Howdy , ya'll!!!
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Is this face not irresistible ? Lol
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It's hay baling season on the farms.
So put on your jeans and a long sleeve shirt . We are headed out to the farm. Don't forget to grab you a jug of water as well. It is a hot one today! Fortunately, we are not square baling, but round baling.
What do you want to do? Rake or bale?
Hmmm... The red tractor has air conditioning so you might want to get on that tractor.
Do you smell that sweet smell of fresh cut grass? I love the smell of hay. Don't you?
The tractor and baler are chugging along.
Rows and rows of bales are waiting to be put in the barn.
Well lookie there, we have some visitors. They are making sure their winter meals are being baled properly. Lol. They are , sweeties!
Wheew! Now that the hay is baled, let's take a break.
How about we head to the Quilt Nest and work on some quilt blocks?
This block / quilt is called "Hey Day " and is a design from Villa Rose Designs. A great way to use up some scraps.
The block is 10 1/2" unfinished.
Don't the blocks look like square bales?
So far I have 30 bales blocks made. 😀🚜 I may make 12 more.
While we were in the quilt room, the men folk have moved some of the hay to one of the barns.
Ya'll, I am so grateful that you stopped by the farm and Quilt Nest today. It was a busy day , but we got it all done. Well until the next field needs cutting. So don't you go too far for I may need you to drive a tractor. 😀
Have a beautiful day- We are half way through the week!!!
As Always...
Happy quilting and stitching, ya'll
Melisa
Hugs and Stitches!!! 🤗❤🧵
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Farming - this is how we roll!
Dedicated to my dear sister, Amy .I miss you , Amo . I wish you were out in the hay field with us. Love ya.
I am joining these lovely ladies' link parties. I hope you check them out; they always have so many wonderful projects going on and provide the opportunity for other needleworkers to meet.
Nina at Creations, Quilts, Art , Whatever by Nina for Off the Wall Friday
Thank you for sharing your farmlife...
ReplyDeleteAaah I am so grateful that you stopped by for a visit. That means so much to me. Have a very lovely day, dear.
Delete(Little Penpen) I have always loved seeing the big round bales of hay! Love that country life!
ReplyDeleteOh I do too, Penny. I always take a 2nd look when I see a farm with round bales in the field during the summer. I hope you have had a lovely day and thank you for the sweet visit.
DeleteMy job was to cut the hay. I liked the texture the swathed rows made. Those round bales are huge! In the beginning, my dad or uncle baled the hay into rectangular cubes. Then they would stack it on a truck before placing the bales in a stack near where we would feed the cattle in the winter. Then, they decided to cut it for silage. I think not lifting the bales was to their liking although they said they thought the cows would like the warm silage better for breakfast! Thanks for sharing your photos!--TerryK@OnGoingProjects
ReplyDeleteHow interesting, Terry. I never have had the opportunity to cut the hay. When we were young we always square baled too. I loved stacking it. Later, , I drove the tractor for pick up of the square bales when they did not use the wagon. And of course stacking in the barn. Round baling has made it a lot easier. I bet ya'lls cows do love the silage. Thank you for the sweet Wednesday visit.
DeleteHappy Flag Day, Melisa! Did you know that Flag Day is my second favorite holiday behind Thanksgiving? It is haying season here in the holler. There are many round bales waiting to be moved for winter storage along with smaller rectangular bales.
ReplyDeleteHappy Flag Day , Robin. Oh how fun; I did not know that. I almost missed Flag Day , but I saw something on the Internet for some reason I had thought it was on the 12 this year. Lol. It is so good to hear that the farmers in your area are busy baling too. I hope they have a good harvest.
DeleteThank you for your farm tour. I love looking at your pictures. Born and raised in the suburbs, I never saw it much. Love the Villa Rosa pattern - imagine the possibilities! Blessings
ReplyDeleteHappy Wednesday, Donna. I hope you have had a lovely day. Thank you so much for the kind words about the farm. We had a good day baling. The Villa Rosa pattern was so quick and fun to work on. I think one in Christmas or Fall colors would look great too. Hugs.
DeleteI always enjoy a trip to your farm, Melisa! I'm such a city girl! I want to pet those cows. Those Hey Day blocks are wonderful - such pretty color in them!
ReplyDeleteAaah thank you for dropping by the farm today, Diann.When these cows see me coming with a camera, they always oblige . Lol . The Hey Day blocks were so fast and simple to piece up. The top will be done in no time. Hope you have had a lovely day.
DeleteHi Rebecca from North Alabama here. Always love your posts! I have completed quite a few of your cross stitch since finding your blog recently.. Thanks for sharing. I saw the Hey Day blocks and am planning to make some of those myself. I have a butterfly block but it is a lot smaller than yours. Do you mind sharing the pattern? Also I love the mason jars you were working on. Did you finish the quilt? Where can I find that pattern? I read ever single post you made. I am addicted. I check every morning to see what you share. I bought fabric for the bee hive and strawberry quilts and white on white for the snowmen (Frosty)I guess I better get busy if I want to finish them. At 67 I am not as fast as I used to be. Have a wonderful day!!!
ReplyDeleteHi Rebecca. It is such a delight to hear from you and it just warms my heart that you enjoy my humble blog. I just lifted my spirits; thank you from the bottom of my heart. The Hey Day blocks were so quick and simple to make. I ended up just making 30 because I ran out of yellow fabric, but I would have loved to made it bigger. I will have to draw out the butterfly block. I just started a new one here recently. I have not finished the mason jars, but I do need to get back to them. They were little designs that I drew out. I will have to pull them out and share the as well. I am so excited to hear that you are going to work on the bee and strawberry quilts and Frosty as well ( He is one of my favorites) I hope you enjoy them as much as I did. Have a beautiful day and thank you again for making my day. Hugs.
DeleteThey had a busy day at the farm!!!.
ReplyDeleteThat donkey smile is irresistible!! ha ha
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Oh it was a busy day, but so glad that it is all done. Lol. Edna the Donkey loves to get her photo taken. She can be a character. Thank you for the sweet visit, Isabel.
DeleteI just love to see what you are up to on the farm and the sweet faces of the pretty cows and the adorable donkey? Love those huge round bales!!! Your quilt is going to be wonderful, enjoy the process. Warm hugs from sunny Arizona, not quite up to the usually temps but it is coming, for sure!!
ReplyDeleteHappy Wednesday, dear Mary. Aah thank you so much, I have an affection for these cows and donkey for some reason every time I bring out my camera, they rush for a photo. Lol. It is so good to hear that it hasn't got too warm yet. The weather has been on the mild side here too which has been nice, but you are right- it's coming. Lol. Hugs and and blessings.
DeleteThanks for showing hay baling on the farm. Us city slickers dont often get to see such goings on.
ReplyDeleteAaah you are so very welcome and thank you for stopping by the farm, Jenny. The hay is all baled and put up until it is time to cut the next field. I hope you have had a lovely day.
DeleteThank you for sharing farm life with us. My 2 1/2 yr old grandson was with us today and he is crazy in love with tractors. I showed him your post and he was fascinated (oh he loves donkeys too) We must have revisited you 5 times today. He had questions and studied the pictures. Such a joy, thank you!!!!! And yes your pretty blocks do look like hay bales🙂
ReplyDeleteOh , Maureen that just warms my heart more than you will ever know. I just love that he enjoyed the photos . Isn't it fascinating to watch the little one's eyes light up when they enjoy looking at something? Hearing this just made my day. Thank you so much.
DeleteI love reading about your farm life. I lived on a farm for 30 years have horses and boy there is nothing like the smell of fresh mown hay! It's always the hottest day when you have to pick up all those bales too😁
ReplyDeleteLol isn't that the truth , Lori? When we were young after picking up the hay, we always were ready to jump in the river too. Thankfully, we are round baling now- it is making it a lot quicker. Lol. Thank you for the sweet visit.
DeleteI love the smell of fresh cut hay &/or alfalfa. Nothing like it! That is a great quilt block. Your top is well on it's way and is so pretty! The colors are so bright and cheery and the yellow has it looking like a bale, for sure!
ReplyDeleteI love the sweet smell too, Ginny; it definitely means summer time on the farm. These blocks were so fast to stitch up, I was able to finish the top in no time. Have a great evening.
DeleteI've seen plenty of rolled up hay since 2005, but before that, I thought hay was always in a rectangular bale, because it always was where I lived in Arizona! Living summers in S. Dakota taught me a different story, and now I've seen large and small, round and rectangular, and it's all an amazing world to me. I love the block you shared, too, thank you~
ReplyDeleteWe used to always square bale our hay. It has just been in the last 20 years that we started square baling . Makes the work a lot easier. I agree it is amazing to see all the sizes and shapes that hay can be baled into now. Thank you for the sweet midweek visit, Susan. Hope you had a great day.
DeleteBeing a city mouse, it's a lot of fun to see how the country mouse lives! Thanks for sharing. That donkey/mule and those cows are irresistibly cute. Love those Hey Day blocks! What a great farm quilt that will make. Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
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Lol. This country mouse is always fascinated with city life as well. Isn't that funny how it is? Aaah thank you for the sweet visit, Jennifer. I hope you have a great weekend.
DeleteFarm life is fun, but hard work! Back in the day, we didn't have a round bailer...just a rectangle one. I remember my aching arms and back from hoisting those 75 lb hay bales up on the back of the trailer. Now tell me...most hay you see today is the round bales, of which most of what I see is left in the field...how in the world do you load a round bale of hay? Do you have a front end loader or something like that? Thanks so much for linking up with us at Monday Musings.
ReplyDeleteThere is nothing like farm life is there Brenda? I remember those days of tugging and pulling at the square bales and jumping in the river after a long days work. Oh yes, we have the hay spear for loading and moving the hay. Makes it a lot easier. Hugs.
DeleteThank you for taking us along with you while haying. I've never lived on a farm but when I was a child I spent a week in the summers at my cousins' farm. I remember haying one year. I sat on the wagon with the bales (rectangular in those days) with my cousins while my uncle and a few others did the work of hoisting up the bales. I remember how itchy the hay made us, but I loved the fragrance of the fresh hay.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, that face is absolutely irresistible!
In what state do you live?
Aaah I am so glad this brought back fond memories, Nancy. That is exactly what my sister and I used to do when we were young. I loved riding the hay wagon and stacking the hay .Oh yes it was very itchy too. Lol .We were ready to jump in the river afterwards. Round baling has made it a lot quicker and easier. Thank you so much for the sweet visit.
DeleteAaaah you are so kind, dear. Thank you so much for bringing a smile to my day. I try to stay busy, but most days I feel like I spin my wheels. Lol. Have a blessed day. Hugs.
ReplyDeleteI want him. He would love to be my buddy!! Thanks for taking us along on your baling!! Round bales are so cool!!! and your Hey/Hay day blocks are awesome!!! Smart thing to let the men move the bales - you wouldn't want to show them up ha ha!!
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