Join us on a Cattle Drive...
We are moving our cattle up river 3 miles...
Lush green pastures await them...
The Cow Boss, The Cowboy and I
will be moving them along.
Watch the video below and join us!
 |
 |
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Whole Cloth....Design Work
I am putting together another
whole cloth design on paper:
Layer 1......Design Lines
36 inches square
The chickadee is my focal point...
Layer 2......feather motifs for the chickadee
Layer 3.....Fill Work
All of the design work on paper is complete.
I wish I could begin stitching...BUT
I am behind the wheel of the tractor
finishing up work in the hay fields:
I do love tractor work.....so I am happy
The fragrant lilacs are in full bloom
I was out in the cow pasture last evening
checking on the cattle...
There was a full moon...
My little Canon 50X camera
zoomed right in on it!
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Trail Camera.....Bear Video
Whenever we run out of water at the house...
We know the water line Bear is back again...
We decided to set up a trail camera to see
just what the Bear is doing...
Here he has the water line in his teeth...
In the video:
He spends time rubbing his back side
on a tree trunk,
He rolls around with the water line
between his feet,
He eventually breaks the water line in two and
is delighted when water splashes out at him.
So glad we set up the trail camera...
this Bear is delightful and entertaining.
CLICK BELOW to watch the Bear Video
 |
|
Saturday, May 6, 2017
Elk and Cattle Grazing Together...
This time of year it is FUN to watch the elk
come into the pasture in the evenings
and graze alongside our cattle...
No time to set up the tripod...
so this is the best I can do hand held zooming.
One of the female elk was very interested
in two of our baby calves.
I captured the encounter on video...
CLICK BELOW to watch the video:
 |
|
Friday, May 5, 2017
Whole Cloth....Border Quilting
I am nearly done with the quilting on
my little whole cloth quilt...
I have decided to stitch
triple lines in the border area...
I want the lines to be super straight so...
I will stitch the lines using ruler work...
I put a ruler foot on my Bernina...
I am using a little arc ruler...
The ruler got the job done in short order!
I dipped the mini quilt in water to
remove the blue pen markings:
I set it out in the sunshine to dry...
It needs a binding, hanging sleeve and label.
16 inches square
Ralph continues to enjoy his new comfort quilt...
Wherever I lay it down on the floor,
Ralph goes right over and takes a nap on it...
I think Ralph appreciates every stitch
that went into it!
I had a positive experience creating my
very first whole cloth quilt,
so I have started designing a larger whole cloth.
More to Come...
CLICK HERE: to see My Quilts
May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn Kessi
Thursday, May 4, 2017
Spring Round Up......Yearling Cattle
It is 6am and the Cowboy wakes me up
with a cup of steaming hot coffee...
3 generations of Kessi's will be
working yearling cattle today...
The little yellow building in the photo below
is my Thread Shed
Our youngest son is here to help...
He will be taking over for me today
so I will have more time to keep the
camera in my hands.
Every Spring we round up the yearling cattle here @ home and get them ready to go out on summer pasture. They get fly tags in their ears to keep the flies off their face,
they are vaccinated and wormed.
Our son was a big help, so I was only needed to fill tagging pliers and keep the syringes full of vaccine. That gave me some time to capture video of working cattle.
CLICK the video below to watch:
Working Cattle
 |
|
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)