Monday, March 8, 2021

Calving Season in Western Oregon...

 

We are 2 weeks into Calving Season

here in rainy Western Oregon



The Cowboy has been spending lots of time

tagging new baby calves...





Mama Cows with their new babies...





I am in the pick up looking out the 

side view mirror...

the Cowboy is on the tractor loading hay





He has me all loaded up with hay...





This is one of our new heifers, Vicky,

with her very first baby.

She is a great mama cow already !





Each morning baby calves greet us when

we walk into the silo...





Cows and calves in the silo...


Enjoy the video:



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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Sunday, March 7, 2021

Glitter Sneakers and White Calf...

 

The house was full of girls this weekend...



We all made Glitter Sneakers !





Blue Glitter Sneakers...





Red Glitter Sneakers
(reminds me of Dorothy in Wizard of Oz)





Green Glitter Sneakers...





Purple Glitter Sneakers
(created by a 6 year old)





Ice Dyed Sneakers with rhinestones





It was a very glittery weekend
here @ the  Kessi Ranch

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We have a new baby...


Calf # 14 is a White Heifer...





Oh Yes.....she is darling !


I am behind on posting images.

We have tagged 28 calves in the last 2 weeks.

I will try and get a few more calves posted soon.


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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Saturday, February 27, 2021

Candy Bag Zip Cases...

 

I have been saving product packages

for the last year...



If I like the colors on the packaging
then I save it...





The zipper stash is also piling up...





I am also stocked up on Iron On Vinyl.

Pellon also makes this vinyl product.




It's been a year since I have made these zip cases

and it is time to make more !











Once I get all of the packages trimmed to size

front and back, I iron on the vinyl...


Then I match up zipper colors and also

fabrics to line the bags.





Today I made Reese's Zip Cases...





The great big bag is from Halloween...

that is the best time to grab candy bags on sale !





Salt snack packaging works great too !






Yes, I use the Tide Pods in the laundry,
so I turned them into zip bags....great colors !





I also saved the colostrum bags from calving

last year and turned them into zip bags.

Those baby calf faces are too cute !





Zip Cases from product packaging......FUN !

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Just outside the Thread Shed entrance:


Camellia Bush





The Camellia blooms brighten up these

Western Oregon rainy days.





Chicken Little enjoys munching on

the pedals that fall from the Camellia bush.



We had a new calf this morning:

Calf Number 11 was born early today.


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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Thursday, February 25, 2021

Pick Up Sticks.....Trimming


Trimming... 


I spent some time this week trimming blocks...





Pick Up Sticks Quilt Blocks...





Trimming the blocks down to 10 inches...



have created 30 Pick Up Sticks Blocks


Here they are timmed down to 10 inches
and ready for borders.





We will stitch the borders on next week.



This is one of our newest babies:


Strawberry Alice has a new heifer calf.....Silky



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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi


Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Golden Girl.....A New Baby


Remember this little calf born in....2016

 


Golden Girl




This morning we went across the river to check on
the mama cows in the silo...

this is what we found...


The Cowboy in the barn with
Golden Girl and her new calf...

The morning sun was shining in from the back of the barn, so as I captured the picture from the front of the barn,
the images created a silhouette...
I love it !




Golden Girl is now 5 years of age...

She is an excellent mama cow.






She has a sweet, black, heifer calf...





This is the 9th calf born this week...


More To Come !


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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Thursday, February 18, 2021

Calving Season has begun...


We have our first baby...



The Cowboy has tagged Calf Number 1





It is a little, black, bull calf...





Mary Black Feather and her new calf

She is an excellent mama cow.  

Her calf is strong, eating well and follows her everywhere.


We tagged 3 calves as of today

with lots and lots more to come !


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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Monday, February 8, 2021

Orange Peel / Pumpkin Seed.......Progress

 

On Mondays I stitch with

The Harlan Valley Quilters



This has been my Monday project
the last few weeks...





At this point I have completed the seed shapes
and they are ready to be stitched down onto
the 5 inch background squares





I have not put the blocks up on the design wall
in any order at all, just stitched them and
slapped them up there.





Next week I will arrange them by color families
and see what that looks like...
Maybe a shift of color from top to bottom ?



For now they are on the design wall
completely random...


More to Come.....Next Monday


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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi