More......Jello Printing

After herding the yearling cattle

across the river this morning...

I headed straight for the Thread Shed

for an afternoon of jello/gelli printing...

I am printing on paper today

with Open Acrylics by Golden...

My objective is.....lots of layers

I have never printed with Open Acrylics

on fabric...

That's definitely on my to-do-list...

After a couple of hours...

the prints are piling up!

Me loves me some jello printing in the afternoon 

Down at the Barn Lot:

The Foxglove are in full bloom...

I just adore these wild flowers...

That is some pink...

Also down at the barn lot:

A few of the calves are out behind the barn.

The calves range in age from 4 months to newborn.

There's one in every bunch!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Iris and New Calf...

The Iris bed is really putting on a show...

100 Iris here in the front flower bed.

The aroma is lovely.

It is hard to walk by them 

without grabbing the camera!

The Cowboy built this bird house years ago...

Each Spring Tree Swallows come to nest...

The male Tree Swallow waits patiently outside

while the female sits on the eggs inside...

It won't be long until we hear

baby birds peeping!

Yes, we are still calving...

This is our newest Baby.....Ben

Ben.....asleep under a foxglove.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Painted Canvas.....Tote Bag 2

Remember when we made some

Messy Painted Canvas?

I used a piece of my canvas to make this tote bag:

I didn't take in-process photos while stitching up

the tote bag.....here it is all sewn up and waiting

for the painted handles to dry...

Here it is completed with the handles...

It is lined...

The sides and bottom are quilted...

I created this bag in a class

with the Harlan Valley Quilters...

It is a 2 sided bag.....lots of FUN!

Here are a few of the students with their 

messy painted canvas tote bags:

Betty

Lani

Linda

Karri

Kathi

We celebrated with margaritas!

Many Thanks to our instructor, Donna Irons.

She came all the way from Idaho 

to teach this class!

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LuAnn Kessi

Iris Blooming...

The Iris bed is beginning to wake up...

After a very wet, long winter...

the Iris are beginning to bloom!

The light today was just right for photographs...

The yellow iris always bloom first and fast!

Be sure to double click photos to enlarge them...

The Lupine are also in bloom...

Over the years, my photography has inspired

some of my quilt making...

This is an iris quilt created in 2011:

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LuAnn Kessi

Dottie.....The Chicken

A peaceful evening in the cow fields...

Each evening we check on the cattle...

They are all content in grass up to their bellies!

This is Mary Black Feather

This is a heifer with her very first calf...

Happy Mother's Day!

Mama and Baby are doing just fine.

We were working yearling cattle in our corral

here at home...

Dottie, one of our hens, shut down production.

She got into the corral and began pecking around for worms, clearly oblivious that 57 head of  500 pound yearlings were in the corral with her.

We were afraid she would get trampled.

She walked closer to the yearlings and...

they all backed up....afraid of her!

Enjoy the Dottie Video:

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi