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Aug 24
Piney Grove …
This is the week we have the Revival at church…The tradition was : As told to me thru the years by my Grandpa Astor J. Delk his Daddy was Frank Delk and his Mother Essie Skeen Delk Preachers would come together and hold revival under a brush arbor built for the occasion on the hill …
Aug 23
Piney Grove’s Big Meeting…
Piney Grove was founded on August 13, 1871… My Grandpa use to tell me about the Big Meetings he attended as a boy. Tomorrow will be full of memories of precious loved ones now gone on… This evening I have had tears at every turn in the kitchen. I am so very blessed. I have …
Aug 14
Sheep Farm …work
I was in the house and heard a lamb (we only have one) and yes I pretty much know my ewes by their voice…It was stressed and I knew something was wrong… Drover and I went to see what we needed to do…to help. The rest of the dogs were out and had to stay …
Aug 06
We Go Thru Life…
Looking at other people and their lives. From the other side of the fence where the grass is not so green… Or so it seems…to us… We look at what seems to us.. a charmed life…Everything… that we think we would be happy with if only we had that life…Children, Spouse, Family, Friends, a Good …
Aug 04
My Cousin…David
Growing up in Jackson Creek there were not many children close by to play with. On Sundays we would all gather for a meal at Grandmas after church at Piney Grove UMC and then the afternoon would be spent playing in the barn , or fields and down by the creek. Of course for some …
Aug 03
My Family…
Please pray for my family during this difficult, hard time. My cousin passed away yesterday suddenly and without any warning. We will be working our way thru this most difficult time…He left a wife and two grown children. Honestly I am so up set… I can not imagine how it must be for his Daddy, …
Jul 20
Where I Come From…
I was given this old photo from the 1940’s…This is of my Daddy, his brothers and some cousins… Yes that is my Grandparents house (My great grandparents too) and that is feed in the feed sacks on the front porch! LOL! No …wicker furniture or rockers on the wrap around porch! It was a real …
Jul 15
NC English Shepherd Gathering!!!
Well we are preparing for the NC ES Gathering !!! We do some things all year long with the Gathering in mind…(one of my big things is I keep things in order and put up..you know that stuff you would normally pile in a corner etc) 🙂 This year we have been working on the …
Jul 09
Abilene Drover Puppy Photos and Update!!!
I have been slow to post photos…(my bad!) I promise to do better! Here are the 5 puppies born to Abilene and Drover June 16th, 2015 !!! Enjoy! We had some winking, and yawning going on today! Lots of it is hot ! All the puppies are spoken for! We had 3 black and tan …
Jul 02
Powerless…
WOW!we had a real storm this evening. Dark sky, lightening, thunder, wind, and rain by the buckets! I arrived home in time to shut windows! (my Grandma taught me better than to go off an leave the windows open) BUT! I did it anyway! I made it thru the house shutting windows and doors…Then as …
