Maple Grove Farm, Jackson Creek, NC
Apr 02
Good friends…Beautiful weather…Sheep…Great Herding dogs, a few yard chairs, tea, soda, and Butterfinger candy bar (my current food obsession) and you have the makings of a great Saturday afternoon! We worked the lambs today. Drover does the stock handling for us…and we work our young started dogs on sheep… We have all come a long …
Mar 29
Words CHUCK LAWRENCE “As Creator of all things, God made everything on earth for a purpose. You see, it was always His plan that His only Son would die for the sins of mankind. So he created the minerals that, forged together, would become the spear used to pierce His side. He created the brambles …
Mar 29
We had a big rain last night…It made the grass pop green! and the trees sing Spring! The birds were busy, the sheep and all washed clean and bright! It was a beautiful blue sky day filled with sunshine and the pleasure of good friends visiting with their dogs… We herded the afternoon away! My …
Mar 27
I am writing this post… My sweet, sweet Amarillo has gone on this evening. She left just before dark. It was time…as she was starting to be in pain. Though I am amazed she has been up and about for the last five weeks. Just two days ago she was swimming in the pond! So …
Mar 26
Yesterday Gerry, Elvis (her Cardigan Corgi) , Drover 27 Katahdin Sheep and I did a “walk about” … The day was as beautiful a Spring day as one could hope for! The sun was shinning brightly, big puffy white clouds billowed about, and it was a bit cool and windy…but perfect… The air was fresh …
Mar 18
Three of four Beautiful days this week we have worked sheep at Maple Grove Farm…All the time watching the trees unfurl their green leaves and the bees busy, with the butterflies having a Spring Fling! Not forgetting the birds singing happily and the Red Bud trees budding out in all their beauty! Lest I forget …
Mar 15
Amarillo is 8 years and 4 months old. A beautiful black and tan girl out of Abilene and Dillon. Anyone that has met Amarillo is impressed with her sweet disposition and easy gentle ways. But she is tough enough to work cows …. She has been tough on possums and coons, a wonderful trail dog, …
Jan 25
I have Coon/Possum dogs! Amarillo and BOO are continually working the woods at night. Searching for then finding and treeing a Coon or Possum. Once treed they bark on the tree expecting me to come and take care of their prisoner! Really girls it is dark, the woods are filled with all sorts of biting …
Jan 24
I remember my Grandpa dressed in overall, boots and coat… sitting on the ground…in the sunshine, up against the dairy barn,on a cold day…looking… I wondered at the time why he would sit on the ground! It was cold and made no sense to me… he all ways sat in a chair! And he was …
Dec 15
We have our tree and decorations up! It all looks so pretty! Kinda makes the rest of the year look plain! Les and I have been cutting wood….Though it is hardly weather for a wood stove (YET) …It will be… The dogs are all doing well…And I am working with Drover on sheep…We will be …
