Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Round'em Up.....



No time to Quilt today...

We are rounding up the cattle


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Cows and calves heading for the corral





Moving the cattle around the shed...





Today the cattle will be ear tagged, vaccinated and wormed





Cows and calves in the sorting pen...





Sorting the cows off into a separate pen





The cows & calves have been sorted into separate pens.
The calves are down below in the bottom of this photo.
The cows are over in the back pen on the left.





The cows have been loaded into the crowding alley and are ready to come through the squeeze chute.





Brad is putting in fly tags
Our son, Nicholas, is putting on wormer





I am loading ear tags for Brad




Nicholas is worming the Bull





Brad is putting fly tags on the bull





I am vaccinating one of the cows





The cows have all been worked...
They are standing outside the corral mooing for their babies





Time to work the calves...





Herding Calves into the crowding alley





Tagging Pliers
Fly tags are placed in the ears to keep the flies from landing on their faces during the summer months.





Squeeze Chute
Once in the chute, the calves are fly tagged, vaccinated, wormed & branded





Last calf out of the chute.....time to go home!




Here are a few images from the flowerbeds...


Bright Pink Rhodies grow along side the Thread Shed





Bright Red Lilies in the new flower bed behind the house





Climbing Rose on the Patio out back


I have a quilty day planned for tomorrow...
My friend Kathi is coming over to play with Texture Magic!

I will take photos of our day and post them soon...

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Visitors in the Thread Shed...



I had an unexpected treat today...

Visitors to play with me in the Thread Shed!


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Jello Printing Play Day




This was the very first time my visitors Jello Printed!





They were Pros by the end of the day!
Tayanani & Tahnisha




Tayanani trying out the potato mashers





The girls worked as a team...
While one was jello printing, the other was the washer woman, cleaning the paint off the tools.




Tayanani 7 yrs
Print 1




Ghost Print from Print 1




Tahnisha 11 years
Print 1 on left
Ghost print on right











Taking a break to visit with Suzy and make sure she is covered up and cozy in her bed under the sewing machine.



After jello printing.....the girls were ready to stretch their legs:


Time to investigate down at the river





Meeting the yearling calves can be a bit scary...





Gunnr showed the girls that the yearlings aren't scary at all...
They like to play!





Gunnr spends a lot of his time out in the pasture keeping the yearling cattle company.





It didn't take the girls long to make friends with Freckles and give her a good scratching!




What a fun day on the farm!

It's just what I needed...

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Art using Flowers & Plants as Paint...




In spite of the very wet and cold weather in the Coastal Mountain Range of Western Oregon the Iris Bed is gorgeous...
Please Enjoy!

― Elizabeth Murray
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Brown Iris




Brown Iris




Brown Iris




Dark Blue Iris




Dark Pink Iris




Sky Blue Iris




Purple Blue Iris




Red Pink Iris




Sky Blue Iris




Lavender Blue Iris




Sky Blue Iris


You are invited to download these images and use them in your artwork if you like.
Click on the image to enlarge it, then download it to your desk top.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn