Category: Personal

Old Sheep…I love them…

The Grandma’s as I call them have become quite special to me… Last December when it turned so bitter cold here for two weeks I kept the Two Grandma’s in the barn in their stall, we also brought our two horses in, and put them in their stalls. It was bitter….cold…. I started feeding the Grandma’s …

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Peaceful Evening…

I have been a bit under the weather as they say:-)  Nothing serious…a cough and laryngitis for 3 weeks now…started with a cold…I finally went to the doctor have antibiotics and Musinex DM on board… I have coughed so much I have rarely slept any length of time … this morning I woke to a …

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YOU SAY…

Where do I begin? I truly have no idea…I have attended church all of my life…Not that it seemed to do much good…as I was a teen…then adult… I remember as an 11 year old a dream I had…it haunts me to this day…The Holy Ghost has spoken to me many times in ways unbelievable…Not …

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The Why…

Allie and I took a trail ride down by my Great Grandma Nance’s place… a few days ago.  Sigh…the old home is gone…It stood for 100 years and a few… I always wondered WHY that spot was chosen by my Great Grandpa  Nance… I saw it for the first time since the old home was …

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Some “Down Time”…(the good kind)…My Jackson Creek…

So in the face in the upcoming three weeks events here at the farm I knew I  had to have some “Down Time” …or I knew I would not make it thru all the coming work here at the farm.  We have the Cardigan Supported AKC Herding Trial the 24 th and 25 th of …

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Thank you Tosha and Ashlyn…

It is raining and we do need the rain! and it is now late night…the rain sounds so good! I had time to sit down and look at my website. We have a Susan Long AKC Herding Clinic this weekend and yes we worked in the rain…We are all so happy to work sheep we …

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Feeling Bit Sad….and Hopeful!!!

I have a friend that had to put their sweet dog Sierra  down this week…old and worn out…but my what a fine go of it she had! Even an appearance on a national early morning news station! Singing with her owner as he played a horned instrument!   I must say I had the first …

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34 years…

Long ago July 31,1988…Les and I were married at my home church…Piney Grove United Methodist Church, in Jackson Creek, North Carolina…By Reverend Bill Farmer…Before God and our family and friends… So many from that beautiful day now reside in that great cloud of witnesses in heaven… My sweet Grandma and Grandpa , Daddy and Mama, …

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Peaceful Easy Feeling…

Sitting here in my swing…thinking about my life so far…the decisions I have made…the good the bad… the success, the growing I have done…from it all…my sweet Piney Grove  UMC  and all the good people that played a part in teaching me The Way… I smile slightly thinking…yes… I know…some answers to my life mysteries…how …

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Announcing…the successful mating of KAT and Boaz!!!

I was looking at the puppies I see born on different websites (as always) and saw 2 beautiful Drover  type looking litters. I checked them out and sure enough they were by the same sire! (NO RELATION TO DROVER) I did a bit of checking and he lives in Kentucky. KAT was in season and …

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