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Debs
True Blue Farmgirl
100 Posts
Debs
Wellington
New Zealand
100 Posts |
 Posted - Feb 23 2007 : 12:56:54 AM
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Hi all - I'm back! For those of you longer-term farmgirls here that might remember me, I used to be in London, UK. I had some wonderful times there but it is always GREAT to be home!
On the way back to New Zealand dh and I had a holiday in America and with a lot of planning and co-ordinating, we made it to Mary Jane's Farm Fair! I am SO glad I went - I got to meet some farmgirls from this forum and what amazing true blue farmgirls they are! I wouldn't have been able to go to the Fair without the help of some of them, thank you Kay, Missy and Patricia.
I just read that the Farm Fair won’t be on this year - I encourage everyone to try and make it next year – it is just so lovely to visit the farm and also to see all of the wonderful crafts available – Farmgirls are SO creative! There were several things I could have easily bought there but unfortunately had to remind myself about my already heavy luggage and “importation” regulations…. 
I currently have a bit of a wild garden on a slope which is a “work in progress” plus several potted veges and herbs.
One day soon I hope to have a place to grow a larger vege/herb garden, an orchard, have a pond, some chickens and maybe a cow!
I look forward to catching up with past farmgirl friends and meeting new ones!
Debs
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Beemoosie
True Blue Farmgirl
2077 Posts
Bonnie
New York
USA
2077 Posts |
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vintagechica
True Blue Farmgirl
438 Posts
Eren
Poolville
TX
USA
438 Posts |
Posted - Feb 23 2007 : 03:32:00 AM
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I am new too, but welcome back. I sure would love to visit Farm Fair someday with my mother aunt and cousin.
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A sure way to avoid housework...live outdoors.
Visit me anytime at my blog:
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nitere
True Blue Farmgirl
482 Posts
Amy
Hickory
NC
USA
482 Posts |
Posted - Feb 23 2007 : 04:00:56 AM
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i am new as well. welcome back debs. that is great that you got to go the fair. i would love to someday.
http://www.buraellen.blogspot.com |
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westernhorse51
True Blue Farmgirl
1681 Posts
michele
farmingdale
n.j.
USA
1681 Posts |
Posted - Feb 23 2007 : 04:39:48 AM
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welcome back Debs!!!  it's true there's no place like home! So glad your happy. I still havent made Farmfair yet but I will.
she selects wool and flax and works with eager hands Prov.31:13 |
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cmandle
True Blue Farmgirl
846 Posts
Catherine
Minneapolis
MN
846 Posts |
Posted - Feb 23 2007 : 05:52:30 AM
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I remember you, Debs! Welcome back! Be sure to visit my post in "Across the Fence" called "Calling all out-of-the-country Farmgirls." I'm looking for foreign stamps for my 11-year old cousin!
Glad you're back!
Catherine
http://yogurtandgranola.blogspot.com |
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bramble
True Blue Farmgirl
2044 Posts
2044 Posts |
Posted - Feb 23 2007 : 06:10:52 AM
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Hi Debs! Nice to have you back! You have been on quite an adventure!
I found a neat site the other day that made me think about you. It was about New Zealand farmstay holidays and there was quite a wide variety to choose from! Very interesting and you are so lucky to live in such a beautiful and diverse place. Good luck w/ the new house, glad to see you are "wired" again!
with a happy heart |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Feb 23 2007 : 06:28:06 AM
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Hi there!!! How fun to have you back...you world traveler you!!! What a fun adventure!
It will be nice to be able to have you in on things here again. I sure DO intend to go to 2008 farm fair!!! That is so neat that you were able to go while you were here!!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
6418 Posts |
Posted - Feb 23 2007 : 07:28:08 AM
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I was at the last Farm Fair. Maybe we met. It was such a fun time and so many farm gals I just can't remember who is who. Glad you are home from your long adventure. I almost got to go on one of those farmstay adventures bramble was mentioning but different circumstances prevented it. I'll try another time. MB.
www.strawberryhillsfarm.blogspot.com
www.day4plus.blogspot.com
"Life may not be the party we hoped for...but while we are here we might as well dance!" |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
Posted - Feb 23 2007 : 09:10:24 AM
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welcome back Debs.
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ |
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Utahfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1940 Posts
Portland
Oregon
USA
1940 Posts |
Posted - Feb 23 2007 : 10:54:26 AM
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Hey Cutie! And Husband of Cutie! It's good to hear you're home and safe and well! We had quite an adventure last year, didn't we? It was great meeting you and hanging out. Looking forward to next year!!
Love,
Patricia
Farmgirls do it organically! |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17453 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17453 Posts |
Posted - Feb 23 2007 : 5:50:17 PM
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Hi Deb's,
Welcome, Welcome, & Welcome back.
I too am new to FGC.
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grace gerber
True Blue Farmgirl
2804 Posts
grace
larkspur
colorado
USA
2804 Posts |
Posted - Feb 25 2007 : 3:48:36 PM
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Welcome back Deb's. I would love to hear more about your place and living in Kiwi country. I had often thought of moving your way and would love to know more about it - other then what I find in the books. You have been missed I am sure and I look am excited to hear more about your life and experiences.
Grace Gerber
Larkspur Funny Farm and Fiber Art Studio
Where the spirits are high and the fiber is deep
http://www.larkspurfunnyfarm.etsy.com
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daffodil dreamer
True Blue Farmgirl
805 Posts
Jayne
Hamilton
Victoria
Australia
805 Posts |
Posted - Feb 25 2007 : 5:41:25 PM
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Hi Debs,
I am an Aussie Farmgirl, so I think you must be the closest farmgirl to me!! Currently living in WA, but are planning to move back to Victoria soon - fingers crossed! Then I'll be even closer to you. You are so lucky to have got to the FarmFair - I'd love to visit one day.
Best wishes,
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Debs
True Blue Farmgirl
100 Posts
Debs
Wellington
New Zealand
100 Posts |
Posted - Feb 26 2007 : 12:23:14 AM
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Gidday Jayne!
There were a couple of other Aussie's on the forum a while back (Stella and Linda - wherever you are please re-join us!) and a fellow Kiwi farmgirl Helen (Bubblesnz) who has moved and is enjoying life at a small beachside village where there is no internet!!! So she is snail-mail-only farmgirl. I met her a couple of weeks ago - it is a really beautiful spot where she lives! Us four farmgirls were/are the Manuka chapter and we swapped journals with the Yarn and Garden Chapter of Oregon. Boy did those journals travel around the world - UK/NZ/Australia!! We also contributed a red-work square (Helen's creative work) to one of the Farm Fair quilts - I am not sure where the quilt is now though - does anyone know?
Debs
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beckels
True Blue Farmgirl
237 Posts
becky
warrington
pa
USA
237 Posts |
Posted - Mar 04 2007 : 4:31:00 PM
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Welcome back to farmgirl world
beckels |
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sunshine
True Blue Farmgirl
4877 Posts
Wendy
Utah
USA
4877 Posts |
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shelle
True Blue Farmgirl
404 Posts
Shelle
oklahoma
USA
404 Posts |
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blueroses
True Blue Farmgirl
1323 Posts
Debbie
in the Pandhandle of
Idaho
USA
1323 Posts |
Posted - Mar 06 2007 : 09:29:50 AM
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Hi Debs,
Welcome back!! I was at Farm Fair too! Wonder if I smiled at you. I was so awestruck, I think I was a bit goofy. So glad to hear you are back after your travels.
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
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Buttercup
True Blue Farmgirl
1433 Posts
Talitha
Vermont
USA
1433 Posts |
Posted - Mar 08 2007 : 12:46:33 AM
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So glad you found your way back!!
It sounds like you are off to a wonderful start! Will you buy a bit of land there? I went to New Zealand years ago and LOVED it there! I thought it was absolutly beautiful so I can see why you would be thankful to be back! I look forward to hearing more about your settlings in and gardens, chickens, n such as you add them to your life!
Hugz!
Talitha
"If we could maintain the wonder of childhood and at the same time grasp the wisdom of age, what wonder,what wisdom,what life would be ours" |
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FloralSaucer
True Blue Farmgirl
156 Posts
Australia
156 Posts |
Posted - Apr 01 2007 : 9:07:10 PM
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Originally posted by daffodil dreamer
Hi Debs,
I am an Aussie Farmgirl, so I think you must be the closest farmgirl to me!! Currently living in WA, but are planning to move back to Victoria soon - fingers crossed! Then I'll be even closer to you. You are so lucky to have got to the FarmFair - I'd love to visit one day.
Best wishes,
Jayne
Hi Jayne,
Debs told me that we now have another farmgirl from Australia. I am Linda. I live in Victoria.
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Buttercup
True Blue Farmgirl
1433 Posts
Talitha
Vermont
USA
1433 Posts |
Posted - Apr 02 2007 : 12:10:02 AM
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Welcome back Debs!! So glad you are able to reconnect with us here! I loved it in NZ when I visited a while back! DO share pictures when you get a chance! I wish you the best on your garden when the season comes back around to you!
I would love to go to the fair and hope to when I get back to the USA! Right now I am in Japan still so do not know when that will be. Cant wait to hear more about your adventures!
Hugz!
Talitha
"If we could maintain the wonder of childhood and at the same time grasp the wisdom of age, what wonder,what wisdom,what life would be ours" |
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kreativeblonde
True Blue Farmgirl
135 Posts
Amanda
Summerland
Ca
USA
135 Posts |
Posted - Apr 08 2007 : 10:59:57 AM
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Hi Debs!Just had to 'hello' to a fellow kiwi. I grew up in Christchurch, and it's where most of my farmgirl roots were deeply established. As a matter of fact my Nana still maintains a garden to this day-and she is in her late 80's :-)
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daffodil dreamer
True Blue Farmgirl
805 Posts
Jayne
Hamilton
Victoria
Australia
805 Posts |
Posted - Apr 09 2007 : 7:04:16 PM
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Linda,
Is that your blog at the bottom of your post, cause where do you live? I am hoping to move to Merrijig when we move back, was looking at Omeo which I so love, but family are in Melbourne so looking at a bit closer. We may have to move to Hamilton first, if hubby gets transferred there, but I will, HOPEFULLY, be buying a property as well, that we can work on setting up before we can move there permanently. Another place we looked at was Bright (my brother used to live there, he has now moved to Beechworth), but once again a little too far from Melbourne. I would love to hear from you - maybe we can be neighbours!!
You must be looking forward to the snow - or have you already had some?
Best wishes,
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Maryjane Lee
True Blue Farmgirl
2195 Posts
Maryjane
CA
USA
2195 Posts |
Posted - Apr 11 2007 : 7:46:07 PM
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Welcome Debs! I am new also, so we can learn together! What a wonderful group of women! Looking forward to getting to know you!
FarmGirl Hugs,
Maryjane Lee
A House Is A Home Where Love Dwells |
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Apr 16 2007 : 2:37:02 PM
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Hi, there, Debs - and it's so great to hear your "voice" again! Welcome back!!!!!
XOXO, Libbie
"All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth. I can feel its energy, and my spirits soar..." - Helen Hayes |
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