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amy jo
Farmgirl at Heart
4 Posts
Amy
Wilmington
North Carolina
USA
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 Posted - May 24 2010 : 6:52:24 PM
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When I make homemade applesauce, bread, cookies, pancakes......
When I am sewing or crafting.....
Just driving in the country.....can you smell the yummy country air!
Keep It Simple! |
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JudyT
True Blue Farmgirl
121 Posts
Judy
Richland Center
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - May 25 2010 : 03:45:44 AM
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I feel most like a farm girl...
When I'm wearing my apron (that I made) and canning tomatoes that I harvested from my garden.
Hanging clothes on the line that just got washed in the homemade laundry soap I made.
Wearing my apron to gather the eggs from our backyard chickens.
Judy~Farmgirl Sister #599
I was born a city girl, but I'm a "farmgirl" at heart, sharing my life at...http://dailyyarnsnmore.com
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Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl
845 Posts
Bonnie
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
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Posted - May 25 2010 : 9:42:26 PM
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I feel like a farmgirl most when my bones ache (lol) because I've been one literally and at heart for 67 years. I love the smells of the country, the sounds of nature. I like to bake, quilt, garden, can and all the things that you others do. I love our connections of living close to the land and enjoying the doing of it. I am richly blessed with all my farmgirl friends I hear about on this thread. I also feel most like a farmgirl when I wear my apron (which is all the time now because I'm getting sloppier (lol)and when I wear my farmgirl necklace. Woo Hoo girls! Thank y'all. Bonnie
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Mama Jewel
True Blue Farmgirl
435 Posts
Jewel
Sweet Peas Farmette,
Bend, OR
USA
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Posted - May 25 2010 : 10:07:18 PM
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I feel most like a farmgirl when I'm hanging laundry on the line, seeing the sheets billow in the breeze & when I pluck carrots from the ground or see the kids eating fresh peas straight from the garden since they're grown organically & when we're snuggling under a hand-stitched quilt, smelling homemade bread baking in the oven & when we're just plain enjoying nature and the simple things in life :-)
barefoot in my organic garden eating fresh veggies with my kids, living simply & naturally |
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AliciaNak
True Blue Farmgirl
402 Posts
Alicia
Elko
Nevada
USA
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Posted - May 27 2010 : 08:33:07 AM
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I feel most like a FarmGirl when
-I'm out doing my morning chores and the chickens run to greet me
-Mrs. Turkey waits for her treat and lets me pet her
-I let the horses "mow" the lawn
-Bottle feeding the leppy calves
-I'm pulling weeds and tending the garden and I have to tell my boys not to eat ALL the carrots, straight from the ground, brushing the dirt off and putting the tops in the compost pile
-I'm carting loads of horse manure to the compost pile, and then turn it and water it
-I hang my laundry on the line and it's dry faster than the next load is done in the washer
-Crocheting gifts and seeing the look on the recipient's face when they find out that I made it for them, didn't rush off to the store to buy it.
-Chatting with my grandma about her days in the Alaska bush country
-Making applesauce and having to scold the boys for trying to eat it all the second I walk away!
-Riding my horses through the sagebrush, looking at the little tucked away valleys and chasing coyotes or horned toads
Alicia
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.~Ralph Waldo Emmerson
www.blondenak.blogspot.com
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Meg
Moderator/Farmgirl True
810 Posts
Meg
Idaho
USA
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Posted - May 27 2010 : 09:16:28 AM
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on a day like today when it's pouring rain at the farm...I have my pink muk boots on and my hair in pigtails, just makes me feel very farmgirlish.
MaryJane's daughter,
Meg
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textilelover
True Blue Farmgirl
557 Posts
Dianne
Middletown
NY
USA
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Posted - May 27 2010 : 2:24:10 PM
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I feel most like a Farmgirl when I chat with other Farmgirls on these forums and realize how much we have in common despite the very different lives we lead! Dianne
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." --Leondardo da Vinci |
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nelliesue17
Farmgirl in Training
37 Posts
Nellie
PA
USA
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Posted - May 27 2010 : 2:56:52 PM
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I feel most like a farm girl when.......
I bake my own bread.
I put the quilt on the front porch on top of the wicker rockin chair.
I have dirt under my finger nails.
I meet up with other farm girls on this website and realize being a farm girl is cool!!
Ahhhhh.
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jsparks60
True Blue Farmgirl
61 Posts
June
Greene
NY
USA
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Posted - May 28 2010 : 4:29:05 PM
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I feel like a farmgirl when
I have dirt on my knees and my hands and a freshly weeded garden.
I take the laundry off the line and smell the fresh clean smell of them!
I am sitting by the pond and hear the wind rush through the white pines.
I read the latest issue of MaryJanesFarm!!!
Farmgirl #1401
'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be' - from 'Simple Gifts' |
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corabela
True Blue Farmgirl
79 Posts
Laura
Mount Vernon
Ohio
USA
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Posted - May 30 2010 : 4:01:52 PM
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I got all warm and fuzzy reading all your posts! I feel most like a farmgirl when:
1 - My heart or head is aching, all I want to do is cry, but I tie on my handmade apron and it all vanishes in a rush of ancestral strength.
2 - I'm gathering fresh cut flowers in my apron and all our rooms teem with the heady scent of roses, peonies, and lilacs.
3 - I can look around the house and see several heirloom and handmade items, enriching our lives and lending our home that certain "homey" feel.
4 - DH and I are canning tomatoes, making jelly, whipping up homebrew, concocting a new soap, or baking cookies.
5 - I'm out working in the garden on a 90 degree day with a wet scarf draped over my head and my shoulders to keep cool.
6 - I'm in the garage with DH wrenching on my paid-for little diesel VW that gets 50 mpg.
7 - Open the mailbox and there's a ton of surprise gifties from Bonnie, my farmgirl friend!
8 - And as someone else said, when I get on the forum and see that there are SO MANY OF US. : )
~Laura
Please stop by my blog and my etsy site and say hello : )
www.lovestirred.blogspot.com/
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
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Posted - Jun 05 2010 : 04:31:45 AM
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I feel most life a farmgirl when I wake ridiculously early to get a start on the day, sit on the back porch and watch the sun rise with a cup of coffee - and look forward to the day - my two little boys, the laundry, the cleaning, the weeding, the animal care - with anticipation, instead of fatigue or mild dread about the amount of work it takes. I feel this so often now - especially knowing that I am in the fine "virtual" company of farmgirls around the country and the WORLD even (Hi, Beverly and Marian!)!!!
XOXO, Libbie
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glorybee
True Blue Farmgirl
123 Posts
Lisa
Nicholasville
KY
USA
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Posted - Jun 05 2010 : 05:14:10 AM
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I feel most like a FarmGirl when.......
*I see my garden flourishing with veggies and flowers in ground and I plowed and planted
*When I see laundry flapping on the clothesline my husband built on our little plot in town just so I'd feel like a FarmGirl
*When I go out to work in the garden for "just an hour" and come in 8 hours later and don't know where the time went, all hot and dirty and sweaty
*When my "city" friends make fun of me because I'd rather dig in the dirt than do anything else
*When I can share the bounty of our garden knowing that it came from the sweat of our labor
*When I can get on this website in the company of ALL of these amazing FarmGirls. There is such a cozy feeling being surrounded by people who share a love of country and simplicity and backbreakin hard work. I've been AWOL for a while and missed this soooo much. I feel like I'm back "at home" now :)
In 20 years, what will you wish you had done today? Do It Now! |
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Bart
True Blue Farmgirl
100 Posts
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Posted - Jun 05 2010 : 06:21:59 AM
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| I feel most like a farmgirl, this morning, when I mixed up a loaf of sourdough bread with cranberries in it (from my own organic mother batch) then head out to the garden to check on all the beautiful veggies and deadhead all the flowers then pick up a stray baby frog and put it near a juicy piece of composted dirt and bugs. Ahhhh! love the morning! |
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craftystranger
True Blue Farmgirl
512 Posts
Barbara
Macon
Ga
USA
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Posted - Jun 06 2010 : 05:50:17 AM
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I feel most like a farmgirl when... I am doing any task that I know my grandmothers or greatgrandmothers would have done. Making food from scratch, planting in the garden, mending clothes, smelling spring in the air, ....I sometimes will be doing a task and it hits me WOW...my grandmother would have been proud to see that I still enjoy the "old ways". Being a farmgirl comes from the heart, soul, mind, and body:) Barbara
Don't forget to laugh! |
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DanaAnn25
Farmgirl in Training
17 Posts
Dana
Hammonton(Blueberry Capital of the world)
New Jersey
USA
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Posted - Jun 06 2010 : 07:18:34 AM
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Hello Everyone! I am a new member and I loved reading everyones posts!
I feel most like a farmgirl when:
- I get home after a hard day of work and my chickens all run out of their roost and coop to come greet me!
Living off the Land
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