Scribble Stitch Cards...

It's been way too long since I did any

Scribble Stitching... 

Scribble Stitching......Note Cards

5 inch charm packs work great for this !

Also a great way to use up your fabric scraps...

Black Thread enhances the scribbling...

Handmade with Love

stamped on the back of each card...

Circles.....always a favorite

Circles with stems turn into flowers...

Yes, I had to do a few heart note cards too...

I use ribbon to package up the cards 

for gift giving...

Packaged in bundles of 4 cards...

All ready to give away...

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I purchased my blank note cards with envelopes

@ Joann Fabrics

Here come the babies...

Golden Girl's Mama 

had another golden brown baby.

Yes, she is a heifer and oh so cute !

Here's the Cowboy with our newest bull calf:

We call him.....Shorty

short for Shorthorn

(there is nothing short or tiny about this big calf)

Now, round up some blank note cards,

fabric scraps, glue stick, black thread

and get to Scribble Stitching !

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LuAnn Kessi

We have a new baby......Faline

 

Come meet our newest addition...

Faline

Faline is a teeny, tiny heifer calf...

She is a week old today...

Yes, she has a mama cow...

When mama went outside for a drink of water,

we went into her pen for a photo shoot...

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LuAnn Kessi

Screen Play Tote Bags......3 of them

 

I met up with my Monday group...

The Harlan Valley Quilters

I made more Screen Play Totes

It was so much FUN to make the black tote

that I just had to make the pink tote...

How HAPPY is this tote !

I know somebody who loves cupcakes !

The brown mesh goes great with

this horse fabric...

I dug around in the fabric cupboard and found

the light tan fabric with brands on it...

this one is staying at my house !

and then there were.....3

It is birthday season in my world,

there will be more to come !

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LuAnn Kessi

Wobbly Legs......Calf 38

 

We have a new baby on wobbly legs...

Calf Number 38

It is amazing how quickly after birth

a calf can stand up...

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LuAnn Kessi

Screen Play Tote Bags...

I met up with my Monday group...

The Harlan Valley Quilters

 

We made these Screen Play Tote Bags...

I chose these fabrics for my bag...

LuAnn's Tote Bag...

Linda's Tote Bag...

Larissa's Tote Bag...

Betty's Tote Bag...

It was a FUN day of stitching !

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The daffodils just outside the door

have been putting on a show !

Happy Spring

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LuAnn Kessi

Run Baby Run...

 

We have a new baby...

She was born last evening around 9pm...

We came back this morning to tag her...

The chase was on to catch her...

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A new baby for Bow Tie...

 

She has a white bow tie shape on her forehead

so we call her Bow Tie.

She is one of the best cows in the herd...

She had a calf a week ago and 

unfortunately it died.

She has a lot of milk and does a great job 

raising a calf every year...

A few days ago one of our cows had twins.

Yesterday we gave one of the twins to Bow Tie...

The twin calf is wearing the hide of 

Bow Tie's calf...

It is important that the twin calf smells 

like her own calf.

This is referred to as grafting.

It is a tried and true method of getting a mama 

cow to accept a new calf.

The new calf will wear the hide for a few days

to be sure the mama is convince it is her own calf.

Then the hide will be removed.

The twin calf is black

The calf has nursed several times and...

Bow Tie loves her new baby !

This was a very satisfying end to our day.

No, the twin mother does not miss this calf.

Just as long as she has one calf at her side 

she is happy.

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LuAnn Kessi

Bottle Calves....4 years old

 

Do you remember these two little guys?

Marv.....1 day old

Vern.....2 months old

In 2017 we raised Vern and Marv on bottles

Bottle Babies.....Marv and Vern

Vern is a beef calf rejected by his mother

Marv is a bull calf from the dairy

2017.......Vern and Marv.....8 months old

Just weaned from the bottle

( I think weaning was harder on me 

than it was them!)

2018.....Marv and Vern 18 months old

2019......2 years old:

Vernie loves the new baby calves,

helping the mamas lick them clean.

Big Marv also loves the new baby calves

born every Spring.

2021.......4 years old

Big Marv and Vernie turn 4 years this Spring.

They weigh in at 1500 pounds.

Big Marv is so tall, he towers above our mama cows.

They are sweet and gentle and absolutely adore one another

and are never apart.

I visit with them daily when we check on

the cows and calves.

Just this morning Vernie had his entire head inside the pick up visiting with me.  He licked everything he could reach in the cab!

They are a lot of FUN!

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LuAnn Kessi