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Sep 07
2015 Calendar Fundraiser
Help us help Laree! Proceeds go to benefit Laree Shulman, English Shepherd friend and supporter, who is awaiting a heart transplant. We hope to raise $10,000 through fundraisers and donations to help with medical bills. Even after insurance, Laree’s medicines will be $3000 per month. Thank you for your generosity. We hope you enjoy your …
Sep 07
Laree
Have you been to a NC English Shepherd Gathering? If you have, chances are you already know Laree Shulman. In 2008 a Lady from Hickory NC called me to talk about English Shepherds. Seems she had discovered the breed and wanted to know more. I told her to come to the NC Gathering and she …
Sep 04
NC ES GATHERING!!!
Sunset across the pond… Folks You ALL are invited the NC ES Gathering! Think! Big Family Reunion with DOGS! We are working on the flyer! We have some exciting things to tell you all about! On Friday we will hold our Herding Clinic. The clinicians are Mary Peaslee, Marianne Dwight and myself! …
Sep 02
Jackson Creek Swimming hole…a simple country pleasure!
Last evening the air conditioner at the house went out. So today it was quite warm and by 2ish I was thinking lets go swimming at the creek. Les inflated my float and the dogs… all 7 of them and I went to the creek! My uncle had mowed hay in the adjoining field so …
Aug 31
DIXIE…
Oh, How could I have forgotten my sweet Dixie?! That is my Daddy on Copper in the hat… Dixie was a Shetland pony I had when I was 10 (I think) She was a dapple grey with a flax mane and tail. (Flax is like a white blond color) so She was striking! She was …
Aug 31
A Good Horse and Awesome Ride! Today…
Today we rode! Buck came down from Reidsville with his Grandsons Nick and Dillon. Buck brought a horse for Les to ride. Saddled! It was a big sorrel gelding called Max. A very nice horse… I rode Tuff. Tuff is my gelding… I have had 4 HEART horses in my lifetime. (Owned so many horses) …
Aug 27
Last Night of Revival…
Well, Cousin Benny did a fine job this week! The three nights he spoke on what would the Disciples say…”I met a man who_____….” Tonight was the best and the worst for me…(A bit of toe stomping) Much needed! 🙂 He spoke about 10 of the Disciples. It was a fine week…The neighbors were making …
Aug 25
Revival…
Years ago…There was a man saved later in his life….Shouting Benny Nance…My Great Grandpa…I never knew him…He passed in 1945 and is buried at Mt. Tabor in Jackson Creek… He was an honest man…Hard working and by today’s standards very poor…He grew his family’s food on his own land…His children called him Poppa. All 13 …
Aug 25
simple country pleasures…Home Coming! at Piney Grove UMC
This is a Wall Hanging done by Juanita Loflin Hunt Winslow…of all the members of Piney Grove UMC sir names up till 1982 PINEY GROVE”S BIG MEETING… Today was the 4th Sunday in August…The Traditional Home Coming Day for Piney Grove UMC. Years ago I don’t know when…Piney Grove was organized in 1871…We started having …
