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| Keeper of the Past |
Posted - Aug 14 2008 : 1:32:07 PM
Hello everyone,
I live in Northeast Missouri with my husband and our daughter Angie. We live on a farm and have cattle and sheep. To see pictures of our farm you can go to coffmanspinningcfarm.blogspot.com .
I love my sheep and the wool they produce. About 50 head now...and each has a name and personality. I have registered Shetland Sheep, corriedales, Oxfords and a few polypays. I spin, weave, and knit. I also like to felt and Angie is also involved in the weaving, felting and dying of the wool. She also has a soft spot for our woolie friends.
I am a keeper of the past. I desire the simple ways. My grandmother was an old farm lady that had been raised in a home with paid servants. She married my grandpa that was a poor farmer and chose to live his life style of raising animals and row cropping. She believed in wearing bonnets...still have the slanted bonnet she made me wear. She was a very good southern cook, she enjoyed needlework of all kinds. I have many dolies, tea towels, pillow cases, and crochet items. I also have the gloves that she would make me wear when we were out in the sun hanging up clothes or in the garden. She tried to tell me back then that ladies kept their skin covered and not exposed to the sun or you would look old and wrinkled as you got older...She was right! I also watched her render lard out in a big black kettle, make soap, bake biscuits every morning and her coffee had an aroama that would make you want to get out of that soft feather bed in the morning. As long as I can keep the past...I can keep the memories of a wonderful grandmother that passed away a year ago at the age of 106.
In June I saw my first copy of Mary Jane's Magazine and I have read it over and over. I picked it up at the local Tractor Supply store...just got the new issue...I am hooked. Don't you just love that chicken house? I might even get me a few hens. I have grandma's old wire egg basket...you know she collected hen and rooster items back in the 50's to decorate her home and so when I got married in 1970, my kitchen theme has been hen and chickens ever since. I also like the aprons. I have not had one on for years but I notice that I talk to my daughter about a new design for an apron for me to wear while in the kitchen...we look at each other and chuckle.
I wore cowboy boots, had quarter horses, and drove equipment until a couple of years ago when I had some health problems. Now I am a lady of the house and garden and care for my sheep. I am also a registered nurse that works as a school nurse after working many years in the field of Home health and Hospice and later in the Mental Health Field. Maybe my jobs have made this transition from to this farm that sits out in the middle of somewhere beautiful 24 miles.
Thanks for letting me be part of your gang...got to go...got to go to town to buy supplies tonight.
Sarita
A woman is like a teabag - you never know how strong she is until she gets
into hot water. Eleanor Roosevelt. |
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Aug 18 2008 : 11:19:41 PM
WELCOME! sarita!!
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| berryhill |
Posted - Aug 18 2008 : 9:43:59 PM
Hello Sarita,
So great to read your introduction. I love the description of "Keeper of the Past." We need more Keepers, don't you think? Welcome to this farm. I look forward to hearing more from you.
Your Tennessee neighbor,
Linda |
| Contrary Wife |
Posted - Aug 16 2008 : 12:54:08 PM
Welcome Sarita,
Well, I'm not from MO, but my grandparents were, does that count? We need keepers of the past and I think that so many women of this forum are doing just that even if they don't realize it. As for having a hankerin for makeing an apron....well get used to it now! lol.
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly." The Dalai Lama |
| electricdunce |
Posted - Aug 16 2008 : 01:29:43 AM
Welcome Sarita, it was so nice to read your post. You are going to love it here , and we are going to love hearing more about you, your family and your grandmother. She sounds amazing...
Karin
Farmgirl Sister #153
"Give me shelter from the storm" - Bob Dylan
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| KatyDo |
Posted - Aug 15 2008 : 6:17:21 PM
Welcome Sarita,
Bless you for being a keeper of the past.
Katy in Utah
Follow Your Bliss |
| Keeper of the Past |
Posted - Aug 14 2008 : 7:48:37 PM
Thank you for the warm welcome. I am looking forward to reading your chats and blogs to get to know you all. I wonder why I feel like I need to get out my material and stitch up an apron???
www.coffmanspinningcfarm.blogspot.com
A woman is like a teabag - you never know how strong she is until she gets
into hot water. Eleanor Roosevelt. |
| Marybeth |
Posted - Aug 14 2008 : 5:58:54 PM
Welcome Sarita, It looks like we have a few new Missouri farmgirls added today. YAY. MB
www.strawberryhillsfarm.blogspot.com
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"Life may not be the party we hoped for...but while we are here we might as well dance!" |
| SusieQue |
Posted - Aug 14 2008 : 5:57:09 PM
Welcome Sarita! You will love it here. Glad to have you. |
| bushelnpeck |
Posted - Aug 14 2008 : 5:21:27 PM
Hello Sarita, How very rich you are to have the memories of your Grandmother and to keep the past alive and well. I know you will find kindred spirits here and will enjoy it so much...Debbie
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all
Emily Dickenson |
| Carol Sue |
Posted - Aug 14 2008 : 4:10:18 PM
Hi Sarita,
I am so very glad you are here. How wonderful that you tend your sheep and the homefront. I liked learning about your grandma. I learned to milk a cow from mine.
Welcome here.
Carol Sue
listening to the quiet moments
Farmgirl #39
www.Quitemoments.blogspot.com |
| LivingWell4You |
Posted - Aug 14 2008 : 4:03:31 PM
Sarita, what a beautiful name! Does it have a special meaning?
I am so with you on the henhouse, girl. It's got me seriously thinking about getting some baby chicks come next spring. Like you, I have my grandmother's egg basket but here's was a wooden splint basket. Wouldn't it make them smile if we used them for gathering our own eggs?
You have some wonderful memories of your grandmother. It's a treasure to have that heritage.
So glad to see another farmgirl from Missouri. The numbers just keep on a-growin'!!!
God bless -
Karen
Farmgirl Sister #??? (to be filled in after I get my badge) |
| ruralfarmgirl |
Posted - Aug 14 2008 : 3:53:21 PM
sarita,
Welcome. I am from Washington State have been here all my life. I have 4 boys and a hubby of 24 years I love to read, write and garden.. I also love to build things with wood! Glad you are here!
Rene~Prosser Farmgirl #185
"Despite the gardener's best intentions, Nature will improvise. ~Michael P. Garafalo
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| dkelewae |
Posted - Aug 14 2008 : 3:14:35 PM
Welcome Sarita from a fellow Missouri farmgirl! I'm near St. Louis :)
Diana
Farmgirl Sister #272
St. Peters MO
Country Girl trapped in the city! |
| lacisne88 |
Posted - Aug 14 2008 : 2:37:28 PM
Hello there Sarita! Welcome and enjoy! I'm sure you will love it here...it was great fun reading about your wonderful grandmother!
Chelsey
Farmgirl Sister #283
http://farmgirlpleasures.blogspot.com/ |
| Ga Girl |
Posted - Aug 14 2008 : 1:47:06 PM
Welcome so glad you joined us sounds like you will fit in just fine. Wow whatever your grandmother did to live to 106 please share! Thats a great long life.
Blessings, Karen
Create in me a pure heart,O God and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalms 51:10 http://farmgirlingastyle.blogspot.com/ |
