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nndairy
True Blue Farmgirl
2174 Posts
Heather
Wapakoneta
Ohio
USA
2174 Posts |
 Posted - Apr 02 2026 : 12:25:08 PM
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| Feeling blessed to have made it out of the grocery store in one piece! Wowsers! I knew it was going to be busy, and thought today would be better than tomorrow, but I was not prepared for that level of crazy LOL! Glad I didn't have to go to Walmart! |
~Heather
“I would rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.” — George Washington |
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
5952 Posts
Debbie Fischer
Coos Bay
OR
5952 Posts |
Posted - Apr 02 2026 : 12:47:08 PM
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| We will go tomorrow for last minute things for Easter and Tom’s Birthday. But we will go tomorrow the beach first so we will be calm. I feel so very Blessed to be able to go to the beach my happy place whenever I want. Next to the Mountains it is the best place on earth to this old gal! |
Big Hugs,
Debbie
Farmgirl if the Month for:
September 2012, February 2018, September 2022 and August 2025.
“My altars are My Mountains and the Ocean.” Lord Bryon
When I am old I am wearing Purple. I am Old!!
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Bellepic
True Blue Farmgirl
740 Posts
Christine
Santa Ana
CA
USA
740 Posts |
Posted - Apr 03 2026 : 06:48:43 AM
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So true, I love to match my breathing to the crash of the waves. Happy birthday, Tom! Glad Heather made it out alive.
I am feeling blessed my grocery offers drive up so we can work through a stack of library books in the back seat of the car while Kamryn brings the bags out instead of having extended negotiations about the nutrient density of various kid-height level goodies! |
Farmgirl#8680
www.steamstead.blogspot.com
Oct 2025 FGOTM |
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nndairy
True Blue Farmgirl
2174 Posts
Heather
Wapakoneta
Ohio
USA
2174 Posts |
Posted - Apr 03 2026 : 1:18:21 PM
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Happy Birthday to Tom! I hope you had a wonderful time at the beach.
Today I'm feeling blessed to be able to open the windows as I'm cleaning. |
~Heather
“I would rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.” — George Washington |
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LauraBell
True Blue Farmgirl
436 Posts
Laura
Corpus Christi
TX
USA
436 Posts |
Posted - Apr 05 2026 : 6:35:45 PM
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Happy Easter Blessings!
Today was a lovely day curled up in the rain! It wasn't a drought buster but definitely a lovely day of slow, gentle rain. We celebrated yesterday so we could all stay in and cozy to enjoy the weather. It was actually cooler today than we were on Christmas Day!
I'm also thankful for our friend who is starting a longarm quilting business. My sister and I dropped off three projects on Thursday night and she had them ready for pick up today! |
Laura
Happy to be Farmgirl #7286 |
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Bellepic
True Blue Farmgirl
740 Posts
Christine
Santa Ana
CA
USA
740 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2026 : 06:22:46 AM
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First peeps, now longarm sewing machines; you all are teaching me so much this morning!
I'm feeling blessed that Sparky (my car) might be done with her tune up today, that I have a wonderful husband who handles all the maintenance logistics, and that there are still a few more days for Fallon to learn and play with her friends in the classroom before the school year wraps up. |
Farmgirl#8680
www.steamstead.blogspot.com
Oct 2025 FGOTM |
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Bellepic
True Blue Farmgirl
740 Posts
Christine
Santa Ana
CA
USA
740 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2026 : 10:46:18 AM
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| Sparky wasn't done at the car spa, but that is OK-- I am feeling blessed to see hubby on his stretch and snack breaks since he has decided to work from home until the car is ready. Another blessing, Fallon wanted to pretend we were in my favorite video game (Stardew Valley) so we restyled our morning chores and routines as if we were running a little pixelated farm. Water the plants! Feed the animals! "Fish" in the pool! Gift each other various breakfast foods and roll a die to see if we love/like/hate them. The morning just flew by! |
Farmgirl#8680
www.steamstead.blogspot.com
Oct 2025 FGOTM |
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Jokamartell
True Blue Farmgirl
1753 Posts
Karen
Kennewick
WA
USA
1753 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2026 : 2:11:36 PM
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| Chris, sounds like you had a fun day!! :) |
Karen :)
To quote one of my past preschoolers “Not one of those Karens, but a good Karen”! Haha |
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
11023 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
11023 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2026 : 5:28:13 PM
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| Oh Chris Stardew is one of the favorites with the grandkids! |
Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
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Bellepic
True Blue Farmgirl
740 Posts
Christine
Santa Ana
CA
USA
740 Posts |
Posted - Apr 08 2026 : 06:40:55 AM
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Stardew is such a cozy peaceful game, isn't it Denise? The last time I had played was when I went into labor with Fallon 7 years ago so when I was having a sick day last weekend, it was such fun to study the wiki and see all the new stuff they have patched in.
Today I am ecstatic that some of these massive corona runner beans I bought for eating from Rancho Gordo have sprouted. I dream of some day planting them all over the yard to act as nitrogen-fixers. Since they are so big and you harvest them dry, they seem more compatible with our extremely lazy gardening. Do any of you all grow beans? Pole? Bush? Eat as green beans or dried?
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Farmgirl#8680
www.steamstead.blogspot.com
Oct 2025 FGOTM |
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nndairy
True Blue Farmgirl
2174 Posts
Heather
Wapakoneta
Ohio
USA
2174 Posts |
Posted - Apr 08 2026 : 6:14:24 PM
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Both, and both! Although mostly green (or purple) versus the dry. I prefer the pole beans because they're easier to pick. Last year I grew some pole lima beans and I'll be planting twice as many this year! They were fantastic.
Today I'm blessed for good fence and friendly calves. We recently moved the twins (Sugar and Cookie) in with some other calves. Tonight during milking Cookie hopped through the feeder and was running around the pasture. Luckily, she still hopes that I have milk when I come see her. She just trotted right up to me as I put a halter on her and followed my right back into her pen! I really hope this doesn't become a habit :) |
~Heather
“I would rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.” — George Washington |
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Bellepic
True Blue Farmgirl
740 Posts
Christine
Santa Ana
CA
USA
740 Posts |
Posted - Apr 09 2026 : 06:45:11 AM
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Hehe, a free range Cookie and milk! Ooh, you can eat lima beans as a fresh bean as well as dried? That might be a new project for me too.
Wonderful things today: 1. Fallon is sleeping in and I get an uninterrupted cup of coffee to catch up on the henhouse chatter 2. We have awesome field trip organizing moms in our parent group so we get to learn about printing presses and possibly meet a Ben Franklin impersonator 3. I get to "host" my first ever Zoom meeting for a church book club tonight, which feels like one of those quirky adulting life skills I somehow managed to dodge in the post-Covid blur.
Do any of you have skills you picked up that made you suddenly feel like a real grown up?
...My first salient ones were meeting friends for coffee in high school (granted, we were basically guzzling hot chocolate with an espresso shot..) and arranging a rental car on my own.
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Farmgirl#8680
www.steamstead.blogspot.com
Oct 2025 FGOTM |
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nndairy
True Blue Farmgirl
2174 Posts
Heather
Wapakoneta
Ohio
USA
2174 Posts |
Posted - Apr 10 2026 : 7:26:38 PM
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Not to be outdone by her sister - this morning I found Sugar laying in the free stall like a grown cow! Very blessed the cows didn't but her around and hurt her. Ornery twins. I hope in the morning they're both in their pen where they belong instead of both out running around where they don't belong lol! Another blessing today - the first calf of the year is a beautiful black heifer. I'll have to borrow a camera and get her picture in the morning.
I think I ate about 2/5 of the lima beans freshly picked and then froze about 2/5. I dried about 1/5 thinking I'd eat them, but now I think they're just going to be seeds to plant. I never did get around to figuring out how to eat them dried (do you have to soak them over night or just boil them?) My first feeling really grown up moment was when I drove to my grandparents house with just my sister along. It was a 4 hour one way trip across a state line! I was 18 and a senior in high school and my sister was 16, but I had never drove that far before. Fun times :) |
~Heather
“I would rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.” — George Washington |
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Bellepic
True Blue Farmgirl
740 Posts
Christine
Santa Ana
CA
USA
740 Posts |
Posted - Apr 11 2026 : 07:18:02 AM
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Road trip! That's a good one! The limas I buy I treat like other dried beans (presoak if I have my act together-- it is fun to watch them swell up so huge, but they still seem fine straight into the pressure cooker if you give them a little more cook time).
I am feeling blessed we got a little extra rain, the avocado tree from the back door has set a whole bunch of nubbins of fruit, and that my experimental pancakes were approved of by the super-taster in our household.
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Farmgirl#8680
www.steamstead.blogspot.com
Oct 2025 FGOTM |
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nndairy
True Blue Farmgirl
2174 Posts
Heather
Wapakoneta
Ohio
USA
2174 Posts |
Posted - Apr 13 2026 : 12:08:01 PM
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| Feeling blessed to have the potatoes and onions planted. And I'm wearing shorts today :) It's a nice humid 82 degrees (supposed to rain all week). |
~Heather
“I would rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.” — George Washington |
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Bellepic
True Blue Farmgirl
740 Posts
Christine
Santa Ana
CA
USA
740 Posts |
Posted - Apr 16 2026 : 08:50:14 AM
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Shorts and Wellies are trending this season! (... or maybe true farm folk have a more-preferred rainboot brand?)
Fallon and I are feeling blessed the orioles came back and are weaving a grass nest in the fronds of the banana tree we can watch right through the window over the kitchen sink. |
Farmgirl#8680
www.steamstead.blogspot.com
Oct 2025 FGOTM |
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nndairy
True Blue Farmgirl
2174 Posts
Heather
Wapakoneta
Ohio
USA
2174 Posts |
Posted - Apr 17 2026 : 5:54:06 PM
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| Muck boots are pretty popular in the local farmer circle, but usually I wear Tingley rubber boots over my Nike running shoes lol! Today's blessing was an overdue day to chill and relax for a few hours this afternoon. |
~Heather
“I would rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.” — George Washington |
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debbieklann
True Blue Farmgirl
3438 Posts
Debbie
Madras
OR
USA
3438 Posts |
Posted - Apr 17 2026 : 5:58:41 PM
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| Oh nice!!! A great way to spend a Friday! |
Debbie Klann
Farmgirl Sister #770
2018 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
FGOTM January 2020 and March 2026
"Well behaved women seldom make history"...
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
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nndairy
True Blue Farmgirl
2174 Posts
Heather
Wapakoneta
Ohio
USA
2174 Posts |
Posted - Apr 19 2026 : 1:26:58 PM
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| Today I'm feeling blessed to be able to be a blessing to others. |
~Heather
“I would rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.” — George Washington |
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
5952 Posts
Debbie Fischer
Coos Bay
OR
5952 Posts |
Posted - Apr 19 2026 : 2:37:34 PM
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| That is so sweet Heather. You are definitely a Blessing to me no many others. |
Big Hugs,
Debbie
Farmgirl if the Month for:
September 2012, February 2018, September 2022 and August 2025.
“My altars are My Mountains and the Ocean.” Lord Bryon
When I am old I am wearing Purple. I am Old!!
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Bellepic
True Blue Farmgirl
740 Posts
Christine
Santa Ana
CA
USA
740 Posts |
Posted - Apr 20 2026 : 06:17:36 AM
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Oh! You can layer footwear?! Agree with Debbie you're a Blessing to me too!
Back from Brownie camp and there are blessings everywhere I look-- hot showers, clean clothes, familiar bed, coffee... |
Farmgirl#8680
www.steamstead.blogspot.com
Oct 2025 FGOTM |
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
11023 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
11023 Posts |
Posted - Apr 20 2026 : 07:21:25 AM
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| Aren't they though Chris? Seems when we don't have those we appreciate them a lot more. |
Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
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LauraBell
True Blue Farmgirl
436 Posts
Laura
Corpus Christi
TX
USA
436 Posts |
Posted - Apr 20 2026 : 3:38:18 PM
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Oh my goodness - I drove back last night and I feel so blessed to have our barn sale done! And on top of that, it's raining here in South Texas!
I have friends who drove down to see the sandcastles after SandFest but it's raining so much we couldn't drive on the beach because the water was so high. But while we waited on the ferry, we saw four frigate birds soaring in the wind over our car. So cool!
More details coming soon - but just wanted to share those blessings with you all. |
Laura
Happy to be Farmgirl #7286 |
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Jokamartell
True Blue Farmgirl
1753 Posts
Karen
Kennewick
WA
USA
1753 Posts |
Posted - Apr 20 2026 : 5:29:56 PM
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| Feeling blessed to be able to travel to the other side of the state with John. He had work meetings. I was able to spend some time with my niece and great nephews and a friend from college!! :) |
Karen :)
To quote one of my past preschoolers “Not one of those Karens, but a good Karen”! Haha |
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
5952 Posts
Debbie Fischer
Coos Bay
OR
5952 Posts |
Posted - Apr 20 2026 : 5:47:00 PM
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I feel so Blessed that it was an absolutely beautiful day with full sun on Saturday. I got started on my container garden, more to plant but it’s a start. This year I planted some Dark Shade plants. I planted Black Barrow Tulips which I see the Vole dug up a bulb so I need to figure out how to stop that. I also planted Dark Purple Columbine. I still have to plant my Black Bleeding Heart Seeds, Chocolate Cherry Sunflowers, and Black Bat Flower. I ordered some Edelweiss seeds and really hope I can grow them. I still need to get my veggies, Beef Steak Tomatoes, lettuce and I am not sure what else I will plant. We Planted Avocados in my zinc bath tub last year, the two trees are doing well about a foot tall. We will need to plant them soon. But I had fun and Kent helped so it was as a Great day. Hopefully next weekend it will be nice enough to plant more.
 
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Edited by - Blessed in Colorado on Apr 20 2026 5:53:59 PM |
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