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Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Winter 2019...Calving


This is Calf Number 12


She was born yesterday.

Her mama is Apple Annie...

we fed her apples from our tree in the yard,

she loved them and cried for more!



This is the Babysitter:


This is Bow Tie...

she is the babysitter today,

watching over several calves.


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LuAnn Kessi

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Cattle in the Snow and Jelly Roll Rug...


We woke up to SNOW this morning...



The calves enjoyed romping around 

in the SNOW






After we checked for new calves

and bedded the barns,

I headed for the Quilt Palace

to join up with the Harlan Valley Quilters...



This is my new Monday project @ the Palace:

Jelly Roll Rug




Jelly Roll strips....





I stitched all of the strips together,

end-to-end,

assembly line style





The batting is stitched inside the strips...

I am 4 hours into this project

and it is moving along quickly.

Looking forward to working on it again

next Monday.

Enjoy the video of...Cattle in the SNOW:


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LuAnn Kessi

Thursday, February 21, 2019

4 New Calves and Hexy Table Runner....


4 New Babies in the last 2 days...




This is Spot and her new bull calf Number 7

We now have 6 heifers and 2 bull calves






This is where you can find me in the evenings...

hand piecing the hexy table runner.






This is the back side...

all of the papers on the inside have been removed.





Straw Needles are my favorites

for hand piecing.

I am using 60 wt poly thread....barely shows.


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LuAnn Kessi

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Calf Number 4...


We have a new baby...



This is Bow Tie with her new baby

Calf Number 4


We had a busy day at the calving grounds today.

You can watch the video to see

just how our day went...

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LuAnn Kessi

Sunday, February 17, 2019

Red Feather....Calf Number 3


Calf Number 3 has arrived...



This is Frosty Face with her brand new calf

Red Feather





Red Feather is standing up for the

very first time !


She was born this afternoon in a rain storm.

Frosty Face is a good mama cow and will

take good care of little Red Feather.


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LuAnn Kessi

Saturday, February 16, 2019

Scarlet......Calf Number 2


Calf Number 2




This is Red Eyes with her new calf...

Scarlet




Scarlet is....SUPER CUTE !




I gave her a good scratching this morning...

she loved it !


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LuAnn Kessi

Saturday, February 9, 2019

First Calf Born....2019


Here she is....one week early !


Little Sister.....Calf 1

Our first calf born this year !






Little Sister was born 

out in the field in the snow.

The Cow Boss went out and found her and Mama

and herded them both back to the barn.



We did the morning chores in the snow today:


Mother cows in the snow...





This is the view as we drove over to the

cow barns this morning...






We are bedding the barns today...









The Cowboy is on his way into the barn

to get the straw bales for bedding...



This is the view of our place

across the river from the cow barns:


A snowy morning here in Western Oregon !


Enjoy the video of our morning:

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LuAnn Kessi

Thursday, February 7, 2019

Bulls....this winter


We are wintering over 6 bulls this year...



4 Shorthorn Bulls and 2 Angus Bulls



The Angus bulls are 2 years old:


This is Lewis...




and this is Clark



The Shorthorn Bulls are 3 years old:


Fernando....
he throws all the beautifully colored calves





Clive





Slim





Jess










Sunrise this morning....in the back yard

27 degrees





Across the river are the 2 cow barns...




Close Up View...

A few cows resting in the orchard



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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi