Category: Friends

Simple Country Pleasures…

Rain…Wind…Wind…then softly more rain… I rose early to take the sheep out of the fold to the far pasture for a day of grazing. As I started out… It took my breath…a slight chill in the air and the dampness…the beauty of our over night suddenly green world. The light fog on the pond, the …

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Sunday Morning … Simple Country Pleasures….

A sweet lamb with and even Sweeter Boy!   As I sit here, on this cool Sunday morning…I can almost see the grass growing outside my window  in the big field. Ths sheep are sleeping in it seems. Actually they are waiting on the sun to warm them, five of the 60 plus are up …

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Simple Country Pleasures…

Belle

Home made Biscuits hot with melted butter and they are pretty too! (compliments Lawana Manning) Fried Chicken homemade  (Lawana Manning) A lone beautiful still fruitful Pear Tree on a cold wintery day (Buffalo Creek Dairy)  A warm homemade Creme Cheese Pound Cake for a church supper …made by me…my friend’s special recipe (Jane Borders) A …

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The Stork…

Christmas Pups 2016

As I sit here waiting for Cheyenne to have her puppies…I remember when Cheyenne was born at Maple Grove Farm…She sure has grown up good! A happy, healthy, loving, biddable, beautiful, hard working dairy farm dog!  She is so lucky to have Lawana and Stacey as her people, and to live on their beautiful farm.  …

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The Heart of a Shepherd…(Drover)

  As the sun sets on this wet, damp, grey, cloudy day. It has been amazingly warm . The rain has been in showers light and off and on… I sit here in the window of our living room and watch the fog roll into the low places along the branch and off in the …

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Simply A Country Girl’s Heart…

sunset

As a young girl I was told I could do anything! Nothing was impossible! I could do and be anything I wanted to be!! I remember asking President? and told YES!  I also remember a sly smile from Daddy indicating his happiness of my line of thinking! I am sure a mere country girl from …

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Today…chapter one…in a difficult book

Today my Sweet Aunt Peggy started treatment for the lung cancer inside her body.  I drove them to Wake Forest Baptist Health in Winston Salem…Doctor Petty and his team are excellent I am sure they will do all that is possible and within their expertise.  I sat and waited as the treatment was started. I …

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Sunday …

Not exactly what church is thought to be …  Last evening I had made a difficult decision but knew it was the correct one for all…I had peace…  I slept well and woke peaceful well rested.  Every morning it is my job to take the sheep to pasture for the day. Today KAT and I …

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And NOW there are FIVE…puppies

SIGH… I love puppies! the relationship I build with each puppy is an amazing journey… First they come into the world into my hands. I do what is needed only as needed… BOO so trusting me of me in the whelping nest. Yes not just trusting me but relying on me to assist as needed …

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Hurricane…

As I sit here, it is dark and late…The moon is waxing and about half full. It is sitting low in the south west horizon. The moon is reflecting beautifully on the water of our pond. I see stars and can see big white fluffy clouds. There is a nice breeze out of the south. …

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