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 !

You can view hay making videos on

my instagram feed

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

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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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi 

Moose Quilt & Hay Season...

 

This is our current living room quilt:

How much do I love this Moose !

He is hanging out on the quilt rack

in the living room...

The moose has a lot of purple in him

so I had to include purple in the color story...

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It is hay season here in Western Oregon:

The Cowboy has my little red tractor

hooked up to the hay mower...

I am mowing the first hay field today...

This will be my view for the rest of the day.

It takes about 7 hours to get this field mowed.

I have my head phones on listening to lots

of great music and lots of ravens 

to keep me company.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Catching Up...

 

I recently attended a Quilt Retreat

here in Western Oregon

We had a zipper bag class and these

were my class samples...

Check out the super cute birdie zipper pulls...

I pawed through the fabric cupboard 

and found this donut fabric 

and it was perfect for zipper bags...

From January through May I was stitching

Surgical Scrub Caps

I have made 150 + caps

My son works with a surgical group and

asked me to make him a cap, so I found some

Superman, Batman, Spiderman 

fabrics in the cupboard.

I found a pattern online and away I stitched.

He wore them to work and they went viral.

Before I knew it I was making them for

guys and girls at the surgery. I found some

Wonder Woman fabric for the girls...FUN!

I know a lot more about 

surgical caps than I did a few months ago.

While I was stitching surgical scrub caps,

we were in Calving Season

February, March, April & May

This is our very last pregnant girl...Vicky Junior.

She is a first time heifer and taking her time!

Vicky....let that baby out !

Most of our calves are born black now

as we use Black Angus Bulls.

Check out Baby Sister with her new calf...

Can you say Milk Mouth ?

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi