Soy Wax....Fabrics

Last week I spent the day stamping

hot soy wax on fabric...

I started out with a 

commercial batik fabric...

Using a found object,

I stamped hot wax on the fabric...

Then I painted over the waxed fabric with

purple setacolor textile paint...

When dry, I heat set the paint with an iron:

All that is left to do is wash out the wax

in a hot washing machine.

The shadow marks on the fabric will be

washed away in the washing machine:

These were SUPER FUN to create!

I am anxious to put them into a project soon.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Replacement Heifers...

We are across the river this morning

feeding the replacement heifers...

On the far right...

you can see our red barn at home.

This is a small herd of heifers.

We kept them for replacement cows...

You can see Golden Girl 

through the bale feeder.

She had her first calf last may...

In the front row are 3 little heifer's calves...

they weren't born until late Spring,

so they are still at their mother's side

and won't be weaned until the first of the year.

The Cowboy is unlocking the gate

to let them in the barn to eat some hay...

This is the Cowboy...

nothing gets done on this place without him.

He gets things done!

p.s.  The Cowboy built my Thread Shed in 2000

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Feeding Mama Cows...

Morning Chores...

We feed at 5 different locations...

The first to be fed each day are the mama cows...

The Cowboy feeds off the back of the hay wagon

while I stay warm and dry in the cab driving...

This is our first field of mama cows.

They no longer have calves at their side.

We weaned the calves a couple weeks ago.

On the very far right 

you can see the 2 bottle calves

that we raised 2 summers ago.   

They will be 2 yrs in March.

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The mama cows will begin calving in February.

Better go...

we have more cattle waiting for their breakfast!



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LuAnn Kessi

Heifer Calves....to Pasture

We are moving the heifer calves

to pasture...

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LuAnn Kessi

Weaning Calves...2018

It's that time of the year...

time to wean the calves.

After the cows and calves have been sorted...

We haul the calves to this barn.

The calves will stay here for 10 days

until they are weaned.

We have 10 barns....this is my favorite...

It is 90 years old.

The calves are eating a round bale of hay

we made last summer.

The calves are 6 to 8 months old

and weigh 500 to 600 lbs.

These are a few heifer calves

we plan to keep as replacement cows.

Number 22 is Ruby Jean

Number 36 is Shasta,

she looks like a little polar bear!

Remember these little twins?

Number 3 and Number 4

Born in February of this year...

Here are the twins now:

They were separated at birth...

we had another cow who lost her calf,

we put one of the twins on her.

The twins had plenty of milk 

and grew really well!

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LuAnn Kessi

Nature Printing...

We have gathered up leaves...

craft paint...

and friends...

we are nature printing today...

We are printing on paper tags...

Tag on the left is a printed leaf...

tag on the right is a real leaf glued down.

The green background is a large printed leaf...

then over printed with oak leaves.

Leaves with large veins work best...

This is an enjoyable way to spend the day!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi