Nov 02
I am not quite sure how we became good friends…but we were…she was the better of the two of us…That I know…and Of course the “brains of the outfit”! I smile as I remember that story… I had borrowed some sheep years ago…turns out the fellow I borrowed them from needed to treat the sheep …
Oct 23
Road Trip With Friends!!! Sylvia and Mike Snell our good friends and Rosie! are visiting us from Florida. The day dawned perfect! Carolina Blue skies and sunshine… Tuesday morning we loaded up the Chevy and headed for the North Carolina Foothills…sort of… Our first stop was in Lexington for a biscuit then on …
Sep 23
Sounds like a country western song…that could tell a tale of woe…or happiness…My dogs are all round me on the carport floor…likely thinking I have lost my mind! It is so very hot…I can sleep in that swing if I want to ! But they would like the basement PLEASE!!!!I remember being nudged by Kat …
Sep 01
This evening the dogs and I went in search…of a lamb, and a rock… Good news …No lost lamb! Good news I Found …the perfect rock for the Shepherd’s Cottage bottom step at the back porch! So, what do I mean by a step rock for the back porch? Years and years ago folk …
Aug 16
Well I have puppy homes that are wanting to know, friends, and I want to know! 🙂 KAT’s tummy is for sure expanding. She is hungry like all the time. Sweet to me and not so to my other three. Her tummy is like a small mellon and expanding daily. She is not miserable, yet… …
Jul 19
Journey or “J” as I affectionately call my Journey…has had a very busy week. First working on fences and gates…an Endless Job…and moving sheep everywhere. Then Tuesday Shearing 34 Maple Grove Farm sheep! …
Jun 11
As I write this I am in my swing on the carport…Journey is in the swing with me…and the new dog Sam (an Aussie) is becoming a temporary member of The Maple Grove Farm Cew. Some of you know I train working sheep dogs. Loose Eyed Upright dogs mostly…People bring a dog to me we …
Jun 04
the muzzle of my friend Tuff… the inside of Drover’s ears.. the hair between my dogs toes… rain on the new Spring leaves… fading light of a well spent day… Drover’s fur… lambs sweet faces… Horses anything horse that wonderful scent! Sheep! Horse Harness… fresh mowed hay… clover… honeysuckle… the calls of my sheep to …
May 29
I love the rain that my friend Spring brings…tis a soft rain, with big drops that can fall heavy but never hard against your skin (that is Winter’s Rain) The Spring rain can be cold especially in May when the sheep shearing rain comes…mainly the Spring rain is a cool soothing rain…sometimes accompanied by …
