Category: My Heart

Sweet Rain…Simple Country Pleasures…

As I sit looking out my window into a lofty sea of green dotted with an occasional fragrant white bloom…I hear the soft rain falling on the Magnolia leaves. It is a lovely sweet sound, with an even lovelier fragrance. I hear the soft tingle of sheep bells in the field…sigh…I wonder if my sweet …

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Sunday…Summer…Raining…

I have spent most of this lovely Sunday afternoon and evening in my bedroom writing.  Listening to the birds and now crickets frogs…singing… and lambs calling softly to their Mothers…the breeze off the summer storms is cool and fresh and the sweet Magnolia blooms have been just heavenly…their sweet perfume hanging ever so softly in …

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Lamb Buying…

Thru my herding work I meet the most interesting and lovely people! About a year or so ago I met a lady with a dog that she was wanting to herd sheep with. She has a flock of lovely Katahdins. Our friendship grew and this spring she had some very nice lambs to sell. We …

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Been A While…

So much happening this Spring at Maple Grove Farm!  LAMBS arrived in May, all 34 ( and lost only 2) so the total was 36! Ewes are all fine. And great Mothers! Even the Barbs ! I finally figured out how to be successful with them! A small field away from everything and tall grass= …

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Peaceful Springtime Evening…

Sitting in my swing this evening the birds are happy singing “Oh Springtime!”  The wind softly moving, and the air fresh from the recent rain smells heavenly. The crickets and frogs have woke up from their winter’s nap…and they join in the chorus!  Peaceful, beautiful and wonderful as the sun sets…I know all is alright …

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A Sweet Word…from a friend

can make all the difference in our lives, our thoughts, our focus! My example: My Grandpa Delk was a good man. He loved his God, his family, his horses, dogs, cows…his land… I inherited his love for our land, and horses…dogs too…I was taught to love my family and I love my Lord Jesus Christ… …

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The passing of a Good Friend…Reba

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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 …

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Where Do I Stand?

Dallas

Mostly alone it seems…but with my Lord…Not in a sad place… This is NOT a blog about politics!  IT IS about right and wrong.  Sigh… I watched with total dismay and horror at what was offered as a debate by the two men running for the office of President of the United States. Forget Democrat …

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Simple Country Pleasures…

I was sitting in the living room looking out the window early Sunday morning…my world was peaceful as I  watched the sheep in the distance still and quiet laying down waiting for the sun to come up over Dutchman’s Mountain. It was a warm happy morning with the early birds singing their songs of praise… …

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Simply…This…

no words can begin to express…this

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