Maple Grove Farm, Jackson Creek, NC
Feb 15
We have TWO Roosters now. They crow every morning at 6:30 AM ! I LOVE IT!!! Today was their first day loose in the yard. All went well. Drover and Timber paid great attention to them but no problems. I think it will take a few more days and all should be settled in and …
Feb 14
I suppose you all think I am stuck on sunsets! Maybe? I don’t know…But they sure are pretty this time of year… Honestly I am so tired ….I can’t think of anything but sleep. Goodnight!
Feb 14
This was the sunset across the pond towards Steep Rock Mountain the other evening. (It looked vanilla to me) … Kinda matched my mood this evening. It was cold and damp well misty, rainy today! But the frogs were singing and the birds too. Yes I could hear their music above my mood. And the …
Feb 10
This afternoon Drover and BOO went to the sheep pens with me along with my brother Kenneth and my nephew Jay. I drove my pick up down and we loaded the sheep carrier on the back of the truck. It is basically a wire crate that fills the bed of the truck. Drover and I …
Feb 10
Things are a bit busy here ! My Mother is very ill, and I do appreciate your prayers for her recovery. In our efforts to have her come home we have been working on her home to make it handicap accessible. That evolves a new shower and paint and floor covering. You know one thing …
Jan 27
Saturday afternoon BOO and I took off for the Virginia Mountains! If you are traveling up HWY 52 North above Piolt Mountain State Park and look off to the Northeast that is where we went! Claudville Virgina! Cox Ridge Road to be exact! As we left the (future Interstate highway what’s up with that designation?) …
Jun 14
I trimmed the puppies nails today! Boy was that long overdue! The puppies were out and about all day! In the yard on the porch. Rolling playing sleeping! We went to the sheep pens late this evening and Drover and I gathered sheep and moved them and sorted them ! No rain today! The puppies …
May 29
Raina, one of our pups who currently lives in New Mexico, loves to climb trees like her Grandma Abilene. Raina is 10 feet up this tree and she did it all by herself! NOW I NEVER have my camera when Abilene climbs a tree! But this is “Proof” English Shepherds can and …
May 07
I believe this is the most Fragrant Spring On Record! If you could just be here and smell all the wonderful springtime scents! You would understand WHY I talk about them so much. The beauty of nature is all round us for sure!!! But one has to look and see! With sight I think we …
Mar 11
Les and I went to Uwharrie National Forrest to trail ride today with some folk we know. Les has rode with them many times, this was my second time. Friday afternoon Les and I gave Tuff and Goodnight baths. They were so dirty that was the only way to clean them up. Then we blanketed …
