Ever since I discovered MaryJanesFarm a few years back I am much more in tune with the things that make me tick and those that tickle my fancy too! The best part about being “a farmgirl at heart “is knowing I’m not alone in my ‘ farmgirly-ness’. Whether I’m working on a project at home, out in the garden or off on a road trip, my farmgirl spirit is always with me. I can count on it every time to add an extra dose of surprise and romance to everything I do. Just the other day I went shopping for pumpkins, mums and gourds and ended up falling head over heels in love with a…
Well, you’ll just have to come in for the full story cuz…
IT’S A FARMGIRL THING
If you could drive a tractor before you could drive a car.
Good one Nicole! 🙂
You have "days of the week" aprons instead of undies!
you might be a farmgirl if
YOUR HEART IS STIRRED TO RAPTURE…..OVER…..
—expanse, seeing the sky kiss the ground
—the vibrant colors of earth and sky and…well, of anything that grows
—textures…. and smells…the dry,cutting roughness of musty hay bails or corn stalks; the silky coat of a cow that carries the scent of "country"; the smooth skin of a veggie that "reeks of just-picked freshness"….
—creatures–large and small living in their corner of the world, fulfilling the reason they were created
–hand-made, seeing the beauty of anything that was touched and handled, designed and formed as an expression of an individual’s unique personality
This is the best post I’ve read in a long time….lol. I, too, love cows. Once, several years ago at our local fair, I fell in love with a little jersey cow and apparently she loved me too. Unbeknownst to me, she wasn’t secured to her stall and when I walked away from her she followed me through the crowd. So, there I was tooling along through the people and there was this adorable cow following along like a puppy…lol. If I could’ve I’d have brought her home with me.
Debbie…(O:
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Coastal farmgirl
If you live in the city and the farm comes to you with 18 city-wide farmers markets a week supplied by farmers who grow their crops and create their wares within 50 miles.
You might be (I know I am!) a farmgirl when:
– one of your favorite scents is freshly turned DIRT!
– doing gardening barefoot just makes you giddy!
– the slobbery smooch of a calf or lamb makes you smile!
– getting pure joy out of the donkey running to the fence to greet you!
– receiving "butterfly kisses" from your llama, Rocky, is just the best greeting ever!
– the down right hard work of farming and gardening gives you such peace and satisfaction at the end of the day when you can finally sit down and rejoice in the day’s accomplishments!
I could go on and on because that is the life I have always known . . .ALWAYS! I’m grateful for the heritage and the life my parents provided us as "farm kids"! GRATEFUL to the tips of my barefoot farmgirl toes and the bottom of my farmgirl heart!
Thanks Debbie!
CJ
You might be a Farmgirl if seeing your hens come out of the run wings flapping heading straight for you and it makes you smile, laugh and cry almost at the same time. My grandfather was a dairy farmer. I spent a lot of time when I was a young child walking around some really docile "Marys", but one of them was my Auntie. Thanks for the stroll through the barn yard!
… the smell of cows chewing their cud and horse manure put a BIG smile on your face and make you have a warm and fuzzy feeling in the pit of your stomach…
FWI: They are delivering my 1965 Ideal travel trailer tomorrow! Just had to share this with you and the lovely MJFarm crowd. Only this group could appreciate my excitement!! WOOHOO…This gives me the winter to put her in order and get lots of ideas for decorating. Also, to figure what to buy to pull it with…Which came first, the trailer or the truck???
Laughing!!
awwwwww all of these are farmgirl things. Lovin’ it here in Oklahoma!! fall is best season, all the gorgeous colors!!!! and doe deer with their babies feeding in our front yard!!
if you feel a kinship with all the other farm girls out there no matter where you each live!
I love cows too! I told my granddaughter that whenever you drive past a pasture of cows you have to open the car window and yell "mooooooo." My husband thinks I’m nuts but we laugh and laugh and have a great time.
Hi D-Boz! I sure enjoyed the autumn tour in your neck of the woods. Fall is the most delicious time of year . All the work of the summer is over, the harvest goodies are everywhere and I LIKE hunting up my jacket. Thank you for taking me along for the day.
… if you walk into a barnyard and realize you’ve discovered long lost kin … dred souls. Who doesn’t love a cow’s eyes! I always want to kiss a cow when I see one. Does that qualify as an if?
Hi MJ!
You bet it qualifies! Since I don’t have a cow except for " Mary" will you kiss yours for me?