Showing posts with label animals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label animals. Show all posts

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Minnesota Farm Vacation


My husband and I just came back from a brief hiatus in Pine Island, Minnesota at Misty Meadows Farm located near Rochester, Minnesota.  The owners, Paul and Lela Wiens, raise grass-fed beef and lamb and produce free-range chicken.

We had such a wonderful, stress free time out in the country relaxing on the back porch, listening to the birds and enjoying the night sky.  Farm life seems pretty slow to a city girl like me, but there were actually a lot of changes that happened during my visit and I'll chronicle these and give you a taste of country life in my next few blog posts (and I'll also be finishing my orange dress, very soon!)


This is  a side view of the farmhouse--isn't it charming?
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This is the front of the house and below is right inside the front door.



This is so cool--it's a silo for grain storage (not in use now).


Paul Wiens, the farmer uses this tractor to spread seed.


We were outside on the back porch a lot, stargazing at night (I can't believe how bright the stars were!) or listening to the birds in the morning.


This is a retired windmill.

Stay tuned for the blog about "peepers" and a new goose!

Sunday, August 26, 2012

My Favorite !Bling! of All Time (Number 2 of 5)

This is one of the cutest bags I've ever made and it's that bling thing. I mean, look at it!



I bought this necklace years ago and one day I noticed how well it went with this fabric.

Not only are the beads cute, but there's these wonderful animal cutouts that I sewed on either side of the purse. The other great thing about these beads are they are lightweight, so the purse doesn't fall.

Isn't this the custest?



Previous Favorite blings:

My Favorite Bling of All Time #1

Thursday, June 7, 2012

I Love My Husband

So, I was trying to figure out what fabric I was going to use for a dress and bonnet I want to make for my niece's new baby.

I came up with a charming animal print, with happy giraffs, lions and tigers. I showed my husband this and told him I need to get some coordinating fabric for the hat.

He recoiled from the fabric. "No!" he said. "That fabric is awful!"

I was surprised but went back to the drawing board to find something else. Well, I didn't have anything else.

I came back out to the living room. "I'm going to need to go to Joanne--"

He gave me a knowing look. "Sure." he said, "And you have all that fabric in there."

"Well, I don't have anymore baby fabric."

"Baby fabric? Why do you want to wear baby fabric?"

I took a deep breath. "You thought that was for me? That I was going to make a dress for me out of baby fabric?"

"If you did, I was going to walk on the other side of the road."

Boy, I really, really love my husband.