Summer Cattle...

Oh, the lazy days of summer... 

Elsa, the frozen calf is on the left...

she is 18 months old now.

You can read all about her HERE

This is Althea Pink....a real beauty

Eloise, the white roan, is a yearling heifer

and will have her first calf next Spring...

This is the heifer field, across the river from

our home place, in the background.

Butter Cup, oh so cute !

She is also a heifer and expecting her

first calf in the Spring...

All the cattle are fat and slick in the summer...

In the summer, the living is easy...

This is our newest Golden Girl...

Her name is Brookie.

She is 5 months old.

Cattle in the summer...

my favorite time of the year !

I have posted videos of the baby chicks

on Instagram

You can watch them HERE

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LuAnn Kessi 

The Golden Girls...

Super Cuteness... 

Golden Girl.....Born 2016

Golden Girl....a curious yearling heifer

2022...Golden Girl with her calf, 

Golden Delicious

Yes, they are twins !

2023...Golden Girl with her calf, Elsa

We now have a herd of Golden Girls !

2024...Here are Golden Girl's calves 

all grown up:

Golden Delicious and Elsa

They look just like their mama.

Golden Delicious and Elsa

They live in the same pasture right now...

As you can see...

Golden Delicious is expecting her first baby.

She is round like a barrel !

I check on these girls 2 or 3 times a day,

but no baby yet.

Yes, Golden Girl had another baby this year:

Yes, it is a heifer...yay!

This is Brookie...our 4th Golden Girl.

Maybe some day all of the Golden Girls

will be in the same pasture together and I can 

capture a family photo of all of them.

p.s.  Yes, Golden Girl has had other

golden calves but they were bull calves

and we don't keep them.

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LuAnn Kessi

Super Cuteness...

Here's your hit of cuteness for the day... 

" Brookie "

Heifer calf......Golden Girl's new baby

This is Golden Delicious...

Golden Girl's 2 year old calf.

Standing beside her is "Slash" (not her calf)

41 calves on the ground so far...

More To Come !

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LuAnn Kessi

Migrating Geese....Quilting Continues

I spent the last two days finishing up

the machine quilting on the

Migrating Geese Table Runners... 

Piecing these table runners is FUN...

Quilting them is even better !

feathery plumes is always a favorite...

Leaves and curly vines work great

on this runner with the green border...

Back side of green runner...

Large swirls in the center of the runner...

Straight piano key lines in the border...

Nothing left to do but trim

and bind these.

This is how I start my day...

Feeding Cattle

I drive the feed wagon and this 

is the view from the side view mirror...

Lots of hungry mama cows...

calving season begins in March.

This is our sweet Golden Girl...

She was born here on our place 8 years ago.

Just across the river from

where we feed the cows...

our home place...

you can see the red barn in the distance.

To the left of the barn is

my yellow Thread Shed...

That is where I have been stitching

all of those table runners.

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LuAnn Kessi

Mule Deer Quilt...

We are in need of a quilt to comfort 

a very dear friend...

We found this Mule Deer panel

and auditioned a few fabrics

from my cupboards in the Thread Shed...

I think this grouping should work nicely

and lots of texture !

I found a block to piece into borders

from this book...

Twin Star Quilt Block....12 inches

My work table is all set up and ready

for stitching, when I can sneak in here

and sew for a few minutes here and there...

First block cut out and on the

design board...

As time allowed...

I stitched a block or two and over a week's

time I completed 6 Twin Star blocks...

At this point...

I chose a pale brown to border the deer panel

and I need to stitch the star borders in place...

I auditioned the wagon wheels

for the final border and...

I really like it !

This photo does not do this quilt top justice...

It is so beautiful in person.

Here we are at the basting table...

Warm & White works for most all my quilts...

I baste with nothing but 505 Spray..

This is now spray basted and

ready to go under the needle.

It's that time of year here at 

The Kessi Ranch

We are gathering up all of the cow and calf pairs

to get them vaccinated, wormed and branded.

The Cowboy is putting fly tags

on Golden Girl.

Yes, she is the mama of Elsa

the frozen calf, who is doing 

wonderfully well!

More To Come !

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi