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ilovecountry72
Farmgirl at Heart
6 Posts
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 Posted - Aug 12 2006 : 4:28:58 PM
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I got MaryJanes book from the library and am already half way through it in 2 hrs..Very good book.
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berries
True Blue Farmgirl
475 Posts
gloria g
Florida
USA
475 Posts |
Posted - Aug 12 2006 : 4:50:12 PM
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Yes, I received one, and can't put it down! I just love it. It is beautiful, well done, makes you feel good!
gloria g. Richards, TX
strawberry fields forever and ever! |
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9094 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
9094 Posts |
Posted - Aug 12 2006 : 6:05:10 PM
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Yes, I have my Mary Jane pile, all the magazines, except the first one, the book and the farmgirl wisdom. I have the next book "STITCHING" on pre order from amazon, they said early october, I don't know if they have that right, but will look forward to when ever it comes out.
NANCY JO |
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - Aug 12 2006 : 6:16:55 PM
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Don't you wish you could just jump into her book and be at the farm!? I am already working on my sister to go to the Farm Fair next year. I'll wear her down!!!
Karin |
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berries
True Blue Farmgirl
475 Posts
gloria g
Florida
USA
475 Posts |
Posted - Aug 12 2006 : 8:23:25 PM
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Yes, Karin, one of my goals in life, will be to get to MaryJanes Farm!!!!! My sister and I plan to drive (one day)!!!! I love everything she does!
love, hugs, and strawberries!
gloria g. Richards, TX
strawberry fields forever and ever! |
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Buttercup
True Blue Farmgirl
1433 Posts
Talitha
Vermont
USA
1433 Posts |
Posted - Aug 12 2006 : 10:16:25 PM
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Yes, I have the one from the library too! I am surprized that they even had it here!! But I am enjoying and re-enjoying(word?  ) it until I take it back. I am sure going to get my own copy soon!!
Hugz!
"If we could maintain the wonder of childhood and at the same time grasp the wisdom of age, what wonder,what wisdom,what life would be ours" |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Aug 12 2006 : 11:17:25 PM
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I have sure never once regretting buying the book..it is so wonderful..I find myself going to it to look up something or read something over again nearly every single day! I PLAN to get to MJ's farm next year for farm fair..by hook or by crook. (whatever that means!) I can hardly wait!
Jenny in Utah
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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Nance in France
True Blue Farmgirl
1438 Posts
Nancy
St. Laurent de la Salanque
France
1438 Posts |
Posted - Aug 13 2006 : 03:38:57 AM
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Hey, Aunt Jenny! Hope you and the gals enjoy this little lesson in the curious sayings we humans have come up with. I got this from a website called "The Word Detective". Enjoy!!!
"by hook or by crook" first occurs in print way back in 1380 and is still common today, no one knows exactly where it came from, or what the "hook" and "crook" in question were. One theory, perhaps the most plausible, is that while tenants on English manors were not allowed to cut trees for firewood, the lord of the manor permitted them to have all the branches they could pull down with a shepherd's crook or a curved knife on a pole called a "hook." Since firewood was a basic necessity, "by hook or by crook" in this case would have fit the bill of meaning "by any means necessary, even if awkward or difficult." |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Aug 13 2006 : 08:57:09 AM
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I love that!! I wondered if the crook was a shepherd's crook in the meaning! I LOVE my shepherd's crook...don't use it much but it is pretty as well as useful.
Thanks Nancy!!
Jenny in Utah
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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sillyfoulks
True Blue Farmgirl
164 Posts
Elizabeth
Illinois
USA
164 Posts |
Posted - Aug 14 2006 : 11:42:45 AM
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I got my book last spring. It is wonderful! I have read it cover to cover several times, and refer back to it often.
Elizabeth
http://livingcountrystyle.blogspot.com/ |
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daffodil dreamer
True Blue Farmgirl
805 Posts
Jayne
Hamilton
Victoria
Australia
805 Posts |
Posted - Aug 14 2006 : 9:48:56 PM
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| Mine is on order and should be in the mail as we speak - now you've made me wish it would get here even faster. I'm sure I'll be posting how much I LOVE it as soon as it gets here!!! |
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blueroses
True Blue Farmgirl
1323 Posts
Debbie
in the Pandhandle of
Idaho
USA
1323 Posts |
Posted - Aug 15 2006 : 11:36:10 AM
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Jayne,
You will absolutely love the book. Let us know....
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
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sunshine
True Blue Farmgirl
4877 Posts
Wendy
Utah
USA
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berries
True Blue Farmgirl
475 Posts
gloria g
Florida
USA
475 Posts |
Posted - Aug 15 2006 : 11:49:27 AM
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It's well worth getting! It is a beautiful book, easy reading, beautiful pictures, and I plan to give it to my farmgirl friends! It's the farmgirl bible!!!!!
gloria g. Richards, TX
strawberry fields forever and ever! |
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KellyA
True Blue Farmgirl
237 Posts
Kelly
Johnsonville
NY
USA
237 Posts |
Posted - Aug 15 2006 : 12:25:42 PM
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I got the book from my library...that's why I am now hooked up with all you farmgirls!!
Kelly
When a cookbook is in hand, life is good! |
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Lynn B
True Blue Farmgirl
113 Posts
Lynn
Derry
NH
USA
113 Posts |
Posted - Aug 18 2006 : 07:07:14 AM
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| I got this book this week and everyday read more and more! It's fantastic! You do just want to jump inside of it, dont' you?? |
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sunshine
True Blue Farmgirl
4877 Posts
Wendy
Utah
USA
4877 Posts |
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sunshine
True Blue Farmgirl
4877 Posts
Wendy
Utah
USA
4877 Posts |
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daffodil dreamer
True Blue Farmgirl
805 Posts
Jayne
Hamilton
Victoria
Australia
805 Posts |
Posted - Aug 20 2006 : 8:49:37 PM
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My book just arrived - I have had a quick flick through - how gorgeous!! The little one is nearly ready for his afternoon nap. I think I'll put the kettle on and sit down with a cup of tea. Can't wait!!
Best wishes, Jayne
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sunshine
True Blue Farmgirl
4877 Posts
Wendy
Utah
USA
4877 Posts |
Posted - Aug 21 2006 : 05:23:23 AM
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hope it comes today it is so much fun tradeing with farm girls. I can't wait to see all those things that the farm girls have been talking about especially the apron. I hope the pictures are like the ones in the magazines. If they are it will be one beautiful book to read and look at.
have a lovely day and may God bless you and keep you safe
my web store www.sunshines.etsy.com my blog http://sunshinescreations.blogspot.com/ my google page http://sunshine.harbaugh.googlepages.com/home |
Edited by - sunshine on Aug 21 2006 05:35:39 AM |
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berries
True Blue Farmgirl
475 Posts
gloria g
Florida
USA
475 Posts |
Posted - Aug 21 2006 : 05:37:12 AM
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Oh sunshine, it is a beautiful book, and everything in it! Very well done, lot's of ideas, and you won't get anything done for reading, looking, and dreaming!!!!!! Have fun!
gloria g. Richards, TX
strawberry fields forever and ever! |
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sunshine
True Blue Farmgirl
4877 Posts
Wendy
Utah
USA
4877 Posts |
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Linda Houston
True Blue Farmgirl
538 Posts
Linda
Lake Charles
Louisiana
USA
538 Posts |
Posted - Aug 25 2006 : 8:20:16 PM
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I have her book and magazines. Each one is a work of art and I tresure them. I also re-read her book and enjoy it more each time.
Last year I added visiting Mary Jane's farm to my list of things to do before I die. Ironically today as I was reading one of her magazines, I was wishing I worked with all of them on the farm.... |
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berries
True Blue Farmgirl
475 Posts
gloria g
Florida
USA
475 Posts |
Posted - Aug 25 2006 : 9:30:26 PM
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Linda, I have said the exact same thing! I wish I worked with them!!!!! I love MJ's magazines and her book! One of my life time goals will be to get to MaryJanes Farm Fair!!!!!
Oh to dream - and dreams really do come true!
gloria g. Richards, TX
strawberry fields forever and ever! |
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