Friday, February 16, 2018

Yearlings and the Cherry Tree...



Our 30 year old Pie Cherry Tree 

lost a few limbs

in the winter storms...


The tree limbs fell on the board fence,

making easy access for the yearling cattle

to get into the front yard.....eek!






Today is clean up day...

The cherry tree needs a good pruning anyway.







Anytime we work in the front yard,

it becomes a spectator sport for the

yearling cattle...





They find most anything we do...

terribly interesting.






Even the bottle calves come up 

to the fence to check out what's going on...






Those tree limbs fill up the back

of the pick up bed...






Even Sparky the rooster comes to investigate...






In no time, the cowboy has new fence boards

in place...






You know what that means...

time to paint the fence!



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Thursday, February 15, 2018

Long Ears...



This is Long Ears...born in 2010


The first time I saw her in the goat barn...

I just adored those extra long ears!






Kid Goats

Long Ears is...2nd from the right






Here is Long Ears today.....2018

She is 8 years old





Here is Long Ears with her yearling kid, 

Little Lotta





This is Lily....born 2015

Her mama is Long Ears...

check out her gorgeous extra long ears!



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Monday, February 12, 2018

Feeding Yearling Cattle...


Every morning begins with...

Feeding the Yearling Cattle



Yearling Calves

They range from 8 to 12 months in age.

They eat 600 lbs of hay every morning!




Remember these 2 guys on the right?


Yes, they are the bottle calves

we raised last spring...



This is what they looked like 9 months ago:


Orphaned twin calf number 25

and Dairy bull calf





The dairy calf gets spoiled...

he gets extra hay off the hay wagon.





These 2 guys are inseparable...





They are never apart...

even in a herd with 57 calves.





Such Devotion



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Friday, February 9, 2018

Best of Show.....





Best of Show


Nature Walk

Hand Painted and Sun Printed with Botanicals
Pieced, Cotton Batting, Machine Quilted

Created By: LuAnn Kessi





Yes, I am tickled pink!






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LuAnn Kessi

Sunday, February 4, 2018

Button, Button....Who's got the Button?



Today is the day I get my buttons organized...



I have been collecting buttons for 20 years...






Today I am sorting them by color...






I want to create button jewelry...







If I get them sorted by color,

they will be more user-friendly when I am

creating jewelry projects...






They look FUN in the big jars,

but it takes too long to search and hunt down

the right button I need for a project...






After they are sorted by color,

I stored them in ziploc baggies...






I placed the baggies in 2 big plastic boxes,

kind of like a filing cabinet storage system...






I can just flip through the baggies like files

to find the color or style of button I need...






Here are the buttons on my jewelry table...

I am ready to create button jewelry.....FUN!



Here is some button jewelry inspiration

I found on pinterest:



White Button Bracelet






Button Necklace





Button Pendant Necklaces






Button Necklace and Bracelet set






Button Earrings







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LuAnn Kessi


Sunday, January 14, 2018

Messy Painted Canvas...


I spent the last week on Retreat with the

Harlan Valley Quilters...




We took one day of retreat and 

played with paint...







It was FUN to cut loose and play!







Each member brought a piece of canvas

and we covered them in paint!








By the end of the day....we painted 6 canvas














Each canvas will be cut into three sections...







Each member will choose 

3 different sections of canvas














We will sew up the canvas into various projects






What a wonderful day of painting!

We created a very FUN memory together...


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