Bulls....this winter

We are wintering over 6 bulls this year...

4 Shorthorn Bulls and 2 Angus Bulls

The Angus bulls are 2 years old:

This is Lewis...

and this is Clark

The Shorthorn Bulls are 3 years old:

Fernando....

he throws all the beautifully colored calves

Clive

Slim

Jess

Sunrise this morning....in the back yard

27 degrees

Across the river are the 2 cow barns...

Close Up View...

A few cows resting in the orchard

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LuAnn Kessi

Snow...2019

We woke up to a world of white

here in Western Oregon

View out the living room window...

We will be heading out to do 

chores in the snow...

across the river are the calving barns.

The calves are due in 2 weeks.

In our yard...

Thread Shed and Hen House

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We are now across the river,

heading over the hills to the cow barns

to feed the mama cows...

You can see our red barn across the river

@ our place...

These mama cows will be having

their babies very soon.

After all of the cattle are fed,

I head up to the Quilt Palace

to meet up with the Harlan Valley Quilters

This hand pieced hexagon quilt is basted

and ready to machine quilt...

Tim Holtz Eclectic Fabric Line

Back side of the hexagon quilt

My Floral Monet quilt is also basted and

ready to go under the needle.

I spent the afternoon varnishing 

these two cupboards.

Lots of drawers for storing quilting supplies...

I am jazzed!

It was a good SNOW DAY 

here in Western Oregon

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LuAnn Kessi

Hexagon Table Runner....

It's time for a new...

Take-A-Long Project

Hexagons.....always a favorite to hand piece

This is what 170 hexagons looks like

This is how big they are...

A hexagon is measured by one of the sides...

1  1/2 inches along one of the 6 sides

I use a glue stick to baste the fabric to the 

paper hexagon

I am using 20+ fabrics...

some of them are my hand dyes

some of them are commercial batiks

they are all bright and cheerful...

which I need on these gray, rainy days of winter

here in Western Oregon

This table runner will brighten up our kitchen

And so it begins...

so far, the fabrics are getting along...

this color story is working...

I will keep going

The runner will be 16 inches wide

I will be taking this with me when I travel,

so I pinned the hexagons 

to a piece of muslin...

The hexagons will stay in order

as I sew them...

they will NOT be sewn to the muslin

16 x 66 inches

My painted canvas bag

is just the right size to carry the

hexagon table runner.

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LuAnn Kessi

Working Cattle....Weaning Calves

We weaned the main herd of calves

back in November.

Now we are weaning the late calves

born to the young heifer cows...

Running the cattle into the corral...

Using the tailgate on the pick up as our 

work table.

We are vaccinating the cattle.

This is the new squeeze chute...

it has a self-catch head gate.....it ROCKS !

This is one of our oldie goldie cows...Dulcey,

she has been running with the heifers.

We worked the cows through the chute first,

then turned them out back into the pasture.

Here are their calves:

The calves were born late last Summer,

so they are younger than the rest of our 

Spring calves.

After all of the calves were vaccinated,

we loaded them up in a trailer and

hauled them up river...

The calves will live in this barn for 

a week to 10 days

until they are weaned...

Enjoy the video of Weaning Calves:

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LuAnn Kessi