Baling Hay @ The Kessi Ranch

 

Hay making season...

Our round hay bales are

5 feet x 6 feet and weight 1,000 lbs.

The Cowboy bales the hay

in this red round baler.

The door on the back opens up...

The bale starts to roll out the back ...

Poof.....all ready for the cattle to eat this winter

When we make repairs on the baler,

we have to crawl inside to work on it...

it is like being inside a large elevator.

I spent the day on the old Ford Tractor

raking the hay into wind rows...

This is what the field looks like

after it has been raked...

it is all ready for the Cowboy to come along

and bale it up.

The John Deere tractor straddles the

wind rows and the baler follows behind

and picks up the hay and rolls it up

into a giant round hay bale.

Foxgloves growing along the edges

of the hay field...

sometimes you see a white one !

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LuAnn Kessi 

Hello Spring Quilt...

 

Hello Spring Quilt

This is my 2026 Block of the Month

I am making the lap size quilt...

All of the pieces have been cut and are

organized and pinned onto this design board...

I am currently piecing the flower heads...

This is a 10 inch flower head...

All the flower heads are done...

I am ready to begin piecing the

leaf units...

The first flower head and leaf unit

are completed...

This measures 10 x 20 inches

My sewing table is ready for more stitching

next week when I meet up with my

local quilt group.

Lupine greet me when I enter

the Thread Shed...

Foxglove growing along side 

the machine shed at the barn lot...

Our little valley is overflowing with

Foxglove this time of year...

Don't you just love those little circles

inside each and every petal !

We are raking and baling the first

hay field today...

trying to beat the rain on Saturday...eek!

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LuAnn Kessi 

Black Eyed Suzy & Hay Raking...

 

This has been my Wednesday quilt project...

I have been pecking away at it since February.

The last time I shared images,

I had completed 6 flower blocks...

My pecking is paying off...

Every Wednesday I would add another flower

to the design wall...

All 16 flower blocks are done...

I have started the borders.

The Cowboy hooked up the hay rake...

The hay has been mowed for several days

and it is time to rake it into wind rows...

Here we go!

These foxgloves grow like weeds

all around the edges of the hay fields...

Gorgeous!

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LuAnn Kessi 

Summer Color...

Now that hay season is over,

I am trying to spend some time 

in the flower beds... 

This is the Thread Shed where I do most

of my quilting.

It has flowers growing on all 4 sides...

The Cowboy installed an A/C in here

and I can sew when it is over 100 degrees

and be nice and cool...

Hydrangeas blooming 

in front of the Thread Shed...

They are lime green at first,

then they turn purple, then blue...

There is a Passion Flower vine

growing up the side of the Thread Shed...

Pink Coneflowers...

The deer don't like to eat these.....yay!

We have several bird houses around the yard...

we have been watching the baby birds

leave the nest and learn to fly.

This is the flower bed just outside the

front door of our house...

The Cowboy built that bird house.

Tree Swallows nest in there every Spring.

Black Eyed Suzy

Red Roses

Nasturtium

State Fair Zinnia

Pink Coneflower

Zinnia

Out back behind the house...

Peaches are beginning to color up

on the new, little peach trees...

Dahlias

Star Lilies

Petunias growing on the back patio...

Poppy  seed pods...

They are quite large...

I will harvest the seeds this fall and

replant them for next year.

I am trying to take time to enjoy the flowers

while I am weeding, fertilizing, 

mulching and watering.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi