For the women out there… (sorry, guys… estrogen area ahead!) Do you remember “The Zone”? For those of you my age… we endured childbirth the “natural” way… no drugs, nada, nothing. My oldest, my daughter, took forever! My middle child was a large baby boy with a round head. My baby… I “zoned” on him……
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Heifers 3
So, we have gathered and sorted heifers, and now we do our night checks. I’m in charge of the 10:30 pm night check… I’m more a night owl than Vernon, so while he might have been in bed for a couple of hours already, I’m just finishing a craft or watching the news, or reading a book… and ready…
Heifers 2
What a wonderful springlike day… warm, snow melting everywhere… runoff turning the creek from clear to red… and more babies! Our cows have now started having babies as well, so within two weeks we’ll be surrounded by calves – bucking, playing, running wild with tails in the air! For now, I have the second video…
Heifers Step 1
I have a series of videos showing how we calve our heifers. Tonight is step one… The gathering of the small area where they spend their days. If any calves want to be born in daylight, we’ll just push them up to the corral and pen them. However, if they choose to be born at…
Inspiration – Stoves and Eggs
Although I haven’t shared the other pysanky eggs I’ve been working on… I just have to share this one because I shared its inspiration the other day. Some of you even wrote and said you loved my inspiration too. For those of you out of the loop, here’s the Coolest Wood Stove of all Time that I drool…
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…
Apologies, Thanks, and Creativity
Apologies, Thanks, and Creativity First, let me extend my apologies for not posting last night. I have sincerely tried to keep my postings consistent. However, Brandon came home from Laramie last night and bounced his Dodge Dakota into the guardrail at the top of Ten Sleep Canyon. He had just thought about how nice and dry…
Lucas’ Paw
For those of you ready to follow pysanky instructions, never fear… I’ll continue your lessons, but figured I needed to mix it up a little. Keep researching designs and transfer some outlines to your egg(s). Did you place your order yet? Meanwhile… I need some opinions and help here. I think you’ve all heard the story of…