Oct 23
Clay my neighbor, friend, potter and wood cutter has hurt his back… I sure hope and pray it heals soon… Back pain is no fun! So we needed a new source of wood for my wood stove. (Les works and does not have time and his back is troubling him as well) Saturday Les and I …
Oct 23
This evening as I sat at the table in my yard looking out at the pond and the beautiful fall folliage, with my 5 dogs around me….Amarillo in one of the chairs (she thinks that is where she belongs) . Drover beside me, Abilene talking her trash, BOO being well BOO, and sweet, sweet Montanna in front …
Oct 21
We had friends up from Snow Hill NC late yesterday evening. They spent the night with us …and I cooked country ham and eggs with grits and bisquets. Les and I went and picked up a truck load of fire wood for the house and put up new fences for the horses. The sheep were …
Oct 20
Ernie Borders and his Aussie Artie came up and worked the sheep today…This was their third time this week. Ernie and Artie are making great progress. Artie is developing a stop! His walk up is improving and today some of the work that Ernie and Artie have been doing in parts, started to come together! It …
Oct 19
Daily Drover and I put our small Katahdin sheep flock out to graze in the morning…Then in the evening before dark usually we gather the sheep up and put them in the arena for the night. This evening ….it smelled like Fall…leaves and that wonderful earthy smell that I can not describe…but is so distinct….It …
Oct 18
All Summer and early Fall, we spent prepairing for the North Carolina English Shepherd Gathering. Fixing fences…Installing Gates…Putting up fence…Digging post holes…Tamping posts into post holes…(by hand with a tamping pole) Hanging Gates…makeing gates swing properly…Installing latches on all the gates…Making pens sturdy…Cleaning up and out the shop and barn…Chopping down brush… You might ask …
Oct 02
I don’t know!!!! Lets see…..Herding….Practicing herding….Actually herding sheep everyday! (I think I am a Shepherdess!) Cleaning, Decorating, Hauling off junk, Ordering Books, Answering Emails and Phone Calls, Playing with my last puppy (teaching him what he needed to know) Swinging in a swing with Stetson….Mowing…Spreading Mulch…Cleaning out the shop…Making Lists…. AND WORKING on the ARENA!!!!!! …
Sep 19
We had rain most of the day and all us dogs laid round and slept! It was a good rain and much needed! It should make grass grow! Kay is hoping to have more hay this fall! Long about 4:00PM it stopped raining and the sun peaked out for a while. Kay came out and …
Sep 17
YES!!!! We went camping this weekend!!!! Les, and Kay and Montanna and I (Drover)!!! OH, and Tuff and Goodnight! We took off Friday afternoon for Uwharrie National Forrest! Saturday we went on the trails! Montanna and I went together for a mile! The most she has done in a long time. I could tell Montanna …
Sep 13
Today , as most days we had to move the sheep from the pens to the field where they eat grass. This changes fairly often depending on the size of the grazing area Kay has fenced for the sheep. Yesterday Kay was pretty upset…She had traded a Spring Ram lamb for two Spring Ewe lambs …
