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A Simple Saturday Evening…

Les and I went to a benefit supper at a local church this evening. We had a very nice visit with people we knew and some we just met… An older gentleman was talking and telling jokes and clearly enjoying the fellowship of everyone… He sat down and started talking to Les…I asked a few …

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Christmas Trees Past…

My first memory of choosing and cutting a Christmas Tree was from 1958…I was three years old…Daddy and Momma and I went to the Scout Camp …just across the creek from Fred’s (the neat old house we rented from Juanita and Fred Hunt) before we built where we live now. I remember Momma looking and …

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BOO Drover Puppies!!!

(please note there has been a name change due to gender) Names: Photos 1,2,3…SPRING (female) 4 & 5 …VALLEY (female) 6,7,8…CLAY (male) 9,10,11…RIDGE (male) 12,13,14…RIVER (male) 15,16,17…BRANCH (male) 18,19,20…CREEK (male)

Abilene’s Eight…

  I had to make a few changes in my names:) due to the gender… Names: photo numbers… 1 thru 3… TAB…(male)…for Tabernacle 4 thru 5… CID…(male)…for Cid 6 thru 8…TEXAS…(male)…for Little Texas 9 thru 11…JD…(male)…for Farmer 12 thru 14…Sophia…(female)…for Sophia 15 thru 17…VAL…(female)…for Silver Valley 18 thru 22…Jackie…(female)…for Jackson Creek 23 thru 27…Roxie…(female)…for High …

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Puppy Photos…Not Today! :(

Les and I took photos this morning! They were awesome! The puppies so sweet and happy! The weather clear and bright with sunshine! Ask what happened?! Please! The camera could not download the photos to my computer! WHY! ?!  Well it seems even though I delete all the photos off my sims card…They STAY there …

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Puppies at play…

Now I find that I have no time for anything but PUPPIES!!! I go and play with them for an hour or so of the early morning, then late morning, then afternoon…well you all get the idea! I smell like puppies all the time…And sometimes I smell me!!! ugh! Abilene’s puppies…They are drinking fresh frozen …

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Drover’s Stock Dog Journal…our blue ribbon

Drover and I went out to find the sheep about 4:00 PM so we could work them in the arena… It is all ways a bad sign when there are no bells to be heard. ANYWHERE!!!  One lamb was across the pond race, so I guessed they had  all went to the mountain and the …

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ABILENE’S EIGHT…

Abilene has Eight Beautiful puppies. They are 2 weeks and 1 day old… I decided to name them after local places… Introducing: ROCKEY after High Rock Church  and High Rock Lake… JACKIE after Jackson Creek… Sophia after the place on HWY 311 of the same name. TAB after Tabernacle… TEXAS after Little Texas… CID after …

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BOO’s Seven…

I chose Boo’s Puppy names from local geographic features. Meet :  CLAY               Meet : RIDGE               Meet Branch:               Meet VALLEY               Meet RIVER             …

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Happy Thanks Giving!!!

Today Les, Family, Friends and I shared the traditional turkey dressing and trimmings Thanksgiving dinner… It was a pleasing blend of yesterday, today and the future. This was our first sit down dinner in our remodeled house. (The house I grew up in)… the food was good the conversation most pleasant…It was a really nice …

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