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jenny louise
True Blue Farmgirl
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jennifer
cass city
MI
USA
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 Posted - Sep 05 2005 : 6:18:56 PM
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Susan, If you want to hold a job, the thumb is especially hard hit right now economically. Of course, it depends on what you ae looking for as well. Land prices have gone right up along with the rest of the country, but you can still find a farmstead that is quiet and since no highways to speak of come into the thumb it will stay pretty sleepy for years to come. That was one of the draws for us, envisioning what would develop in the next twenty years. The downside is that we have huge deer populations here and they are very large. They eat well on fields of crops and because of thier size seem to be able to clear any fencing. Amsih families found this area about 15 years ago and have moved into the area quite well. I am a translant but gladly call this home, it is a little flat in areas, but we live in a glcial meltdown pocket so we have a wonderful rock filled valley.
Your babysitting job sounds daunting, and hope you survived well, good luck in your decisions! Jenny |
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Eileen
True Blue Farmgirl
1199 Posts
Eileen
USA
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Posted - Sep 06 2005 : 10:18:33 AM
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Jenny,
Welcome to you in Michigan from me out here in Washington.I have a daughter in Wisconsin near the border of Minnesota. They are very close to lake Superior and get a lot of snow in the winter. Do you get a lot of snow too? They are currently living with minimal grid. They have a single electric line to their yurt that they built themselves and have a web site that has a section showing the process of building it from scratch in the middle of winter. It is at www.foursongs.com and click on owner built yurt.
We will be driving out to see them this week.
Melissa, I love Andy Goldsworthy!! We just found a copy of the film Rivers and Tides on dvd at our library. I saw it when it was in our local theater and loved it. The dvd will become one of our own library as it is wonderful. Any one who loves nature will love this film.
Eileen
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susan kate
True Blue Farmgirl
109 Posts
susan
Western Washington
109 Posts |
Posted - Sep 08 2005 : 07:51:02 AM
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| Thank you Jenny. You're place sounds just lovely and perfect for you. I will "file" the information for further contemplation; the work issue is important, so this may not be the place for me. The border collie sitting job went fine. I have aussies myself; would not own a bc unless I lived out in the country! Susan |
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Canadian Cowgirl
Farmgirl at Heart
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Tova
Grafton
Ontario
Canada
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jenny louise
True Blue Farmgirl
166 Posts
jennifer
cass city
MI
USA
166 Posts |
Posted - Sep 09 2005 : 7:11:40 PM
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| Tova, thanks for the link, i have seen some of goldsworthy's work before, and i think i will purchase the book for inspiration. How wonderful he is! I haven't got any pictures of my work as of yet, but i want to very badly. I have so much more to do on my walls, and it is painstakingly slow work, but I was driving slowly today, scouting for some flat stones that i can incorporate into the top of the wall. There is a website that features some artists in our area, one of which works in ston.I am on there as jennifer lester. The site is www.ruralartisans.com. I do the recylced artwork. |
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lonestargal
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kristi
Texas
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Posted - Sep 10 2005 : 07:01:19 AM
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| Welcome Jenny!! Wow sounds like you do a lot around your place. That's wonderful. I'm getting ready to move to a place with 40 acres and cannot wait so I can expand my garden and get a few animals. Sounds like you'll fit right in here!!! |
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