Sassy & Sweet Notes

Little Moo

It was an exciting day on the farm today, as Alan and I got to watch Lucy deliver her baby. So fun! I will spare you the graphic photos. *grin*

Darcy's calf was quite interested in what was going on. We are certain these two will become fast friends. It was a perfect day for delivery. Yesterday's rain cooled the air. Though a bit windy, the afternoon sun was finding it's way through the remaining clouds.

The name Little Moo comes from a young blog reader named Chris who reads the blog with his mom. He LOVES cows, and suggested that "Little Moo" would be the perfect name for Lucy's baby. We quite agree! Little Moo she is!

First time standing, but a bit wobbly yet. She'll be racing circles around the barnyard in no time!

Baaaaad Boxcar Betty was being unsocial, laying in the bunk feeder with her back to the action.

Callio-Pea napped in the other end of the bunk feeder. Typical afternoon goat activity.

With the activity on the farm today, Alan and I didn't make it to the gun show. Another time, I imagine.

Hope you had a super weekend!

Farm Fresh BABY News!

Lucy had her baby! A little black heifer... Yay, Lucy!!

More to come...

Rainy Saturday

It has rained all day. In fact, it's 11:30pm and it's STILL raining! We LOVE it!! We sooooo needed this rain. But that just means that it's time for me to knock the dust off, and dead bugs out of my muck boots and prepare for a muddy week of farm chores. Seriously, it gets mega-slick here after a rain. It's disgusting, actually.

So, what did I do on this delightful rainy Saturday?

I cleaned up my craft table! Now I can actually see my table and have more than my usual 6 inches of workspace available! It was a serious mess!

And I stamped! Yay! The image and sentiment are from my Whipper Snapper cling set called Beautiful Day.

I think Alan and I are going to a gun show tomorrow ... and who knows, maybe we'll come home with a new pistol....  *grin*

Hope you are having a super weekend!

Paper Loft

I've got a fun little announcement to share with ya! I was asked to be part of the Paper Loft design team, to create projects that feature their paper lines. Whaaa-hooo! How fun! The members of the design team are being announced one by one on the Paper Loft blog.

I think it's a perfect fit for me, as their paper lines have a lot of my favorite colors in them. They use rich, earthy colors that are just perfect for the kinds of projects and cards I like to make. I'm excited!

This month their Halloween paper lines are on sale, so I did a project using a few of their Halloween papers. You can bet that the spider print totally freaks me out. Ack!

My absolute favorite line is Funkysaurus. Not necessarily for the one dinosaur print in the line, but for the fabulous colors and patterns of all the other papers in the line! Seriously ... so perfect for fall, boys, farm, garden, ... me!!

Happy Friday!!

Oh, and if you're wondering about Lucy, she's still prego. No baby YET. Come on, Lucy! Any day now! *grin*

Lucy

In cow news...  We're waiting for Lucy (a farm favorite) to have her baby. We've got her in the barnyard with the goats, Darcy, and Darcy's baby. So, while Lucy waits for her own little one to arrive, she gets to play Gramma to Darcy's baby.

Yup, it's pretty exciting around here...

Moose: 7 months old

While Daisy celebrated her 12th birthday, Moose celebrated his 7-month birthday! Based on when he was dropped off in our driveway on June 21st, and the vet putting his age at 4 months, that would have made him born right around February 21st! Works for me!

Everyone should have a 55 pound baby, as far as I'm concerned! *grin*

A few more photos from yesterday evening, just for giggles...

Happy Birthday, Daisy!

Miss Daisy celebrated her 12th birthday this weekend!!
Happy Birthday to my big ol' chocolate chunk!

Rustic Snowman Fabric Ornament & Card

Saturday is the last day to enter the current Touch Twin challenge. It's a fun challenge, easy enough to participate in! Get all the details on the Touch Twin Challenge blog.

The stamp image I used on my project is my own "Rustic Snowman", available at Whipper Snapper Designs. I stamped the image on natural cotton muslin using Ancient Page Coal Black ink. The image is colored with ShinHan Touch Twin markers. Difficult to see in the photos, but the ornament is sprayed with silver craft glitter for lots of sparkle and shine.

To present the ornament, I added it to the front of a simple card with a very light removable adhesive, making this a nice holiday greeting, AND gift! The sentiment I used on the front of the card is from the Snowy's Woodland Pals clear set from Inky Antics.

High Hopes Challenge: Anything that Hops

The current High Hopes challenge topic is "Anything that Hops". Well, I misread the challenge and read it as "Anything Goes Hop", thinking that any stamp image would work, for a blog hop. DOH!

I used one of my FAVORITE High Hopes images, called North Woods Stack. But I guess it sort of works, if you consider the bear hopped, the beaver hopped, and the goose hopped, but the moose just had to stand still. *grin*

Find all the details on the High Hopes blog.

HAPPY FRIDAY!!

Just Moose.

Looks like someone needs a cookie ... and a BATH! Those lines on his head ... yup, it's dirt. Filthy boy...

Welcome a New Little One

A few days ago I mentioned briefly that we welcomed a new little one to the farm on Friday, and I thought it was about time I shared a photo! Our cow, Darcy, had a little heifer calf, and she is as tiny and CUTE as can be! She's got her legs under her now, and love to race around the barnyard. Zoooooooom!

Moo!

In Remembrance

I added a flag to the birdhouse chair, lit by the light from the setting sun.

Give This Photo a Caption

While I was taking photos of the sunset, Moose took Alan for a drag, and got to meet some of the neighbor's cows...give this photo a caption!

September Texas Sunset

Tonight's sunset was amazing... hope you enjoy! As always, click on the images for a larger view.

I'm sooooo ready for Autumn!

Autumn is my FAVORITE season, without a doubt. Not necessarily a Texas Autumn (I tend to like spring here when the flowers are blooming), but elsewhere, Autumn is my favorite season.  As for home decor, colors and clothing, it's also my favorite season. I love warm, earthy colors, and now that we've got Labor Day behind us, I'm pulling out the darker shirts and enjoying my favorite colors again. Yay!!

Tomorrow is the last day to enter the current Touch Twin challenge. It's a color challenge, so easy enough to participate in! Get all the details on the Touch Twin Challenge blog. The stamp image is my own "Farm Scarecrow", available at Whipper Snapper Designs.

Hope you have a FANTASTIC weekend! We welcomed a new little one to the farm today, so stay tuned for photos!

Happy Birthday, Dad!

Sending BIG happy birthday wishes to my Dad! Here is a mobile phone photo I took of the two of us in July, when I was up north for a visit.

You know Dad here on the blog through his comments, posted by DK Wight. He enjoys reading the blog and ALL of the comments posted, and considers many of you, dear readers, friends. He thinks it's wonderful that there are readers from all over the world, and really enjoys what you share.

Happy Birthday, Dad!!

Hope your day is marvelous!!

Goats!

Thought I'd share the September photo, from the 2012 On the Farm calendar.

Our two little fatty-girl goats, Callio-Pea and Baaaaad Boxcar Betty!

Hope you're enjoying this long Labor Day weekend!