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| Blessed in Colorado |
Posted - Jun 25 2023 : 6:28:43 PM
As I get closer to 70 in a few more years I have been thinking of all my wonderful Farmgirl Sisters and friends in there 70’s and 80’s. The Wisdom they have, the stories and memories they have to share, I want to hear their stories and listen to any memories and wisdom they want to share with all of us. How special will it be to get to know these wonderful women so much better. In our Wildflower HH we have a very special older lady who has been sharing her stories with me and others for years. I told her she needs to write her memories and stories down in a journal now to share with family and friends later. She told me she did not think anyone would be interested. I told her gently that I thought she was wrong as I want to hear about her life and I know others will too. It is important, it is history, it is love, it is caring all rolled in to one.
So, please all of us 60 and over share your stories with us, I for one want to hear them. I will never be too old to learn something new and offer any wisdom you have.
Then here it will be in MaryJanes History for others to read for years to come.
Thank you Beautiful Ladies.
Big Hugs,
Debbie
#1582
Blessed in Oregon
With Colorado on My Mind
Farmgirl of the Month September 2012, February 2018, September 2022
“My altars are My Mountains
and the Ocean.” Lord Byron”
When I am Old I Shall Wear Purple, I am Old now!!
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| windypines |
Posted - Nov 02 2024 : 03:38:29 AM
A well deserved nap too Tara. Enjoy and get rested up.
Farming in WI
Michele
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| lovecatsandsunshine |
Posted - Nov 01 2024 : 6:16:11 PM
Spent morning dicing apples for dehydrator, then diced a bunch of garden peppers. I have a vegetable/fruit chopper. but I found chopping by hand easier.
I worked in garden yesterday. I planted 65 cloves of garlic in the Greenstalk vertical garden. I had to replace all the dirt. Then added bags of soil to other raised beds. That took a lot out of me. Today after am in kitchen I took a 90 minute nap.
Today's good mood brought to you by a lot of coffee!!!
Farmgirl in SC
Farmgirl #8548
FGOTM April 2023 |
| windypines |
Posted - Nov 01 2024 : 03:01:21 AM
Good one Debbie. I can relate......been cutting wood and oh my it takes me longer. Need more breaks. haha. But we got it done and working on next years.
Farming in WI
Michele
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| Red Tractor Girl |
Posted - Oct 31 2024 : 11:14:14 AM
Debbie, this is the cutest photo and saying you found!! I love it and boy, is it 100% true!!
Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
Farm Sister of the Year 2014-2015
FGOTM- October 2018 |
| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Oct 30 2024 : 07:22:17 AM
I think that it's great too! Thanks for sharing it with us Debbie.
Dawn in IL
"I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion." — Henry David Thoreau
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| Blessed in Colorado |
Posted - Oct 29 2024 : 7:49:13 PM
I thought this was great. This is me!
Big Hugs,
Debbie
#1582
Blessed in Oregon
With Colorado on My Mind
Farmgirl of the Month September 2012, February 2018, September 2022
“My altars are My Mountains
and the Ocean.” Lord Byron”
When I am Old I Shall Wear Purple, I am Old now!!
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| Blessed in Colorado |
Posted - Oct 06 2024 : 09:09:58 AM
Happy Sunday to everyone. Oh the squirrels are such rascals storing up for the winter Sara. I do love watching them.
We had some much needed rain this past week but now it will clear out and be beautiful again with fabulous blue skies.
The house is quiet now without our 10 month old nephew Wally, we miss him so much already. Cannot wait to see him again next year.
Enjoy your day everyone.
Big Hugs,
Debbie
#1582
Blessed in Oregon
With Colorado on My Mind
Farmgirl of the Month September 2012, February 2018, September 2022
“My altars are My Mountains
and the Ocean.” Lord Byron”
When I am Old I Shall Wear Purple, I am Old now!!
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Oct 06 2024 : 08:42:03 AM
It's cooling down in north central/east Texas. Depends on who you talk to whether Paris is in north central or northeast Texas. Night temps in the high 50s or low 60s. Day temps still in high 80s with heat index of high 90s.
Annie and I sat out on the side porch this morning. Very pleasant with a cool breeze. Heard birds singing this morning. I guess they are finally coming back after all the jackhammering in August when my house was leveled. Even the squirrels were scared off for a while. I hoped they wouldn't come back but looks like they are. They love to plant acorns and pecans in my container plants and raised beds. Always picking out wee pecan and oak trees.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| lovecatsandsunshine |
Posted - Oct 06 2024 : 07:37:01 AM
Michele, 37* brrr Maybe mid 50's overnight for Easley SC.
I keep dumping kitchen scraps into compost pile out back. No fancy bin to store compost jump dump in a pile and cover it up.
Today's good mood brought to you by a lot of coffee!!!
Farmgirl in SC
Farmgirl #8548
FGOTM April 2023 |
| windypines |
Posted - Oct 05 2024 : 03:01:28 AM
Good one Tara! I always hope for the kitchen fairies to show up and they never do. lol Nice surprise to find good things in your garden yet. I will open up my garden fence and get started on clean up today. Chickens will get a few big cucumbers and zucchini I am sure. I throw everything in my gator, and go and dump by the woods. We have not froze yet. Got down to 37 so far.
Farming in WI
Michele
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| lovecatsandsunshine |
Posted - Oct 04 2024 : 4:07:08 PM
Sometimes when the garden is a mess my husband will ask me if I left the garden to the Lord. I havent been near the garden bed with tomatoes since the storm last week. I was going to let a hard freeze take it out, easy for me to clean up. I decided to check out the plants and found 2 slicer tomatoes-what a great find! The squash plants were not damaged-great to see!
Today's good mood brought to you by a lot of coffee!!!
Farmgirl in SC
Farmgirl #8548
FGOTM April 2023 |
| windypines |
Posted - Oct 03 2024 : 02:47:42 AM
Good luck to you on the clean up too. Always good to be prepared for such disasters.
Farming in WI
Michele
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| StitchinWitch |
Posted - Oct 02 2024 : 09:15:23 AM
Tara, I’m glad you weathered the storm safely. It’s times like this that neighbors can get together and help each other can help pull a neighborhood together.
Judith
7932 FGOTM 6/21 6/24
I'm old and I wear purple |
| YellowRose |
Posted - Oct 02 2024 : 07:59:56 AM
Tara, so happy you and your family are safe with no damage. I have good friends in Asheville, NC in the mountains that I have not been able to hear from them. Praying they are all okay.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| Wanda Sue |
Posted - Oct 02 2024 : 06:51:52 AM
Tara I’m so glad you survived with no damage. It is heartbreaking to hear of all the devastation in NC
A day hemmed in prayer is less likely to unravel.
Farm Girl #3677
Farmgirl of the Month: Aug/2022
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| lovecatsandsunshine |
Posted - Oct 02 2024 : 06:38:00 AM
That was a rough few days with no power. I try to be prepared for a power outage. We had plenty of food, water, medicines and alcohol. We had a gas generator and used it a few hours here and there to keep freezer running. All our frozen food survived. No trees on house, no damage to land. A few trees down in the very back but they don't bother any structure. Neighbors had trees on homes. The tall pine trees, those have always bothered me-too top heavy. We asked out builder to take down all the tall pine trees when building 2 years ago Not fun trying to find petrol for generator. But we did and will but more gas cans when funds allow. I know local media causes people to panic and I know social media eggs it on. I listened to my portable radio for real information. Upstate SC power in real trouble when another storm comes thru.
We met neighbors didnt know lived here. There is a neighborhood get together this weekend. Something fun to do and chance to get out of house.
Today's good mood brought to you by a lot of coffee!!!
Farmgirl in SC
Farmgirl #8548
FGOTM April 2023 |
| YellowRose |
Posted - Sep 27 2024 : 11:08:48 AM
Michelle, thanks for the compliment. Must say wisdom often comes from learning from our mistakes, I know that's how it has been for me.
It's cooler today and shadows are getting longer, love to watch the shadows as they creep across the yard, oh, happy fall.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| windypines |
Posted - Sep 27 2024 : 03:10:34 AM
You ladies are so smart and have so much wisdom to teach others. thank you
Farming in WI
Michele
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Sep 26 2024 : 1:01:57 PM
Judith, I believe some people come in our lives for a season and reason then when the season or reason is over the person drifts out of our lives. Some forty years ago I remember reading about energy vampires that sap our being, hadn't thought about that in years.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| StitchinWitch |
Posted - Sep 26 2024 : 12:42:31 PM
Sara -- Amen to what you said. Gardening used to be my joy but no longer. My gardening now is pretty much confined to several half barrels of miscellaneous loved plants, some geraniums in pots, and a lot of succulents in pots on the porch. If I get down on the ground I cant get up again so my backyard is just a jungle now.
Friends get weeded out over the years too, by changing interests, moving far away, and death. Also the ones like you mentioned that I call the energy vampires.
Judith
7932 FGOTM 6/21 6/24
I'm old and I wear purple |
| YellowRose |
Posted - Sep 26 2024 : 06:24:34 AM
Michelle, I think we learn as we go through the years that when part of our gardening becomes a troubling chore it's time to let that patch go.
All this talk about gardening got me thinking about how gardening and people are alike. Sometimes we hang on to a friendship that is long past the time we should let it go. One that pulls us down rather than lifts us up. One that takes and never gives. One that never changes and chooses to live in chaos. One that steals our peace of mind and heart.
"FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2,2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| windypines |
Posted - Sep 26 2024 : 03:19:53 AM
Sara, that is one thing about alot of herbs, they don't need alot of fussing and watering. And for me, the deer don't bother eating them.
Over the years I have cut back on alot of flower beds. I just could not keep up with the weeding, even with mulch the quack grass comes through.
Farming in WI
Michele
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Sep 25 2024 : 11:19:39 AM
It thundered and rained during the night so today it'll only get to 80. Eighty high temps is good. With the cooler weather my first thoughts turn to wanting to plant something since all of my flowers didn't survive the summer heat. I didn't want anything else to take care of this year, so I ordered daffodils to plant in late Oct and enjoy next spring. My herbs are thriving and are so forgiving if I am late watering them. Sometimes I think they do better without a lot of fussing over them.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| Nancy Joplin |
Posted - Sep 24 2024 : 1:24:44 PM
Great job, Tara! Save that food for later!
Nancy 8352 |
| StitchinWitch |
Posted - Sep 24 2024 : 11:38:40 AM
Crockpot applesauce -- what a great idea! I never thought of doing it that way.
Judith
7932 FGOTM 6/21 6/24
I'm old and I wear purple |
