Jun 26
The cool night air moving slightly… The dark night sky lit by the stars and planets…the Milky Way visible…And the Lightening Bugs doing their part…to light the night. The outline of the mountains dark and purple …and reflected in the pond. Crickets singing and frogs too… The slight mist rising off the pond… The fresh …
Jun 21
The moon rose slowly, and brightly over Dutchmen’s Mountain. The clouds hung low and dark at times across the face of the moon but never blocked it. The birds were singing It’s Summer! It’s Summer! and having quite a time with their song! I have never heard such sweet, beautiful music. The evening seemed all …
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 …
