another week on the farm

 Here is the stair well almost done.  We are working hard to finish up the last few things in hopes to pull the final inspection  next week.  I have been busy painting and staining woodwork and cleaning up and have not had any time to work on things I would like to work on.

                        a fuzzy photo of the wonderful 6 burner viking stove.  My dream come true. 

overgrown radishes and Mexican sunflower.  from the garden this week.  It is raining again and so everything is growing too fast.  but it will help the two new pecan trees that I just planted.

                                 Well,  that's all the news from the south,  
                                Happy" farming" to all the farm girl sisters out there.
                                See you next week. down on the farm.

Things are getting done

                                                 First Sunflower of the year

     Well, things are moving along .  The tomatoes are planted in the garden and radishes are up and carrots too.  We have a huge pumpkin that is growing by leaps an bounds and peas and beans are ready to pick.   The potatoes are growing great too.  I want to fertilize everything to help keep it growing and water every day, since we really have not had enough rain.

                 Saw this neat fence when I was in Easton Pa.   It is made out of left over pieces of trim from different places.  Thought it was a good way to recycle leftovers.

         The house is moving along also.   We have been working on getting the cabinets in and finishing the tile in the upstairs bathroom.  We also got the electrical inspected and passed  so now we are waiting to be connected to the main line and get our meter put in.  Hopefully that is going to happen in the next few days.

                                                 tulips and pink dogwood in bloom in Pa.

                               Well,  that's all the news from the south,  
                                Happy" farming" to all the farm girl sisters out there.
                                See you next week. down on the farm.

Getting ready for the new Year

                                   A row quilt that I did this year.  Chose all the fabrics for it as well.

                     I have been working on finishing up all the quilts that I can before the beginning of the year.  I still have a few more to do,  but think that most will get done in time.  I have only two left to piece and 5 to quilt, which I will be starting in the morning.

                  The Framers started working this week on the house.  I will have photos of that next week since my phone is not cooporating and letting me download photos.  Hummmm.  But the framing should be done soon and them all the fun starts with having the plumer, electrician, the drywall guys, the finisher guys, the roofers and the tile man all there about the same time.

               Two more of the quilts that I have done,  the top one is the fall quilt from the quilt swap from MJF

                I got a new toy for the farm.   I am tired of walking thru the wood and getting my foot caught on vines or dead wood and faling.  so I bought myself something that will help.

                                   Well,  that's all the news from the south,  
                                Happy" farming" to all the farm girl sisters out there.
                                See you next week. down on the farm.

A Week of Busy

                  Quiet time in the woods.   Sitting at one of the blinds waiting to see if I could see  any wildlife.  (Nope)

               We started mowing in the woods again.  I was out taking a walk and managed to get my foot caught in the weeds and nearly face-planted myself on a tree stump.  So I have the work crews out and mowing and burning  debris that is laying around.  We have also gotten some good rain and that is going to get stuff growing again, since the weather has been so warm.

       I have been out and about taking photos of Christmas and lights and all and having a great time with it.  I have also been busy finishing up all the farm girl quilts that we had for this year. as well as a few others.  I hope to have some great weather where I can lay the finished ones out and get some phots of them.    I have also been planning this years garden and getting things ready for that.  Right now we have Lima beans , squash and sweet potaotes growing.

                            Here is wishing everyone a great and wonderful Christmas.



                                  Well,  that's all the news from the south,  
                                Happy" farming" to all the farm girl sisters out there.
                                See you next week. down on the farm.
 

Concrete

                  A welcome site this morning,  the concrete trucks pumping the slab for the house.

So,  at 7:30 this morning,  three trucks showed up and we now have the slab to the house.  Hopefully the framers will start Friday, or Monday at the latest an we will be on the way to a finished house.

  Something that I have been playing at for a show for this year.  I have several designs in my head and hopefully I will make all of them work.   Shows require a lot of pre-planning and  I need to get started know to get paperwork done and supplies in.

                                                           Foggy morning on the farm

                                 Well,  that's all the news from the south,  
                                Happy" farming" to all the farm girl sisters out there.
                                See you next week. down on the farm.
 

Going in different directions

                                                         First Quilt on the new machine

   Well,  I got started working on the new machine.  I have had to learn its language, as it does not like some thread and wants to act up.  But all in all,  we are doing good.  I now have the second quilt on the machine and I am about halfway done.

  We went to Houston over the weekend to see family.  We had a chance to see some material that was bought in Carpathia and surrounding areas.   They were beautiful and very different.  Since so much of this can now be done by other nationalities, and is not hand made,  it was wonderful to see the artistry that went into making them.

   Nice view of some fountains that were in downtown Houston.   I am still waiting for the concrete people to finish the job that they need to do so that the pad can get poured on the house.  As soon as the pad is poured,  then everything will move quickly.  We got the wood floors in today. and the tile should be here this week as well.  Next week the cabinets should arrive.  So with everything here, we should not have a problem getting things done.


                                 Well,  that's all the news from the south,  
                                Happy" farming" to all the farm girl sisters out there.
                                See you next week. down on the farm.

working on all the stuff for the house

                                          Christmas quilt that I need to finish.

  Well,  the furniture arrived from Indiana, and we filled three pods full with some left over.  I did some cleaning on some of it and got it where I needed it to go.  I still have stuff to clean and repair for the house.  One of the pieces that needs to be repaired is my grandmothers Hoosier cabinet.  They dropped it and broke a piece of the wood and damaged the door and unglued a side.  One of the pieces of glass also broke. So,  I am not really happy.

  Here is a good photo of Lacy checking out the scratch that I just put out for the girls.  she is enjoying watching the house being built.  Tomorrow the windows and outside doors show up and next week I should be getting the cabinets.  Ordered the counter top today and tile for the house  Going to order flooring tomorrow and then enjoy a nice Thanksgiving cooked by others in the family.

                                 Well,  that's all the news from the south,  
                                Happy" farming" to all the farm girl sisters out there.
                                See you next week. down on the farm.