Category: farm life

The Heart of an English Shepherd Breeder…

My heart is broken for my friend and puppy owner of 10 years. I pray that God will bring all the good and wonderful memories to her mind that she is able to hold them in her heart and walk with God thru this difficult loss.  Hugs and Prayers my good friend… her email to …

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A Sweet Word…from a friend

can make all the difference in our lives, our thoughts, our focus! My example: My Grandpa Delk was a good man. He loved his God, his family, his horses, dogs, cows…his land… I inherited his love for our land, and horses…dogs too…I was taught to love my family and I love my Lord Jesus Christ… …

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Now There Are Five…

pup sheep

  It was Me and my Four! and has been for some time now… I was gifted with the sweetest little puppy… girl mainly black and tan some white. Shona O’Kane brought her to me! Her name is Tabor! Like Mt Tabor in the Bible, but named after our little country church at Jackson Creek, …

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The passing of a Good Friend…Reba

Dallas

I am not quite sure how we became good friends…but we were…she was the better of the two of us…That I know…and Of course the “brains of the outfit”!  I smile as I remember that story… I had borrowed some sheep years ago…turns out the fellow I borrowed them from needed to treat the sheep …

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Simple Country Pleasures…

Road Trip With Friends!!! Sylvia and Mike Snell our good friends and Rosie! are visiting us from Florida.  The day dawned perfect!  Carolina Blue skies and sunshine…     Tuesday morning we loaded up the Chevy and headed for the North Carolina Foothills…sort of… Our first stop was in Lexington for a biscuit then on …

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Simple Country Pleasures…

I was sitting in the living room looking out the window early Sunday morning…my world was peaceful as I  watched the sheep in the distance still and quiet laying down waiting for the sun to come up over Dutchman’s Mountain. It was a warm happy morning with the early birds singing their songs of praise… …

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So It Is One AM…I wake in my swing…

Sounds like a country western song…that could tell a tale of woe…or happiness…My dogs are all round me on the carport floor…likely thinking I have lost my mind! It is so very hot…I can sleep in that swing if I want to ! But they would like the basement PLEASE!!!!I remember being nudged by Kat …

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Simply…This…

no words can begin to express…this

On A search…

  This evening the dogs and I went in search…of a lamb, and a rock… Good news …No lost lamb! Good news I Found …the perfect rock for the Shepherd’s Cottage bottom step at the back porch! So, what do I mean by a step rock for the back porch? Years and years ago folk …

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Just Corn…

This beautiful corn is standing tall , strong, and healthy…Please remember the farmers in Iowa , and pray for them to be able to rebuild and recover their crop!  This field is at Buffalo Creek Dairy. The corn will become food for the milk cows, this winter… The corn field is like a church with …

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