Where have I been since last Friday? Gone 10 hours drive away, to Wisconsin for Easter, with DH and DD1, to meet her future in-laws, and see where she is planning to make a life with MrFarmer... 8-)
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ust say a "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" to DD1 who turned the big "25" today!!!! 8-)
All of DD1's future in-laws surprized us with this early birthday treat on Easter Sunday, since we were all together...
Delicious cheesecakes!! 8-)
This darling little barn-cat took to me that day for some reason, and followed me/us around like a dog the whole time we were there...
It tried to be a "stowaway" for the ride home!!
...did I mention I am not a cat person? 8-)
There were even 2 Easter calves born on Sunday! Two males... The one in the photo was born while we were doing the dishes... 8-)
This is Mr Farmer's grandparents' 80 year old farmhouse that will be renovated for them to live in when married.
You should see the beautiful woodwork in there!!!
It is going to be wonderful when done!!!
I am sooooo jealous!!!
This is the barn!
I couldn't believe how many dairy farms there were to be seen in Wisconsin!!! Like 3 to 6 every mile we drove it seemed!!! GOT MILK!? ...GOT CHEESE!?! 8-)
Wisconsin does, and how!!! 8-)
Milking time!
We had never seen a "dairy parlor" and how they operate. It was very interesting! Here DH (center) is helping with evening chores... DD1 (red babushka) knows here way around this setup quite well! She really surprized us, especially since she has always
hated (smelly and dirty) disliked farms...
Mr Farmer, her teacher, in the yellow...
Yup! That is me!
Someone had to "muck out" the barn after milking...
Since I chose not to do any of the milking (beyond proving, with a squirt of milk by hand, that I could), I got "voluntold" to do so...
So mucking out the barn I did! 8-)
Don't I look like a natural!?! lol!
Like the fancy boots? 8-)
Here, I am just showing you a bit of the overland flooding from the Red River that happens out our way most Springs lately... It wasn't as b
ad as last year, as this year the roads were open for me to take the normal way home from the USA... We took an alternate route going down, bit it takes more driving
time...
This photo was taken on a bridge. The water was covering the bottom of it...
... in case you are wondering, I did some more retail therapy on the way home... Mill End Textiles in Fargo, and Joann's in Grand Forks... I shall show you later what goodies I bought! 8-)
Happy stitchings!
Myra
This is where QGB and I are going to this weekend! We, and our group, have been looking forward to this Spring Retreat for a while now... DD1 and DD2 will be cooking for us!!! Looking forward to that as they are good cooks! Yum! 8-)
Then it was decided to take DD2 & MrRose's "new" older boat for a test drive, so off we all went to a pond a mile down the road.
A boat full, and a few of the kids in a canoe in the background...
DD2 doing her queenly wave while MrRose puts on his life-jacket...
The little boys were showing off their minnows that they were catching. (which they released no problem before we went back to the house)
At dinner time there were 16 of us. DH & myself, DS & MissLocks, DD2 & MrRose, and the rest was his family plus one in-law. Absent were his 2 older siblings and their families, as well as our DD1 and MrFarmer...
un to make, and I am looking forward to our "row robin pizza box" exchange this coming Wednesday! There is 9 of us involved, plus a list/box keeper.
Happy stitchings!
If ever I do another hex quilt again, I will do it in rows, not in clusters of 10/12 as I have done here... 8-)
This is what she is using on the back. Kind of like a fake fur. Don't know how quilting that will be, but I am sure she will fill us in when next we meet! 8-)
This is the Spring wall quilt that C is making for her Daughter's classroom door. I think it is every month that they hang a new one... The kids love it! 8-)
This is G's floor mat she was crocheting out of an old corderoy (sp?) curtain, for in her sunroom.
Pitty, but I haven't anything at all to show for myself, as I don't want to spoil the surprize of the wedding quilts... 8-/
Thread play flowers... Love it!!! 8-)
This piece sparked some convo for sure, with its different inserts...
We got a good chuckle out of the writeup for this quilt!
Tis a Country Rose quilt night today. I haven't seen the gals in a good month because of my travels to Vegas, and to the Wisconsin farm... I am looking forward to seeing them all... 8-)
DH is back from his 2 week stay at the farm in Wisconsin. He says that they got a good start done for the home renovations for DD1 and MrFarmer... 8-)
Made from men's ties...
Each is on a side of a corner, thus looks somewhat distorted...
Perhaps some more Quilt Show photos tomorrow...
Here it sits in my living-room today! 8-)
ust say a "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" to DD1 who turned the big "25" today!!!! 8-)
This darling little barn-cat took to me that day for some reason, and followed me/us around like a dog the whole time we were there...
You should see the beautiful woodwork in there!!!
I couldn't believe how many dairy farms there were to be seen in Wisconsin!!! Like 3 to 6 every mile we drove it seemed!!! GOT MILK!? ...GOT CHEESE!?! 8-)
We had never seen a "dairy parlor" and how they operate. It was very interesting! Here DH (center) is helping with evening chores... DD1 (red babushka) knows here way around this setup quite well! She really surprized us, especially since she has always 
So mucking out the barn I did! 8-)
ad as last year, as this year the roads were open for me to take the normal way home from the USA... We took an alternate route going down, bit it takes more driving 
time...
