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Sarah Blue
True Blue Farmgirl
172 Posts
Sierra Mountains
California
USA
172 Posts |
 Posted - Apr 06 2007 : 11:18:24 AM
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Hello farm girls, I’ve never been part of a forum before but you all seem so friendly, creative, and helpful. I’ve been craving the company and common sense of other country women these days and I think you may be just what the doctor ordered.
Although I still feel like such a novice, I grew up on a ranch and come from a ranching family. I live on 100 acres in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. My grandparents moved here in the 1950’s and raised broadbreasted bronze turkeys by the thousands. They passed this ranch to my father and my aunt, and they left it to me. We stopped raising turkeys in the 70’s, but the ranch is still home to organic gardens, horses, cats, dogs, and 30+ hereford/limousin beef cattle.
I recently turned 32 and it’s been two years now that I’ve been the one in charge here. With everyone else gone, I feel like so much knowledge and experience have been lost in time. I think I’m the luckiest girl in the world to have been born in this little slice of heaven and to be trusted with the responsibility of caring for it, but I must say it can be challenging and a little overwhelming at times. No matter what though, I could never imagine living anywhere else. My heart is in these oak trees, the tall grass, the granite rocks and every cow pie, broken board, and unidentifiable half buried rusty tractor implement you might step in or trip over by accident!
I’d really like to have contact with other women who have some of the same responsibilities I do, women who are independent and brave enough to make neighbors of rattlesnakes, coyotes, and mountain lions. Women who use chainsaws, raise gardens, raise cattle, and raise hell. Does this describe any of you? I know it must. Now I love the friends I have, don’t get me wrong. But they don’t know the difference between a shoot and chute and they don’t understand why I can’t just run off for a good time whenever I feel like it.
I learned about Mary Jane in a New Yorker article a few years ago and then I picked up one of her magazines at a book store. How inspiring and comforting to know there are so many other creative, socially conscious and fun country loving women everywhere. I really look forward to seeing you around.
(If you myspace, or if you don’t, you can learn a little more about me at http://www.myspace.com/svgrrrl)
"i believe in god, only i spell it nature." - frank lloyd wright |
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Mikki
True Blue Farmgirl
1510 Posts
Mikki
Austin
Indiana
USA
1510 Posts |
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
4813 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2007 : 5:00:06 PM
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Glad your here! I haven't even been hear a year yet but I feel like I have a hugh family out there! Everytime something exciting (or sad, etc.) happenes in life the first thing I think is "I have to tell the girls at MJF!" Welcome!
Jewelry, art, baskets, etc.
www.willowartist.etsy.com
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owwlady
True Blue Farmgirl
899 Posts
Jan
Tomahawk
WI
USA
899 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2007 : 7:33:59 PM
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| Welcome to the group, we're glad you're here. Your place sounds wonderful and I can "hear" the love of nature and country in your "voice". Looking forward to hearing more from you. |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2007 : 8:10:01 PM
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welcome aboard Sarah..you'll love all the gals here.so much sharing and caring goes on here. So..glad to have you join us.
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ |
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Clare
True Blue Farmgirl
2173 Posts
NC WA State
USA
2173 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2007 : 8:39:17 PM
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Welcome Sarah Blue! You should also check out the other forum for outdoorsy type girls.. it's at this address: http://www.maryjanesoutpost.com/snitz/
The conversations have just begun there, so jump right in there too!
Humor is the prelude to faith and Laughter is the beginning of prayer. -- Reinhold Niebuhr
I want to be an "outrageous" old woman who never gets called an old lady. I want to be wiser, resonate love & peace and be earth-colored, till I fade away from pure joy!
http://farmstyle.blogspot.com
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Sarah Blue
True Blue Farmgirl
172 Posts
Sierra Mountains
California
USA
172 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2007 : 9:29:55 PM
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Thanks, Clare  I just submitted my registration for MJ's Outpost. If you didn't mention it, I wouldn't have known it was there.
And thanks to everyone else who has been so warm and welcoming. It's just amazing to be greeted from places I've only visited in my imagination...
"i believe in god, only i spell it nature." - frank lloyd wright |
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4541 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4541 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2007 : 04:05:32 AM
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| Hey Sarah-Your doing what I am doing here in Wisconsin. Though my dad is here for advice, and my husband and sons for help. It is a heck of alot of work, but I could never work inside, it would drive me crazy! Take care Michele |
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vintagechica
True Blue Farmgirl
438 Posts
Eren
Poolville
TX
USA
438 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2007 : 06:53:39 AM
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Welcome Sarah! We have a lot in common. My parents live on my grandparents old quarter horse ranch on 165 acres in Texas. That is really home to me, although right now I am living in Wisconsin with my husband and three kiddos. We are going back there for two months in May and June and I can not wait for my boys to get to ride horses again, play with the farm dogs, chase the barn cats, fish for crawdads in the creek and build fence with my Dad (their Grandad).
Welcome to MJF!
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A sure way to avoid housework...live outdoors.
Visit me anytime at my blog:
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17453 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17453 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2007 : 10:44:43 AM
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Welcome Sarah,
Plan to be over whelmed with wonderful new friends who share a common intrest.
If being a member of MJF is an addiction, well then, plan to get addicted....hahaha!
tata-4-now
grace
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Buttercup
True Blue Farmgirl
1433 Posts
Talitha
Vermont
USA
1433 Posts |
Posted - Apr 08 2007 : 10:31:32 PM
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Welcome! Your place sounds wonderful! What a blessing to have it passed on through your family and be able to continue the journey with and for them! I can't wait to hear more! Welcome and we're glad to have you!
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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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - Apr 09 2007 : 07:31:05 AM
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Welcome, Sarah! Your farm sounds fabulous and so do you! You are so fortunate to have been taught by your family to love farming and the land you have. Glad you found us!
Karin
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lamamama
True Blue Farmgirl
255 Posts
Melanie
CA
USA
255 Posts |
Posted - Apr 09 2007 : 09:14:29 AM
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Hello & welcome, Sarah Blue!
How lucky you are to have a place like that.....sounds like heaven to me. Tons & tons of work, of course, but still a heavenly job. I think you will find lots of support, & lots of knowledge here. So many Farmgirls with so much experience, & BIG hearts!
Can't wait to hear more about your ranch in the mountains.
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blueroses
True Blue Farmgirl
1323 Posts
Debbie
in the Pandhandle of
Idaho
USA
1323 Posts |
Posted - Apr 09 2007 : 3:45:07 PM
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Hi Sarah,
Welcome to the forum.
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
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Bee Haven Maven
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
Beverly
Pennsylvania
USA
1862 Posts |
Posted - Apr 09 2007 : 4:40:47 PM
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Welcome Sarah.....you are gonna love it here! so many things to be involved with and always someone to talk to....someone who feels like you do. Hats off to you for taking up the challenge....you'll do great! Keep coming back here for support.....you have lots of friends here!
Keep Smiling.....Bev
Bee Haven Acres
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Sarah Blue
True Blue Farmgirl
172 Posts
Sierra Mountains
California
USA
172 Posts |
Posted - Apr 09 2007 : 8:23:00 PM
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Oooh, I love all your animals, Beverly. We hope to have chickens soon, and I'm pretty sure goats will come eventually. For now, we have plenty of other horse and cattle related projects to absorb our time and energy. Between our "real" jobs and other "matters of consequence" that is...
"i believe in god, only i spell it nature." - frank lloyd wright |
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