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Finished with this "experiment" this week; my first time sewing and cutting a weaving. </div>
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The fringe didn't turn out like I had planned, but I think it looks pretty good like it is.</div>
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It was a lot harder than I anticipated sewing a seam on something this thick~ I decreased my presser foot pressure but it still wouldn't go through. Finally I lowered the feed dogs and just started "pushing" it through my machine and it seemed to work.</div>
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I'm already planning my next weaving project, </div>
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and it probably won't include any sewing.</div>
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We're <i>finally</i> having fall temperatures here... it was 34 this morning, and a fire felt awfully good to knock the chill off.</div>
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Tug has figured this out, too and wouldn't move long enough for me to open the stove door to put more wood inside. </div>
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Also, I turned 50 last weekend... </div>
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The years have flown by so fast it's still hard to believe... </div>
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I'm off to put a loaf of bread in my bread machine... I sure don't need to eat it but I make it because I love the way the house smells. (Yeah, right!) </div>
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You would think that after keeping chickens ever since I was five, I would get used to losing them. I mean, down through the years there have been so many, I've lost track of all the different breeds I've had and even forgotten some of their names. But maybe it's the time of the year... I love fall but something about it always seems a tad melancholy to me... or maybe it's the time of <i>my life, </i>when death in any form seems to affect me more than it did twenty years ago. At any rate, I lost one of my two remaining red hens today. And life goes on, tomorrow will be a new day, and so on. But she was one of the good ones. She would come running for treats, would even let me pick her up and hold her. And when she got sick a few days ago, (I suspect she was egg-bound..) she was so patient with me while I tried to doctor her up and help her get well. Even when I tried to dislodge the object inside her with my finger (I'll spare you those details) she just let out a little "ooooh" and blinked her eyes a few times, then softly jumped to the ground and tried to get as far away from me and my finger as she could.<br />
Chickens can be interesting creatures, and some can be hilariously entertaining, but few make sweet pets; most poultry just don't have that instinct in them. I've had a few, and you never forget them. Red Hen #2 was one of those. And today, I just wanted to honor her life. Sleep tight, sweet girl.Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02693565002250035794noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104621376008534975.post-33208938480710196512019-01-04T14:48:00.000-05:002019-01-04T17:59:38.728-05:00Filling in the blanks... <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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2018 went by so fast... hardly had time to realize it until it was gone. It seemed like at times it would be a year of "losses".. but then a bright spot would always appear. Starting in late January, we lost one of our ewes, Dolly, who'd been sick for a few months before but took a sudden turn for the worse in cold weather. Then we lost our sweet red rooster, Big Otis, in the spring along with another sheep from our flock, Meatball, who passed unexpectedly one morning. I found him unable to get up and by the time I got back to the barn with my vet on the phone, he was gone.... now our little flock of sheep is down to four, and they're all ten years old, so time is catching up with them as well. *sigh* We also lost two hives of honeybees this year... we're still scratching our heads over that one. We will hopefully try again this year if we can find some nucs from a local beekeeper.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhslG9qFWtGSsEXngXvofxVSOLVz2PwpuHkF5kXUrtyFmy4XDNCO3f56fBunYLgCUz5CBYXEn9Q0OZdiNJ9MTtQXbhbTC72a8emkJszCnT1lKUGREEDp7K63qeYajzMVjOyxoHQgHlrCjE/s1600/IMG_6040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1375" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhslG9qFWtGSsEXngXvofxVSOLVz2PwpuHkF5kXUrtyFmy4XDNCO3f56fBunYLgCUz5CBYXEn9Q0OZdiNJ9MTtQXbhbTC72a8emkJszCnT1lKUGREEDp7K63qeYajzMVjOyxoHQgHlrCjE/s200/IMG_6040.JPG" width="171" /></a>In November, we found out Lily had an inoperable mass in her stomach and we had to let her go. I was devastated... and swore I didn't want another dog for a long time, if ever. Two weeks later I had to eat those words when a little bulldog came into our life unexpectedly and stole our hearts. He's not Lily, and that's okay... I will always miss and love her but there's always enough love to go around, and you can't help but to love this little guy... meet "Tuggy". (Or Tug, for short.) He's all boy and loves to chew on anything, but he is also a snuggle bug and has no clue what the phrase "personal space" means. But that's okay by me.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiYi9JqOgouGXpiwU5JKuiliEE8kY3qjuwrMYqdjdbJhehbsYbBNLTZ5aqPexmMSNr9-pu1IA5KPTP1WUE20ZK0n8vv3TCBeUraz8FqOrtlb1pF7-m7D_5910gho7zmUAI0X0goEY_TRc/s1600/29028066_10204341927545605_5875584122138656768_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiYi9JqOgouGXpiwU5JKuiliEE8kY3qjuwrMYqdjdbJhehbsYbBNLTZ5aqPexmMSNr9-pu1IA5KPTP1WUE20ZK0n8vv3TCBeUraz8FqOrtlb1pF7-m7D_5910gho7zmUAI0X0goEY_TRc/s200/29028066_10204341927545605_5875584122138656768_n.jpg" width="200" /></a>One of the brightest spots of 2018 (and a dream come true for me)~ I finally have my very own little apple orchard. I tucked away a small part of my inheritance when Dad passed away in 2016 for the day when I would be ready to start planting. Twenty apple trees went into the ground in March and April~ five of each: Granny Smiths, Honeycrisps, Winesaps; three Arkansas Blacks, and two McIntosh.<br />
Then we had a drought...*sigh*... thankfully we were able to get a water tank, and every night for two months we watered trees.<br />
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Hubby also saw his dream of a vineyard realized... he built three trellises and planted red and white grapes, along with a row of muscadines. We are anxiously looking forward to spring, hoping all we planted last year continues to grow and will one day bear not only fruit for us but enough left over to share.<br />
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Now that the holidays are over and life is finally slowing down, I'm looking forward to doing some weaving in the next few weeks before really warm weather arrives and I have to spend most of my time outside... once Tuggy is "potty-trained", maybe....<br />
Until next time,<br />
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<br />Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02693565002250035794noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104621376008534975.post-87946708352884818072018-01-04T10:02:00.001-05:002018-01-04T10:04:41.232-05:00Thursday Busyness<img id="id_885d_8165_8ef0_42d9" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SOaf-JWeFQU/Wk5BZtlUdgI/AAAAAAAALL4/pX3lVBc5-X8IoEUQloRz2DvPlqbcvKDOQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 718px; height: auto;"><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Snow flurries and overcast skies greeted me at sunrise; pretty much a raw morning as the wind is whipping around, making it feel much, <i>much</i> colder. The high temperature today is supposed to be 24, so the daily pattern of “break ice, fill with warm water, repeat” will continue so the sheep and chickens will have something to drink. Meanwhile, Lily is tending the fire for me while I make a pot of tea, and by tending, I mean napping upright on her pillow.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><img id="id_4290_c22_bd77_4be6" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CkJwbh4gutA/Wk5BV0eH_kI/AAAAAAAALL0/OkHkrcpHW7YdDKVuJO6uow-MFKzqe-5RACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 718px; height: auto;"><br><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">On my agenda for today, along with a mountain of laundry: cleaning up the last of the decorations and messes from Christmas, like the one I made in my sewing room while wrapping presents a couple of weeks ago. I’ve been able to put off dealing with that by just staying out of that room, but yesterday I couldn’t find my scissors in the midst of all the clutter, so its time. I also want to finish binding a small lap quilt I made for myself. 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No resolutions, no goals or expectations for the next twelve months; just to try to be a better version of <i>me</i>.<br />
Oh, and start blogging again. Well, that and eat healthier. And a little more exercise wouldn’t hurt... *sigh*<br />
Hello, 2018!!<br />
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<br />Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02693565002250035794noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104621376008534975.post-56812724172970157752017-03-10T12:43:00.000-05:002017-03-10T12:43:22.210-05:00A long time coming....So much time has gone by.... where do I start? If anyone is still out there, I'll just say for the record that although I've been away from my blog for what seems like forever... I never forgot about it- or all my blog friends either.<br />
I'll try to give an update on what's been going on around the Fraker Farm for the past year... I almost always talked to my dad several times a week, and in February of 2016 I had tried to call my dad for a couple of days but he never answered his phone. It was not unusual for him to not to answer on the first few tries because sometimes he just didn't hear the phone ring or he was outside when I called, but he always called me back after seeing my number on his caller ID. When he didn't return my calls, I started to worry. I drove to his house to check on him the next morning (I live almost an hour away) and found him on the floor. He had been there for at least 24-36 hours, judging by the condition of his clothes. He was alive, but very disoriented and dehydrated. It was terribly sad to see him in that condition....<br />
After a week in the hospital and another two weeks at Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center in Knoxville, my husband and I brought him home to live with us. It was without a doubt one of the hardest things I've ever decided to do, but at the same time, the most rewarding. It was not without many days of frustration, for my daddy, and for me, but in the end, I'm so thankful for the opportunity to spend time with him because, unbeknownst to my hubby and I, my dad was in renal failure. After another stint in the hospital and a short time in hospice care, he passed away at our home at the age of 81.<br />
I've felt the need for a while to start blogging again, if for no other reason but to have an "online journal" of sorts. It makes it easier for me to keep track of things these days- as I found out in 2016 when the days all seem to run together and life is on autopilot- and it's nice to have some reference points and milestones recorded somewhere to look back on. So, maybe I'll just be blogging for me, but I hope someone is out there still reading and keeping up with me. *wink* I'll give more updates another time, but just in case you're wondering, Lily, the sheepies, and those crazy chickens are all still living the good life.<br />
I'll stop right here for now, but I'm going to leave a few photos of my Dad on here today.<br />
Miss you, daddy...<br />
Love,<br />
Your little girl.<br />
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Thanks to those of you who have sent emails checking up on me and making sure everything was okay. I never meant to be away so long....<br />
So much has happened since my last post; along with the usual "busyness" of summer, my aunt and uncle were involved in a very serious car accident in July. They have both recovered for the most part, but since they are in their late 70's, it was a long road for them. Hubby and I tried to help them out as much as we could, so along with taking care of their place <i>and</i> my Dad's yard as well as our own, summer came and went before we knew it.<br />
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In August, we had to have Daisy put down. Those of you who've read my blog for a long time will remember her story~ she was our very first sheep; a bottle lamb. One day I found her limping very badly on her back leg, not able to put any weight on it it all. I wasn't sure if it was a hoof problem, so I checked it out but didn't find anything. By the second or third day, it was clear she had either dislocated her hip or worse, it was broken. And by this time she was in so much discomfort, she had stopped eating. We had a vet come and look at her but she advised that any type of treatment would have a slim-to-none chance of working. So, I made the decision no one <i>wants</i> to make, but in the best interest of the animal, you know it's what you have to do. It's been almost two months, and I still look for her every morning when I go to the barn....<br />
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Meet "Big Otis" and his girls.</div>
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It's just part of having chickens. They get old. And stop laying.<br />
And die.<br />
Of course, around here they always die of natural causes....<br />
Once a hen's laying days are over on the Fraker Farm, they get put "out to pasture" so to speak. In other words, I turn them out every morning and let them spend their days roaming and foraging to their hearts content, and I figure if they become a meal for a predator at least they died happy, since most chickens think it's heaven to get to free-range at all, let alone all day long.<br />
I usually don't keep more than 4 or 5 laying hens at a time anymore simply because I stopped selling (and giving away) eggs and the feed is too expensive to justify keeping more hens than we need to in order to have enough eggs for two people.<br />
I bought four Red Star chicks a few years ago, after having only Rhode Island Reds as my primary layers for many years. I fell in love with these calm, beautiful girls right away. Even as chicks they were so sweet and curious... I could stick my hand down in their box and instead of freaking out like most breeds do, they would come to my hand and peck at my wedding band along with any mole or freckle they thought might need inspecting.<br />
The Four Hens of the Apocalypse (as they came to be known after what they would do to the mulch in my flower beds) lived the good life... they were almost five and their egg-laying parts had slowed down considerably so they started spending their days outside the coop. Unfortunately, one fell victim to a predator, and I lost two more to some mystery chicken illness soon after. I only have the one remaining hen, and she prefers to spend her days hanging out in the sheep barn, but occasionally she comes to the back door and waits for a treat.<br />
Ah, the golden years. :)<br />
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I knew this would probably be the year I would need to get some new egg-layers, and I'd already made up my mind to get more Red Stars. Besides, the feed store where I always bought chicks never has a big selection of large breeds to choose from.<br />
Wouldn't you know, this was the year they decided to carry some of my "dream" chickens... Buff Orpingtons. I've always wanted some of these big beautiful birds... sometimes just saying the regal name "Orpington" would make me smile and sigh over the dream of one day having a few for my very own.<br />
I know this sounds hard to believe coming from me, but, well... I went a little overboard at the feed store.<br />
*snicker snort*<br />
I came out of there with <i>six</i> Red Stars and <i>three</i> Buff Orpingtons, which I held in my lap on the way home and all the while Hubby had that look on his face... you know the one~ the "guess I'll be building a bigger coop" kinda look. Poor thing.<br />
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They're going through that awkward "teenage" stage right now, where they're all legs and feet. </div>
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And my favorite thing in the whole world (other than baby chicks) is waiting for the day those fresh brown eggs start rolling off the assembly line. *squeee*</div>
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I also know firsthand how frustrating it is to plant one day and then the weather make you lose all hope in your garden the very next day. </div>
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Hubby left the broccoli alone, and it actually came back to life after a few days of warm sunshine. </div>
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Here he is working the rows with "Cubby".</div>
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We put corn in the ground this week~ </div>
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Happy Friday!!!</div>
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Yes, it is I.... slinking back into this blawg after neglecting it for, well... all of 2014 so far. *Sigh*<br />
No excuses, really... just can't seem to cram enough into each day lately, let alone post updates on here.<br />
But that is all about to change! (Really?) Yes.<br />
I have a rather large and growing collection of pictures from the last three months I'm just about to bust to share. With anyone. Just not today. *Insert evil laugh* I'll be posting them on Friday Farm Fotos over the next few weeks, spreading them out so it will be more exciting that way. Kinda like a cliffhanger. Or not.<br />
I'm also going to start something new around here; I started writing in my journal again back a few months ago, and I'm thinking of sharing some of my short stories from it with you. Sometimes I just write nonsense~ well make that <i>most</i> of the time~ but some of them are memories from my childhood and other musings that I want to put on here if for no other reason than to <i>put it out there</i> for someone other than me to read.<br />
Oh, and something else~ I'm trying to familiarize myself with all this social media stuff by posting a picture every morning on Twitter or Instagram or both. Usually it's a picture of a chicken, a sheepie, or Lily; so if you can handle critter cuteness first thing in the morning, look me up. Click <i><a href="https://twitter.com/PaulaFraker"><span style="color: #990000;">here</span></a></i> to find me on Twitter, and <i><a href="http://instagram.com/frakerfarmchick/"><span style="color: #990000;">here</span></a></i> to find me on Instagram. Oh, and <i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/paula.young.fraker?ref=tn_tnmn"><span style="color: #990000;">here</span></a></i> for Facebook, if that's your thing.<br />
I've got a lot of catching up to do with all my blog friends, so I'd better get started.... can't wait to see what's been going on with YOU!<br />
Happy Tuesday!Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02693565002250035794noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104621376008534975.post-41395103161679177702014-02-21T13:59:00.000-05:002014-02-21T13:59:39.121-05:00January, February....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Time has a way of getting by without realizing.....<br />
I haven't written anything on here since the first of January, and now I'm wondering now where the last seven weeks have flown to. *Sigh*<br />
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Everyone around here is okay, including the critters; but the weather sure has been keeping us on our toes lately. </div>
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For instance, this was what it looked like here last Thursday~</div>
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A few weeks ago everything was covered over with ice as the temperatures stayed in single digits and teens here for several days.... here I am trying to thaw the sheep's water out with a torch.<br />
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Getting water to the animals in the winter can sometimes be a headache, especially since the outside spigots had to be covered in insulation to keep them from freezing. When the temperature was near or below freezing, we had to carry water in 5-gallon buckets to the barn. </div>
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If you want to know how out of shape you are, try carrying two at a time up a hill. </div>
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Trust me, it is a humbling experience. *UGH*</div>
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Here is my sweetie, carrying water to the sheep barn for me when he got home from work. </div>
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Since this is the last Friday of 2013, I thought it would be fitting to take a look back at the farmy highlights from this past year. Last Christmas Hubby gave me a brand new camera and I didn't realize just how many pictures I'd taken with it until I went back into my archives. I ended up spending a couple of hours just looking through them all, enjoying the change in the seasons through the lens of my camera.<br />
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Lots of spring rains brought the pasture out early, and the sheep couldn't wait to start chowing down after eating dry hay all winter. This picture was from April and the wildflowers were popping up everywhere. That was perfectly fine with the sheep, they just ate them too. :)<br />
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Speaking of the sheep, they made it through 2013 very well, with the exception of me getting a late start on shearing them. Poor Tiny had to suffer through the humiliation having his wool halfway off when the clippers fell apart in my hand. The job was soon finished once the clippers were fixed, but I'm sure he was not happy about the other sheep laughing at his half-done hairdo.<br />
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Also in the spring~ fuzzy bottoms were hatched. *squeeeeeal*<br />
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Summer of 2013 will be remembered as the "Summer I spent on the mower." I don't think I have mowed this much since we moved here.... we had so much rain this year the grass was literally growing overnight. I think we spent more in gas for the mower than we did for the car all summer. *Whew*<br />
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Hubby's beautiful garden in June... we had very good luck with almost everything he planted~ but some critters called all their friends and relatives and helped themselves to our cantaloupe. *UGH*<br />
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I was so proud of my beautiful sunflowers, though... they brought a smile to my face every time I looked at them.<br />
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We only lost one member of the farm family this year, but it was my favorite big hen, Lucille. She was sickly in the spring, but seemed to improve over the summer. Then, in early fall, I found her lying motionless on the ground one morning. I will always miss her quirky chirps and seeing her running towards me, hoping I had a treat for her.<br />
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The bees did very well in 2013... Hubby and I took off nearly 9 gallons of honey in August, and we still left 2 full supers of honey for them to eat this winter.<br />
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The hummers were late arriving in the spring, but they also lingered late into October before finally leaving for the winter. I miss them.... and I hope they show up at the feeders early in 2014.<br />
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And January through December, 365 days a year, you can always find Lily doing her favorite thing.<br />
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Thanks for taking a look back with me! </div>
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As we watch the sun setting on the old year, I get to say it one last time in 2013.....</div>
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A wish for a safe Holiday season along with much love from all of us here on the Fraker Farm~ </div>
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Merry Christmas to you and yours!!!</div>
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Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02693565002250035794noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104621376008534975.post-85508439714798404382013-12-20T06:30:00.000-05:002013-12-20T07:14:56.635-05:00Friday "Festive" Fotos: I saw Lily kissing Santa Paws<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Lily met Santa Paws for the first time a couple of weeks ago.... </div>
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We took her to the local animal shelter to have some pictures taken with him. </div>
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The shelter does this every year to help raise funds for their daily operation </div>
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and we were more than happy to help, especially if it means finding good homes </div>
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for all the poor doggies and kitties with no families of their own. </div>
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When she first sat down beside him, all she wanted was to smell his beard. </div>
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"Hmmm... whatcha been eatin'?"</div>
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She couldn't seem to get comfortable for a few seconds...</div>
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Then back to smelling the beard....</div>
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She got distracted by the sound of dogs barking...</div>
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But finally her inner supermodel kicked in and we got some good ones.</div>
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And our Christmas wish is for all the animals at <a href="http://www.young-williams.org/"><span style="color: #990000;">Young-Williams Animal Center</span></a> to find </div>
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loving homes for the holidays. <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">♥</span></div>
Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02693565002250035794noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104621376008534975.post-67086295237985753902013-12-17T06:30:00.000-05:002013-12-17T09:50:03.883-05:00A Dream Come True<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Time sure flies... it's hard for me to believe that we've been living in our home for 8 years now.<br />
All this time I have longed for my very own sewing/craft room. I'm certainly not complaining, because most of the time I've been fortunate to have a room with my sewing machine set up and ready to sew, but the spare bedroom it was in has always been shared with lots of other stuff- a kind of "catch-all" room; things that we didn't have space in the closet for and didn't want to throw away found their way into this room, at one point even a huge treadmill and stereo with CD collection were crammed in there as well.<br />
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A couple of months ago Hubby told me he would build some wall cabinets for me and help me paint, and my new sewing room would be ready just in time for my birthday. (Yep, I think I'll keep him. *swoon*)<br />
So, after some planning and several trips to the local Goodwill with old clothes and what-nots, the room was cleaned out. The walls were painted and the cabinets started going up....<br />
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The "before" was a mess of this and that with no place to put anything, </div>
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This is where I do most of my sewing~ now I have room for an ironing board close by in case I'm working on a project that requires frequent pressing.</div>
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which hide all my clutter behind closed doors. *squeal* </div>
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A quilted table runner for a dear friend, just in time for Christmas.</div>
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Thanks for stopping by to see the makeover! :)</div>
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Ice forms on <i>everything</i>.... even the fence.</div>
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The coating looks almost fuzzy.</div>
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Lily is unimpressed with the fuzzy fence.</div>
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Edie, who loves the cold weather, thinks foggy fence ice is delicious.</div>
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Daisy thinks it is delightful! :)</div>
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Happy Friday!!!</div>
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I have to say it out loud and let it soak in for a minute before I can grasp that it is already <i>December</i>.</div>
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It begins the season of no pasture for the sheep, with the exception of a green sprig here and there.</div>
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Fall was pretty this year... Lily took time to pose in front of some leaves for me.</div>
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Also for my birthday~ I finally got the sewing studio of my dreams; complete with robin-egg blue paint on the walls and brand new cabinets made by Hubby. *squeal*</div>
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Hubby and I and the critters are still alive and kicking and all is well.<br />
And thanks to those of you who have checked in on me.<br />
After an unexpected blog break, I will be back next week with some updates. I promise.<br />
Until then.... have a blessed Thanksgiving.Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02693565002250035794noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104621376008534975.post-27178008237261533982013-10-14T11:12:00.004-04:002013-10-14T11:12:37.928-04:00Three and a Big Surprise<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This time it was from one of my dearest friends in another state.....<br />
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There were two sweet cards inside~ one for Lily, and another one for... Lily's Birthday!!<br />
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I told her to smile for the camera, Angie~ this is what I got. </div>
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Uh, lets just say it was.... <i>uneventful</i>. ;)</div>
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