Mar 26
Our puppy is 18 weeks old today! And I finally have a name! Thank you C. Purvis (Trapper’s owner) for the name! And the name is KATBallou! Oh I am sure I will put Maple Grove Farm in there some where… But she will be KATBallou! and it fits! 🙂 Perfectly! Thank you everyone for …
Mar 25
He is not happy! Not pitching a fit…(it is not his way) But he is very unhappy! Drover has a place he hit some time back on the front of his leg, and when it is about well he will lick it and cause it to not finish healing! The hair is off this area …
Mar 23
The other evening (it was dark) The pup and I went to check on the sheep and to check their water… As we walked out in the open field…the stars were shinning brightly in the clear night air…It was still very warm… The frogs were singing their “Oh Happy Happy Spring Song” …the grass is …
Mar 20
So what is really important in life? What makes life worth living? Work, money, being some body, fame, success? Or… Taking time to listen and talk to friends, relatives, or to unknown hurting folk? What gives satisfaction to your soul… Taking time to help someone may be as simple as listening to them and not …
Mar 16
Poison Oak!!! Ever had a case of it? It itches bad! Les and I are enduring it! It is spreading instead of retreating! I have no idea where or how we are still exposing ourselves to it! I am all most ready to go for the shot! It amazes me how much a small place …
Mar 11
To think about what happened yesterday… Several times I have pinched myself to make sure I am really alive… Had my foot not mashed that gas peddle to the floor I would not be here today… Did I do that on my own? No way… It was all God… Drover is doing fine…I am too… …
Mar 10
I would not be here tonight… Les and I burn wood. We cut our own wood on the farm. We have been cutting some partially dead trees around the fields. They have been difficult to get to and made the chainsaw work particularly mean… A couple of times the saw has become stuck and foolishly …
Mar 07
I hope I do not regret this! But I have left the sheep in the yard for the night. They have the option to go back in the field but the green grass is in my yard! It is cold but no falling weather…I did loose 2 lambs yesterday to the cold wet rain and …
Mar 06
The weather yesterday was 73 degrees! Today it was in the 30’s with a cold heavy rain that fell most of the day.. and wind that was round 10 miles an hour…This is the kind of weather that will kill lambs! The lambs can stand the cold by itself, the wet rain alone, or just …
