Beading.....More Tassels

This summer, in the evenings, I have been

doing a bit of beading...

This metal cart is on wheels.

I wheel it out of the back room and into 

the living room at night...

It holds everything I need 

for my beading projects.

The 2 bottom shelves hold lots and lots

of bead storage boxes...

The top shelf is for cording and wires.

3 containers hang off the side and hold

my jewelry pliers and cutters...

When I put the cart away,

I can store my bead board on the top shelf...

The cart fits nicely by the end of the couch

where I sit in the evening and work on beads.

The best part is, when I am done, I roll

the cart and put it away out of sight.

This past week, I created more 

tassel necklaces:

Blues, greens and oranges....sari silk

Close Up Views:

My favorite part is picking out orphan beads

from my stash to adorn the top of the tassel...

I am thinking these will be good for gift giving.

Just outside the back door:

Petunias and Hollyhocks

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Hay....Raking and Baling

Life in the hay fields continues....

The hay bales are piling up...

Before the hay can be baled...

it must be raked

The mowed hay is dried,

then raked into windrows...

You can better see the windrows here...

long, narrow rows of dried hay

The tractor tires straddle the windrow...

the baler follows behind and picks up the hay

Today I am driving an open air Ford tractor:

The implement on the back is a hay rake...

looks more like a carnival ride to me.

Here is a close up of the rake teeth...

they rake the hay into a windrow

Lots and lots of raking and baling today.

Enjoy the Raking and Baling Videos:

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LuAnn

Haying and Cattle...

There's always lots of company

while hay making...

The cattle are just across the fence...

This is a field of 50 cow and calf pairs...

These are 2 heifers who had their very first

calves last spring...

This little steer calf looked like

a buffalo calf when he was born last March:

I call him....Buffalo Bill

His mother is Golden Girl...

he looks just like her !

All of the cattle are looking over to the right:

The Cowboy has just stopped 

along their fence line

and dumped a bale out...

This is what they will be eating 

this coming winter...

The hay bales weight 1,000 lbs.

They eat about 400 bales every year.

We better get busy !

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LuAnn

Hay Season....mowing and baling

We are finally clear of the wet weather and 

getting a bit of a rhythm to our hay making...

I am mowing the third hay field today...

straight ahead is our place across the river.

The Big Elk River runs between our place

and this hay field...

The fir trees in our yard keep it shaded

and cool in the summer...

The Cowboy is up river about 3 miles

baling hay:

Here is a view of the first hay field

full of round bales...

The Cowboy is baling the second field:

It is always FUN to watch a bale 

being kicked out of the round baler...

The Cowboy can make a round bale

about every 3 to 4 minutes...

he has made about 200 bales so far.

It was a beautiful day

and we were able to get lots done 

in both hay fields.

While the hay was drying last week

we ran to the winery to pick up barrels:

They remind me of round hay bales...

We plan to use these later this summer

to do some landscaping at home.

Enjoy the hay making videos:

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn