Turquoise...

This year I have decided to get "Country Diva" jewelry up and running. Trying to decide how to accept credit cards on and off line. Adventuring out into soldering and cutting my silver. Who knew silver could be so expensive? Wow! Going to use some copper accents and stamping techniques to my new pieces. Excited! Actually going to go to a local shop and see if they are interested in any of my stuff! Anyway, here a few of my things I have made in the past...my favorite pieces.

This weekend we went in search of the perfect Christmas tree.
We thought it would pretty cool for the steers to pull it out and take it home for us. We had a lot of on-lookers who thought this was pretty
cool too!







First one cut..... Then the other.......Aww... the memories they will have!



Then Al and Bert hauled it away to our house. Such a magical experience! And don't they look important? Such majestic beasts!

Passions

So...my daughter just got a set of bull calves to train for 4-H...she will be training them to be pulling steers. This ones name is Buck...he was curious about our dog Colby...who was not at all interested in him! Her other bull is named Bronco. He is a feisty one! He likes to kick up his heals and jump around.

Anyway, this passion of hers has left me to put on hold one of my passions...beading! I love the satisfaction of making something out of nothing and winding up with a higher quality, one of a kind, custom piece than you would find at any store!

Gotta get going on making some new pieces for the Christmas season...after all...they aren't MY calves!

How you doin?

I just thought this was a cute picture that my daughter took. This is one of her cows. Every year she raises a team of steers for 4-H. This team is her second team. She is selling them on Tuesday. She is now hoping to acquire a team of red and white holsteins. She wants to name them Buck and Broncho. Cute, huh? This team was Elmo and Ernie, and her first was Luke and Buster.
Anyway....I just thought I'd send a little message to see how you were doing! Have a great day!

This is the view from one of the fields near my house. Isn't it breathtaking? On 10/10/10 I took my two youngest up this mountain with the two dogs. It was amazing! And we even looked back to the field and could see my husband mowing! Very cool! What did you do on 10/10/10?

Memorial Day Weekend

This weekend is Memorial Day! Thank you to all of our soldiers who have died for our Country! What an honor!!

A little trivia below for you:

Memorial Day is a United States Federal Holiday observed on the last Monday of May. Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. men and women who died while in the Military Service. It was first enacted to honor Union soldiers of the American Civil War and was expanded after World War 1.

The Help- good read!

I finished "The Help", by Kathryn Stockett, last week. Very moving book! It is about black maids in the south during the 1960's. They talk about what it was like to live and to take care of the white people's homes and children. Don't you think for one minute the white women could be real housewives! They couldn't make it without the maids! To think that it actually happened is beyond me! How can someone treat another human being with such disregard? It just blows my mind! Intense at times...but an easy read!
If you are looking for a good summer book, check this one out!