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Jul 31
34 years…
Long ago July 31,1988…Les and I were married at my home church…Piney Grove United Methodist Church, in Jackson Creek, North Carolina…By Reverend Bill Farmer…Before God and our family and friends… So many from that beautiful day now reside in that great cloud of witnesses in heaven… My sweet Grandma and Grandpa , Daddy and Mama, …
Jul 16
Peaceful Easy Feeling…
Sitting here in my swing…thinking about my life so far…the decisions I have made…the good the bad… the success, the growing I have done…from it all…my sweet Piney Grove UMC and all the good people that played a part in teaching me The Way… I smile slightly thinking…yes… I know…some answers to my life mysteries…how …
Jun 21
PUPPIES AVAILABLE!!!!
Well Drover sired a litter of 8 with Helen Glaze’s good female Frea and Helen has 4 male puppies ready for their new families! They are located in Gulfport, Mississippi KAT 3 days latter had a litter of 10 puppies and we have 2 males that are ready to go to their new homes! Yadkin …
Jun 18
PUPPY, PUPPY, PUPPY, PUPPY…
Today was Hot ! So my outdoor English Shepherd puppies were looking for cool places. They have a puppy pool full of cool water in the shade. Cool water in their bowls…Shady places with fans on the carport! Little did I know of a secret place behind the flower pots that went to the underneath …
Mar 03
Announcing The Newest English Shepherd HTCH. MS KAT Ballou !!!!
KAT went to Georgia and came back with the 5 points she needed to become a Herding Trial Champion ! HTCH ! I am so proud of her! What a good good dog she is! We had not practiced or anything…I knew she Had It! Always has …we had find the time to go and …
Feb 27
Announcing…the successful mating of KAT and Boaz!!!
I was looking at the puppies I see born on different websites (as always) and saw 2 beautiful Drover type looking litters. I checked them out and sure enough they were by the same sire! (NO RELATION TO DROVER) I did a bit of checking and he lives in Kentucky. KAT was in season and …
Feb 22
One Of My First Ewes… “Another Belle”
I purchased my first sheep some 14 years or so ago…I made my choices as my Grandpa had taught me. Sturdy stock, Good hooves, well muscled for the type of stock , good conformation, kind eyes, Twins or triplets and out of the same. My girls have served me well, herding, breeding and in general …
Jan 25
Let Me Be Singing When The Evening Comes!
BOO had a place she watched the girls play. It is now called BOO’s Gate…beside the pond… Ashlyn captured this late this evening…maybe a ray of sunshine maybe just maybe …I miss her with all my heart…. Some photos of BOO…
Jan 23
It Is Cold….
But then this is winter! We had a skiff of snow…seems Grandma’s predictions of how many fogs in August equals how many snows we will have in Winter holds true! (So far) …Yes I counted NO I do not remember exactly how many. I kind of thought it an old wife’s tale! While cold and …
Jan 17
Icy, Cold, Windy and Some Snow…
I personally do not consider this weather a simple country pleasure! And I am most pleased this is typical January and February weather in North Carolina… But thanks to global warming not such a problem anymore! When I was a girl this was typical winter weather! ALL Winter! KAT and Drover are in the basement…Tallie, …
