| Author |
**Welcome Wagon:  Hey ya'll!  |
|
|
BeautifulBibliophile
Farmgirl in Training
31 Posts
Rachel
Valley
Alabama
USA
31 Posts |
 Posted - May 31 2015 : 12:59:46 PM
|
Good afternoon everyone! My name is Rachel and I am a new farmgirl from Valley, Alabama. We're right on the Georgia/Alabama line, an hour and a half south of Atlanta and 30 minutes North of Auburn University.
I am the library director at a small state community college in Phenix City, Alabama, and I truly do love my work. I live in a 1920's mill village with my boyfriend, our two Boston Terriers, Otis Redding and EmmyLou, and our cat, Memphis Minnie. I have a pet betta at work as well, named Dame Edna!
Monty, my bf, and I both play guitar and sing, and will pretty much read anything with words on it. I love to cook, sew, embroider, and do origami. I'm learning how to quill and tat.
We have a semi-vintage popup camper we bought last summer that I'm going to start glamping up as soon as the weather down here cooperates a little better. We can't wait to take his boys and our dogs camping in it!
I look forward to getting to know everyone in the sisterhood!
Rachel
"Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing." - Harper Lee |
|
|
TexasWildflower
True Blue Farmgirl
206 Posts
Wanda
Hallettsville
Texas
USA
206 Posts |
Posted - May 31 2015 : 1:11:55 PM
|
Hi, Rachel, and welcome! My grandparents were from Alabama - both sides, one pair half Cherokee and the other pair...Hmm ?? 
I think you will like these 'sisters.' I'm convinced there's not a better bunch to be found.
Wanda
Farmgirl sister #3399
www.wandasturrock.com
(Includes 'The Simply Lived Life' blog) |
 |
|
|
ceridwen
True Blue Farmgirl
899 Posts
Carole
New York
USA
899 Posts |
Posted - May 31 2015 : 1:24:47 PM
|
Welcome Rachel! A pleasure to meet you. You certainly keep busy! Your home sounds lovely!
Wanda, I have to agree with you! Lots of wonderful farmgals here. Grab a cuppa and enjoy! Cheers!
Carole
Farmgirl Sister 3610 - Nov 7/2011
http://www.carolesquiltingetc.com
http://www.fibrejunction.com |
|
|
|
notathreatinsight
True Blue Farmgirl
626 Posts
Erin
Monroeville
IN
USA
626 Posts |
Posted - May 31 2015 : 1:36:54 PM
|
Welcome Rachel! I absolutely love your pet names. Especially Memphis Minnie. :) So happy you're joining us here!
Erin
Farmgirl #3762
"It is... through the world of the imagination which takes us beyond the restrictions of provable fact, that we touch the hem of truth." - Madeleine L'Engle
http://www.etsy.com/shop/femmepostale/
http://www.pinterest.com/femmepostale/ |
|
|
|
Ninibini
True Blue Farmgirl
7577 Posts
Nini
Pennsylvania
USA
7577 Posts |
Posted - May 31 2015 : 2:00:19 PM
|
Hi Rachel! SO glad you're here! Can't wait to get to know you better! You are definitely going to love it here! These girls are the best on God's green earth! :) So, tell us, sister - what are some of your favorite reads???? Do you have any recommended summer reading for us? Please do share! Hugs - Nini
Farmgirl Sister #1974
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
|
|
|
|
MaryJane
Queen Bee
16301 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
16301 Posts |
Posted - May 31 2015 : 2:14:19 PM
|
Welcome Rachel. It's going to be fun getting to know you (and your critters:)
MaryJane, Farmgirl #1 Plowin' Thru ~ giving aprons a good wrap for 45 years and counting ~
 |
|
|
|
Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
6534 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
6534 Posts |
Posted - May 31 2015 : 2:59:33 PM
|
Welcome Rachel to "the Farm"!! Love hearing all about your critters and interests. Keep us posted about your camping adventures this summer!!
Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
Farm Sister of the Year 2014 |
|
|
|
Song Sparrow
True Blue Farmgirl
1010 Posts
Amy
Talleyville
Delaware
USA
1010 Posts |
Posted - May 31 2015 : 5:48:32 PM
|
Hi Rachel, so happy to meet you. It's always exciting to discover another musical sister. What kind of music do you like to play?
Peace in our hearts, peace in the world
Amy (Sister#6098) www.danaherandcloud.com
|
|
|
|
Joanna
True Blue Farmgirl
94 Posts
Ontario
Canada
94 Posts |
|
|
Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
4953 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
4953 Posts |
Posted - Jun 01 2015 : 11:33:46 AM
|
Welcome Rachel! From your Neighbor State!
Farmgirl Hugs! Connie
Imagine....#3392
FGOTM August 2014 |
|
|
|
BeautifulBibliophile
Farmgirl in Training
31 Posts
Rachel
Valley
Alabama
USA
31 Posts |
Posted - Jun 01 2015 : 11:55:58 AM
|
Well, let's just say that I have very "eclectic" musical taste! Everything from Western Swing to British Heavy Metal. I play guitar and sing, but in the past I played flute, baritone and bells in marching band, and I took classical piano for ten years! I play a little bit of bass, a little mandolin, and I have an autoharp that I am determined it not going to whip me! Mainly, I play Beatles songs on the guitar with my Dad now.
quote:
Originally posted by Song Sparrow
Hi Rachel, so happy to meet you. It's always exciting to discover another musical sister. What kind of music do you like to play?
Peace in our hearts, peace in the world
Amy (Sister#6098) www.danaherandcloud.com
"Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing." - Harper Lee |
|
|
|
BeautifulBibliophile
Farmgirl in Training
31 Posts
Rachel
Valley
Alabama
USA
31 Posts |
Posted - Jun 01 2015 : 12:00:00 PM
|
Favorite reads - that one is so hard! I consider myself to be an evangelist for the works of Carson McCullers. She was from across the river in Columbus, Georgia, and I wrote my senior thesis on her works. I spent the last two years at my old job going through a collection of her things that were donated to the university where I worked - heaven!
I also love the Sambo books by Ferrol Sams - definitely something farmgirls should read. All about growing up on a struggling former plantation in Georgia during the depression. They're laugh-out-loud funny.
That's just a few off the top of my head right now!
quote:
Originally posted by Ninibini
Hi Rachel! SO glad you're here! Can't wait to get to know you better! You are definitely going to love it here! These girls are the best on God's green earth! :) So, tell us, sister - what are some of your favorite reads???? Do you have any recommended summer reading for us? Please do share! Hugs - Nini
Farmgirl Sister #1974
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
"Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing." - Harper Lee |
|
|
|
Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
13055 Posts |
Posted - Jun 01 2015 : 12:23:29 PM
|
Welcome Rachel. Enjoy your time with us.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
|
|
|
Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl
2474 Posts
Bonnie
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
2474 Posts |
Posted - Jun 01 2015 : 6:41:27 PM
|
Rachel: welcome to you from Minnesota. I am a quilter and we have two cats and 9 koi fish. Glad to have you join us.
grandmother and orphan farmgirl |
|
|
|
BeautifulBibliophile
Farmgirl in Training
31 Posts
Rachel
Valley
Alabama
USA
31 Posts |
Posted - Jun 01 2015 : 7:17:02 PM
|
quote:
Originally posted by Bonnie Ellis
Rachel: welcome to you from Minnesota. I am a quilter and we have two cats and 9 koi fish. Glad to have you join us.
grandmother and orphan farmgirl
"Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing." - Harper Lee |
|
|
|
Song Sparrow
True Blue Farmgirl
1010 Posts
Amy
Talleyville
Delaware
USA
1010 Posts |
Posted - Jun 02 2015 : 03:33:44 AM
|
Hi Rachael, I taught myself how to play the autoharp in the traditional style a few years ago. My advice is to pick one simple tune and just work on it exclusively. In the process of learning it, you'll figure out the whole technique for picking out a tune from those (seemingly) millions of strings!
Peace in our hearts, peace in the world
Amy (Sister#6098) www.danaherandcloud.com
|
|
|
|
ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13586 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13586 Posts |
|
| |
**Welcome Wagon: Hey ya'll! |
|
Hey ya'll!
