Snow...

We woke up to a dusting of snow...

The little yellow building in our yard

is the Thread Shed

This is where the hum of a sewing machine

can be heard...

Along side of the Thread Shed is a

Camellia bush....it always blooms in February.

This is the view out the back door...

you can see the cow barns 

in the center of the photo.

This is the view out the front door...

Black yearling calves waiting for breakfast.

Here's the hay wagon:

Breakfast is on the way!

The cowboy feeds off the back... while I drive.

After the hay is fed,  we take a walk-through

to check on the calves to be sure everyone

is eating and looks healthy.

This is our 2017.... Calf Number 1

He just turned 1 year old this week!

Here is a short video of Snow Chores:

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Morning Chores...

This is what greets me each morning

out @ our little red barn...

Nanny Goats and Nanny Kids...

I begin and end each day with these sweeties!

After the goats are fed,

We load up the hay wagon and 

feed 57 head of yearling cattle:

They eat 600 lbs of hay each morning.

Then we head across the river to the cow barns:

The first thing we do is walk through the barn to

check on the 50 pregnant cows...

and look for any new baby calves.

Then we head down to the lower barn

to check on the replacement heifers:

This is my favorite heifer, Golden Girl

This is Golden Girl....2 years ago:

She will be having her first baby in a few months.

Enjoy the Video @ the Cow Barns:

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Calving Season....2018

It's official...

Calving Season has begun here @ Kessi Farms

Look what we found at the cow barn 

this morning...

Calf Number 1

How cute is this little bull calf 

standing by his mama?

The low man gets to bed the barns...

it looks like that is me.

I use the motorcycle to transport straw bales to

all of the barns.

Double Take

Cow Portrait Quilt

By: LuAnn Kessi

I created a video of our morning:

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

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!

Enjoy the tree trimming video:

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

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!

Enjoy this brief video of Long Ears:

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

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

Enjoy the video of feeding calves today:

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi