WINNER SELECTED, 2/22/16
And our winner is … Brenda Wheeler (see winner’s post here).
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Who doesn’t love to hang laundry on the line? Crisp, white linens softly swaying in the breeze, capturing the smell of a summer’s day. Merely a daydream on a day like today: mid-winter, temperature gauge barely above freezing, a frozen clothesline covered in snow. Spring is still down the road a ways, but you’ll be ready to hang your cares out to dry if you’re the lucky winner of this beautiful cotton clothespin bag.
Give a big farmgirl welcome to Jeannie Jessup (The Clothespin Queen), another new Project F.A.R.M. (First-class American Rural Made) business member. From the heart of Texas, Jeannie stitches up unique, durable, and wonderfully utilitarian clothespin bags just like the one your grandmother used. To win this beautiful, bejeweled, rose-patterned bag, simply tell me your favorite old-fashioned laundry tip in the comments below. We’ll put your name in a hat and draw a lucky winner soon. Stay tuned!
See more of Jeannie’s clothespin bags on her Etsy site.
First-foot: [furst-foo t] Scot.
noun: the first person to cross the threshold of a house on New Year’s Day.
In Scotland, the first person to enter your house after midnight on New Year’s Eve is called a “first-foot” or “first-footer.” And if that person is tall, dark, and handsome …
well, lucky you … in more ways than one!
Tristan and Isolde with the Potion by John William Waterhouse via Wikimedia Commons
That tall, handsome, dark-haired man is thought to bring you good fortune for the year ahead. And even more good fortune if he knows to bring along a silver coin (good luck); bread (prosperity), salt (good eats), or whiskey (good cheer).
Who was your first-footer? I think my sure-footed tom cat, Jasper Tomkins, was my first-footer.
Ooh, I like this one …
If you’re not situated in the snowiest place on earth,
then you may be wondering where—and when—it’s going to snow.
Let me gaze into my crystal snow globe …
Photo by David J Laporte via Flickr
What do I see?
I’ll admit I’ve taken a shine to weather watching (my hubby’s fascination has rubbed off, it seems). I even offer a Farmgirl Sisterhood Merit Badge for Weather.
And, yes, I do love a good snow.
So, according to Snow-Forecast.com, my neck of the woods may get some flurries soon.
How about yours?
photo by Thduke via Wikimedia Commons
Horse House for sale by owner horse:
It’s true, Willie Neighson, the horse, is the unusual realtor on this farm for sale.
Willie says,
“I’m not a hero …
I just want to help my current owners move closer to their kids.
I’m just like you.
I put my shoes on one hoof at a time.”
photo, http://rarehatch.com/blogs/stories/80146755-why-you-can-now-email-a-horse
That’s right … Willie would love to sell his 20-acre Tennessee “instant farm” to you. “Hay… Hey, I want to make this easy for you. I heard you want to own a farm. Well, why not this one? It includes a pond, gardens, a barn, and best of all … me, a horse.”
Willie and his owners have made a cute informational website where you can tour the farm, order a “from the farm” package of homemade goodies, e-mail Willie (he even has his own personal e-mail address), attend a farm workshop, camp out overnight, and even buy the farm online with just one click!
Check it out at http://rarehatch.com.
Buy props used in MaryJane’s books and magazine!
5% of profits will benefit www.firstbook.org, a non-profit that provides new books to children from low-income families throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Here’s how:
MaryJane will post a photo and a description of a prop and its cost along with a few details as to its condition here: https://shop.maryjanesfarm.org/MaryJanesCurations. It’s a playful way to be the new owner of a little bit of farm herstory.
