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May 15
Spring….Lots of Firsts!
I love Spring! All is renewed and reborn! Bluets (Easter flowers are out everywhere) …in the woods! They all ways remind me of my Momma! The first Whippoorwill way off in the distance late evening…Reminds me of my sweet Grandma! Birds grabbing hair to make nests… First owl late in the night! I all ways …
May 10
Drover’s Stock Dog Journal…
Drover: I have gathered and sorted sheep…gathered moved sheep, re sorted…penned sheep…and did a lot of driving of sheep… If that was not enough I tended the flock in the unfenced field as well…then gathered and drove them back to the field! And lets not forget the sorting of the lambs from their Mothers! One …
May 10
Happy Mother’s Day!!!
Happy Mother’s Day to all Mothers! On the farm there are some lambs and ewes that would disagree with it being a Happy Day! We weaned 9 lambs today…The signs are right for this! And tomorrow we will castrate and bob tails! again the signs are right…And worm all the sheep…I am guessing we will …
May 09
Drover’s Stock Dog Journal…
We are preparing for a AHBA Trial in Berryville Virginia…the 23, 24 , 25th of this month… Drover is entered in HTAD Level III Ducks, HRD III Sheep and Ranch Large Flock III Sheep… We may try Geese too (will see) … Drover: We have been practicing gathering in large field on large flocks… and …
Apr 18
Simple Country Pleasures…work
One of the amazing things about living on a farm is the work…It is never finished…and that is not a bad thing…there is all ways something to build, or something that needs doing, or fixing…I love it… Our little brown hens (what is left of them) the hawks have eat good…and the hens have become …
Apr 15
Bitter Sweet…
My Daddy has been in heaven for 25 years…March 24th… It amazes me … To run into people that were his friends and acquaintances and business associates and they still remember him…and have wonderful things to say about Alton J. Delk… my Daddy… Today Les and I ran into Sammy Hunt and his wife Janet…at …
Apr 15
Drover…
I was telling several folks about Drover finding lambs and bringing them to me as a mother dog would move a pup … Linda Rorem told me she had heard of this…but never witnessed it… Here is a report from 1907 … Linda Rorem Homer Davenport wrote of the working collie Fly on the …
Apr 15
Spring!
The weather is just beautiful! Everything is green! the trees are leafing out…We had a thunderstorm and a really good rain tonight… The dogs are all happy…and in heat or coming in! Montanna had a hair cut last week and a bath..She is so much cooler and happy… Drover is still in the cone but …
Apr 08
Scout Has Arrived!!!
Five Years ago I chose a puppy out of a litter for a friend…I had high hopes for this girl. She has Not disappointed me! I co own her with Laree Shulman. But she has resided with Laree since she was weaned! I have watched her grow into a good , smart, beautiful, biddable English …
