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Beaumont is growing up!

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  1. Oh and the latest photo of the dearest calf of all. Just love that heart!

  2. Kay (Old Cowgirl) Montoya says:

    What handsome boy. When he was born I saw the white heart on his forehead and thought how unusual that is, and such a large heart too. I wonder if anyone else noticed it? I think all cows have sweet faces but the breed Beaumont is especially sweet. Thanks for making my day.

  3. Chantel Connell says:

    How can we sumit pictures for picture of the day?

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Sun Tea

I don’t know why, but this year I forgot about sun tea until about halfway through the summer. It makes no sense, since the simple joy of sun tea is on my top-10 summer favs list.

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The wait for it to chill after it’s done adds to the sweet anticipation. It feels like such a well-earned cold beverage in the heat of it all.

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So here’s your friendly reminder to set out your sun tea tomorrow morning. Just in case I’m not the only farmgirl forgetting this particular summer joy. Cheers!

  1. Your sun tea is red , is that hibiscus in it? like in that good ole hippie dippie trippie standby Red Zinger Tea?
    I make gallons of iced tea, usually just the regular black tea, but always Red Rose Tea, ( so I can get those free adorable free English Wade figurines in the boxes- been collecting for like 40 + years ) Right now they are the nautical series, I am looking for another seahorse and another conch too. Over the years they have had every kind of animal: jungle, circus, endangered, farm, petshop, etc. And last year it was the calendar series with a figurine standing for each month, the orange cat in a pumpkin in October being my favorite and the rarest. Try this tea as it is so much fun, like christmas every time you open a box. And the way I drink tea it goes fast and yep, time to get another box. I also forgot about sun tea, was just gonna make my iced tea this morning ,so here goes…. Here comes the sun……

  2. Winnie Nielsen says:

    My fav sum tea is Celestial Seasonings Peach. We can make some sun tea a lot of months in Florida.

  3. Thayes Hower says:

    So lucky here in So. California. I make Sun Tea all year round. Love putting a couple sprigs of fresh mint in it while it brews.

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Farm Fun

We invited a few friends out to the farm this past weekend. We had SO much fun showing them around. We enjoyed all the usual attractions, but after eating a large amount of berries (blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries) from Nanny’s berry patches, a good round of creek jumping was a must.

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Even Mom joined in on our fun, since she and her brothers did invent the sport.

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Pretty fun being a farmgirl (and farmboy, in our friend Parker’s case).

  1. Winnie Nielsen says:

    Love those smiles of delight!! Sounds like you all had a bunch of fun together.

  2. Kay (Old Cowgirl) Montoya says:

    When I was little, in Eastern Oregon, we had a creek behind our house. A bit bigger than the one pictured here but we put a couple boards over it and was able to cross it. We also had a lot of fun running across it to get to my friends houses. It seemed at the time that it was a big river but seeing it now I believe it was only about 6 feet across. Of course when you are small lots of things look bigger. At one point I would gather Pollywags, and watched them grow into frogs. Growing up in the “city population about 6,000 people” which included all the ranches and farms around, I was still very much a farm girl. I used to have friends that had ranches so I could enjoy being a cowgirl, riding horses with my friends, learning to barrel race, finding out what real canned dill pickles tasted like, helping the cooks during haying season. At one time helping to birth a colt. I instinctly knew how to gently break a horse. No one taught me I just seemed to know at an early age that you did not jump on them and ride them to the ground.
    Now I am 71 years old and can not get up on a horse any more. I miss it a lot but find I have other things to do with my coming years. One is to enjoy every post, magazine, and sister issue of Mary Janes magazine. I have enjoyed them ever since I first picked one up at a store. I even got my Daughter interested in it as well. I am still waiting to move which keeps getting pushed further away. I know it is just going to take time and am doing what I can to get ready. Love and best wishes, Kay (Old Cowgirl)

    • MaryJane says:

      What sweet memories! Thank you for sharing and for being you. It’s a treasure to know you. You have much wisdom to offer.

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  1. Winnie Nielsen says:

    Jewels of July and August. Oh, the yummy possibilities!!

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  1. Winnie Nielsen says:

    Mia, the little darlin’ ! Apricots are one of my favorite fruits too.

  2. CJ Armstrong says:

    What a sweetie! Perfect little farmgirl!
    CJ

  3. Karlyne says:

    Oh, yum, we’ve been eating apricots, too! And apricot is my absolute favorite pie…

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  1. Winnie Nielsen says:

    I love those big brown Jersey eyes!

  2. Karlyne says:

    Milk Cow Kitchen arrived today. Tell the girls (especially RoseEtta and mom) we are very excited!

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  1. Winnie Nielsen says:

    I love little Prim dolls! How cute she looks all ready with her apron, looks like lacy bloomers, and burlap bows in her hair.

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  1. Winnie Nielsen says:

    This kinda looks like a Bluebird except the top seems too grey. However, there may be a difference between Eastern and Western Bluebirds? Or this is just the shadows that make the top feathers look grey?

  2. Is this a western blue bird? looks a bit different than ours in PA. just love blue birds, you know ” the bluebirds of happiness ” ?

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  1. Winnie Nielsen says:

    Heirloom tomatoes look delicious! I got this Williams Sonoma flyer this week that had a cover showing a pie that had a ricotta/basil filling and sliced heirloom tomatoes over the top. It was topped with more torn fresh basil, ground pepper , and a drizzle of good olive oil.

  2. Oh my! this could be a photo of all the heirloom tomatoes I raise and save seed from for my little seed company Amishland Heirloom Seeds. I see the long pointy ones with squiggly stripes that are called “Speckled Roman”, and the big yellow one could be one of several, like “Pineapple” or “Golden Queen”. I do so love the diversity of tomato varieties and all their wonderful flavors. The brownish ones in the photo could be any of the so called ” blacks” and they have a deep, rich, winey flavor. Most of these black ones come from the former Soviet Union, the deep dark secret of the “Cold War”, was how great their tomatoes were and we didn’t even know they existed!

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photo-of-the-day Sweet Rose Etta

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  1. Winnie Nielsen says:

    Such an adorable face! Those eyes are beautiful!

  2. I would love to know what breed of cattle you raise, they are stunning ❤️

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