Weeding.....

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Howdy from Oregon!

I am not at my sewing machine...

I'll be driving this little red beauty today...

The implement on the back is a

Bush Hog mower...

I am doing a bit of weed management...

mowing down tansy and blackberries.

The barn up ahead is used for

hay storage...

This is the back side of that same barn.

Just across the river, straight ahead,

is our place...

so I am not very far from home.

I mowed 4 fields today

and now I am heading for home.

It was a beautiful day spent outdoors,

you won't hear me complaining.

As a treat for mowing...

I dyed these bamboo socks....yummy!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Sun Printing....Botanicals

Summer has gotten away from me this year...

It is nearly gone...

I gathered up the sun printing supplies

yesterday and got right with it!

I am using Pebeo Setacolors

1 part paint to 3 parts water

White cotton fabric

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Tree Leaves, Black Paint, Salt

Sweet Gum Tree Leaves, Black Paint, Salt

Leaves, Purple Paint, Salt

Tall grasses picked along the driveway,

Purple Paint, Salt

Grasses....Close Up View

Here come the ferns...

Ferns, Black Paint, Salt

Ferns, Lt Green Paint

Ferns, Dk Green Paint, Salt

Close Up View to show salt texture

Fern on left no salt

Fern on right has salt

Non-Botanical Sun Prints:

Ostrich Feathers, Black Paint, Salt

Close Up View

Ostrich Feathers, Purple Paint, Salt

Ostrich Feathers.....Close Up View

Round Plastic Discs

Cheesecloth scrunched, Black Paint

Close Up View

Today we spent the day in the bull field

building fence...

These are the yearling Shorthorn Bulls

we brought home in May...

I hate to play favorites....but,

This is Fernando....he is so darn cute!

He has a big, white, heart on his forehead.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Feeding Cattle...

In May we quit feeding hay to the cattle...

June and July...

Making more hay for Winter 2018

We feed round bales...

The bales weigh in @ 1,000 lbs. each

September 1st...Pastures are all dried up...

No more grass for the cattle.

Time to begin feeding hay...

We will feed more than 400 round bales

between now and next Spring.

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Feeding Cattle Video

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Update......Bottle Calves

Many of you ask about the calves

so here is an update:

We continue to feed the bottle calves

twice a day...

Half Gallon of Milk.....morning and night

Number 25 is now 5 1/2 months old.

He is a twin calf that became an orphan.

Behind him is a dairy calf that is his companion.

He is 3 1/2 months old.

After their bottle, they eat grain...

After their grain, they eat hay...

They also have irrigated pasture 

just outside the barn.

We start and end our days with these

sweet, little guys...

they are doing really well.

They will be weaned in November

when the rest of the calf herd is weaned

from the mother cows.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Yo Yo.......on the GO!

We are cleaning out the cow barns today

We feed the cattle here during the winter

and the spring calving season...

That amounts to 6 months of manure...

The cowboy is loading up the 

manure spreader.

This will be spread on the hay fields

to fertilize them for next year.

The bald eagle is keeping an eye on us

while he perches above the river

doing some fishing.

I have a lot of down time between jockeying

vehicles and tractors around today...

so I bring along a hand sewing project.

Yo Yos

I just started this project

and the yo yos are piling up...

thanks to this yo yo maker...

This makes short work of creating yo yos...

also easy on your wrists 

if you have carpal tunnel...

I use a double thread so it is strong

when I pull the yo yo tight...

Pulling the yo yo together...

Perfectly stitched yo yo....

There are lots of You Tube videos to show

you how to use the yo yo maker.

I stitched together a ziploc bag of yo yos

but now I need to go move some equipment

and open some gates...

I never leave home without a

take-along-project.

A stitch here....a stitch there...

before you know it,

you have a quilt done!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi