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Mar 26
Simple Country Pleasures…
Sunshine on my face…that wonderful warmth just out of the wind and yet it is truly cold outside… That nap in the warm sunshine for 30 minutes…Oops! The birds rustling round in the trees before dawn and then the singing! Nothing can compare, sweet and simple beauty for my ears… The bells on the sheep …
Mar 25
Twenty Eight Years Ago …Today!
Alton J. Delk my Daddy passed away on March 24th, 1990 about 3 AM… I surly do miss him…He changed my life…Though he never knew it… When he passed my reason for doing anything left…There was not one person I wanted to impress… Oh I was all right I just had no drive to achieve…Because …
Mar 22
KAT Ballou…
My good Abilene/Drover pup….KAT Ballou is proving to be a fine dog in all ways. She is willing to do anything I ask or show her to do… One day we were moving the flock thru the foot bath chute. A couple sheep turned around and to avoid a real problem I asked KAT to …
Mar 21
Friends…
When I first sat down to write this… it is late evening, the sheep are quietly munching grass, the temperature is in the mid 60’s . We have been very busy preparing for the AHBA Herding Trial … Back in early December… We needed sheep and in large numbers. Our 33 just were not enough! …
Mar 06
Morning Has Broken…
Like the first morning. We all walk this world with scars, pain, wounds and heartbreak… Now in the midst of this I remember … This World was created and in it a garden for us…Perfect. All needs, desires, everything was there. We understood and communicated with the world and all that was in it…and …
Feb 15
Simple Country Pleasures…
Good Friends…The kind you meet and know you like them right away! I met Lawana and Stacey Manning back in April last year at the Jeannie Joy Hartnagle Taylor Herding Clinic. I had invited them down to meet my “Traditional Working” English Shepherds. The clinic was a perfect time for this. They could watch all …
Feb 06
Drover’s Stock Dog Journal…
It has been a while since Drover was needed to work the sheep. I have been using KAT and training her to be my right hand as is Drover her sire. I have to say I am well pleased with KAT’s progress and yes even my understanding. KAT is a different dog from Drover. She …
Jan 19
Thursday Photos…
We had eight inches of snow on Wednesday! I did not venture outside…too cold … Today the sun shown bright! Les and I took a ride on the gator. The dogs took a hike in the snow! Enjoy! Journey 7 months BOO watching the ducks Drover watching the ducks Intently KAT Ballou loves the snow…and all …
Jan 12
Full Terraces…
My Grandpa Delk was a fine farmer, and his father before him…In the 40’s, 50’s early 60’s there was a program to help farmers keep their land from eroding (washing away) with heavy rains. I arrived home about an hour ago in a heavy down pour. The ditches were all ready full…and the terraces were …
Jan 12
Sunrise At Maple Grove Farm…
Not something that gets photographed round here this time of year…Sunrise! over our farm… Enjoy!
