Category: Friends

Sitting At My Desk…

I am listening to all the different bells as the sheep go about their business of picking the fresh green grass. What a “Simple Country Pleasure” this is. Music that is unique.  Even the birds are quiet!  It is late…but the melody is soothing and peaceful… I have found with the help of my good …

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My Story…

May be long, I suppose…but here goes! We were getting ready for the AHBA March 9,10,11 herding trial at Maple Grove Farm… Thursday March 8th was a cool grey, cloudy day …it was late in the afternoon, and we had much still to do…Last minute things that can only be done last minute…. and then …

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The Great Sheep Escape!!!

As I write this I laugh at the sheep…and us… The birds were busy singing their songs of praise as the sun came up over Dutchman’s Mountain in Jackson Creek. The sheep bells and occasional bah from a lamb and its Mother were all part of the beautiful Sunday morning. After church Les and I …

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Simple Country Pleasures…

Sunshine on my face…that wonderful warmth just out of the wind and yet it is  truly cold outside… That nap in the warm sunshine for 30 minutes…Oops! The birds rustling round in the trees before dawn and then the singing! Nothing can compare, sweet and simple beauty for my ears… The bells on the sheep …

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Twenty Eight Years Ago …Today!

Alton J. Delk  my Daddy passed away on March 24th, 1990 about 3 AM… I surly do miss him…He changed my life…Though he never knew it… When he passed my reason for doing anything left…There was not one person I wanted to impress… Oh I was all right I just had no drive to achieve…Because …

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Friends…

When I first sat down to write this… it is late evening, the sheep are quietly munching grass, the temperature is in the mid  60’s . We have been very busy preparing for the AHBA Herding Trial … Back in early December… We  needed sheep and in large numbers. Our 33 just were not enough!  …

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Simple Country Pleasures…

Good Friends…The kind you meet and know you like them right away! I met Lawana and Stacey Manning back in April last year at  the Jeannie Joy Hartnagle Taylor Herding Clinic. I had invited them down to meet my “Traditional Working” English Shepherds. The clinic was a perfect time for this. They could watch  all …

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Drover’s Stock Dog Journal…

It has been a while since Drover was needed to work the sheep. I have been using KAT and training her to be my right hand as is Drover her sire. I have to say I am well pleased with KAT’s progress and yes even my understanding. KAT is a different dog from Drover. She …

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Thursday Photos…

We had eight inches of snow on Wednesday! I did not venture outside…too cold … Today the sun shown bright!  Les and I took a ride on the gator. The dogs took a hike in the snow! Enjoy! Journey 7 months BOO watching the ducks Drover watching the ducks Intently KAT Ballou loves the snow…and all …

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From The Milking Parlor…Our Farmers

Have you ever stopped along the side of the road while passing thru farming country and watched as a Farmer tilled the soil with a John Deer Tractor or a pair of matched work horses and planted the field? Had the opportunity to visit with a Farmer, sit down and talk  under the shade trees? …

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