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Nov 27
Loaded Up…
All Most! Can’t load the tooth brush and paste or comb and such or Tylenol just yet! 🙂 Nor my pillows and quilt. But pretty much everything else is loaded in the car except the cooler! (Tent, chairs and coats clothes and such are loaded)! Not Drover but he is sitting ready! Where are we …
Nov 25
Abilene/Drover Puppy Update!
Abilene is the best Mother EVER!!!! She has finally got the bedding to her liking! Does not suit me, but I am not sleeping in it! (grin) Puppies are nursing and growing, gaining weight! Strong and such crawlers! What a lively bunch! And boy do they have voices if they are hungry! I have 3 …
Nov 25
Today…One of Those Days…When you Know…
Today was 70 degrees, the sun shown the wind was out of the south and it felt like the wind at the beach. Smelled heavenly. Yesterday we had rain and I never checked the rain gauge but we had water standing in the terraces! Drover and I turned the sheep out this morning. Even though …
Nov 21
Life…an Amazing Miracle
Early in the morning 11-20-14….Abilene started giving birth to her Drover puppies. There is an old hymn “I stand Amazed in the Presence” and then a country song by George Strait “I saw God Today”…Well those two songs have been in my mind and on my heart all day as I attended the birth of …
Nov 18
Drover…Working StockDog
Photos from the other evening…. Drover Looking for the sheep…. Nose work…. I found them! See! They are in the woods! Drover gathered the sheep and brought them up and through the gate! Making sure he did not miss any before proceeding to drive the sheep across the dam… Drover waiting on …
Nov 17
Simple Country Pleasures…
This evening the sun had set as Drover and I walked across the dam to get the sheep up. The wind was blowing but it was not too cold. The air was fresh and clean after the rain. There was a mist in the air and the mountain was grey and misty. Mysterious looking. The …
Nov 17
My Grandpa Delk…
I was the first grand child and the first girl in the Delk family in 35 years! Grandma had 4 boys and had all ways wanted a girl… I was destined to love the farm… but no way did I know that…at first. My Grandpa wore overalls and carried a handkerchief in his pocket along …
Nov 13
Memories and Taking Care of the Farm…
Yesterday and today I spent most of my time bush hogging the fields. While not a mindless job…One has to pay attention to the job and the tractor the terrain and the limbs and rocks…Well you all get the idea…It does give me time to just think…No interruptions. The day was beautiful…One of the most …
Nov 07
Drover’s Stockdog Journal…
We have been practicing driving… This evening the rain had stopped. The sun had set…The grass was wet and the sky that dark blue when a front is coming through. The gray clouds were rolling to the east fast. The air was still warm and wet. The smell of freshly fallen leaves and clean …
