Monday......more Sunflower Progress

I spent the afternoon today

working on the sunflower quilt...

This is where I left off.....last Monday.

At this point, I am nearly done

filling in the dark brown center of the flower...

5:00.....I am calling it a day.

The rest will have to wait until next Monday.

Before I began stitching on the sunflower,

I spent the morning basting quilts:

Spray basting is my preference...

This quilt top has been sitting around 

for close to a year

waiting its turn to go....under the needle.

As long as I had the can of 505 Spray out,

I basted this hexagon quilt...

These are very large hexagons,

hand stitched together using the

English Paper Piecing method...

I added the striped red border to finish it off...

One more quilt

ready to go....under the needle.

I will machine quilt both of these

on my HandiQuilter Sweet 16

The Cowboy took me to Boise a couple

weeks ago to raft the river....

Here I am with our son, our river guide.

I am using Ann Shaw's pattern

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LuAnn Kessi

Summer's End...

Our Bartlett Pear tree is giving

us a big harvest this year...

We collect a box full each morning...

2 canner loads to process each day...

14 jars of pears a day.

We will enjoy these over the winter months.

Our Gravenstein Apple tree has also kept us busy:

3 pies came out of the oven today.

I try and stitch whenever I get the chance:

I have been working on this curved piece

sunflower quilt this summer.

I have been finishing up tote bags

from all of the messy painted canvas

that was painted earlier in the year.

We made time this summer to attend the

Oregon State Fair:

The 6 horse hitch is always a favorite of ours!

These gentle giants are always a treat to see.

We also made time to visit our son and

raft the Boise river with him:

We took his raft...

he paddled his kayak.

Remember these little guys?

These were the two little orphan calves

we fed on bottles last summer...

This is the calf we brought home from the dairy

the day he was born.....OMG how cute!

Here are the orphan calves today:

They are nearly 18 months old...

You never see one....without the other.

We put the bulls in with the cows last May:

This is my favorite Shorthorn Bull.....Fernando.

The bulls are back to being a bachelor herd.

We are still enjoying our summer flowers:

Hydrangeas

Black Eyed Suzy

As you can see in this photo, out the back door...

it is super dry here in Western Oregon.

Sparky the rooster and his hens

are wishing you the best of the summer's end.

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LuAnn Kessi

Kessi Farms....6th Generation

Kessi Farms is a Century Farm

Homesteaded in 1911

Here I am with the 6th generation Kessi

At 3 years of age she already wants

me to teach her how to use my sewing machine!

What more could I ask for...really?

Please enjoy the slide show:

Turn up your Speakers

Girl on Fire

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LuAnn Kessi

Spring Round Up......Yearling Cattle

It is 6am and the Cowboy wakes me up

with a cup of steaming hot coffee...

3 generations of Kessi's will be

working yearling cattle today...

The little yellow building in the photo below 

is my Thread Shed

Our youngest son is here to help...

He will be taking over for me today 

so I will have more time to keep the 

camera in my hands.

Every Spring we round up the yearling cattle here @ home and get them ready to go out on summer pasture.  They get fly tags in their ears to keep the flies off their face, 

they are vaccinated and wormed.

Our son was a big help, so I was only needed to fill tagging pliers and keep the syringes full of vaccine.  That gave me some time to capture video of working cattle.

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Working Cattle

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LuAnn Kessi

Wedding...

The wedding was lovely...

a simple, country wedding here at home

for our son and daughter-in-law.

Wedding Star Quilt

Their wedding quilt kept my sewing machine humming along

for the last year...

Cake Table in the orchard

Sunset in the pasture

The bride in my bathroom......this is a stunning image!

The Junior Flower Girl and her doggie...

they stole the show coming up the aisle.

It was a lovely day here at home

surrounded by all the people we love.

I am anxious to get back to the Thread Shed

and introduce myself to my sewing machine!


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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi