Category: Simple Country Pleasures

Simply…KAT

The 2nd Edition of…

THE GREAT SHEEP ESCAPE!!! This morning I was looking out over the farm from my bedroom window enjoying the beauty the rain had brought to the farm…All the green…the trees all leafing out…when I saw a sheep in the neighbor’s field. It was green she is white (from all the rain) washed clean for sure…Anyway …

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The Great Sheep Escape!!!

As I write this I laugh at the sheep…and us… The birds were busy singing their songs of praise as the sun came up over Dutchman’s Mountain in Jackson Creek. The sheep bells and occasional bah from a lamb and its Mother were all part of the beautiful Sunday morning. After church Les and I …

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Simple Country Pleasures…

Sunshine on my face…that wonderful warmth just out of the wind and yet it is  truly cold outside… That nap in the warm sunshine for 30 minutes…Oops! The birds rustling round in the trees before dawn and then the singing! Nothing can compare, sweet and simple beauty for my ears… The bells on the sheep …

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Friends…

When I first sat down to write this… it is late evening, the sheep are quietly munching grass, the temperature is in the mid  60’s . We have been very busy preparing for the AHBA Herding Trial … Back in early December… We  needed sheep and in large numbers. Our 33 just were not enough!  …

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Simple Country Pleasures…

Good Friends…The kind you meet and know you like them right away! I met Lawana and Stacey Manning back in April last year at  the Jeannie Joy Hartnagle Taylor Herding Clinic. I had invited them down to meet my “Traditional Working” English Shepherds. The clinic was a perfect time for this. They could watch  all …

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Thursday Photos…

We had eight inches of snow on Wednesday! I did not venture outside…too cold … Today the sun shown bright!  Les and I took a ride on the gator. The dogs took a hike in the snow! Enjoy! Journey 7 months BOO watching the ducks Drover watching the ducks Intently KAT Ballou loves the snow…and all …

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Full Terraces…

My Grandpa Delk was a fine farmer, and his father before him…In the 40’s, 50’s early 60’s there was a program to help farmers keep their land from eroding (washing away)  with heavy rains.  I arrived home about an hour ago in a heavy down pour. The ditches were all ready full…and the terraces were …

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“What Ya Been Doing?”

me: “Ah…just putting away the  Christmas decorations, fixing to take down the tree. Staying warm! How bout you?” “Ah….Staying warm…you know I have some pintos and corn bread if you are hungry…” This was a typical conversation my Grandma and I had regularly…Lord how I miss her…Lately I have been having to practice so many …

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Hello Sunshine My Ole Friend!

my version: Hello Sunshine my ole friend …I’ve come to sit in you again… As my body shouts out it’s happiness! In the warmth that you are giving! I am enjoying a nap in your rays. While planning out my day. I will hope that I will remember… The vision for my day! Sunshine! My …

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