Moving cows and calves to pasture......

 Now it's time to move out to pastures, so they get some shots and away they go!

 If only it was that easy! 

 It looks like these 2 are having fun!!?? I just delivered their breakfast sandwiches.

 This is a new pattern I found on Pintrest. It's easy and uses lots of scraps.

 Lay your center piece on a muslin rectangle and then sew and flip.

 Trim the edges.

 We lost my husband's brother a year ago he was way to young. A gal made these Teddy bears out of his shirts.  Ours is on the mantel. It's been a year and it just seems like yesterday. Love you and miss you.

 I did get some birds to come and eat last summer.

jmf..................

Everyone including the cows and calves were glad when April was over

 April is calving for us and what a job that was with rain snow and more rain! Late night checking to save calves, early mornings, and long days.
 We had wind breaks to protect what we could, and a small barn to put them in until they warmed up and nursed mom. It filled up fast tho! That's enough of those memories.

 Finally some nice weather and calving got better thank the Lord. The guys work so hard to make sure every cow and calf  is fed, watered and anything else they need.

 When it warms up they soak in the sun and nap between feedings.

 All the calves get a matching tag with it's mom number and the date born.

Last but certainly not least  is the quilt I made for Dustin. A good friend of Jared's since school and a veteran. I enjoyed making this quilt for him. I told him please use it and wear it out:) On the two sides I used all the little scraps cut from the star tips to make the little squares............JMF

Sunday Morning.....................

 I see the church from the office window everyday! It is the church I was confirmed in a long time ago. I would have never guessed I would see it everyday out my window since Dec 31st 1977!

 We have had some nice days and some not so nice days as far as weather goes. The ewes and lambs make good use of the old barn on snowy days.

 The lambs are
 so cute.

 We herded the cows home the other day. They didn't make it easy but in the end they all got home.

 They tend to get off course when they see corn stocks with no fence  to keep them out.

 This is the little brother of the pillow in the  last blog post.

 I was going to see his mom on Fri so I got busy and made him a pillow.

His initials are  E E J and I just couldn't get a brand to  look good with 2 Es and a J. I told her if  they have another baby check with me before they name it. LOL.......................JMF

Sheep, cows and Pillows....................

 Here's the black sheep of the family! John's ewes are lambing so there's lots of baby lambs running around.

 The guys added on to the hoop barn so there's more room for calving heifers.

 The calves have a place to stay in for several days then they get turned out in a smaller pen with a calf shelter to go in if needed.

Pictures from my walk the other day.

 It was a warm day, and the breeze was at my back so it was a nice walk.

 Almost home.

 Lots of snow last week but no wind so that was a good thing.

 Another pocket pillow.

 I made this pillow for the cutest little girl:) Her initials are A L T so I wanted a brand for her I had some ideas but then asked Greg to draw up some and this one is his.

 Here she is! Those cheeks:) I bet they get kissed by the hundreds!

I am linking up here   http://www.mmmquilts.com/2018/03/throwback-thursday-3-dent-in-my-stash.html

 A few years ago I made this one. Who knows maybe these 2 will meet up someday!

JMF.......................

Rachel's book!!!

 My granddaughter gave me this book for Mother's day!! I just love it and I love that she has a love of books and reading like me:)

 She is such a good artist and  good story teller.

 I can't wait to take it for show and tell! Yes adults have show and tell too:)

 We have 3 baby buffalo so far.

 The other day I noticed these deer across the road.

 They eat corn by the grain bins.

 Then somebody drove by and scared them away. I'm sure they come back after dark when no one is a round to bother them.

 The cows and calves are  out on greener pastures. It's a good feeling for the guys.

Quilt show pictures to come!!........................JMF