Remembering Paul Harvey On The Radio

     The last two days I have been taken back to when my girls were both home and things were at times quite noisy. How you ask, well Dodge trucks are supporting the farmers with a Paul Harvey dedication to the farmer. Quite moving not just the words or the pictures, but the way Paul Harvey always tells a story with his distinctive voice,really makes it hit home.
     For years our local am radio station shared Paul's The rest of the story about 11:45 a.m. weekdays and everyone knew that whether you where in the truck or in the house the radio was turned up and mouths were to be closed until he was done, then you could discuss what he had to say or share whatever else was important to you at the time.The markets came on a little later so once again it was time to be very quiet. For years our girls would shush there friends or anyone who did not know the rule as they knew if it was broken  there would be some not happy parents. It got to be quite funny as time went on and they became pretty much as interested as Mom and Dad and did not even like any disturbance.Sure do miss those days,but life moves on and things change, but once in awhile something will bring them back and they seem even more sweet!
     So if you have a chance listen to Paul Harvey's Farmer, and thank you Dodge Trucks for the memories and the salute to the Farmer! I am proud to be a farmer and I'm proud to be married to one!
       I am going to try and share it with you but I am not sure if I can, here goes.

Dogs,Sewing, and Just Plain Life Out Here In The Middle Of Nowwhere!

   Good Monday Morning!
Hope this finds everyone well and happy.Its a beautiful morning out here on the prairie, no wind to speak of and the temperature is a lovely -18( warmer than it has been).

    Last week I was dog sitting for our neighbours while they where away,had a very interesting time with the little darling(I use the term lightly). Our sweet Maggie wanted so much to be friends right off the bat but the little mister had different ideas,so it made for interesting times. Fuzzy had a discussion with the little turd about manners in another dog's home and then things change,who would have thought.hmmmm maybe I married Dr. Doolittle.ha ha ha! At the end of the visit the pair had become friends or at least learned to get along. Last week we had our first calf, not to really have any until March,but one April day last year the 2 year old bulls decided that their pen was no longer the place they wanted to be,one hour later and apparently one cow bred we got them all back in.Thanks be to God!
    I have been going through my fabric stash and sorting,organising,taking inventory,whatever you want to call it(cleaning up the place so I can find what I want).I came upon some large green gingham check that I had picked up for bunting on the head table for the oldest's wedding almost 11 years ago. (looked really nice for a farm wedding with a touch of John Deere,yellow roses.and sheaves of different forages and grains).Sorry getting off track! Found the fabric and decided to get it used up once again, I had already used some for a valance when we moved into this house,and put the rest back in a tote for the future use,6years later I have replaced my ironing board cover with some of it and also used some to make a sewing machine cover. I have a hard plastic cover for my machine but it is a pain when I have the machine in the table that was re purposed for my machine,someone else's purge,that we put a new bottom in, so mine would fit.So I was in a hurry to do this and found some other fabric that would not look to bad with the gingham,and got to work, did not have a pattern just took a few measurements(maybe should have done a little more of that but O well) and when ever there was a few minutes to steal from the day I sewed, not pretty or perfect but it works.YA!

     Friday, Fuzzy and I went into the Lieutenant Governor's Winter fest and toured some of the pavilions,the Brazilian one had a great show, lots of energy.People are so much fun at these things you visit with people you don't know and may never see again, but for that little bit time you are in that line up or seated at a table you become interested in each other and what each of you think of what you have seen or are about to see,and it is so very special, to bad it cannot be like that all the time maybe just maybe we would not have so much conflict in this world. Great night great food and great people!
    Well I best be going and get some more work done, hope you have a great day!!!!

P.S. Thanks for stopping by!
   
  

Happy Burns Day

   January 25th Robbie Burns Day, the birthday of the poet Robert Burns. Born in 1759, he was of humble origins and wrote of life in a way that all could relate,some would say a brilliant man.
    Thanks to him we have the Burns night with the supper and festivities, which usually starts with Selkirk Grace written by Robert Burns- Some hae meat canna eat
                         And some wad eat that want it.
                          But we hae meat and we can eat.
                         Sae tat the Lord be thankit.
 The menu maybe a soup ( cock-a-leekie soup) or Scotch broth
                                  Haggis
                                  Tatties and neeps
                                   Dessert
                                  some have been known to follow up with a wee dram.
Now in our house cannot get Fuzzy to even consider Haggis so we will be having bridies,tatties and neeps.Not quite sure what we'll have for a pudding yet but I'll figure it out soon.Now to finish this fine meal Fuzzy may have a wee dram but I think I canna do ( hate scotch)!
  Well Robbie Burns is not the only thing to celebrate today but it is finally warming up it is only minus 22 and no wind Thanks Be to God! We started out the week with minus 30 with a wind chill factor of -42, no school buses ran and chores got done quick as possible. Well I have got to go to town for Fuzzy and check on the neighbour's pets so I will sign out. Hope this finds you healthy and happy. Enjoy your weekend and remember SMILE

January 2013! I'm Back

Good morning world! I have been on a real dry spell or funk could not seem to be able to sit down and compose anything since may,I tried a few times but could not do it. I am not one for new year's resolutions,cannot seem to keep them so I am just going to make a list everyday and get as much done on it as possible.
I have been trying to keep up with reading everybodies posts,made a few comments but not many.2013 I will be trying harder to keep up to everybody and get some posts  up myself. I have been reading Clean and Scentsible and have been inspired to get my house back to being organised, she has some great ideas, some I already knew and just needed to be reminded of and some fresh ones. I have been cleaning kitchen cabinets this week and purging, have a box started for a garage sale or charity and the cupboards look really pretty good, hope they stay that way.If you want some inspiration pay her a visit.
 I have also fallen madly in love recently,and spending as much time with my new love as possible. I feel so much better about life when I get home from our time together.We cannot bring her home until the cattle go to pasture as we need another pen and barn or stable for her and her sister who belongs to our granddaughter.Yes,I have got a new horse! Spending the time with THE GRANDDAUGHTER taking her to 4-H,riding lessons,and just spending time with the horses I caught the bug once again,and decided I was going to get back into it and bought Chilli! Oh how I missed it, she makes me feel like a kid again.(Fuzzy tells me to remember that I'm not,so don't do stupid)
I have been knitting and crocheting,found some neat patterns so have been giving them a go.Doing a bit of work with some old barbed wire creating Christmas trees, which if I don't say so myself are pretty cute.One person who was leaving right after Christmas used it for her main Christmas decoration.
 Doing chores,I have been trying to pick out a few heifers to halter break in case someone decides to do some showing this year,and it never hurts if they know what a halter is.Everyone around here is pretty tight with hay because of the drought this past summer so hoping for an early spring.
Speaking of cattle had a good read when I stopped by to visit Julia at Of Petals and Wool.Love her stories of her Grandchildren and the cattle,her crafts,and just life,if you get a chance stop in and have a look it will be worth your time.
And to my neighbour and dear friend Knitwit, of 2 kids 2 dogs 2cars 2 tired, love it keep it coming makes my day you are an inspiration!
Well its time to go and get some work done, hope life is good and keep smiling! Take care and God bless!

Thank You for My Life-To My Mom!

Today, I thank my mom for giving me life and love.
  Fifty - One years ago this special lady gave birth to a bouncing ten lbs,3oz. baby girl, who the doctor and others thought was a boy or a set of twins, no it was just plain old me. This is why my name was shortened  Bob as I have a sister who was eight when I arrived so they referred to me as Bobbi instead of baby before I made my grand entrance, it stuck like glue.So I have been told mom had quite the time and if I had been a block head instead of a pin head there was a possibility neither of us would be here, so thank goodness for small heads it is easier to find hats any way.

Me!

   I have also been told for the longest time all I did was sleep, eat, pee and poop, then about six months later I gave them all a run for their money,more moves than a chicken full of ex lax.
   Mom taught me so many things and loved me enough to straighten me out when I needed it,( I still get a little worried when she takes off a shoe) ha ha, did not happen often but you never made the same mistake twice. Always after you where given a hug and told you were better than that. She taught my sister and I to be proud of who we were and to carry ourselves like we were somebody, still not sure who that somebody was, but I can tell you this our cloths hung much nicer when we remembered.
  We always grew a large garden and froze and canned a lot of vegetables,she even had a special way to get the peas shelled faster, we were told who ever got to the bottom of the wash tub full first could ride our bike to the corner store for treats for the rest. We thought this was cool so the race was on, was not till many years later that I realised how she played our competitive nature, and I called her on it and she just sat there and laughed thought it was the best joke because we never caught on until later when we grew up.
   She went back to teach when I went to school, and taught for a lot of years, but my sister and I both knew that if we needed a new outfit or dress that as long as we did our chores around the house and asked by Wednesday , she would make it for us, we might be going out the door with her tying off a thread but it would be done and beautifully so.
 She taught us to see things in the clouds, a piece of drift wood, how to make a canoe out of a pea shell,she'd let you fill your pockets full of stones and tell they where really neat.She taught 4-H for many years and has had the patience of Job.
   She is my best friend and I love her with all my heart she has seen me through scraped knees to child birth,to becoming a Granny . My Mom a lot of times never had to say much but led by example. Anything is possible if you are willing to work at it and towards it. Thanks Mom,I am still working at it. I love and thank you ! x0x0x0 God Bless May 25th 2012.

The Cattle Have Gone To Their Pastures!

Hi Everybody, Hope this finds you all well! Things have been pretty busy here.

  The cattle have gone to their different pastures, well not the bulls yet, that has been saved for this weekend.Last week Fuzzy and I had bonding time and I learnt more interesting language, did not know that there were that many cuss words. I am not sure what his problem was as it was me who was in the chute with the step dancing calves,and I still have the bruises to prove it.Took the two of us three days to get about  two hundred and thirty head vaccinated and sorted into different pasture groups and hauled out. Thank The Lord it is done!!!

lily of the valley for the month of may

My lilacs and a favorite old post card that was framed

   Getting some of the yard work done but a long way to go, having fun playing in the dirt,until I hear those little words BOB I NEED YA FOR A MINUTE..... Two hours later I am back in My happy place,but it is nice to be needed. The lily of the valley was pretty this year and had to bring some in, so that could enjoy it close up and personal. On one of the trips over to the other yard to help load the seed drill I remembered my nippers so I picked lilacs to bring home with me.Found an old white enamel jug to put them in and set them near the back entry to greet us on the way in so very fragrant. How many of us picked lilacs for our teacher on the way to school growing up,seemed a right of spring and the beginning of the end of the school year.
   Sunday was my day to clean the church, and I had three little helpers,the place shone and their momma wondered why they don't clean like that at home. Their response was but this the church it is more special,don't that beat all. Sunday after supper Fuzzy and I took Miss Lindsay horseback riding and were informed that she had to be home for eight o clock to watch the eclipse,cause daddy was going to let them see it thru the welding helmet. We were able to join in, and see it to, amazing!
    I found a different yarn this spring, so anytime I go with Fuzzy in the truck I have been taking it along and knitting when I have to wait, and when I can't be outside in the evenings or any down time so have some scarf made for the oh my goodness I need a gift box.
  Well the crop is in the cattle are in pastures so now I will have more time to work on the yard and enjoy the birds singing in the yard, Mom is moving down for the summer soon, so there will  be the occasional road trip,maybe a garage sale or two. but thank the lord life is very special.
     I have put up some pictures they are not the best,maybe I need a new camera or some lessons, but hope you can get the idea of what I am trying to show you.

These are the scarfs the green one is different yarn, finer.

   Take care and God bless!

Life is Returning to Normal a Little Bit at a Time!

       Good morning, hope all is well out there in blogger land. Calving has pretty well come to a stand still,one or two every couple of days, but not the way it was a couple of weeks ago. I was working on the cattle books yesterday and realised that the bulls had done a fairly good job last year as we had ninety one calves in a month. Not bad, boys!
       I am starting to feel human again,and able to interact with other human beings with out putting both my feet in my mouth at the same time, or just having incredible crap come out of my mouth unless I was on guard all the time.( well I guess there is still some of that going on). Amazing what a full night's sleep does for a person.
     I have been trying to read everybody's posts just to keep up with what is happening, but have not left many comments as brain was not functioning that well, enjoyed seeing the pictures from Julia's retreat, beautiful work and really fascinating wish I was closer,looks like it would be fun. Knit wit's projects are inspiring also, great work girls. Thank you to all the bloggers I read, really brightens my days and are inspirational. Thank you for all the comments, and the thoughts on the chairs, have decided to leave them as they are for now, just a good cleaning and oiling and they look pretty good. Thank you Nezzy for the birthday wishes for Mom, we had a really nice time and some good laughs remembering old times and such. While I was up there I discovered an new favourite store, Mom was telling me about it before I went up, so we went and had a visit. My wallet was a little lighter when we came out, but was it ever cool, fabric, yarn,patterns,new ideas and just an all around wonderful place, can't wait to visit again.
 Well I guess I had better get back to work,as Fuzzy will be back shortly to move cows and calves, no church today,so I guess my prayers and worship will be with the cows and the great outdoors, they don't get its Sunday. Take Care and God Bless, hope to get back to posting on a regular basis now.





My new herd marker!