Category: Herding

Peaceful Easy Feeling…

Sitting here in my swing…thinking about my life so far…the decisions I have made…the good the bad… the success, the growing I have done…from it all…my sweet Piney Grove  UMC  and all the good people that played a part in teaching me The Way… I smile slightly thinking…yes… I know…some answers to my life mysteries…how …

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PUPPIES AVAILABLE!!!!

Well Drover sired a litter of 8 with Helen Glaze’s good female Frea  and  Helen has 4 male puppies ready for their new families! They are located in Gulfport, Mississippi  KAT 3 days latter had a litter of 10 puppies and we have 2 males that are ready to go to their new homes! Yadkin …

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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 …

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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…  

It Is Cold….

Whisper

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 …

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Icy, Cold, Windy and Some Snow…

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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, …

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Simply…BOO…she is gone…

BOO

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 …

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A Hint of Fall…at Maple Grove Farm

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  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 …

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Starry, Starry Night! A simple Country Pleasure…

The stars are so bright in the cold almost Christmas night one needs little more light to see. As I walk along on the crunchy leaves I can smell the cold in the air. It is a bit damp  and the air has a tiny sting to it…and off to my right I can see …

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Simple Country Pleasures…

The full moon rising in the Fall sky bathed in the mists rising from the temperature changes… Sheep calling to one another in the night quietly.  Watching the older ewes turned towards the sunrise for warmth…the lambs walking over to them and laying down to capture their warmth! The soft tinkle of the bells on …

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