| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| Clare |
Posted - Sep 26 2005 : 10:22:56 AM
I am very pleased to say that I've been blessed with beautiful meetings as of late.
On September 15th, my daughter and I dropped in on a book signing in Seattle and were able to have a very nice visit with MaryJane and Meg.. big hugs, and even tooks some pics!
Yesterday, September 25th at the Farmchicks Sale in Fairfield, I was pleased to meet the acquaintance of Kate, Terri, Allie, Emil and Luke, and last -but certainly not least- Julie Bell and Cindylou. We three had a very nice visit and found so many commonalities that we need to pursue! Got Emil and Luke to take some pics of us too! Wonderful day.
Beautiful souls, all of you!! 
**** Love is the great work - though every heart is first an apprentice. - Hafiz
Set a high value on spontaneous kindness. - Samuel Johnson****
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| LisaBee |
Posted - Sep 27 2005 : 9:44:27 PM
I love reading all the posts on this topic. You are some CRAZY women (I consider myself in VERY good company)! Clare, I can't wait to meet you. When you start making those airfare deals, count me in! I am definitely coming back to the farm in July to meet all of you (and to pet that little goat some more!) but I can tell you that after being on the road driving for 36 hours in the past three days I am FLYING back to Idaho. When y'all go to NYC this weekend, I think everyone should wear their aprons (I can picture some designer in the fashion district now taking credit for the new Fall styles). Please take lots of pictures everyone. They are so much fun to look at. Kim...please share the Farmboys with me!!!
"Don't feel totally, personally and irrevocably responsible for everything. That's MY job. Signed, GOD" |
| Utahfarmgirl |
Posted - Sep 27 2005 : 8:15:08 PM
I'll bring mine, too. I take terrible pictures, but I guess my Farmgirl sisters won't care that I don't look like Julia Roberts, ha ha.
Patricia
Happy Wishes! |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Sep 27 2005 : 7:16:26 PM
I am so glad you suggested that Julia!! What a great idea! Now I just have to remember to bring the camera!!!!
Jenny in Utah
The best things in life arn't things |
| BlueApple |
Posted - Sep 27 2005 : 5:45:02 PM
Patricia and Aunt Jenny - get a photo of the two of you together if you can! I love to see photos of gatherings!
Julia
BlueApple Farm |
| Utahfarmgirl |
Posted - Sep 27 2005 : 4:05:03 PM
Wow, what great photos! Wish I could have been there! Next year, we all go!! Woo hoo!
As for the movie, when I lived in L.A. I photo doubled for Kathy Bates a few times, so I guess she'll play me.
I'm meeting Aunt Jenny next week in Provo to exchange homemade goodies. Can't wait! Meeting sisters, one Farmgirl at a time!!
Hugs,
Patricia
Happy Wishes! |
| BlueEggBabe |
Posted - Sep 27 2005 : 3:19:27 PM
wow!WOW!
Ive never been called a goddess....
but a quilting goddess???!
wowee!
really can't wait myself, Anna
"If more of us valued good food, cheer and song above hoarded gold,the world would be a merrier place."
J.J.R.Tolkien |
| Anna |
Posted - Sep 27 2005 : 2:26:26 PM
BlueEggBabe,
I'm soooo looking forward to meeting you.....you are my quilting goddess! See you in NYC!
Anna
The Sewing Girl at MaryJanesFarm :^) |
| Cindylou |
Posted - Sep 27 2005 : 10:47:25 AM
Clare~ thank you for posting the pictures! MaryJane, Megan, Julie and I are absolutely thrilled!! We all have had the pleasure of meeting YOU within the last two weeks!!
Julie Bell and I absolutely adore Clare! She is the nicest farmgirl you could ever hope to meet. We had a great visit over lunch followed by hunting for great treasures offered up by the vendors. We shared lots of stories and laughter, finding that we had a lot in common. She and Julie both spent years working as travel agents. Clare is so much like my cousin Carla that I felt like she was "family" right away.
We talked about the Farmgirl Campout next summer at Farm Fair July 1st and 2nd. The campout will be Sat. July 1st ~ we can talk to the wee hours of the morning around the campfire. There is plenty of wheat field space for your campers, RV's (although no hook-ups) and tents, as well as motels in Moscow for those who'd like to stay in town afterwards. I envision a many apron clad group of farmgirls finding their way to the farm. Thanks to Clare who has offered to help find great airfares for you gals who live so far away. It will be wonderful to spend time with all of you!!
sunnily yours,
MaryJane's Left-Hand Farmgirl
Cindylou
cindylou@maryjanesfarm.org |
| Julie |
Posted - Sep 27 2005 : 10:30:42 AM
What fun Clare!!!!This one shows the funny side of we girlies.
http://www.maryjanesfarm.org/farmgirl-connection/images/cindylou-clare-julie.jpg
Food Stylin' & Fancy Free |
| BlueApple |
Posted - Sep 27 2005 : 06:19:20 AM
Love the pictures! So nice to see you Clare and put a face with the name
Julia
BlueApple Farm |
| MeadowLark |
Posted - Sep 27 2005 : 05:35:25 AM
Clare, What a beautiful smile you have! Loved the pics too! Thanks so much for sharing your lovely time with MJ and the crew!
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. |
| Clare |
Posted - Sep 27 2005 : 03:42:31 AM
Thank you girls for all the nice comments. It was great fun to get to meet everyone. And especially nice to have a human bond now rather than just a cyber bond, if you know what I mean. I can't wait to have a human bond with all of you that I'll meet next July too! Technology is great for getting us all together and keeping us all in touch, but hearing those voices, hugging and laughing together is just the best!
**** Love is the great work - though every heart is first an apprentice. - Hafiz
Set a high value on spontaneous kindness. - Samuel Johnson****
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| BlueEggBabe |
Posted - Sep 27 2005 : 02:54:31 AM
Clare,
Your photo dorkness is not showing at all! The photos are great...
Thanks for putting them up! Think yahoo is the way to go?
Meadowlark,a resounding yes to Nicole Kidman, I approve wholeheartedly.
and Renee Zellwaeger? Well,all I can say is Blue Egg Babe would never turn her back on Kenny Chesney 
"If more of us valued good food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world place."
J.J.R.Tolkien |
| therusticcottage |
Posted - Sep 26 2005 : 10:43:53 PM
Clare -- your photos were wonderful. You are so pretty!!! Glad to see the wonderful gal that keeps us all in line here on the connection.
I'm still hot...it just comes in flashes. |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Sep 26 2005 : 10:37:42 PM
Clare...loved the photos!! how fun to get to meet all the gals like that!! Loved hearing about it!! Gosh I can hardly wait to get to meet them myself some day!!
Thanks for posting the pictures...lucky them for getting to meet you too!!!
Jenny in Utah
The best things in life arn't things |
| Kim |
Posted - Sep 26 2005 : 8:52:14 PM
Since we are talking about meeting people. I had the great pleasure of meeting CelticCoyote (Heather) and LifeSmiles (Kathy) tonight. It was fun!
farmgirl@heart
Be at peace with yourself and the rest will follow |
| Kim |
Posted - Sep 26 2005 : 8:44:12 PM
Clare-Awesome photos! Ok, if you SAY you weren't getting ready to fire off the f word.....! I'll believe ya! 
Meadowlark, I would definately drive to your house. Now that I know Kansas like the back of my hand! He!He!
I actually was trying to calculate how long it would take me to drive to Moscow, in the company car I had while I was out there.....Hopefully, I'll either be back permanently or for another 30-60 days. NOw that I am no longer attached, BRING ON THEM FARMBOYS!!!!!!!!!!!
farmgirl@heart
Be at peace with yourself and the rest will follow |
| Clare |
Posted - Sep 26 2005 : 8:27:43 PM
Thank you sistas!! Okay, I was hoping to outsmart my technology photo dorkness, but I don't think I made it. The photo of MJ, Meg and me was taken under flouresent lighting and had lots of backround reflection, so it's not the best quality... and Cindylou, me and Julie Bell's pic is okay... but my scanner was given to me, and I think quality was not one of its fine points.... so hey, they are what they are-- at least you can tell I ain't lying about being there!
P.S. I think I was biting my lower lip to keep from crackin' up cause those girls (CL & JB) are a stitch! I really wasn't getting ready to fire off the f word. 
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/farmersdaughter1230/album?.dir=/79e9&.src=ph&.tok=phnF2rDBDES1.u3h
**** Love is the great work - though every heart is first an apprentice. - Hafiz
Set a high value on spontaneous kindness. - Samuel Johnson****
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| MeadowLark |
Posted - Sep 26 2005 : 7:57:16 PM
Nicole Kidman or Renee Zellwaeger comes to mind...But Kate H. would have been perfect 60 years ago.
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. |
| connio |
Posted - Sep 26 2005 : 6:44:32 PM
Hey Farm Girls!!!
Meadowlark You should write for a living. What a great description!!! If Sue could not play the part, what actress should play the role in the movie?????
For some reason Katherine Hepburn comes to mind--yes, ladies, I do know that she is deceased.
Connie
cozycottage |
| therusticcottage |
Posted - Sep 26 2005 : 6:27:43 PM
Clare - it sounds like you had so much fun! We wanted to go and had the trip planned but with the cost of gas decided against it. But we are definitely saving pennies for the trip to Farm Fair. I had a wonderful surprise phone call from Cindylou on Friday evening -- she was checking to see if the North Clark County Farmgirls were going to make it to the Farm Chicks Show. It was so sweet to talk to her and kind of her to think of us.
I hope as many people as possible will be able to be at Farm Fair next year. Won't it be just too cool to finally meet?
Meadowlark, I loved your story about Sue and her trip to New York. You should definitely write a work of fiction about our Blue Egg Babe and her trip to the "Big City".
I'm still hot...it just comes in flashes. |
| MeadowLark |
Posted - Sep 26 2005 : 5:57:49 PM
Down to earth time: I am still thinking like I was 22yrs old and leaving for South Padre Island with my girlie friends in the 75 Plymouth Duster driving for 30 hours straight, only stopping in Waco for a pee break....Yikes! Clare, you are the goddess Diana with overalls on...or Ceres the Roman goddess of agriculture with pulchitrude ( I love that word) and Venus, instead of standing on a shell you are standing on a compost heap wearing a homemade bib apron!You are the BEST!!!!
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. |
| BlueEggBabe |
Posted - Sep 26 2005 : 5:47:16 PM
clare,
you are a goddess
BEB
"If more of us valued good food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world place."
J.J.R.Tolkien |
| Clare |
Posted - Sep 26 2005 : 5:43:32 PM
Girls, may I suggest flying? I'm going to be working on some discounted airfares for the group soon. Start saving your pennies now, and it will ultimately save wear and tear on your bodies so that you may have a fun experience (and less guilt) at our FarmFair gathering next July. Details to follow!
**** Love is the great work - though every heart is first an apprentice. - Hafiz
Set a high value on spontaneous kindness. - Samuel Johnson****
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| BlueEggBabe |
Posted - Sep 26 2005 : 5:26:32 PM
No, I am afraid that if I drove toward Salina and you drove towards Philadelphia after 10 hours we would meet somewhere in Indiana or Illinois. I believe I am about 20 hours from you.
In the huge picture, looks like 5 days out (driving 8 hours per day), 2-3 days there and 5 days back.......Is it possible for an almost 46 year old farmgirl to leave home in peak season for two weeks toplay??? Yikes.Be still, my guilt!!
Thank goodness I have almost a year to plan.
Packing wine and cheese, now that's quite a good start to the list
Right now, I am foraging away in my under-the-mattress account.
OOh boy, lots to plan.
"If more of us valued good food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world place."
J.J.R.Tolkien |
