Maple Grove Farm, Jackson Creek, NC
Jul 10
Today we laid my sweet girl Montanna to rest beside Amarillo. She lost her long time valiant battle with Hip dysplashia. In the last two days she was unable to walk with out my help and was starting to suffer with the pain. Montanna was 13 years 1 month and 7 days old. She was …
Jun 27
Drover, KAT Ballou and I traveled to Seven Mile Ford in Virginia and picked up the ram. All is well and the girls are quite pleased to be courted! On the trip up…I am all ways amazed by the mountains, their mystery, majesty, and beauty. The air was cool and pleasant. The sky was grey …
Jun 26
I am planning a BOO Drover Litter as soon as BOO comes into heat again. I expect she will be back in heat in the next 2 months or less. Stay tuned! I will have tris, shaded sables and a possible black and tan with this cross. All will be good working, biddable, smart dogs …
Jun 26
The cool night air moving slightly… The dark night sky lit by the stars and planets…the Milky Way visible…And the Lightening Bugs doing their part…to light the night. The outline of the mountains dark and purple …and reflected in the pond. Crickets singing and frogs too… The slight mist rising off the pond… The fresh …
Jun 26
NO NOT A DODGE! Drover and I are heading to the Virginia Mountains in the early morning hours to pick up and borrow a Katahdin Ram…The ram has business at Maple Grove Farm with some frisky Ewes! He will be on loan for 2 months or until the job is completed! Drover and I are …
Jun 21
The moon rose slowly, and brightly over Dutchmen’s Mountain. The clouds hung low and dark at times across the face of the moon but never blocked it. The birds were singing It’s Summer! It’s Summer! and having quite a time with their song! I have never heard such sweet, beautiful music. The evening seemed all …
May 22
About 6 AM I woke and the rain was softly falling, it was cool, very overcast and foggy. The birds were enjoying their free baths and singing quite happily about that! So I snuggled down and thought good sleeping weather! Off in the distance I could hear the sheep bells tinkling softly…I smiled and went …
May 04
Wood smoke heavy on the cool crisp breeze tonight. Sheep off in the distance softly speaking to their lambs, and the sheep bells softly tinkling. Owls speaking off in the distance to each other… A fox barking, and the darkness… damp from the moisture from the rain last night. The smell of fresh growing grass …
Apr 05
What an odd blog subject … Is this a religious blog? No…Trust and Faith have nothing to do with religion…but everything to do with how we live our lives and work our dogs… “Faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen” from the Bible. Done with the definition! Trust …
Apr 03
As I watched the sun set this evening over the mountains…The trees are leafing out green and beautiful. The sun was shinning golden and breath taking. The air was cool and a bit breezy. But in all a real Springtime evening. The birds were singing. The sheep quietly grazing with their bells tinkling softly on …
