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Category Archives: Sheep
Good Shepherd Sunday
The Fourth Sunday of Easter is, famously, Good Shepherd Sunday. The Gospel reading for this Sunday is John 10.1-10. I was asked to provide a video from our sheep farm that would give a little insight as to what … Continue reading
Posted in Border Collies, Faith, Featured, John's Posts, Pandemic Blog, Reflections on Sunday Readings, Sheep
Tagged cross, Faith, Good Shepherd, pandemic, resurrection, trust, verify
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What a Difference a Day Makes
They say about our part of the country, “If you don’t like the weather, wait 15 minutes.” Well, from yesterday to today there has been a bit of a shift. Here are the sheep grazing in our north pasture in … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Diary, Featured, John's Posts, Pandemic Blog, Sheep
Tagged change, pandemic, seasons, Sheep, spring, weather
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Blogging in a Time of Pandemic
Isn’t it a loving God who put inside each of us the yearning to belong—to feel the presence of others—to complete someone else and have them complete us? Perhaps Covid-19 is the earth’s way of crying out to us. It … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Farm Diary, Featured, John's Posts, Pandemic Blog, Sheep, Social Political Issues
Tagged bilbo, Covid-19, guardian dog, lectionary, pandemic, Sheep, virus
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Say It With Your Body
“Lean on him!” That’s what Gordon Watt used to say when I was working my young, excitable dog, Zac. It has taken me years to understand all that was bound up with that tiny bit of advice. We just completed one … Continue reading
Another Snowy, Character-building Gordon Watt Clinic
It happened late last April. It happened again this Halloween. Our semi-annual Gordon Watt clinic here at Heatherhope Farm is getting to be the kind of thing that builds real character. It was in 1895 that we last had an … Continue reading
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Tagged clinic, Gordon Watt, Sheepdogs, snow, training
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Sheepdog Demonstrations 2019
For all of human history there has been a bond between people, land, and animals. The Creator God has given us to each other. In spite of the industrialization of agriculture we all feel the need for to feel part … Continue reading
Springtime Sprouts
Life has been happening fast at and around Heatherhope these days. Back in the hay field the alfalfa and grass that Chauncey II and III (or is it III and IV?) planted a couple of weeks ago are just minutely … Continue reading
Posted in Border Collies, Faith, Farm Diary, Featured, John's Posts, Sheep, Spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged Gordon Watt, hospitality, kline creek farm, Sheep, Sheepdogs
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Triplets Born As First Lambs of 2018
As I write this there is still a dusting of snow on the ground, but spring and new life are heralding the Easter season. The purple finch is singing it’s boisterous song just outside the window. And we are in … Continue reading
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Tagged Easter, ewe, lambs, life, Sheep, triplets
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Gordon Watt Clinic Set For April 26-29, 2018
The November 2-5, 2017 sheepdog clinic with Gordon Watt has come and gone. It was marked by terrific learning by all the handlers, progress by all of the dogs, and way too much hilarity on the field and around the … Continue reading
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