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                 beaglemama 
                Farmgirl in Training 
                   
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                Andee 
                Mission Viejo 
                CA 
                
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                       Posted - Feb 05 2013 :  7:25:35 PM
                        
                      
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                      Discovered Mary Jane's Farm magazine a few months ago and have been enjoying everything Mary Jane since. 
  I love to sew (but don't do much of it), crochet, and garden. I have a tiny little lot but do my best to grow as much as I can. I love learning new techniques and ideas for gardening in small spaces. 
  I am lucky enough to teach students with severe disabilities ages 12-22. I love my job and my students. 
  I am the proud mama to 3 beagles and 1 cat who thinks he's the best looking beagle ever.
  All children are gifted. Some just open their packages a little later. | 
                     
                   
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                 Bear5 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                      
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                Louisiana/Texas 
                USA 
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                       Posted - Feb 05 2013 :  8:13:28 PM
                        
                      
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                      Welcome, Andee. You'll fit it great with all of us. Enjoy your time with the MJF.  What are the dogs and cat names?  I love animals. 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 | 
                     
                    
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                 cajungal 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                      
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                Catherine  Farmgirl Sister #76 
                Houston Area 
                Texas 
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                       Posted - Feb 06 2013 :  04:58:05 AM
                        
                      
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                      Welcome, Andee!  I bet your 'little lot' is filled with wonders. Please share some of your techniques.
 
 
  One of the best compliments from one of my daughters: "Moma, you smell good...like dirt." | 
                     
                    
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                 prayin granny 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                      
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                Linda 
                  
                Kansas 
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                       Posted - Feb 06 2013 :  05:30:13 AM
                        
                      
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                      Welcome Andee from a former So Cal farmgirl!
  Used to live in the valley, then Hi desert area. With some life changes that hit, moved to mid west a few years back. Miss Ca still tho : (
  Jump right into the forums! You will love them! Tons of advice, friendships etc
  Welcome! Blessings, Linda
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                 jan49829 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                      
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                Janet 
                Gladstone 
                Mi. 
                USA 
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                 Dorinda 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                      
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                Dorinda 
                St. Cloud 
                Florida 
                USA 
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                       Posted - Feb 06 2013 :  06:10:02 AM
                        
                      
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                      Hello Andee, Hope you have loads of fun here. Welcome..
  Seize The Day! Dorinda | 
                     
                    
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                 ceejay48 
                Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter 
                      
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                CeeJay (CJ) 
                Dolores 
                Colorado 
                USA 
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                 HemetGardener 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                      
                573 Posts
  
                Terri 
                Hemet 
                CA 
                USA 
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                       Posted - Feb 06 2013 :  10:24:32 AM
                        
                        
                      
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                      Hi Again Andee, The Lavender Festival is held in Cherry Valley, CA, in June (15-16 and 22-23) and my sister and I make an annual trip there.  You are welcome to join us.  This year I am taking watercolor painting classes and my class wants to do a field trip up there.   Come on along and join the fun!! Terri | 
                     
                    
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                 darlenelovesart 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                      
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                darlene 
                Loleta 
                California 
                USA 
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                       Posted - Feb 06 2013 :  1:08:35 PM
                        
                      
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                      Welcome Andee from a North coast California girl.  I am glad you joined. That Lavender Festival sounds neat Terri!  Is that way down Southern CA? hugs darlene
  I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of payment. by Frances Farmer
 
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                 HemetGardener 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                      
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                Terri 
                Hemet 
                CA 
                USA 
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                       Posted - Feb 06 2013 :  1:11:11 PM
                        
                        
                      
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                      Hi Darlene, Yes the Festival is in the high desert region of southern CA.  It is only about a half hour from here (Hemet) which surprised me.   I am lucky to have so many wonderful things so close to me. Bless you, Terri | 
                     
                    
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                 ddmashayekhi 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                      
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                Dawn 
                Naperville 
                Illinois 
                USA 
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                       Posted - Feb 06 2013 :  2:12:10 PM
                        
                      
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                      Welcome Andee! My husband's family live in Orange County. We just visited their a few weeks ago. It was tough leaving those 80's temps. for our single digits. 
  Glad you are here! Dawn in IL | 
                     
                    
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                 rough start farmgirl 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                      
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                marianne 
                The Beautiful Pacific NW 
                Washington State 
                USA 
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                       Posted - Feb 06 2013 :  3:44:59 PM
                        
                      
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                      Welcome Andee!  Another displaced CA now living in WA.  MJF is great.  You are in the right place.  So glad to have you join us. Marianne | 
                     
                    
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                 MumtopianAlly 
                Farmgirl in Training 
                   
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                Alison 
                Harrogate 
                North Yorkshire. 
                United Kingdom 
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                       Posted - Feb 06 2013 :  11:04:20 PM
                        
                      
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                      I'm a new girl too, doesn't it look great here?! Best wishes Andee, from the UK.
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                 cynfullypurple 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                    
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                Cynthia 
                Endwell 
                NY 
                USA 
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                       Posted - Feb 09 2013 :  06:10:51 AM
                        
                      
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                      Welcome Andee from another former S. CA girl!  I grew up in the Orange County area and graduated from Edison High School in Huntington Beach.  I moved east when I got married at the tender age of 19!  I've been out east for over 30 years now, but still long for the west.  Might still get back out there one of these days...
  Glad to have you with us   You will love it here!!
   Cyn~ Farmgirl #2817 "The time is when a library is a school, and the librarian is in the highest sense a teacher, and the visitor is a reader among the books as a workman among his tools." ~Melvil Dewey
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                 HemetGardener 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                      
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                Terri 
                Hemet 
                CA 
                USA 
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                       Posted - Feb 09 2013 :  11:57:55 AM
                        
                        
                      
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                      Hi Cyn, or since you used a purple font should I say Hi-a-cynth? Sorry, bad joke.   Nice to meet another CA gal even if you have moved.   I grew up in Anaheim but am very familiar with HB.  Second best beaches in CA next to Newport Beach. Hugs, Terri | 
                     
                    
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