Texture Magic......in Progress

I am still working on the Brown Texture Magic piece...

I spent 2 days adding beads:

I am happy with the texture and the shape of the piece...

Close-Up View

Detail View

You can see the bead work better in this photo.

I am done with the beading.....I think.

I may add some fibers & metal?

I know it is not done....yet.

This is the last of the Iris photos...

I need to clean out the iris bed. Sad to see them go.

Dark Blue Iris

Brown Iris

Pink Purple Iris

Close-Up View....Pink Purple Iris

I may just have to print this out on fabric and quilt it

Blue Iris and Lupine

Now that the Iris are done blooming...

The roses are beginning to put on a show of their own!

Close-Up View of Climbing Rose out on the patio

Rose.....after the rain

It appears as if it is made from paper...

Close-Up View.....Red Climbing Rose

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The yearling cattle resting in the pasture...

They are not alone...

Freckles, the Cow Mama, is sleeping with them

Since losing her pasture mate, Dancer, last year, Freckles has adopted the yearling cattle as her own.

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LuAnn

Thread Shed....

This is where I spent my day yesterday...

The Thread Shed

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This little building has served me well for 10 years.

16 x 20 feet

It is my happy place!

It is nestled between the barn and the hen house

Pink Rhodies blooming along side the Thread Shed

My favorite time to photograph flowers is after it rains

Check out this white spider...

I have been spending so much time inside the Thread Shed, that the outside is a bit neglected...

The blackberries are thriving nicely by the old milk can

White Hydrangea Vine blooming on the arbor out front

The ivy is climbing the walls

The vegetation is threatening to take over the entrance!

Those tiny ivy starts I planted a few years ago...

Have traveled under the stairs, around the arbor posts...

and into the front door way!

I guess I better spend some time outside of the Thread Shed.

Meanwhile.....back inside the Thread Shed

Treasures found at the Thrift Store:

How lucky to find a Rowenta Iron at the thrift store!

I also found a pressure sprayer for misting fabrics and disposable gloves. Both of these are needed for a fabric painting workshop in July.

Also brought home a little heat gun.

I was so happy to find these treasures...I danced all the way out the door of the store!

Check out that beautiful sole plate on the iron...

2 weeks ago my iron just stopped getting hot.

Brad took it apart, but could not revive her.

We gave her a decent burial last week...

This little beauty is just what I needed!

Enough Milk for Two:

This Mama Cow had so much milk....more than her calf needed.

This little black & white Holstein calf from the dairy is just what she needed!

Twice a day the calves are put in with the Mama Cow to nurse.

It will take a few weeks of this ritual to convince the Mama that she loves the new baby.

For now, she tolerates him, but would rather just have her own calf.

I will let you know how things progress...

We are headed into town today.....2 grad parties to attend.

Who knows.....maybe time to stop by the Thrift Store?

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LuAnn

Round'em Up.....

No time to Quilt today...

We are rounding up the cattle

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Cows and calves heading for the corral

Moving the cattle around the shed...

Today the cattle will be ear tagged, vaccinated and wormed

Cows and calves in the sorting pen...

Sorting the cows off into a separate pen

The cows & calves have been sorted into separate pens.

The calves are down below in the bottom of this photo.

The cows are over in the back pen on the left.

The cows have been loaded into the crowding alley and are ready to come through the squeeze chute.

Brad is putting in fly tags

Our son, Nicholas, is putting on wormer

I am loading ear tags for Brad

Nicholas is worming the Bull

Brad is putting fly tags on the bull

I am vaccinating one of the cows

The cows have all been worked...

They are standing outside the corral mooing for their babies

Time to work the calves...

Herding Calves into the crowding alley

Tagging Pliers

Fly tags are placed in the ears to keep the flies from landing on their faces during the summer months.

Squeeze Chute

Once in the chute, the calves are fly tagged, vaccinated, wormed & branded

Last calf out of the chute.....time to go home!

Here are a few images from the flowerbeds...

Bright Pink Rhodies grow along side the Thread Shed

Bright Red Lilies in the new flower bed behind the house

Climbing Rose on the Patio out back

I have a quilty day planned for tomorrow...

My friend Kathi is coming over to play with Texture Magic!

I will take photos of our day and post them soon...

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LuAnn