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Farmgirl Chapter Chatter:  Looking for FarmGirls in Michigan  |
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molliejd
Farmgirl at Heart
4 Posts
mollie
white lake
mi
USA
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 Posted - Jun 11 2009 : 2:22:38 PM
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| Camping sounds good to me. I would love to meet all of the Michigan farmgirls. I live in White Lake. Let's plan something soon! |
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JessieMae
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Jessie
Raleigh
North Carolina
USA
702 Posts |
Posted - Jun 11 2009 : 6:01:12 PM
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molliejd. "Molly Jane Doe?"
Jessie Mae
Farmgirl Sisterhood #134 |
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cj6
True Blue Farmgirl
196 Posts
cj
USA
196 Posts |
Posted - Jun 13 2009 : 12:09:21 AM
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hi everyone,sorry it took so long to get back in here(dealing with bronchitis the past couple weeks and still not quite 100%)Besides Crafts 2000 we could go to a local cafe here called Cafe Classics.It's a neat little place where they have local groups come and perform in the evening a few nights each week.They serve coffee,tea,etc... along with soup and sandwiches...the owner also recently bought two other store fronts and connected them...one is a coney dog(etc...) restarant,the other a bakery(the personal sized cheesecakes are heavenly!)Maybe the we could do the 18th or 25th of July?(I think that's what the saturdays would be).I'm excited to meet everyone down here.
cj6 *believe in miracles* |
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molliejd
Farmgirl at Heart
4 Posts
mollie
white lake
mi
USA
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Posted - Jun 16 2009 : 5:32:43 PM
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| I hope that I am not being too sensitive but I didn't expect to have the user name I chose be criticized. It is just my first name and my intitials. I am new to the forum. So much for my first post. |
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Beverley
True Blue Farmgirl
2707 Posts
Beverley
atlanta
Michigan
USA
2707 Posts |
Posted - Jun 16 2009 : 5:51:04 PM
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Cj6- I hope you are feeling better, I had bronchotis and it is a nasty thing. and
molliejd, I really don't think Jessie meant anything by what she said. She is the type of person to do that.. Please don't take it wrong. I think she was just asking..
To everyone else, I would like to get together with everyone but I really am not a good camper. so, I will go next time when we meet for another time.
Folks will know how large your soul is by the way you treat a dog....Charles F. Doran
beverley baggett Beverley with an extra E...
http://bevsdoggies.googlepages.com/ |
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StarMeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
940 Posts
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MI
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Posted - Jun 16 2009 : 6:27:46 PM
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| Hey Mollie....I don't think Jessie meant to "criticize"... we all have fun/different names for a variety of reasons... Welcome to our Michigan farmgirls! |
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StarMeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
940 Posts
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MI
940 Posts |
Posted - Jun 16 2009 : 6:36:51 PM
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OK...the whole camping thing! IF it's not too far away...I could bring my pop up. My tow vehicle is not as ummmm "reliable" as it used to be, so it would have to be sort of centrally located to me for the camper.... There would be room for a couple of other folks too. Just a warning...I snore. LOL Otherwise, I'm hauling out the tent!
Got a little UP action planned for the first week of July (after the 4th) at Tahquamenon Falls. Might just be me and my 9yr old... he wants to travel through the locks. I'm game! Plus, 4th grade is the big learn-about-MI-year...so we'll get a bit of a head start. Then, the following week, we are off to southern KY to a "family" reunion on my hubby's side. Going to be a ton of folks at the old homestead...so the tent is coming along!!! I'm on a little fold up cot these days though. I turn 49 on Friday and am feeling every bit of it!!! LOL. There is a fiber fest in Charlevoix at the end of July too. Thinking about the state park up that way for just me for a couple days. AND then there is the fiber fest in Allegan (over that Fennville way) late August....
Peachy...I grew up in Otsego. Picked a lot of apples/plums in the Fennville area as a teen! Have a wonderful potter friend living in South Haven. And, my mentor/dear friend in the Coloma area too. I miss it. It's so FLAT over here! (even though I've been here 18 years now....) WELCOME to the group! |
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vintagediva1
True Blue Farmgirl
1251 Posts
Michele
Brighton
Michigan
USA
1251 Posts |
Posted - Jun 17 2009 : 07:44:45 AM
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The Fiber Fest in Allegan sounds like something we should attend. Does anybody know of a good camping spot on that side of the state. We could do the Fiber Fest and maybe go to holland or Saugatuck?
Michele
www.2vintagedivas.etsy.com
www.stitchingby2sisters.etsy.com
Love that good ole vintage junk |
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JessieMae
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Jessie
Raleigh
North Carolina
USA
702 Posts |
Posted - Jun 17 2009 : 08:21:40 AM
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 Mollie, I'm so sorry...I ABSOLUTELY didn't mean to criticize your name in any way. I am a very big "Golden Girls" fan, and in one episode Rose tells a story about someone named "Mollie Jane Doe" from St. Olaf. When I saw your name that is the first thing that popped into my head, and I wondered if maybe you chose that name because you remembered it and were a fan of the show, too. No offense intended AT ALL!
Jessie Mae
Farmgirl Sisterhood #134 |
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Beverley
True Blue Farmgirl
2707 Posts
Beverley
atlanta
Michigan
USA
2707 Posts |
Posted - Jun 17 2009 : 09:04:59 AM
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I am already planning on going to the fiber fest in allegan. My sister lives in lansing so I am staying with her. So if you guys meet someplace let me know I will meet ya there.
Folks will know how large your soul is by the way you treat a dog....Charles F. Doran
beverley baggett Beverley with an extra E...
http://bevsdoggies.googlepages.com/ |
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JessieMae
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Jessie
Raleigh
North Carolina
USA
702 Posts |
Posted - Jun 17 2009 : 09:31:32 AM
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Another option for those not attending the Michigan Fiber Arts Festival in Allegan August 15-16 is the St. Johns Mint Festival. Lots of great stuff going on that same weekend in my town; I live on the parade route and within walking distance to the park and would be happy to play hostess at my house for anyone who would like to attend. The link to the Mint Festival flyers is: http://www.clintoncountychamber.org/pdf/mint/2009mintfestivalbrochure.pdf
Jessie Mae
Farmgirl Sisterhood #134 |
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Beverley
True Blue Farmgirl
2707 Posts
Beverley
atlanta
Michigan
USA
2707 Posts |
Posted - Jun 17 2009 : 10:02:17 AM
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Wow never heard of it but that link makes it look like a lot of fun!!! but i am already committed to going to the fiber fest. Looks like a lot of fun though...
Folks will know how large your soul is by the way you treat a dog....Charles F. Doran
beverley baggett Beverley with an extra E...
http://bevsdoggies.googlepages.com/ |
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vintagediva1
True Blue Farmgirl
1251 Posts
Michele
Brighton
Michigan
USA
1251 Posts |
Posted - Jun 17 2009 : 3:36:42 PM
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Jessie mae,
St Olaf???? Have you seen "New in Town"? with renee zellweger and Harry Connick. It's in St. Olaf and the Minnesotans are as good as in Drop Dead Gorgeous.
Michele
www.2vintagedivas.etsy.com
www.stitchingby2sisters.etsy.com
Love that good ole vintage junk |
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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
2045 Posts
Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
2045 Posts |
Posted - Jun 17 2009 : 6:40:51 PM
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ARRRRGGH!!! I go to the Fiber Fest every 2-3 years, is this the year I'm supposed to go?? It can't be, I still have fleeces in my basement not spun from the last one... My 35th year high school reunion is this year, that weekend, and I talked another woman into organizing it, I have to show up...
Gosh I wish there were more weekends in the year!
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
Visit my blog at http://brightmeadowfarms.blogspot.com ,web site store at http://www.watkinsonline.com/fish or my homepage at http://home.earthlink.net/~brightmeadow |
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cj6
True Blue Farmgirl
196 Posts
cj
USA
196 Posts |
Posted - Jun 18 2009 : 05:20:59 AM
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I think I'm going to bow out of this,everyone.It's nice that y'all have managed to connect through this post,and are able to travel to get together.I'm just not in that place yet,I have small children still and grandbabies that I watch each week,money is tight.My family loves to camp but, I'm not sure when we will be able to this year,me going without them wouldn't be fair.I was so excited when we got our computer to find this site...as I look for the magazine everytime I am in Ann Arbor or Toledo and had hoped to find some friends to do things with around here.Michele said to think of something to do down here and I did(in between being sick) but,no one seems interested. : ( Have fun when you get together again.
cj6 *believe in miracles* |
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vintagediva1
True Blue Farmgirl
1251 Posts
Michele
Brighton
Michigan
USA
1251 Posts |
Posted - Jun 18 2009 : 07:29:34 AM
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Jessie Mae,
I checked out the site for the Mint Festival and it sounds like fun. I think we'll come to that instead of Fiber Fest. Do I really need more yarn????
is there someplace nearby where we can camp. I'll email you
Michele
www.2vintagedivas.etsy.com
www.stitchingby2sisters.etsy.com
Love that good ole vintage junk |
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StarMeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
940 Posts
T
MI
940 Posts |
Posted - Jun 19 2009 : 2:12:08 PM
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Michele! I just saw that last week! How funny! I loved that the secretary made "tapioca" whenever she was stressed! And I really thought it was funny when Rene' got out a big spoon and was eating the WHOLE bowl...
Hmmmmm...mint or fiber....mint or fiber....well, mint certainly smells better! LOL..... And actually Michele, there is camping right at the fairgrounds. Which is what I was going to do. Now I can't decide. Actually, I was looking forward to a couple days away from my kids...but it's always a crap shoot with my husband's work schedule...so mint might be the only option....going to the website.
BTW, there is a fiber fest going on in July at Castle Farms in Charlevoix too. THAT looked interesting... Haven't ever been there though and hotels are pricey in that area. I do have a friend with a boat in Charlevoix though....
Here's the Allegan fiber fest website http://www.michiganfiberfestival.info/
AND if you really want to drool over some yarn/fiber...check this out! http://www.michiganfiberfestival.info/
Boy, could I use one of those fancy-schmancy cruise deals.....ME or AK sounds good...nothing tropical for me though.... |
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StarMeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
940 Posts
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MI
940 Posts |
Posted - Jun 19 2009 : 2:22:18 PM
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Here's a thought.... August 30 Detroit Tigers Stitch and Pitch! It's a Sunday at 1:05pm. Tickets are 15$. It also happens to be "kids day" too!!! http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/det/ticketing/stitchnpitch.jsp Just a thought... I know it's right before Labor Day.... But it's back to work that week for me anyway...
I haven't been to a Tiger game since I was a kid. I did get to watch some fireworks from the new park from the Ren Cen when my hubby did a show down there last summer. THAT was cool. Fireworks from higher than the fireworks....different. |
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vintagediva1
True Blue Farmgirl
1251 Posts
Michele
Brighton
Michigan
USA
1251 Posts |
Posted - Jun 19 2009 : 7:19:16 PM
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tHERESA, STITCH AND PITCH IS OUT FOR ME BEcause I have a family wedding that weekend. bummer.
I think the mint festival is a go. Farmgirls and mint...juleps, maybe???hmmmm
Michele
www.2vintagedivas.etsy.com
www.stitchingby2sisters.etsy.com
Love that good ole vintage junk |
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StarMeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
940 Posts
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MI
940 Posts |
Posted - Jun 20 2009 : 4:44:22 PM
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| IF...and I mean IF, I do Stitch and Pitch...it'll be a family thing. Can't go see Tiger baseball without my boys! ;-) They aren't big baseball fans (and neither am I) but they should probably see a major league game at least once right? |
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peachy
True Blue Farmgirl
593 Posts
Melissa
Fennville
MI
USA
593 Posts |
Posted - Jun 22 2009 : 10:33:23 AM
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StarMeadow, you just come on over anytime and we'll go out picking apples or whatever is in season at the time! All of you are more than welcome to camp in my yard! (just as long as you don't mind goats and chicks and a very talkative cow!) Allegan is about 30-45 minutes from me and there's also the Glennfest/craft show parade etc 2 minutes away from me in August! I don't have the dates for that yet! If you're uncomfortable camping we'll put the dog away (I'll do that anyhow!) and you're more than welcome to stay inside, if you don't have a camper or don't want to haul one, I have one that's in great need of remodeling but it works for horse camp and anyone is welcome to stay in that too!
Melissa
Farmgirl Sister #360
http://oldethymecountrybarn.blogspot.com/
Life isn't about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning to dance in the rain! |
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StarMeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
940 Posts
T
MI
940 Posts |
Posted - Jun 22 2009 : 6:14:08 PM
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Wow...what a great invite Melissa! You just never know. I do need to get over there this summer to visit a friend in Coloma, maybe we'll swing up that way! :-) (I used to live in Paw Paw and teach in Dowagiac many moons ago....)
I picked apples on a farm in Fennville as a kid. And, plums, and pears. Those darn pear trees...I got poison ivy every time. |
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peachy
True Blue Farmgirl
593 Posts
Melissa
Fennville
MI
USA
593 Posts |
Posted - Jun 22 2009 : 9:12:22 PM
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StarMeadow or anyone else interested...open invitation, come on over! I thought up another idea that's closer yet to Allegan (Fiberfest) and also the Allegan Antique Fair...I think the first Sunday or last of every month - help me out here Michele...my brain isn't thinking! If anyones interested. One of our Michigan farmgirl friends who is on the forum but working hard right now so isn't on as much (Miss Kris) is camp manager at Silver Creek Horse Camp in Hamilton...closer yet to Allegan, the camping is $10 per night, very rustic...pump for water and outhouses! This is where the dh and I take our horses so of course I'd have to come with them! There is a horse camp section and a non-horse section, a beautiful creek and lots of nature! Of course you are all more than welcome to stay at our house but I thought I'd throw out another idea!
Melissa
Farmgirl Sister #360
http://oldethymecountrybarn.blogspot.com/
Life isn't about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning to dance in the rain! |
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peachy
True Blue Farmgirl
593 Posts
Melissa
Fennville
MI
USA
593 Posts |
Posted - Jun 22 2009 : 9:17:22 PM
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oops! should have read before I typed and saw that Fiberfest (Allegan) was out and mint was in! Sorry!!! Invitations still open if anyone is interested! Sorry for the confusion...
Melissa
Farmgirl Sister #360
http://oldethymecountrybarn.blogspot.com/
Life isn't about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning to dance in the rain! |
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Leezard
True Blue Farmgirl
950 Posts
Elizabeth
Novi
MI
USA
950 Posts |
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