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Across the Fence:  How are you enjoying your summer?  |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
 Posted - Aug 01 2009 : 7:52:23 PM
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Wow! Can you believe summer is almost over and school starts again soon?
How are you enjoying your summer?
Our summer here seems to be flying by! I can't believe it. Nora is growing and learning lots. Tala is a joy to have and spend time with. I am thinking we need to spend a few more days at the pool or the river or something though! :D
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.awarmheart.com
www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com
www.allergyjourneys.blogspot.com
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
13055 Posts |
Posted - Aug 01 2009 : 8:51:55 PM
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My summer has surely flown by much to fast. I've enjoyed everything this summer; swimming, camping, gardening, etc...
But---I am ready for cooler weather.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
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pinkroses
True Blue Farmgirl
2350 Posts
Sheila
Virginia
USA
2350 Posts |
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4HMom
True Blue Farmgirl
720 Posts
Kelly
Montana
720 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2009 : 09:49:30 AM
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I'm with you Alee! Summer is going by WAY too fast! We've been busy doing some traveling for family celebrations. Our fair is in 14 days and now we're buckling down for that. It's always so much fun to spend the week at the fairgrounds, but the weeks leading up to it go by in a blur since we're so busy preparing. And to compound things this year, school starts the DAY AFTER the fair (2 full weeks BEFORE Labor Day!!!) Since I teach, I will be returning to the classroom mere hours after the fair gets over. Thank goodness for good strong coffee!!! LOL. All in all, though, we've had a wonderful summer with good weather and good garden harvest. Enjoy what's left.
"Be the change you want to see in the world" -Gandhi |
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Claude09647
True Blue Farmgirl
761 Posts
Claudia
Our Dairy Farm
Pennsylvania
USA
761 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2009 : 10:31:41 AM
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I think i'm with everyone else on here!
ITs almost gone and i'm not ready for it to start snowing just yet
"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door."
http://claude09647.blogspot.com/ |
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countrygal56
True Blue Farmgirl
221 Posts
Barbara
Dickson
Tennessee
USA
221 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2009 : 2:32:49 PM
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Hi everyone! I haven't been on MaryJanesFarm to read the posts in along time! Been very busy with my new job at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville. I love my new job! Our summer here in Tennessee has been great! The weather has been so nice. Temps in the 80's most of July, with some rainy days. Our farm is so green and filled with flowers everywhere. Our garden has done well this year. Looking forward to our watermelon ripening on the vine. Yum! I feel like there is never enough time in my day to get everything done that I want to. I am not ready for Autumn!
http://barbaralucore.etsy.com
http://beedangledcreations.blogspot.com/ |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
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prairie_princess
True Blue Farmgirl
613 Posts
Elizabeth
Carpenter
WY
USA
613 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2009 : 5:48:45 PM
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i finished community college in May with a General Studies degree. but i've decided to stay home and be a busy housewife, so this summer has been my first solely dedicated to my farm duties! DH and I are rebuilding our shed to become his woodworking area and lawn/garden storage. we did a trip to Devil's Tower,WY and went to a concert in June. Mostly just staying at home, working hard and enjoying our home. We fixed up our front porch area and it has turned into my favorite hangout in the house to have coffee or a cosmopolitan! spent time with my best friend before she left yesterday to go back to North Dakota for college. my grandparents may visit this month.... plan on doing some camping at some point.
"Only two things that money can't buy, that's true love and homegrown tomatoes."
- Guy Clark
"The man who has planted a garden feels he has done something for the good of the world."
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2009 : 8:09:42 PM
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This has been a great summer..but way too fast. We will be going on vacation to visit the "big boys" this week and then back for a week and then only a week more until school starts..I know it will go fast too. County fair is always the first week of school..so the kids are getting ready for that too. And my knee surgery is on the 18th..that date will be here too soon..haha. I am glad I get to go on vacation for a week first!
The garden has been great this year...the most weed free of any year..I think the difference is that the kids are getting old enough to be real help in that department. When they were all at camp this past week I really had to hustle to stay on top of the weeds!! I hate to think how much it will all grow the week we are gone!!
Summer always flies by!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Aug 03 2009 : 04:43:38 AM
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Summer has gone swell here. Too fast though
We just got back from the beach last night....in time to tend what's left of the garden. sure is a pretty weed patch.
All in all it's not been too unbearable temp. wise
Have been able to spend quality time w/ friends and plenty of summer dinner parties....parties which are dog friendly. Always an added bonus.
Haven't canned too much.
Raspberries have gone crazy this year, blackberries were a huge disapointment |
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DyaLynn53
True Blue Farmgirl
78 Posts
Dianne
Roseburg
Oregon
USA
78 Posts |
Posted - Aug 03 2009 : 09:58:15 AM
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Hello, everyone, as you can see I'm a newbie and I love this place. Summer has been good even though the last couple of weeks have been up in the very high nineties. I just got back from spending a delightful weekend at a lovely old Victorian B&B in Hood River,OR which is in the Columbia Gorge,with my two adult daughters. It was hot there too but we had a great time together.
Sheila, my DH and I are building our own house as well; started last July, just got the plumbing inspection and the electrical, framing and mechanical inspections are next. Our target date last summer was this month which we have re-set to "before winter."
Putting up green beans today and I agree that summer goes too fast.
Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without. |
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moxieblossom
True Blue Farmgirl
121 Posts
USA
121 Posts |
Posted - Aug 03 2009 : 11:06:09 AM
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This has been a pretty good summer! The weather hasn't been too hot until the last two weeks or so, it got real humid all of a sudden, but we've been blessed with relatively cool temperatures and low humidity for a good while now.
July was a busy month for us, we went to Tennessee to participate in the wedding of two dear friends over July 4th weekend. Of course, we spent time in the Smokies and got to see family as well! Then the hubby started a new job that he's loving so far, and it's enabling us to move out of the city and get a bigger apartment close to the country, the move is coming up in about a month and a half. I've been busy cleaning, cleaning, cleaning and trying to simplify things so that we have as little to move as possible.
In the meantime, we've gotten out and started exploring the new area that we'll be living in, we found a dairy farm that does some agritourism like ice cream days, corn mazes, and hayrides. We'll definitely be visiting there again! There are a several farmer's markets and roadside product stands in the area, and the county fair starts in two weeks, so that'll be a great end to the official "summertime" festivities.
After the move... time to start making Christmas gifts! I'm shooting for at least 80% handmade this year, and hopefully sticking to a relatively tight budget.
Farmgirl #242
http://vintage-moxie.blogspot.com |
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KD Earthwork
True Blue Farmgirl
210 Posts
Katie
Gualala
Calif.
USA
210 Posts |
Posted - Aug 13 2009 : 11:07:12 PM
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I just arrived back on our farm after a long road trip all based upon visiting Mary Jane's Farm and staying at her B&B.What a wonderful experience my heart still soars at the thought of it.To see it all for real and the people from the books,so special and awe inspiring.I'm very glad that after years of trying to get my girlfriends or kids to go my husband finally agreed to go.Now he has big ideas for our place.Much better than me just coming home w/ ideas.
I've been interested in MJ's farm since I first got her first magazine handed to me by a friend.I since bought and read in detail all her books and Mags. and love the web links and am always pouring over them.
Prior to this trip we've been staying in hotels when we do road trips.Well I wanted to camp more but knew my husband wouldn't do well w/ his back on the ground.So I bought(defintely "my " idea) a small teardrop trailer.So we set out after much work to leave our farm.The first stop was an eye opener,loud music,lot's of people,ugly spot.So this is camping?Our get away to somewhere more rural was not yet happening.I thought Oh, if only I had a laptop I could post a topic asking if I could visit other farmgirls farms and camp there.Allee, what if we used the map you've put together for us all,and put comments on it,accomadations,camping,day visits or picnics? By the way I still can't figure out how to get into that map site even though I did get so far as to register our farm.It just seems like I wouldn't mind hosting farmgirl campers and I saw the outpouring of hospitality for the fourth of July picnic.Seemed like a possibillity.
Thanks, Katie
Formerly katie pence-robbins now KD Earthwork |
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Hosanna
True Blue Farmgirl
466 Posts
Hosanna
Alton
Virginia
466 Posts |
Posted - Aug 14 2009 : 07:10:19 AM
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I've been enjoying the summer by doing a lot of training and schooling with my Off the Track Thoroughbreds; and then jumping in the pool after getting all hot and sweaty. Tomorrow I am taking one to a Dressage Clinic for fun. Also I like to do projects around the house and yard in the summer. We're not traveling this summer; to save $$. NEXT year we go go the Outer Banks for a week!! YAY!!
www.happilyeverafterhosanna.blogspot.com
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knitnpickinatune
True Blue Farmgirl
1140 Posts
Sherrie
Gardena
California
USA
1140 Posts |
Posted - Aug 14 2009 : 07:20:11 AM
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This summer has been more enjoyable than most-tho I will be glad for cooler temps and the color changes in the leaves. Getting more gardening done,and redoing my front porch decor wise.
http://www.mandochicks.com
http://www.mandolinbabe.com
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EastTXFarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
731 Posts
Victoria
Farmgirl #549
TX
USA
731 Posts |
Posted - Aug 14 2009 : 3:00:46 PM
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WOW it seems like I went to bed the other night and it was Christmas eve and now we are knocking on the door of Labor day. This summer just flew by. But I got my blue berries, black berries, peaches and other goodies put up. Got my soap made for the year. Bought a new tractor and doing a lot of joy riding. And of course got to jump in the pool at least once a day. All in all it's a good year.
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