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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
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 Posted - Feb 12 2010 : 5:00:28 PM
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For his wife this Valentine’s Day, a farmer has created a half-mile wide arrow-pierced heart recognizable from the sky about 12 miles southwest of Albert Lea.
Following plans he jotted on scratch paper, Bruce Andersland drove his tractor and manure spreader earlier this week in the special shape for his wife, Beth.
On Thursday afternoon, the Tribune was on the telephone with Beth when she had her first look at the aerial image, taken through Minnesota Aviation by Albert Lea pilot Darren Schone.
With a gasp, Beth said, “Now I’ve got my Valentine! That’s pretty cute.”
She said it was the biggest and most original Valentine she has received in her life.
Bruce said he had the idea because the square-mile, snow-covered field seemed fitting for something.
“There’s such a nice field there. I thought we could just do it for fun,” he said.
Bruce began the project Wednesday and finished Thursday. The heart made of manure is recognizable only from the air. It is in Section 24 of Mansfield Township in Freeborn County.
Beth first discovered he was working on the heart when he emptied his pockets on Wednesday night. She asked him about the scratch paper with the heart pattern on it, and he explained.
“He thinks of cute things to do once in a while, so I was a little surprised,” she said.
Beth raises purebred Simmentals on their farm. That makes getting a Valentine made of manure actually a good thing.
“That’s just part of farm life. Doing something fun and creative with it makes farming fun,” she said.
The heart, she said, would be darker except for the heavy snowfall in the past week that fell in the cattle pens. The snow mixed with the manure, so the spreader ended up spreading manure and snow.
The heart is in Section 24 of Mansfield Township. The Anderslands, who have been married for 37 years, live just across gravel road 670th Avenue in Nunda Township, near the bottom of the heart. The farm has been in the Andersland family since 1923.
Kathie Hanson of Minnesota Aviation said it was a special assignment the pilot enjoyed fulfilling.
Linda in Scranton, PA |
Edited by - yarnmamma on Feb 12 2010 5:11:39 PM |
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ruralfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
4309 Posts
Rene'
Prosser
WA
USA
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Feb 12 2010 : 5:24:27 PM
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I knew you'd like this story!
Linda in Scranton, PA
"WELL BEHAVED WOMEN RARELY MAKE HISTORY"
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dutchy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - Feb 12 2010 : 6:21:05 PM
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AAAWWW That is so cute :)
Hugs from Marian/Dutchy, a farmgirl from the Netherlands :)
My personal blog:
http://just-me-a-dutch-girl.blogspot.com/
Almost daily updates on me and mine :)
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Species
Farmgirl in Training
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Jan
CT
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Posted - Feb 13 2010 : 05:37:50 AM
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| I guess the best part is that it took him time to plan it and then do it! He sounds like a keeper. Species |
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
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Annika
USA
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Posted - Feb 13 2010 : 06:08:16 AM
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Yup! a keeper fer sure! loved the story! what a sweetie!
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~Leonardo DaVinci
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Feb 14 2010 : 06:49:49 AM
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Wow, what a guy! That is so sweet.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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cajungal
True Blue Farmgirl
2349 Posts
Catherine Farmgirl Sister #76
Houston Area
Texas
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Posted - Feb 14 2010 : 07:32:59 AM
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I love this story!
One of the best compliments from one of my daughters: "Moma, you smell good...like dirt." |
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paradiseplantation
True Blue Farmgirl
1277 Posts
julie
social springs community
Louisiana
USA
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Posted - Feb 16 2010 : 08:02:35 AM
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Ooh! Does he give lessons? I'll sign my dh up right now!!!!!
from the hearts of paradise... |
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Karrieann
True Blue Farmgirl
1900 Posts
Karrieann
Northeast
Georgia
USA
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treelady
True Blue Farmgirl
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Julie
Medina
ND
USA
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Posted - Feb 16 2010 : 09:13:33 AM
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My DH asked me if he could get away with that and I said "absolutely if it were in my garden". Unfortuanately it under alot of snow.
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MissLiss
Farmgirl Legend Schoolmarm
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Melissa
Corona
CA
USA
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Posted - Aug 12 2010 : 12:03:15 AM
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That's cute! Only a true farmgirl would appreciate a valentine made of cow patties! Awe!
Melissa ~ Farmgirl #724
Mother Hen to The Knitty Gritty Farmgirls of the Inland Empire
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OneCraftyBugger
True Blue Farmgirl
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
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Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
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Posted - Aug 15 2010 : 02:29:17 AM
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I looooved this story....thats LOVE.
Time spent attempting to change others affords little time for personal change.
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craftbug
True Blue Farmgirl
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Patsy
Clarkson
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Aug 15 2010 : 10:26:36 AM
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very thoughtful and thought out.. :)
Make my words soft and tender, for I may have to eat them. :) |
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rosarita78
True Blue Farmgirl
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Reina
Drought ridden High Plains
New Mexico
USA
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
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Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
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Posted - Sep 12 2010 : 2:28:31 PM
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LOL you're welcome!
Farmgirl #71 Linda in Scranton, PA |
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Holidays: check this out! Manure valentine |
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check this out! Manure valentine
