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Posted - Apr 09 2008 : 09:17:28 AM
You might notice a few familiar faces in it!
We were humbled to interview Miss Frannie about her Bonne Bunnies!
Plus:
Laura Sweet discusses gardening with/for children
Dyeing wool the all natural way
Planting bulbs....
And much more.
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| Farmtopia |
Posted - Apr 10 2008 : 10:41:35 PM
Thanks guys! Hehee..I am loving reading these "hair stories" too! :)
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Apr 10 2008 : 7:43:48 PM
zan .. my hair was so long (and wavy) that when i bleached it .. i would get 'dread locks' (or rat's nests as my nannie usta' say!) couldn't even get my fingers through it unless i put a gallon on 'conditioner' on it and combed and combed it!
i cut it about a year ago .. i loved the 'gypsy' look .. but i was starting to look like a 'demented' gypsy! sometimes i like it .. sometimes i don't. it's HO YALLER right now .. and needs a little more red or darker streaks in it .. one cuz the ROOTS are DARK and are coming in gang-busters .. and two .. it makes me look a little washed out!
i'm starting to let it grow again .. but will probably (not at my age!) let it get down the middle of my back again.
somehow .. all this 'bleach' has pulled some of my natural 'wave' out of it and is more 'flat' than i like most times.
i used to actually get it 'permed' .. then i reeeeeeeeeeely liked my 'curls'!
hey .. i was creating little Sophie Elizabeth (who will be coming to live with you .. cuz' you were the first momma at the orphanage door!) when reading your magazine.
we jus' got home from dinner (chinese) and the movie (leatherheads .. cute .. but not an academy award winner!) .. then we hit the grocery store .. soooo NOW .. i gotta' go put away groceries. will get back to the other articles late tonight or tomorrow morning. you are doing a great job with it!
kentucky frannie
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| Farmtopia |
Posted - Apr 10 2008 : 7:04:29 PM
Ahh, we will form the sisterhood of the crazy hair!
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| frannie |
Posted - Apr 10 2008 : 6:52:01 PM
zan, i never had dreads, but my hair has always been wild. when i used to go home to visit my mom, she whould open the door and before she would hug me even she would say.."do you own a hair brush?"
heheheyes, but it has never helped.
love
frannie in texas
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(http://abunnystale.blogspot.com/) |
| Farmtopia |
Posted - Apr 10 2008 : 4:48:42 PM
Ms Frannie (Kentucky)...you are too sweet! Wait, I wanna see a picture of your hair now :)
My momma was born in a tiny town called Poroslo...which is 4 hours from Budapest by train (or, at least, that's what I remember). Yes, she has a wonderful way about her and I am glad she is my momma :)
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| Farmtopia |
Posted - Apr 10 2008 : 4:45:23 PM
Awww....shucks guys! You ladies know how to make a girl's day! Well, I love the hair but it's getting too funk-dified. My poor mother gets a heart attack, I don't think she thought her "little girl" would end up dread-headed!
Anyhow...well, I am thinking of taking the magazine "live" but it's very expensive to print them here in NYC. I am looking at online printer alternatives. But, I don't know who would be interested in subscribing to this type of thing, even if it was quarterly or bi-monthly. Feel free to post here or email me if you'd like to subscribe. Maybe $6.oo an issue...or, umm, less if I can find advertising? Please let me know...sort of an informal poll.
I am so humbled at the responses. You all really make it rewarding for me :)
Ms. Frannie...I sent some responses out for your job suggestions..lets see what goes on :) Thank you again!
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| mennonite farm girl |
Posted - Apr 10 2008 : 11:31:54 AM
Hello Zan
What a great magazine and many topics of interest. Thank you for providing us with your talent.
Blessings,
Ruby
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Apr 10 2008 : 11:19:36 AM
lovely! lovely! so far .. i've sat still long enough (t'ween running between the garden and dolly-makin'!) and read that sweet, adorable, darlin' Texas Frannie's article! (i love that we share our name and kindred souls!) ... i do see a BOOK in her bunny 'tales'!!! i can hardly wait until she has time to make one to come live at Freedom Valley Farm! there are many 'midnight visitors' with soft, fluffy tails that would love to have a new friend!
zan .. i also read your 'about us' page .. you are a cutie pie! your hair reminds me of mine before i chopped it off! absolutely nuthin' wrong with big city hair .. i love it!!! and WHERE in Hungary was your mom born? our darling daughter, Wednesday married into a large and wonderful Hungarian family. I love their traditions and family values. We are so blessed to have them as part of our family now!
i hear dollies calling my name .. but i'll get to more of 'big farmer' soon!
xo, kentucky frannie
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| frannie |
Posted - Apr 10 2008 : 10:54:20 AM
didnt she nancy jo?
i was so thrilled here to see the interview in the magazine. she does have a way with color and setting things up doesnt she?
i hope everyone is having a great day. we are finally having some beautiful sunshine after a really storymy nite. i am hoping the best for our farmgirl friends as this storm moves through the country. last i heart it was around little rock, arkansas.
love
frannie in texas
(http://farmfolks-frannie.blogspot.com/)
(http://abunnystale.blogspot.com/) |
| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Apr 10 2008 : 08:49:01 AM
Zan,
What a nice magazine you put out. Wish I could buy a copy! Loved seeing my BONNIE BUNNY in there. What a nice interveiw with our FRAN. You did a great job!
NANCY JO
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
| Prairie Princess |
Posted - Apr 10 2008 : 08:26:41 AM
Zan, I read this post and so I went to the link to read the new issue! I do have to say that I absolutely love your hair in those pics--I'm a touch envious, lol.  My hair would never even begin to look that cute and artsy!!!
~Jodi
"Women are like teabags...you never know how strong they are until they get into hot water." Eleanor Roosevelt |
| frannie |
Posted - Apr 10 2008 : 07:55:58 AM
what i did was go to the town newspaper and looked in the classified want ads.
they were listed there . but no info about how to apply , no contact info at all. then i went to the site. there is no mention there of needing help.
they are looking for someone who like to work with plants, and would like to work in the butterfly house. i have been there years ago with my mom.
if i were you i would email from the site, or call and inquire if they are still accepting resumes.
okay, now i am sounding like a mom......sorry.
love
frannie in texas
(http://farmfolks-frannie.blogspot.com/)
(http://abunnystale.blogspot.com/) |
| Farmtopia |
Posted - Apr 09 2008 : 7:29:32 PM
Yay Frannie, that is very sweet. I got the first one for Wild Seed...but I went to their site, and I don't see the job posting. Is it just that you know someone there who needs workers? The place looks gorgeous!
I'll start my job hunt up again tomorrow..just having to tie up the loose ends of the magazine and some other things :)
Thank you again :)
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| frannie |
Posted - Apr 09 2008 : 7:27:25 PM
zan, i am back on the find you a job mode, i am sending you emails about it.
love
frannie in texas
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| Farmtopia |
Posted - Apr 09 2008 : 2:36:58 PM
Aww Ms Frannie...coming from you that is the highest compliment. Ha! I thought it was spelled zany-ness...but I've definitely been zany! It's no worries...we definitely had to work around those crazy emails of ours and I think we did a good job...thanks for sending all those wonderful photos...it was so hard to choose from them. I am in love with the GOATS! :) And Cosmo. And Olivia! Thanks for sharing your magical life :)
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| frannie |
Posted - Apr 09 2008 : 2:25:12 PM
oh zan, i love the article, the colors the layout, what a great job!
i am just grinning from ear to ear. thank you for ptting up with my zanieness(is that a word?) and helping to spread the world of the bunnies.
i have tried really hard to leave you alone so you could do your work. glad you are back and thanks again for such a wonderful article!
now i need to go back and read the rest of your great magazine!
love
frannie in texas
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| Farmtopia |
Posted - Apr 09 2008 : 1:55:40 PM
Wow guys....I'm so humbled! Really, we just have great writers and great subjects to write about. The magazine really is for YOU! So feel free to give us suggestions on what you'd like to see. Thank you guys! :)
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| junkjunkie |
Posted - Apr 09 2008 : 11:48:18 AM
I enjoyed reading your blog and article about Frannie. I especially like your article about advice on the recession and saving money, etc. Well written, and makes a lot of sense! Thanks!
"To have life in focus, we must have death in our field of vision." Benedictine monk John Main |
| blueroses |
Posted - Apr 09 2008 : 11:17:38 AM
Zan,
This is a really good issue. I enjoy reading the articles. Thank you.
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
| Amie C. |
Posted - Apr 09 2008 : 11:03:32 AM
I like it, Zan. Nice interview with Frannie. And May Day sounds like a lot of fun. |
| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Apr 09 2008 : 10:48:56 AM
What a great article about Miss Frannie, Zan...she is a true treasure, I believe. So eloquent and her descriptions of the bunnies lives and loves and desires, well, she's just truly a kindred spirit. Thanks for giving us a little "more" of her!
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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| Lainey |
Posted - Apr 09 2008 : 10:38:56 AM
Zan, I love reading your magazine. I especially enjoyed those money saving tips, the
Frannie interview, and the article your mom wrote about May Day. All good stuff there!
Farmgirl Sister #25
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| Farmtopia |
Posted - Apr 09 2008 : 09:31:06 AM
Thanks Amanda :)
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| Firemama |
Posted - Apr 09 2008 : 09:29:50 AM
Looks good Zan
Mama to 2
FarmGirl# 20
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