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, …
Feb 28
I find herding sheep fascinating…For so many reasons… In the Bible Jesus says “His sheep know His voice” I can tell you what I know of sheep not only do they know my voice (and that comes first to them) But they know ME! and what I look like. After working with the same sheep …
Jan 26
I think Tom T. Hall is a great story teller…For some reason this song has been on mind…so here are some of the lyrics… Old Dogs, Children , and Water Mellon Wine… How old do you think I am he said? I said well I didn’t know He said I turned sixty five about …
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 …
Jan 15
We are busy at Maple Grove Farm in 2016…Currently we are lambing…We have 9 lambs born in the last 2 weeks. Most are ewe lambs, and very loud colored! We have lost one lamb it did not make it out of the sack…All the ewes and lambs are doing great. I have a litter of …
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 …
Nov 23
A FB friend posted this just a few minutes ago…I found it so wonderful …I hope you do too! What a Blessing for this Monday Morning! Center for Western and Cowboy Poetry / CowboyPoetry.com 59 mins · SELDOM SEEN IN TOWN by Paul Kern There drums a rainy torrent now, As my roof echoes the …
