Category: Friends

The Night Before…

KAT and I are heading to Buffalo Dairy early in the morning! We plan to help with the milking of the Holstein Cows and help load some heifers into a trailer and move them to another field. Photos I hope and a detailed description of the work. I am so excited! I have to sleep….KAT …

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Drover…

Some day I know I will have to give you up…Some day… but I want to thank the Good Lord it is not today! As I look at your beautiful face sleeping peacefully at the moment…I think of the scars on that face. A torn ear, a black spot in one brown eyebrow from a …

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God Is So Good!

I am up early “for me” to walk Drover. The ground is all most frozen and Jack Frost is visiting!  Kinda making himself at home! The ground crunches under our feet as we walk along. A few birds are discussing their plans for the day!  It is quiet, peaceful, and cold. Like this time of …

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Sweet Simple Country Pleasures…

Last week Les and I moved my desk into the end bedroom. I positioned the desk so I can see out the ample windows in to the sheep fields and the horse paddock. Currently horseless…they are at the end of the dam enjoying good green grass. I keep at least one window open so I …

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Simple Country Pleasures…

The smell of an early fall morning. Fallen leaves, faint wood smoke on the light breeze, golden light streaking thru the morning sky…Oh the lambs softly talking with their Mommas, Sheep bells providing an accompaniment to the birds singing…and that wood pecker talking about his plans for all the trees in his forest… A magical …

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Sheep, Lambs, Dogs, Good Friends, A Beautiful Day!

My heart is so full…My eyes have been so busy! We have been busy! Gerry, Elvis, Cher, KAT and Journey…We worked sheep today. Les has cut a bunch of fire wood! I am sure he is very tired! The day has been so beautiful! What a wonderful gift from God our Lord and Creator!   …

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Birthday!!!

Yes Today was the special day !  No I do not tell my age…LOL! I suspect my face does 🙂   But never mind… I don’t think about it. I had my melt down at 25 years of age and gave it all I had! Now the number is not important! I called my Great Aunt …

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Sheep and The Best Dogs In the World! LIFE Living to the Fullest!

Drover

I am feeling pretty overwhelmed with love and admiration for my English Shepherds, and Sheep! My friend Gerry came down today and helped me with the sheep. She has a Cardigan Corgi named Elvis is a great sheep dog!   Gerry and Elvis gathered the flock out of the field and brought them into the …

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Taking Care of Sheep…

Is a very smelly, dirty job at times. Today was one of those times! We had to trim the feet of all our flock! We started out Gerry and I thinking we would do some today and the rest tomorrow. I was dreading the job because it is hard on my back and hands. Les …

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Maple Grove Farm’s Story Told By A Bird…

This afternoon I spent a pleasant hour visiting with Jackson and his Mom Ashley…We were watching the sheep grazing enjoying the fresh tender green grass. We discussed terraces and how they work their uses and what they do for a field, and how sheep graze. We made a plan to give shots and check for …

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