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Jan 25
Possum Dogs!!!
I have Coon/Possum dogs! Amarillo and BOO are continually working the woods at night. Searching for then finding and treeing a Coon or Possum. Once treed they bark on the tree expecting me to come and take care of their prisoner! Really girls it is dark, the woods are filled with all sorts of biting …
Jan 24
As a Girl… (Simple Country Pleasures)
I remember my Grandpa dressed in overall, boots and coat… sitting on the ground…in the sunshine, up against the dairy barn,on a cold day…looking… I wondered at the time why he would sit on the ground! It was cold and made no sense to me… he all ways sat in a chair! And he was …
Jan 15
WOW! This year is FLYING!
We are busy at Maple Grove Farm in 2016…Currently we are lambing…We have 9 lambs born in the last 2 weeks. Most are ewe lambs, and very loud colored! We have lost one lamb it did not make it out of the sack…All the ewes and lambs are doing great. I have a litter of …
Dec 15
Christmas READY!!!
We have our tree and decorations up! It all looks so pretty! Kinda makes the rest of the year look plain! Les and I have been cutting wood….Though it is hardly weather for a wood stove (YET) …It will be… The dogs are all doing well…And I am working with Drover on sheep…We will be …
Nov 23
A Shared Blessing ( cowboy poetry)
A FB friend posted this just a few minutes ago…I found it so wonderful …I hope you do too! What a Blessing for this Monday Morning! Center for Western and Cowboy Poetry / CowboyPoetry.com 59 mins · SELDOM SEEN IN TOWN by Paul Kern There drums a rainy torrent now, As my roof echoes the …
Nov 16
Sigh…
Well we had a real hard killing frost last night! it got most everything here. All the flowers…The grasses I grow are still okay…But most likely there will be another frost tonight… The sheep are doing well…Fat and sassy…Loving the cooler weather…So are the dogs…And you know what? I like it too! Good sleeping weather …
Nov 12
Puppy Time…
Today was beautiful…But I ended up having to work all day! Rest assured I had plenty of help and helpers! The Drover BOO Puppies were outstanding ! They hunted, tunneled, played, snugged, watched, waited, pulled the pillows and throws off the chairs …Well they did need dusting! Went with me every step I made outside…Up …
Nov 11
Tuesday Evening… simple country pleasures
No words to describe how good it is to be a live human being…walking on the earth and enjoying all God has created for us! As I came down the hill from the Shepherd’s Cottage with all my dogs…They were enjoying being dogs! I noticed the smell of wood smoke in the air…The memories that …
Nov 06
Fall At Maple Grove Farm…Puppy Walk About
The Three Puppies that are out of the Drover BOO litter (Two boys that are waiting for their new forever homes) and Tess that is headed to Canada in a week or so…to a Sheep Farm went with me across the dam and thru the gate. We did a walk about…Not a planned one! But …
Nov 02
Puppy Photos!
Enjoy the Drover BOO Drover/BOO Puppy Photos from today! It was raining! But the puppies had a great time! Granny Abilene kept a watchful eye out for them all…and made sure everyone played nice! Even the tail pullers! Farm raised puppies live the life! What fun! I do have two puppies available they are 8 …
