Nov 09
We were very successful in moving the sheep!!! I was a bit concerned! I can just imagine a big sheep disaster! Sheep lost going in all directions, no fencing , my hair standing up, and me screaming! Well you get the picture!!! Thankfully that was not what happened! I opened the gate to the new …
Nov 07
Sheep think that the grass is greener and better on the OTHER side of a fence!!! I have one sheep named Belle, and she is difficult to keep inside a fence! And she has one or two sisters that go with her once she makes the hole. What she does is push, push, push at …
Nov 06
It was a beautiful day in the Piedmont of NC. Temperatures nice and the sun shone. The leaves most likely as pretty as they will be… We had a herding work shop from 1:00 Pm until dark. There were 2 new people in attendance, a nice couple from Asheboro with a really nice working rough …
Nov 06
Wow! What a lot of used tack! The most I have seen in a long time!!! And things were cheap!!! I came home with more bits! (there are several mule bits!) A few bridles, some lead lines and fly blankets. My what treasurers ! Now to clean them up! and oil the bridles. They will …
Nov 05
What an absolutely Stunningly Beautiful Day it is ! Cool and windy but oh my the color of the trees and freshness of the Morning!!! Amarillo woke me up wanting me to let her back on the porch so she can nap! What a sweet silly girl! Off to Denton and the feed store with …
Nov 05
It is official! Abilene and Drover will have puppies the end of December! They could be New Years Puppies!!!! I know when she was bred all 5 times!!!! That is the problem! Which one do I count the 63 days from!?!!!!?? It will be all right! Wednesday my friend Rebecca brought her litter here for …
Nov 03
Well I finished the Fall bush hogging!!! I mowed 8 acres today with my neighbor’s tractor and bush hog. Our fields are hilly and scary!!!! I remember as a child being very much afraid of the tractor and being in the very same fields as I mowed today….I was not afraid today. Careful yes! Cautious …
Nov 03
The sun came up and it was very cool not cold but damp cool. Need a heavy sweater cool… As my feet hit the rug beside the bed I noticed oh its foggy outside…I suppose this is caused by the ground being warmer than the air! I walked in the living room (my best view …
Nov 02
Montanna has all ways been my very special girl…From the day she came home with me from Rebecca’s house. It is hard to believe it has been eight years now. She has slowed down so much…I have took her everywhere horseback riding. I expect she is all but wore out from the stress on her …
Nov 02
Today I was busy! Today my neighbor Clay cut wood for my wood stove! Today I put my sheep up twice ! Today I visited with my friend Reba when she stopped in from her chicken sale trip. Today my friend Rebecca brought her puppies to the farm and they were introduced to sheep and …
