Martini Time

I recently asked my guild to make a block from this Martini pattern so I thought I better try it out myself.

So yesterday - before swathing- I whipped this rendition up!

Martini glass...parasol extra

We are doing a special project that will come together in the next month or so.

Right in the middle of harvest, too!!

Watch for details...

And with all this dust in the air, we are all thinking a martini right now sounds refreshing!!

My husband has been on call all week so has not been able to help much so I sent him this picture yesterday so he could see what the crop was looking like.

And perfect harvest skies to boot!!

He texted back 'Beautiful Wheat'

I replied - I bet you say that to all the girl!!

It really is a nice crop considering how dry it has been.

Look at the dust....

What a switch up from last years flooding!!

These are for Shelby... an armchair ridealong..

So from the field to truck....

...to bin!!

Fill 'er up!!

Another day...some more dust....hope for no breakdowns!!

Christa

Well, Duracell and Dawson are getting along great.

Dawson has been very patient with the attacks from this frisky newcomer!

They are pretty cute together.

Winny also had her kitties.

Six little holstiens all doing well!

Combining has begun so this is what I will be looking at again today!!

I think I need to put a barn quilt on the front of that.

Give that deer some thing to jump over!

So until the sun sets, I will be looking for the truck!!

Here's hoping for a breakdown-free day...

it's the little things in life.

Christa

ps. Tracey...red?? Really..I know you are partial to Kansas Troubles.....

Does Sabe need a talking to?

(just kidding!!)

Tracey's blog -worth a look!!



The Race Is On!

It's Swathing Time!



Swathing Barley



It is an average crop but better than NO crop like last year! 

Justin's Gladiolas are in full bloom and being used at the local floral shop.

My sister, Tannis and her daughters came for a quick visit from Calgary, Alberta.

 We did get away to Minot, ND yesterday....

Forgot the  passports

BUT

the US Border Agents were kind enough to let us through with just i.d..

I made a quick stop at Prairie Rose Quilt Shop where I DID NOT need to purchase the following items.

But could not resist...

Thought I would make an Ipad case with this pattern.

I have tried Atkinson Designs before and was not impressed

 but

will give it another try.....last chance! 

Who can resist some bright Halloween prints with some deep black!

On the Winter Wonderland front....

Snow Angel is nearly complete.

With all the combining dust in the air, the sunsets have been amazing.

These pinks and purples are so stunning.

But it also means the days are getting shorter.

So it's back to 'reel' time for me today.

Thanks for swathing for me, Justin!!

Greatly appreciated!!

Mom a.k.a Christa

Barbeques and Baseball Games

The Cossette family reunion...

Baseball games

Face painting.. that's a holstein cow...

Hayrides to the old homestead....

Meals as a big family in the newly renovated milking barn...now shop.

That should explain the cow face painting!



Irene,Bob,Anton,Raymond, and Marie

Charles and Emma Cossette started this farm in 1943.

Their sons Raymond, Anton and Bob carried on with the operation for years till they passed it on to Raymond's son, Randy. 

But at last,

 2011 was Esta Holsteins dairy's final year. 

With farm labour so difficult to find and the work so long and hard, it was decided to sell the cows and quota.

An end to an era but a new beginning for Randy and Penny Cossette.

Randy has remodeled the Milking parlour into an amazing shop which he was kind enough to allow us the use of  for the family reunion.

 They thought of everything!!

And I do mean everything!

A great time was had by all!!

Thank you for a great weekend!!

BUT 

On this farm,

behind this gate...

 is a secret garden.

This incredible creation is the work of Bob and Carol Cossette.

 An amazing oasis right in the middle of the farm.

Between plants and pond, there are little treasures everywhere.

From rose gardens....

 to a Bell from Texas...

Gardens galore...

A sunny spot to rock....

And a fire pit....

Amazing hydrangeas...

To my favorite spot....

Are we in Saskatchewan??

Who needs to go on a vacation with a backyard like this.

All I can say is INCREDIBLE!!

Thank you, to Bob and Carol Cossette for the tour.

May I suggest a career in Landscaping now that you have alittle time on your hands?

Totally in awe...Christa



In The Beginning... by Jason Yenter

While in Calgary this spring,

my sister and I visited Out of Hand Quilt Store

We were were blown away with the amazing things they had.

My sister does not quilt and she wanted all kinds of things so you KNOW it was a good store!!

This was just one of our purchases.

It was done with this exact fabric but I am not a big pink person...

so....

I thought I would try it in this -

Jason Yenter - In The Beginning.

I am doing the trunk in the stripes and the leaves in the print.

I think I will make the little birds in some black/white prints.

Only 150 leaves!!

Might be a little crazy...I am just saying...so be prepared.

I managed to finish my third Winter Wonderland embroidery.

At this rate I will not be done it for Christmas!!

  

Need to pick up the pace..maybe stitch on the combine???

Justin's CSA garden is doing amazing!

There is nothing prettier than a bushel of carrots.

And my first Dahlia bloom.

Thought I would show you before the grasshoppers eat the plant.

Seems to be their favorite snack in my garden.

Christa

The Eveready Bunny

Or is he more of a Duracell?

Yesterday my daughter,Chantel was working on a battery site in the middle of no where when this little

kitten came out of the grass.

He is super friendly and was starving.

Chantel brought him home and wanted to call him Battery but I think it is going to be Duracell.

He's pretty cute and so happy to have a family.

Even Dawson has taken a liking to him.

I finally finished Justin's stain glass window for...
yes...
 his garden shed.

It was original to the little building and there wasn't much left of it but we managed to find some new glass and put it back together.

His 'garden shed' must have been the original house as it had a stove and windows and is build into a hill.

The original homesteaders were the Salte Family and they made this incredible rock wall and planted thousand of trees.

It's a beautiful yard and nice to see it appreciated again.

No one has lived in the yard since 1989.

It has come along ways in just a few short years of care again!!

Christa

Lightening Show

 My son, Justin took these incredible photos of the show in the clouds last night.



With all this heat and humidity,

there has been some scary but incredible cloud formations.



The fury of Mother Nature is unmeasureable when

 you see

 the power of the lightening and hear the rumbling of thunder.

Thank goodness

it continued to head east with no damage here.

Thanks for the great pictures, Justin!!

Love, Mom

 a.k.a

Christa