Sometimes he just takes my breath away.
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Sometimes he just takes my breath away.
Author: Carol
Subtle Signs
Mother Nature continues to tempt us with thoughts of springtime. They may be subtle. They may be minor. But they exist just the same. The warmth of a 40 degree day actually *feels* warm. The sun has a strength to it that has been lacking. Makes you want to lay down in it and dream….
Axe-ident
I spent yesterday afternoon huffing, puffing, and swinging an axe. In November, when the first snow fell, we weren’t thinking about calving. We were thinking let the cows and horses graze unimpeded. Which is great. Which works fine until February. February… when the electric fence wire we laid down in the summer is now buried…
Neighborly OOPE
We helped the neighbors vaccinate their cows. It was the perfect opportunity to share more OOPE photos that show a different setting! First of all, notice anything different? Yup, our cows used to look like this when Vernon and I got married. We had a straight Hereford herd too. As the years passed we felt the market…
Meanwhile… Back at the Ranch
I’ve taken a bit of a detour lately, focusing on my hobby of pysanky. Thanks for putting up with that… and I may include a photo of the next egg or two I create, just for kicks, in the future. Sharing what keeps me creative is definitely part of my life… But, I figured it…
The Winner is…
The winner of the pysanky egg is JoAnna! Thanks to everyone for entering… I hope you have a wonderful Valentine’s Day!
Long Day off the Ranch
Well, this sure was a day that got away from me! First came the typical routine… Then I made a peach cobbler and lunch… Then S. showed up to give me a copy of her book and visit for a bit… Which was loads of fun – but way too short of a time. We…
Pysanky Monochrome
OK… If you are just getting into pysanky… this is a quick and fun learning experience. I just do this design freehand, and vines and leaves seem to be an easy subject for me. I often recommend that people draw what they doodle… are you a star person or triangles? Do you outline letters or…
Pysanky – Nontraditional
Thanks to those that have entered my pysanky giveaway… your odds are really good at winning it! 😉 For those that have been following my traditional Ukrainian egg decorating lessons… it’s time to get wild and crazy! We tried traditional designs like this: Now let’s try something along these lines: I have included: tumbling blocks quilt…
Pysanky Giveaway
Well, since all the big blogs do it, I decided to have a giveaway! Sorry, can’t afford anything big like cameras and gift cards…but I thought I’d follow in my traditional method of giving away my first creation… of my “online” pysanky! So, if you want to win, leave a comment in my comment section…
Pysanky Continued
I’ve taken you through the basic steps of pysanky… from white egg to wax covered, multi-colored egg. The last dye was black. There is no need to cover the black since you are done! Congratulations! Now comes the fun part! I’ve said that… now I’m going to retract it! If you are going to…
Pysanky Continued
Pysanky Continued We started with a plain ol’ egg, drew on it, covered what we wanted to remain white with wax. The next step… what do we want yellow? Same rule applies here… Everything we want yellow has to be covered now with wax. Now you can see where all the white is going to…