Cattle Drive to Summer Pasture 2020

The cattle have eaten off all of their 
Spring pasture...

it is time to move them up river to 
Summer pasture...

We are moving 100 head of 

cow and calf pairs...

They make this drive year after year after year...

they KNOW the way.

My father-in-law at 83 years still makes

the drive with us.

His job today is keeping our cattle out of

the neighbor's hay field.

I am riding a motorcycle, chasing cattle

and trying to run the camera...

enjoy the VIDEO below:

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LuAnn

Haying.....continues

We are haying just outside the back door...

This is the view from our back yard...

I am mowing the hay field

just below the calving barns...

This new hay will be stored in both

of these barns...

We grow native Bentgrass hay...

the cows love it.

This is the view from the hay field

looking back out our place:

The Cowboy built our red barn in 1989.

It has been home to horses, cattle, goats,

sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks, geese and cats.

To the left of the red barn

is my yellow Thread Shed...

The Cowboy built the Thread Shed in 2000

He also built the red hen house on the right...

He also built the guest house 

in our back yard...

He built the flower boxes too...

and he also built the wagon wheel trellis

for the wisteria vine...

The Lucifer Crocosmia is in full bloom

Lucifer Crocosmia

Sparky and the Hens watch over the yard

while we are across the river making hay.

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LuAnn

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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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.

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LuAnn