Jun 14
My Great Grandma Elsie Skeen Delk was a tall large boned woman and strong like a horse. She wore simple dresses, had grey hair, and wore glasses. I do not remember her voice…for some reason…Nor do I remember her talking . She married a much older man Frank Delk and they raised their family Lala, …
May 09
I fixed all my cushions just right in my swing… The air was crisp and cool but yet the sun was warm. I got comfortable and KAT Ballou came and laid in the swing with me…She was silly at first. All happy she was allowed on the swing. I endured nosing, flipping, hinny in the …
May 06
Grandma use to say “well this is a sheep shearing rain in May!” I would ask her what that meant… She would say…Every year they sheared the sheep in May…and shortly afterwards there would be a cold rain, and a short cold spell. Well we are experiencing the Sheep Shearing Rain in May! Some folk …
May 04
Wood smoke heavy on the cool crisp breeze tonight. Sheep off in the distance softly speaking to their lambs, and the sheep bells softly tinkling. Owls speaking off in the distance to each other… A fox barking, and the darkness… damp from the moisture from the rain last night. The smell of fresh growing grass …
Apr 02
Good friends…Beautiful weather…Sheep…Great Herding dogs, a few yard chairs, tea, soda, and Butterfinger candy bar (my current food obsession) and you have the makings of a great Saturday afternoon! We worked the lambs today. Drover does the stock handling for us…and we work our young started dogs on sheep… We have all come a long …
Mar 29
We had a big rain last night…It made the grass pop green! and the trees sing Spring! The birds were busy, the sheep and all washed clean and bright! It was a beautiful blue sky day filled with sunshine and the pleasure of good friends visiting with their dogs… We herded the afternoon away! My …
Mar 26
Sunshine, blues skies, lapping water against a bank, Whip poor wills, clean air, green grass, good dogs, good friends, a nice steady pace of life… Trees and flowers blooming… Good friends…2 and 4 leggers:-) Sheep with bells tinkling on the breeze, the occasional neigh of a good horse and the nudge of a good dog …
Mar 26
Yesterday Gerry, Elvis (her Cardigan Corgi) , Drover 27 Katahdin Sheep and I did a “walk about” … The day was as beautiful a Spring day as one could hope for! The sun was shinning brightly, big puffy white clouds billowed about, and it was a bit cool and windy…but perfect… The air was fresh …
Mar 18
Three of four Beautiful days this week we have worked sheep at Maple Grove Farm…All the time watching the trees unfurl their green leaves and the bees busy, with the butterflies having a Spring Fling! Not forgetting the birds singing happily and the Red Bud trees budding out in all their beauty! Lest I forget …
Jan 25
After a very rough night with a not so kind or friendly Kidney Stone(s) I slept most of the beautiful cool day away on the sofa in the living room. After a hateful dream I woke feeling like I was totally off in every way. Finally by the time the sun was sinking low I …
