Hello Spring....Progress

 

This is my Wednesday project

Happy Spring Quilt

I have all 8 flower blocks completed

and I am piecing the lady bug blocks...

The table is set for.....FUN

Today I finished up the last 3 lady bugs

a total of 14 lady bug blocks

they measure 10 x 10 inches

The flowers measure 10 x 20 inches

This quilt makes me smile !

I have begun to orient the blocks

and cut the sashing strips...

I will finish this up in November.

We are loving the new Feeder Wagon...

It holds 5,000 lbs of hay...

The cows are loving it too !

This is our beautiful, golden Nellybelle

She is the daughter of Golden Girl

Nellybelle is bred and will have her first

calf next Spring.

I caught Scarlet licking her lips...

The girls are all gathered round the

Feeder Wagon...

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi 

Weaning Calves....

 

It must be October...

we are weaning calves

It took a few days to round up 

all of the cow and calf pairs,

sort them out and load up the calves

in livestock trailers and haul

them to the weaning barn...

The calves are 6 to 8 months of age...

The calves are in the barn for

the next 2 weeks...

Most of the mama cows are a few miles

away at different locations,  but there

are a few that live in the pasture behind

the weaning barn, so they come up to the

barn and bawl at their calves...

Inside the weaning barn, the Cowboy

has set up bale feeders, a watering trough,

protein lick tubs and salt blocks

and a whole lot of wheat straw bedding

to keep the calves comfortable.

The mama cows are not very happy

with this arrangement...

Every morning when we come to 

feed the calves and bed the barn with straw,

we get the stare down from the mama cows...

The mama cows are expecting babies in February

so they need a break before their 

new calves are born.

October also brings gourds...

lots of tiny, cute ones !

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LuAnn Kessi 

Room with a View...

 

This is the Thread Shed...

where I do most of my stitching

It is located in our yard by the Hen House...

The Cowboy built it for me in 2000...

hard to believe I have been stitching

in here for 26 years !

It is my Happy Place...

The chickens are always pecking around

nearby to keep me company...

The building is 16 x 24 feet

 

It houses my long arm on the left,

big board ironing board on the right,

Large work table in center of room,

Media cabinet in the back left corner

My sewing machine is by the big window...

I can see so much out this window

While I sew I can see cattle in the corral

and goats in the red barn...

From the cutting table I can see across the river...

I watch the cows eat their hay bales...

They are gathered around the bale feeder

up on the bench above the river...

I look to see if the hay feeder is empty

and if we need to fill it up...

I love being able to watch our girls

while I sew...

I love a room with a view...

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LuAnn Kessi 

Scrub Caps...

I have been stitching Scrub Caps

since January...

I am now making a few in Holiday fabrics...

This is a cap with a pouch in the back

for long hair...

Love the Snowmen...

Christmas Kitties Scrub Cap...

New Holiday Scrub caps ready to

send out in the mail.

I have made more than 150 caps for

men and women since January.

Autumn has arrived in Western Oregon:

This is our home place...

I took this picture from across the river while

feeding cattle today.

This is the back side of our place.

The red goat barn is on the right,

my yellow thread shed is to the left of the barn.

We have been feeding cattle for several weeks.

We also had 3 inches of rain last week...

We will be weaning calves in 3 weeks.

Life goes on...

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi 

Hello Spring....Progress

 Happy Spring Quilt

Progress Report...

This is my Block of the Month

the first Wednesday of each month

at my local quilt group

The flower blocks are 20 inches long...

There are three different design choices...

I am doing the first one on the left,

which includes flowers and lady bugs

I made my first lady bug today....FUN !

The design layout I chose

includes 14 lady bug blocks...

By the end of the day I have all 8 flowers

and 2 lady bug blocks completed.

We are back to feeding cattle...

The grands are here for a visit

so we have lots and lots of help...

We are feeding square bales...

We are feeding round bales...

Enjoying the last moments of summer !

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi