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Across the Fence:  define: FARMGIRL  |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
 Posted - Oct 29 2005 : 9:12:30 PM
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| would be fun to hear how each of us would define: FARMGIRL |
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
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Posted - Oct 29 2005 : 9:23:59 PM
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Well Frannie, that is a complex term...for me being born and bred in Kansas, the wheat state...it is a love of nature, of earth and sky. I wake up to a broad horizon of brillant orange and pinks and blues and the song of a meadowlark in a Cottonwood on my 20 acres of rich black earth that grows wheat to feed others, hay to feed my cattle, grapes to warm a glass and a piece of bread. I teach my daughters the wonders of this earth and to care and tend it as we are just passing through,and that the wind that blows strong and steady holds secrets of the soul...and the souls of our ancestors that settled this prairie, that there is a price to be paid for this freedom we now relish and that it was dear. And I feel sexy in overalls and boots and tending my calves that can't nurse on their mothers. That beauty is in the soul..and no makeup and gray hair is beautiful. This is the essence of farmgirl to me...
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. |
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DaisyFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
1646 Posts
Diane
Victoria
BC
Canada
1646 Posts |
Posted - Oct 29 2005 : 10:57:28 PM
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I don't think a farmgirl is what anyone chooses to be...it is something that makes up your very soul, a deep part of your personal being and spirit. I think farmgirls are nurturing, being it children, animals, birds, flowers, herbs, veggies or whatever. Farmgirls have a love and respect for our fragile earth and mother nature. Farmgirls see the beauty of each new season with renewed energy and infinite optimism. Farmgirls see inner beauty in living things, looking beyond what shows on the surface...at least that what it all means to me...
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ByHzGrace
True Blue Farmgirl
348 Posts
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Posted - Oct 30 2005 : 06:56:57 AM
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Farmgirl to me means WORKAHOLIC...everything you dream means work, putting those dreams into life is work, even planning means scratching pencil lay outwork, everything I work on begats more work, ifn I take a day off, work is begatting with out me and now I be hafta to do double time to get back to where I was when I left off, tisn't never over, then I be working in my dreams and the circle starts agin.
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quilt8305
True Blue Farmgirl
409 Posts
Mary
Spokane
WA
USA
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Posted - Oct 30 2005 : 10:11:32 AM
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To me farmgirl is a state of mind. I think you can be a farmgirl and not live on a farm.It means appreciating the simple things in life, being thankful every day for the things you have, being thoughtful and kind and generous with others, trying to do the very best you can for your family (including four-legged family  ) and for your friends.
Mary
The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. Wm. James |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Oct 30 2005 : 6:19:12 PM
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| loved your description! |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Oct 30 2005 : 6:20:45 PM
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i so agree with all you said!
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Oct 30 2005 : 6:22:44 PM
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i must be a 'gentlewoman' farmgirl .. cuz' i don't WORK as hard at it as you do. great satisfaction must come from all that work though. you sound much like the pioneer women i read of.
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sqrl
True Blue Farmgirl
605 Posts
Melissa
Northern California
USA
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Posted - Oct 31 2005 : 09:19:49 AM
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Living simply, doing the most with your hands. Understanding and living with the Earth and all she contains. A willness to get dirty and get the job done. The last one standing. The list goes on and on.
Blessed Be
www.sqrlbee.com www.sisterhood.sqrlbee.com
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Linda Houston
True Blue Farmgirl
538 Posts
Linda
Lake Charles
Louisiana
USA
538 Posts |
Posted - Nov 01 2005 : 06:12:04 AM
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A deep appreciation of the land and the simplicity of living each day with a purity of purpose. She is a wise woman and our values are different from the mainstream. Being a farmgirl is a deep-seated heart-felt respect for nature, family, and Country. She is not necessairly on the farm, she may be a urban farm girl, but the traits are the same.
Her beauty is in the soul of who and what she is. |
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verbina
True Blue Farmgirl
231 Posts
randi
n.j
USA
231 Posts |
Posted - Nov 01 2005 : 11:47:14 AM
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| iam a simple farm girl cant be any other way for me that is what is suppose to be.i dont work to hard either frannie . but i expect with that a farm house and all its needs you may just be workin as hard as these sisters are . heck if you got the money you may be one of the lucky ones . good luck i like reading about it. randi |
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The Handmaiden
True Blue Farmgirl
214 Posts
Kim
Shreveport
Louisiana
USA
214 Posts |
Posted - Nov 01 2005 : 8:28:51 PM
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This definition was on the back of a card I received. Blew me away it resonated so deeply.....
"The Farmgirl symbolizes Everywoman as she moves through life in
quest for self, meaning, happiness, friendship and love.
The farmgirl finds in the world around her and within herself the courage and strength she needs to meet life, and all life’s unexpected twists and tangles, with laughter and hope. This farmgirl Everywoman is an intense, creative being bravely in search of inspiration and adventure."
All this and more...all that each of you are!
"Faith shall finish all that Hope begins."
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