It is Spring and we are working cattle
and herding them to summer pasture.
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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn
Monday, May 18, 2020
Sunday, May 17, 2020
Working Cattle....Spring 2020
It is Spring and that means it is time
to get the cattle worked and moved
to summer pasture...
Over the winter months, the cattle are
fed in 5 different locations.
We spent this week herding them together
so we could work them...
Every cow and calf will get Fly Tags...
they are placed in the ear and help keep
the flies off their face all summer.
They will also receive vaccinations
to keep them healthy.
This is our cow table...
it is a busy place that holds all of our equipment
for tagging and vaccinating.
The Cowboy uses a pair of tagging pliers
to put in fly tags...
Our neighbor, a college student,
helps with the vaccinating and tagging...
Our son is doing the Freeze Branding
on the calves today...
The calves don't feel a thing.
After all of the cow and calf pairs
have been worked,
we herd them out onto the road:
I am out in front of the herd to direct any traffic,
which there isn't much on our little gravel road.
The rest of the crew is driving the cattle
from the back.
The cows will travel several miles
until they reach summer pasture:
It is always a good feeling
to get them through the gate...
We will do this 3 more times...
and then all of the cattle will be worked
and put out on summer pasture.
It took all week to get this done...
I miss my sewing machine !
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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Zipper Pulls...
Zipper Pulls
I have had Bead Fever lately...
I gathered up all of my orphan beads
left over from previous projects
and made zipper pulls with them...
It was fun putting together color stories
as well as adding charms to each one...
I took a break from hand stitching in the
evenings and started stringing beads...
These are fun to have on hand to share
with friends and family...
Clip them on your jacket, purse, camera bag,
sewing machine trolly case, portfolio case,
scissors and of course your zipper bags...
These beads have been around for years,
it is good to see them getting their
twinkle on !
Actually, all of the components
for these zipper pulls were sitting in a drawer
just waiting for inspiration to strike !
I gathered up all of the zipper pulls
and put them in the little pink bag below...
Of course this pink bag needs a zipper pull...
A zipper pull with a bird charm on it.
Get those beads out of the drawer
and have some fun !
YouTube has lots of great tutorials
for zipper pulls
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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Flowering Cherry Tree...
The Flowering Cherry Tree we planted
over 30 years ago is in full bloom...
With all of this rain, it weighed down the tree
and the branches broke off...
The Cowboy got busy with his power saw...
2 big branches partially broke off
and needed a bit of saw work to remove them...
The branches have been cut
and are laying on the ground...
You can see the yellow Thread Shed
in the background...
The Cowboy has hooked onto the limbs
with the tractor...
He's hauling them up the driveway...
You can appreciate just how much of the
tree broke off with this view of the limbs...
He is dragging them out into the field...
Good Bye pretty tree limbs...
Luckily, this is a big, old tree
and we hardly miss the branches:
It looks like pink snow on the ground !
On the left side is the yellow Thread Shed
and Little Red Hen House
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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn
Monday, May 4, 2020
Improv.....Technique 8 continued
It's been a week since I stitched on these
improv blocks...
We were planning to spread fertilizer today
on a few of the pastures but...
it is raining.
So, after morning chores
I headed directly for the Thread Shed
and made more of these...
They are 3 sided squares...
They remind me of square arches...
I threw in a few tiny ones
to mix things up a bit...
I am hoping to make this into a lap quilt
that I can leave in the pick up for traveling...
21 blocks....so far
This is how I left the sewing table:
I like to leave a partially done block,
then it is so easy to get back into the driver's seat
and get back to stitching
the next time I walk back into the room.
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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn