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Calving Season in Western Oregon... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

We are 2 weeks into Calving Season

here in rainy Western Oregon

The Cowboy has been spending lots of time

tagging new baby calves...

Mama Cows with their new babies...

I am in the pick up looking out the

side view mirror...

the Cowboy is on the tractor loading hay

He has me all loaded up with hay...

This is one of our new heifers, Vicky,

with her very first baby.

She is a great mama cow already !

Each morning baby calves greet us when

we walk into the silo...

Cows and calves in the silo...

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added by LuAnn Kessi 3 years, 9 months ago. under cattle , cows , farm , video , you tube video

Cattle......River Crossing Video from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

We are feeding cattle now,

so they seem to follow us everywhere we go.

We crossed the river and they followed

right along...

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LuAnn Kessi

added by LuAnn Kessi 4 years, 2 months ago. under cattle , cows , farm , video , you tube video

Seeding the Hay Field and Clive from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

We are finishing up the tractor work

in the bull field today...

Clive is here...

Clive and Lewis

The field has been worked. All that is left to do

is fertilize and seed...

One Ton of Fertilizer on the trailer...

The Cowboy fills the fertilizer spreader...

Look closely, you can see the

fertilizer pellets spraying out of the back...

Fertilizer on the hay field...

After fertilizing, we are ready to plant the seed:

Oregon Grown....Grass Seed

The Cowboy fills up the grain drill

with grass seed...

We are spreading 800 pounds of grass seed today...

We can drill seed ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 4 years, 2 months ago. under cattle , farm , video , you tube video

Face Masks and Turkey Vultures... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

I found this FUN candy corn fabric

and turned it into face masks...

Candy Corn Face Masks

Just in time for.....Candy Corn time !

The Turkey Vultures arrived here in

Western Oregon last March

For seven months they nest here, raise their young

and fill our skies with their beautiful flight...

It is now September and they are preparing

to fly south to warm weather...

We were on our way over to the cow barns

to feed the cow herd and here were

the Turkey Vultures all in a row solar bathing...

I think they were saying good-bye...

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added by LuAnn Kessi 4 years, 2 months ago. under birds , face masks , video , you tube video

Haying at Home....July 2020 from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

The light was so beautiful last evening

I just had to capture a few haying images

and record a brief video.....enjoy !

Pulling down the driveway here at home...

It is unusual to make hay at our home place,

but we had so much grass this year

we had to mow it down...

Off in the distance, to the left of the barn,

you can see the cowboy baling hay

across the river...

The Cowboy is coming down the driveway

with the baler,

he will bale up our place tomorrow...

It was such a beautiful evening
here at home.

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added by LuAnn Kessi 4 years, 5 months ago. under farm , photography , video , you tube video

Cattle Drive to Summer Pasture 2020 from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

The cattle have eaten off all of their
Spring pasture...

it is time to move them up river to
Summer pasture...

We are moving 100 head of

cow and calf pairs...

They make this drive year after year after year...

they KNOW the way.

My father-in-law at 83 years still makes

the drive with us.

His job today is keeping our cattle out of

the neighbor's hay field.

I am riding a motorcycle, chasing cattle

and trying to run the camera...

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added by LuAnn Kessi 4 years, 5 months ago. under cattle , cows , farm , video , you tube video

Hay....Raking and Baling from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

Life in the hay fields continues....

The hay bales are piling up...

Before the hay can be baled...

it must be raked

The mowed hay is dried,

then raked into windrows...

You can better see the windrows here...

long, narrow rows of dried hay

The tractor tires straddle the windrow...

the baler follows behind and picks up the hay

Today I am driving an open air Ford tractor:

The implement on the back is a hay rake...

looks more like a carnival ride to me.

Here is a close up of the rake teeth...

they rake the hay into a ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 4 years, 5 months ago. under farm , video , you tube video

Haying and Cattle... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

There's always lots of company

while hay making...

The cattle are just across the fence...

This is a field of 50 cow and calf pairs...

These are 2 heifers who had their very first

calves last spring...

This little steer calf looked like

a buffalo calf when he was born last March:

I call him....Buffalo Bill

His mother is Golden Girl...

he looks just like her !

All of the cattle are looking over to the right:

The Cowboy has just stopped

along their fence line

and dumped a bale out...

This is what they will be eating

this ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 4 years, 5 months ago. under farm , video , you tube video

Hay Season....mowing and baling from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

We are finally clear of the wet weather and

getting a bit of a rhythm to our hay making...

I am mowing the third hay field today...

straight ahead is our place across the river.

The Big Elk River runs between our place

and this hay field...

The fir trees in our yard keep it shaded

and cool in the summer...

The Cowboy is up river about 3 miles

baling hay:

Here is a view of the first hay field

full of round bales...

The Cowboy is baling the second field:

It is always FUN to watch a bale

being ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 4 years, 5 months ago. under farm , video , you tube video

Working Cattle in Western Oregon......Enjoy the Videos from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

It is Spring and we are working cattle

and herding them to summer pasture.

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LuAnn

added by LuAnn Kessi 4 years, 7 months ago. under cattle , cows , farm , video , you tube video

Elk Cows and Yearlings... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

I was coming out of the Thread Shed

to photograph a quilt I had just finished up...

just in time to see the elk across the river

They were grazing in the hay field,

then decided to jump the fence and go down

to the river...

These are mainly cows with last year's

yearling calves with them...

Their new calves will be born in June...

The calves are reluctant about jumping the fence,

yet do it with ease...

I was able to get this on video.....see below

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added by LuAnn Kessi 4 years, 8 months ago. under elk , video , wildlife , you tube video

Solar Bathing.....Turkey Vultures from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

On the way home from the Cow Barns

this morning, the turkey vultures

were in a tree solar bathing

The sun was just coming up

and burning off the fog...

These birds are Super Cool !

I was able to capture them on video...

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LuAnn Kessi

added by LuAnn Kessi 4 years, 8 months ago. under birds , farm , video , you tube video

Boer Goats.....our weed eaters from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

Goat Barn

Early morning sunshine burns off the fog.

We have a small herd of boer goats:

Little Lotta and Little Louie

He looks just like his mama.

Lucy and Little Lexy

She looks just like her mama.

Lily and Mini Me

Yes, each mama has a baby that is her twin.

They spend most of the day

eating blackberry vines

along the river banks.

Now that it is calving season,

we spend most of our time across the river

at these two calving barns below:

We have 50 calves on the ground so far.

Several sets of twins.

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added by LuAnn Kessi 4 years, 9 months ago. under farm , goats , video , you tube video

Fertilizing the Bull Field... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

We are over in the bull field

spreading fertilizer

We winter the bulls in one of our hay fields...

That hay field is getting fertilizer today...

The bulls kept me company while I was

spreading fertilizer...

Spring has arrived here in the

Pacific Northwest:

We have never had tulips in bloom

this early in the year...

The back yard is full of red tulips!

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Video 1 of 2

Video 2 of 2

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LuAnn Kessi

added by LuAnn Kessi 4 years, 9 months ago. under cattle , farm , video , you tube video

No Sewing.....Fertilizing from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

Howdy!

No sewing for me...

I am in the tractor seat today

I am behind the wheel of this red beauty:

The hay fields are getting much needed

fertilizer...

The fertilizer bin is filled and ready to ROCK

I won't be listening to the hum

of a sewing machine...

just the ROAR of the tractor engine !

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LuAnn Kessi

added by LuAnn Kessi 4 years, 9 months ago. under farm , video , you tube video

Turkey Vultures.....Solar Bath from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

Each morning,

on our way to the calving grounds,

the Turkey Vultures put on a show for us...

in the morning sunshine,

they spread their wings and enjoy a

solar bath...

the sunshine cleans the bacteria

from their feathers.

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LuAnn Kessi

added by LuAnn Kessi 4 years, 9 months ago. under birds , photography , video , you tube video

They're Back..... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

They're Back....

Turkey Vultures

We have been watching the skies for weeks

waiting for the first buzzard to show up...

They're back !

Lots going on across the river at the

calving grounds....babies everywhere!

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LuAnn Kessi

added by LuAnn Kessi 4 years, 9 months ago. under birds , cattle , cows , farm , video , you tube video

Butterflies..... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

This is my new Monday quilt project:

Little Butterflies

I am using this pattern by:

Laundry Basket Quilts

I am thinking Spring...

bright and cheerful colors

Batik Fabrics

Just makes you happy looking at them !

The pattern called for 12 butterflies...

I just couldn't stop making them.

We have 17 calves on the ground as of today.

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LuAnn Kessi

added by LuAnn Kessi 4 years, 9 months ago. under applique , cattle , cows , farm , video , you tube video

Twin Calves... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

And....then there were 2

Twin Calves born this week...

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added by LuAnn Kessi 4 years, 9 months ago. under cattle , cows , farm , video , you tube video

Calving Season.....New Calf Number 8 from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

New Calf Number 8 has arrived...

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LuAnn Kessi

added by LuAnn Kessi 4 years, 10 months ago. under cattle , cows , farm , video , you tube video

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