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| brightmeadow |
Posted - Dec 24 2009 : 6:07:06 PM
I am sitting here on Christmas Eve, in a house that has only two rooms with furniture, waiting for DH to come home and help me finish wrapping gifts for the grandkids tomorrow, but it's all OK because we finally have our NEW HOUSE in MICHIGAN!!!!
All of our furniture except the dining room and spare bedroom is in a warehouse somewhere, it will be delivered on December 28 to the new place.
Which, has 4 acres! Plenty of room for a garden in the way back of the house. Next door is a farm with lots of outbuildings and we're on an unpaved road for 1/2 mile East-West and 1 mile North-South (we'll be drifted in whichever way the wind blows) We are WAY out in the country but still close enough to Metro Detroit to be able to take advantage of all the city living "stuff".
Our new house is near orchards and farm markets - we got here too late this year to know what that will mean during the summertime but I'm looking forward to finding out.
Yesterday we spent driving a trailer with a 1943 Ford 8N tractor across the state to the new house so we would be able to plow the drive if it snows. We had two tire blowouts on the trailer an hour apart, (major bummer) so the 4-hour trip took us about 8 hours, but we made it, and the tractor is now safely ensconced in the new pole barn. The delay put a damper in my Christmas shopping but I think it will be OK.
The house is beautiful, 10 years old, huge windows, lots of cabinets in the kitchen, lots of walk-in closets... I love it.
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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| RaspberryBee |
Posted - Feb 01 2010 : 10:33:26 PM
Sorry I have taken so long to reply. UGH - getting lost in Michigan is either a curse or a blessing. I do not have a very high regard for standard Michiganders (sorry to say) and it can be irksome to say the least to ask for directions and get nothing from a fellow person. I am glad you went by Mt. Bruce and that they were around to give directions to you :-) Hopefully you will be able to get back to spend a bit of time there...such a lovely, warm and welcoming place (especially when mother nature has her "green" on). Hopefully your need to go to Urgent Care was not too bad and that all went well there. A friend wants me to help clean out her parents house in Texas around the time of your fiber fair but I am secretly hoping to fit it into the march calendar :-) Take care - Karen
I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
-Henry David Thoreau- |
| brightmeadow |
Posted - Jan 23 2010 : 12:38:16 PM
Karen, I got lost this morning looking for Henry Ford Urgent care facility at 38 mile road and Van Dyke (joke was on me, at 38 mile the sign says "Boardman Road", I kept going for a couple more miles before turning around) When I came back to Boardman Road again I noticed the sign pointing to Mt. Bruce so I joyfully sped down the road to ask the friendly people there for directions... What a nice place!
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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| mscountrygirl |
Posted - Jan 22 2010 : 6:37:45 PM
There's a great seed company in Bay City on Main St. My husband if from MI. Frankenmuth is the best!!!
It's all good! |
| brightmeadow |
Posted - Jan 21 2010 : 5:22:47 PM
Karen, what a nice offer! I doubt if it will be this Saturday or next, I will be traveling for work, but maybe in a couple of weeks! I'll email you when Zeilinger's calls me.
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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| RaspberryBee |
Posted - Jan 21 2010 : 12:38:53 PM
Brenda - if you pick up your fleeces on a saturday and would like some company for lunch I would be glad to meet up with you. I live just south and west of Frankenmuth. Funny thing - I was at the mill a couple of weekends ago for new felting needles. You are in good company with Zeilinger's for sure!
I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
-Henry David Thoreau- |
| mscountrygirl |
Posted - Jan 21 2010 : 11:15:37 AM
I moved from the city, Tampa to the country, Mississippi. I went from suburban to rural in a very short time. At first I hated it, but now I can't imagine going back! Getting a new home is so exciting and has so much promise! Congratulations
It's all good! |
| brightmeadow |
Posted - Jan 20 2010 : 9:30:36 PM
Raspberry Bee, I just realized how close we really are! Bruce Township is only a few miles from here, really. It sounds like a wonderful festival but September is a long way away. I am definitely a fiber person, I have a pickup at Zeilinger's in Frankenmuth to make soon from the 12 fleeces I got (for free!) on Craigslist - unfortunately, the processing was NOT FREE, but I don't have time to do it myself right now, I am anxiously awaiting the call that my yarn is ready for pickup.
I have had Angora rabbits in the past but currently no livestock - too much business and personal travel to be able to take care of them.
I look forward to meeting with local farmgirls. By April my project schedule at work should slow down some and hopefully I can take some time to explore the area.
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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| RaspberryBee |
Posted - Jan 20 2010 : 09:06:34 AM
Brenda - it really is a wonderful place to visit. The day starts off with a bagpiper which I think is just the most wonderful thing! There are great classes being held during the weekend in alot of the refurbished out buildings. There are vendors as long as the day from antiques to jewlery, lots of small fiber farms with their wares, a lavendar farm, local bee-keeper. Oh, oh and one of my favorites...the button lady! There is also a rug weaver with practically her whole store there and the sheep farm store sets up a large tent outdoors as well...such lovely, lovely items (slippers, sweaters, mittens/hats, fleeces and LOTS of rovings and yarn).
Mr. Sheep Farm, while not at this 9/5 job, is a farmer/gardener and the whole of the farm is transformed with his plants (some of which are for sale), vines (hops and bitterweet) and lots of wonderful pumpkins (for sale). Oh, and there usually is a local apple orchard there as well selling cider, apples and last time apple cake. The farm has a grill station that sells tastey lunches (farm fresh sausage meals and veggie ones too) and there is also a tent to buy the farm fresh sausage.
This is really an event to put on your calendar. It has been in the past a very special weekend for me and when the weather is just right it is just a spectacular wonder to behold (if you like being outdoors and at a farm with sheep, dogs, alpacas, rabbits, llamas and a few people thrown in for good measure).
When I was involved with the festival alot of the people were local to the area around the farm and so you might meet a few neighbors. Yvonne, Mrs. Sheep Farm, is a treasure in the sheep/fiber world. She is from New Zealand and is a trained chef among other hats in her closet. If this (fiber) is your passion there could be no better person to meet. Just a side note - due to my schedule the past two years I have not been to the festival so some of the above may have changed as things like this do year to year but I am sure it is still fabulous! - Karen -
I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
-Henry David Thoreau- |
| amomfly |
Posted - Jan 19 2010 : 2:27:39 PM
Sounds like a beautiful place Brenda. I hope you enjoy it. |
| brightmeadow |
Posted - Jan 18 2010 : 4:50:29 PM
OMG, Raspberry Bee, the festival on your website is on my birthday!
Visiting would be a great birthday present!
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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| RaspberryBee |
Posted - Jan 18 2010 : 1:54:58 PM
Brenda, Wolcott Mills is a wonderful place for many reasons. When we first moved to the state we lived in Lake Orion and then Ortonville and I was able to get around to all the cool places there. Now, living in Montrose your neck of the woods is a bit of a jaunt. Here is the link for the farm - http://www.sheepstuff.com/ - a wonderful place to visit anytime really but it comes to life during the fall festival...a show not to miss really if you like old farms, sheep, dogs, fiber, nature and so on. I know where you are there are probably other fiber sources but there is a great store in Lake Orion if you are looking for yarn and other materials :-) Take Care
I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
-Henry David Thoreau- |
| Forrester Farm |
Posted - Jan 09 2010 : 2:13:14 PM
Brenda - I thought that we had chatted about that before. Sometimes my memory impresses me too - LOL! We are just about 15 min. North East from the Frederick Meijer Botanical Gardens in Grand Rapids. Belmont address, Rockford schools, just beyond Ada. Call anytime that you are in the area, I'd love to show you around or simply relax with a cup of coffee and chat.
Happy unpacking.
Ann
Forrester Farm
www.forresterfarm.com
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| brightmeadow |
Posted - Jan 08 2010 : 10:44:50 PM
Karen - Yes, I am equally distant from Romeo and Armada. We are only a couple of miles from Wolcott Mill Metropark, which I have contacted to do some volunteer work. There is a historic farm learning center there. I understand they have a fiber fair in the spring and some vegetable gardening/canning workshops in late summer, I hope to meet my neighbors by volunteering there as well as educating the general public about farming, and hopefully making some new friends in the community. Where was the sheep farm you spent time at?
Ann, wow, I am impressed that you remembered that. DH is at the farm on the other side of the state tonight, I am missing him. Tomorrow I have assigned to unpacking more boxes... Lots and lots of them to finish. I just took a look at your link - love the photos. And the music! Where exactly is Forrester Farm? I'd love to stop in next time I'm in GR area.
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
Visit my blog at http://brightmeadowfarms.blogspot.com ,web site store at http://www.watkinsonline.com/fish or my homepage at http://home.earthlink.net/~brightmeadow |
| Forrester Farm |
Posted - Jan 08 2010 : 11:26:15 AM
Brenda,
Congratulations! Am I remembering correctly that there is also a family farm in MI that you go to? Good luck with your unpacking and making this house into a home! It is beautiful.
Ann
Forrester Farm
www.forresterfarm.com
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| RaspberryBee |
Posted - Jan 06 2010 : 6:23:39 PM
Welcome to Michigan Brenda! Beware - Deer are everywhere :-) No moose down this way but you never know. Twenty miles north of Warren...does that put you in the Romeo area? Pretty landscape over that way. I spent a lot of time there a few years back at a sheep farm and loved the drive over and back. Enjoy setting up home - Karen
I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
-Henry David Thoreau- |
| brightmeadow |
Posted - Jan 04 2010 : 10:00:20 PM
Thanks for all the good wishes.
I hope there are few deer here, but maybe that's too much to ask in Michigan. One of the movers was talking to his buddy on the phone and he told him we live so far north that he saw a moose in the backyard!
I was alarmed, but he was only joking....
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
Visit my blog at http://brightmeadowfarms.blogspot.com ,web site store at http://www.watkinsonline.com/fish or my homepage at http://home.earthlink.net/~brightmeadow |
| Bear5 |
Posted - Jan 02 2010 : 8:38:30 PM
Congrats on your new house. It is absolutely beautiful!
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
| 5 acre Farmgirl |
Posted - Jan 01 2010 : 6:24:59 PM
BEAUTIFUL!!! I am soo happy for you.......
Farmgirl Sister #368
~~~**Terri**~~~
My blog is up again, please go and read....
http//:thecontentedwoman.blogspot.com |
| Diane B Carter |
Posted - Dec 27 2009 : 5:41:37 PM
Thats a beautiful house you have and soon it will be a beautiful home. You have 3 more acres than I do and I had deer in my back yard and now coyotes..I'm not happy about them moving into my neighborhood but my DH says they'll move on in the spring, I hope he's right.
Hope all your days are Sunnydays.
dianebcarterhotmailcom.blogspot.com |
| weaverchic |
Posted - Dec 27 2009 : 4:28:37 PM
Congratulations Brenda! Sending you many blessings and happiness in your new home!
gerri
Happiness is in the comfortable companionship of friends.
-Pam Brown |
| gr8tfulmom |
Posted - Dec 27 2009 : 12:58:54 PM
Very beautiful home Brenda! You are going to have so much fun exploring your area and making it yours :D Congrats!
Farmgirl sister #779
http://symbioticstitches.blogspot.com/ |
| Cindy Lou |
Posted - Dec 27 2009 : 08:20:21 AM
Very nice! I can imagine sitting at the table, enjoying the beautiful outdoors. This should be a wonderful and exciting new year for you. I just noticed how Psalm 128:2 fits with your gardening plan, very appropriate!
"You can't roller skate in a buffalo herd.....
But you can be happy if you've a mind to. All you've gotta do in knuckle down, buckle down and do it, do it, do it!" |
| tea_lady_tammy |
Posted - Dec 26 2009 : 2:06:39 PM
Congratulations...how wonderful to start the new year in a new house.
Blessings
Tammy
Tea is like being in the stars with God.
http://breathsoffaith.blogspot.com |
| knittingmom |
Posted - Dec 26 2009 : 10:46:21 AM
Congratulations on the new home! I hope you and your family have many, many years of happiness and memories.
"There is no foot so small that it cannot leave an imprint on this world" |
| knittingmomma |
Posted - Dec 26 2009 : 10:42:50 AM
Many blessings in your new home.
Warm wishes,
Tonya - Homemaking and Homesteading Mom of 6 - http://plainandjoyfulliving.blogspot.com |
