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Dec 19
Hello Sunshine My Ole Friend!
my version: Hello Sunshine my ole friend …I’ve come to sit in you again… As my body shouts out it’s happiness! In the warmth that you are giving! I am enjoying a nap in your rays. While planning out my day. I will hope that I will remember… The vision for my day! Sunshine! My …
Dec 19
Drover…
Some day I know I will have to give you up…Some day… but I want to thank the Good Lord it is not today! As I look at your beautiful face sleeping peacefully at the moment…I think of the scars on that face. A torn ear, a black spot in one brown eyebrow from a …
Dec 17
Sheep …A Simple Country Pleasure
I took 80 Celebrating English Shepherd’s 2018 Calendars to the Denton Post Office. Mailing took about 45 minutes. As I walked into the post office the cold day and grey sky started to deliver the promised Frozen Weather in the form of sleet and freezing rain. As I headed back, I was thankful for a …
Dec 13
God Is So Good!
I am up early “for me” to walk Drover. The ground is all most frozen and Jack Frost is visiting! Kinda making himself at home! The ground crunches under our feet as we walk along. A few birds are discussing their plans for the day! It is quiet, peaceful, and cold. Like this time of …
Dec 08
Hidden Treasures…
When I was a girl , my Mother was the best decorator in the world. By doing she taught me colors and such. I learned to visualize things in my mind first before trying them out ! I all ways wanted a real play house but had to settle for playing in the woods and …
Dec 08
Sweet Simple Country Pleasures…
Last week Les and I moved my desk into the end bedroom. I positioned the desk so I can see out the ample windows in to the sheep fields and the horse paddock. Currently horseless…they are at the end of the dam enjoying good green grass. I keep at least one window open so I …
Nov 29
Moon Beams…On the Water
The night sky was lit by the half moon setting over the mountain behind Grandma’s house. I looked out across the pond and in the still water the trees and clouds were reflecting in the water. The sky had a dark blue color and the clouds were pearl colored. The weather is cool but not …
Nov 21
Today’s work…
Today’s Work… Was not pretty by any standard. Efficient yes… What a Mess! Gerry and I were up at the house working on the Sheep Foot Bath preparing the water and the chemicals. My sugar high was in full swing (thanks to the Krispey Cream donuts ) a southern delicacy we had enjoyed a few …
Nov 16
Simple Country Pleasures…
The smell of an early fall morning. Fallen leaves, faint wood smoke on the light breeze, golden light streaking thru the morning sky…Oh the lambs softly talking with their Mommas, Sheep bells providing an accompaniment to the birds singing…and that wood pecker talking about his plans for all the trees in his forest… A magical …
