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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, …
Jan 10
Ribbons of Green…
Ribbons and ribbons of green greeted me on my way home from New Bern. I thought they looked like Spring! And beautiful, beautiful Daffodils! only just green…. My eyes are so hungry for green! and springtime flowers! Oh I know it was just winter wheat or maybe winter rye…still made me catch my breath!
Jan 09
Simply…BOO…she is gone…
She was born to a good Mama my sweet Amarillo…her good sire was “My” Dallas… I lost a good one today…There are not many words… A good dog that never bothered a thing or a soul… BOO was a good Mama…one of the best…she raised good puppies “Journey is one” and there are many ,many …
Jan 09
Sunday…
It is late…I should go on to bed…but here I am wide awake…thinking… How beautiful and wonderful the weather was today. Like Spring but not! One of those days that are borrowed from Spring by Winter! A tease…of how wonderful Spring is! Alley and Queenie came by and spent the afternoon with us. Her dogs …
Dec 27
A Hint of Fall…at Maple Grove Farm
The nights are cool and the morning sun is met with fog rising off the pond, here at the farm. Fall is a most magical time! The trees are preparing for winter…There is a hint of color if you take the time to look. The sheep are fat and growing in more hair and …
