppies! Today we walked across the dam and gathered the sheep…slowly…then headed back slower! This evening she ate great…and then slept all evening. So soundly that I opened the storm door and let it close on it’s …
Dec 06
As the Sun Sets…
over Steeprock Mountain, the sounds of wham, crash, wham are heard in the very near distance. The birds are quiet. And the big track hoe continues its methodical work…I look and then I see what the noise is all about. The man that purchased the farm next to us is tearing down the old barn. …
Dec 02
Simply A Country Girl’s Heart…
As a young girl I was told I could do anything! Nothing was impossible! I could do and be anything I wanted to be!! I remember asking President? and told YES! I also remember a sly smile from Daddy indicating his happiness of my line of thinking! I am sure a mere country girl from …
Nov 28
Rainy Mondays… Simple Country Pleasures…
What does one do on a rainy Monday? Swing in the porch swing with one’s dogs! But only after one has moved the sheep to the far pasture with one of the dogs. YES! A swing is a wonderful way to visit and hang out with my dogs! I love rain and cooler weather. …
Nov 28
Long Day…Happy Thanksgiving!
My Grandma use to comment on a cold, or rainy, or lonesome day that it had been a long day. I use to wonder why she thought that…I never saw days as long not since I was a young girl with no one to play with and it was hot or boring… Well today was …
