The Power of Prayer
Things are often lost around here. A pin, my wallet, an important paper, and of course sheep. We were always taught to pray to Saint Anthony for his intercession in finding our lost items. This time he came in clutch BIG TIME! Thursday morning when I drive the tractor out to feed the Rambouillet ewes, there’s a lamb! He’s born about a week early so I am surprised to see him. He’s big, up, and running with his mother on her way to the feed row. He must have been born Wednesday
Marie
7 days ago3 min read
Change of Plans
The everyday reality of a rancher
Marie
Mar 73 min read
Winter Shearing
My dogs and I lock the 236 purebred Rambouillet ewes in the shop for the night so that they stay dry incase it snows. The plan is to start shearing at 8 am the next morning. You can’t shear wet sheep. We only have about 500 head to shear, an easy one day job. I get to Orr around 7:30 from my house to do a few chores and have the sheep in the corral by 8. As I lead them out of the shop and into the chute with my dogs following in behind, it starts to snow. I watch the sky for
Marie
Feb 203 min read
He Leaves the 99 for the 1
“If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine in the hills and go in search of the stray? And if he finds it, amen, I say to you, he rejoices more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not stray.” Matthew 18:12-13. In this case, he left the 2,300 for the 99. Carlos’s herd had scattered that night. He was still missing a marker by the time he got what he thought was everything herded back together, and wanted someone to come
Marie
Feb 65 min read
