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	<title>Vita Marie Lovett</title>
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	<description>Mixed Media Artist</description>
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		<title>Studios Magazine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Exciting news:  The Fall issue of &#8220;STUDIOS&#8221; magazine is out and it features 5 pages on my studio!!   It is an honor to be one of the seven artists selected  (from around the US and one from London).  &#8220;Studios&#8221; features ideas and inspiration for art and creative spaces, each artists talks about their space and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surprises &#8211; something old and something new</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The chickens had a week filled with surprises!  Chicken-theme gifts from their fans&#8230;..some from Georgia and as far as Russia.
The &#8220;Westies&#8221; Stitchers (my old and dear stitching group) from Georgia came up for a visit  and brought along some treasures old and new:

An antique wooden painted egg crate circa 1920&#8217;s along with an Acme Egg-Grading Scale (1924) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vitamarielovett.com/blog/?p=540</link>
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		<title>Apron/Egg-pron</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While my friend Rusty was visiting here, she got to meet the &#8220;girls&#8221; but also to see my comedy routine of trying to balance buckets, feed, treats and eggs back and forth to the coop.  Since they are laying a few eggs at a time, we do not need to use an egg basket yet&#8230;.I  have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Cutting Garden</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dan planted a flower cutting garden for me this year&#8230;it is filled with an assortment of sunflowers, zinnias, queen annes lace, cosmos, daisies and more!  I have enjoyed making up mason jar bouquets to share with friends.

 


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		<title>First Dozen in a Day!</title>
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Today the girls lovingly laid the first dozen eggs!  For the past few weeks we have had 2 eggs gradually up  to 8, then  10 per day, today we hit the lucky dozen&#8230;. even got a light blue one from Betsy Ross, the Americana!   Which means at least 12 of the 25 are laying.  The eggs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Radio Flyer!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We received a wonderful surpise from our friends at The Castle Group &#8211; a red Radio Flyer wagon!  I had been wanting one for use in hauling the girls, garden goods and eggs.  So here are the girls inspecting the new &#8220;poultry porter&#8221;. 
 Thanks Mark, Scott, Carol and Cindy!!
http://fa.smithbarney.com/castlegroupsb/

Emma &#8230; ready to ride!

                                        The garden haul
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		<title>Oprah&#8217;s Got Something to Talk About</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oprah has been coming into the chicken coop cackling for the past few days&#8230;something was up&#8230;over the weekend she laid her first egg!  Oprah came in &#8220;second&#8221; in our egg laying contest.  Here she is in the chicken coop quite proud of her accomplishment!

And yes, you can see there are curtains and framed  family photos (baby [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mystery solved &#8211; it&#8217;s Emma!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The egg laying mystery is solved:   it is our little Emma who has been busy!  While I was cleaning the coop she came in, started  hopping in &#38; out of the nesting boxes and seemed anxious.  She followed me out the coop&#8217;s front door, into the smaller yard and found her xylophone and started playing a tune [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Egg!!</title>
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FIRST EGG!! July 6, 2010   I found our &#8220;first&#8221; egg in the coop, on the ground next to the nesting box in the morning &#8211; Yippee!
Estimated cost $5,000

Here is a re-enactment photo of how I found it in buried in the wood shavings (I was so excited I picked it up, ran in to show Dan, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vitamarielovett.com/blog/?p=469</link>
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		<title>Oh No &#8211; she can Crow!!</title>
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Well I guess Auntie Lil will have to be called Uncle Lil&#8230;.she started crowing&#8230;.eeek!  Everybody told me that she was a he, since he towers over all the other chickens and bosses them around.  So we have a Rooster.  Rats.  We ordered all hens and they gave us a free one, guess which one! 
I still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Red, White &amp; Blue</title>
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Red, White &#38; Blue &#8211; I love to celebrate the 4th of July!  The cabin is decorated inside and out &#8230; barrels planted with red, white and blue flowers, flags flying, quilts and lots of hand stitched &#8220;Americana&#8221; theme projects I made through the years.
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		<title>One Week Old</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The baby Keets are one week old, they are taller and started growing little wing and tail feathers.  They look like tiny ostriches now, with their legs  set further back, long necks and tiny heads.  Look and see what I mean…..  


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		<title>Welcome Baby Keets!</title>
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Baby keets are little Guinea  fowl.  They were born on Tuesday …so here they are at 3 days old.  My friend Karen got some for her farm and gave us four.  We hear that they are good watch dogs for the farm and chickens; as they are loud and obnoxious.  They are so tiny compared [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turtle Creek Turtles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We spotted a couple of turtles today&#8230;.they are late arrivals this year.  Normally see them around and about a month earlier.  They must have been busy.  They are Eastern Box turtles.  When we first bought the property 23 years ago we spotted several of them, some munching on the strawberries near the creeks&#8230;..that is how we named the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Play Ball &#8211; Chicken Version</title>
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Chicken version of playing ball &#8211; with the &#8216;Refs&#8221; on perch above the  field watching the plays.  Chickens play only when they want to, they do not follow rules, or play as a team.  They cheat whenever they can.
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		<title>Rust &amp; Roses</title>
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Misty morning shot of one of our vintage hay rakes against the background of wild roses.
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		<title>Memorial Day</title>
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To honor those who served our country&#8211; Dan&#8217;s father, Daniel Lovett served in the US Navy as a signalman, along with his brothers, Gerald, who served in the US Army as a Medic, and Raymond, a medic also served in the US Navy.
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		<title>Honeysuckle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the season for wild fragrant honeysuckle.   It is growing along some of our fences, the pastures are filled  with its beautiful fragrance.  Honeysuckle is one of my favorite &#8220;weeds&#8221; as they refer to it around here!  Below the actual photo is a thread painting I did of some wild honeysuckle .




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		<title>See whats growing&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The garden is really starting to take shape, first up were the radishes


Also growing are the little birds&#8230;..this birds nest gets remodeled each year with a new family.
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		<title>New Baby Trick:  The Princess Wave</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the first things every girl should learn how to do:  The Princess Wave
Little Emory learned this new trick from her Aunt Jamey, after noticing how she was watching her hands.  Here is Uncle Dan holding her, as we are all laughing at her gentle slow wave from side to side….the people at the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vitamarielovett.com/blog/?p=380</link>
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		<title>Road Trip: Stitches South Atlanta</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the break of dawn two car loads of Maryville Ravelers headed to Atlanta for the Stitches South event&#8230;.had a  great time shopping and seeing friends from Atlanta&#8230;.we returned with boatloads of yarn, patterns and ideas for new projects.


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		<title>First Time Out &#8211; Celebrating Earth Day!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Walking out the ramp to see the great outdoors for the first time ….
The chicken coop has two chicken doors, this one is to the little yard at the entry and the side door takes them to their large yard with a movable electric poultry fence.  This fence hopefully will keep them in and other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving Day for the Chicks!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Movin&#8217; on up&#8230;.the girls were packed up and moved out to the chicken coop.  They squealed, they squawked, then settled in.   The chicks are 8 weeks old now and working on pecking order as to who will be Queen.



                                                 The girls coming over to Dan for a snack.
Everybody wanted to &#8220;roost&#8221; when I sat down!  There are 5 on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the Road: California</title>
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Garden gazebo at the La Playa Hotel in Carmel -
where we were married 21 years ago!


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		<title>On the Road</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the road &#8230;.  photos to follow&#8230;.Happy Trails!
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		<title>Bees &amp; Buds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bees, buds and deer&#8230;everything enjoying the sunshine!

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		<title>Easter Bunny</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Emory&#8217;s first Easter at Cousin Geri &#38; Joe&#8217;s
Keeping with the peep theme &#8211; Joe&#8217;s Peep Mojitos


 
Geri&#8217;s Peep Cupcakes&#8230;

 
 
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		<title>Jello Peep Salad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For some reason I did not have any requests to make my Easter Jello Peep Salad again this year for the holiday buffet.  Wonder why??  So I wanted to share the recipe anyway (and remind the family that Peeps keep forever&#8230;so the peep salad may appear again).
Jello Peep Salad 
Jello &#8211; Large size any light color, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project: Knitwear for Chickens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is the latest spring knitwear, perfect for Easter&#8230;.the  Chicken Cape modeled by Auntie Fran, a Rhode Island Red.  The chicken cape is a shawl pattern my friend Cindy gave me,  embellished it with swirls of embroidery.  

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		<title>Geeky Chicks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OK, we are going into week 4 with the chickens and now they are going from the oh-so-cute stage to kinda geeky almost teenagers (‘tweens).  Their heads look too small for the long necks (sorta like turkeys), longer legs with feathers making them look as if they are wearing cheap capri pants. They are all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Signs of Spring</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spring has sprung at Turtle Creek&#8230;..lenton roses and daffodils are starting to pop up everywhere.


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		<title>Go Green</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Go Green &#8211; Think Green -in honor of St.Patrick&#8217;s Day, plus it&#8217;s the right thing to do!  Here are some photos of our little sprouts, Dan started them a few weeks ago along with building more rasied beds for the garden.   The sprouts are heirloom tomatoes, various peppers and eggplant.


Little sprouts just starting&#8230;
 

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		<title>Orange Scrunchies –  quirky cookies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For several years my friend Rusty and I exchange cookies and a small gift for our birthdays.  We try out new recipes on each other&#8230;I tried these because of the quirky combination of ingredients&#8230;.they are really, really good!  We  have been using this same white tin for quite some time.
Orange Scrunchies – cookies!    
                                           Makes: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visiting the Chicks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The girls have been busy entertaining visitors!

  Reading fan mail from the Weasel

  Chicklet Holly 

  Chicklet Jamie

  Chicks hopping into Jeanne &#38; Holly&#8217;s hands 

  Chicklet Caroline has one fall asleep in her hands

  This little Rhode Island Red loved Jamie


All of them came to greet Anjte

Our sweet chicklet  Emory checking out the chicks

Cristy and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peeps Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The chicks will be one week old on Friday, March 5th.  They have grown so much in the past 6 days.  Little wings are starting to grow, tiny tail feathers, they are even a bit taller!  First chick to hop into my hand was one of the Buff Plymouth Rocks (yellow ones).  She has done [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baby Chicks Arrive!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Turtle Creek Farm is pleased to announce the arrival of Baby Chicks!  They hatched on Friday at the McMurrary Hatchery in Iowa. We got the call late last night from the Post Office in Knoxville that they had arrived, so at 11:30 pm we picked them up.  Finally getting them back here by after midnight.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Studio Assistants</title>
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Abigail and Cosmo, Studio Assistants/paperweights
 

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		<title>Smoky Mountain Fiber Arts Festival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Event:            Smoky Mountains Fiber Arts Festival
Date:              March 19 &#38; 20, 2010   
Location:      Townsend, Tennessee
WORKSHOPS  IN A WIDE ARRAY OF FIBER ARTS
VENDORS   -   DEMONSTRATIONS  -  SHEEP HERDING TOO!
For event information please visit the website:  www.smfaf.org

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		<title>Soups On!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Such a rainy day calls for a good soup &#8211; This is the perfect tomato soup recipe from Cooks Illustrated&#8212;rich and robust  flavor. 
Cream of Tomato Soup – Cooks Illustrated Magazine   Makes  5 ½ cups, serves 4-6
2 &#8211; 28 oz. cans whole tomatoes packed in juice, reserve juice  (or 2 cans of diced tomatoes)
1 ½  tablespoons [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Free-Range Neighbor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of our free-range neighbors

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		<title>Planning the Garden</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Seeds for the garden are starting to arrive&#8230;.(buying a Fresh Market store would have been cheaper).

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		<title>Big Brother, Little Brother Sweaters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is Sam and Grady wearing their new sweaters I made for them.  I think they look adorable!  (see previous post in January about this sweater project).
SHOUT OUT TO: Mrs. Miles fifth grade class – have fun learning about blogging!

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		<title>Cat Capers: Random Acts of Destruction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Random Act of Destruction Case #532&#8211;Chewed Up Photographs
Suspect:  Abigail
Crime Scene:  Studio
Approximate Time Frame: 2:00 am – 6:30 am
Evidence: Photo breath on suspect, object in question relocated
Defendant Alibi:  Claimed to be sleeping at the time

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		<title>Zooooom -Day at the Track</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is Danny taking a day off from his bicycle shop, Revolutions, at the track in Miami.  (note: we prefer him riding his bicycle instead of his Ducati, but why would he listen to us?)

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		<title>Happy Valentine Anniversary!</title>
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Our niece-lings Cristy and Jamey our flowergirls now &#38; then!
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		<title>Valentine Cupcakes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These yummy Valentine cupcakes were made by Denise Marie (of the &#8220;Marie Club&#8221;).  They were quick to do,  using a white cake mix and strawberry jello (follow jello recipe and set aside).  When the cupcakes come out of the oven, poke holes on the top and pour the jello mix in.  This makes them have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ravelympics 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The offical Knitting Olympics &#8211; Ravelympics 2010!!  (yes this is  world-wide).  Team Maryville is invited to a party at Smithsonjane&#8217;s house tonight, Friday 12th&#8230;.mass Cast-On at 9:00 pm, as the opening Ceremonies begin in Vancouver (it is snowing here).  My event: (project) is a Celtic Cabled Cowl (hard to say, even harder to knit).

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		<title>Rainy Days</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rain, rain and more rain.  The creeks are overflowing and pastures look more like ponds.  The weather man said we have a chance of &#8220;icy fog&#8221;.  What is that? (must be like dressy casual).

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		<title>Quilting Arts Magazine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The February/March issue of QuiltingArts magazine is featuring my fiberart work in a section called &#8220;In the Spotlight&#8221;.  To see the full article please check it out on my website.  I am thrilled to be in this wonderful publication and thrilled that they spelled my name right.

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		<title>Project: Big Brother/Little Brother Sweaters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Made to welcome the newest member of our family, Grady (born the very last day in December) and his older (by three years) brother, Sam.  They were both knit by using the top down method.
Pattern used:  Knitting Pure and Simple, Baby &#38; Children&#8217;s Neckdown Pullover  Yarn:  Plymouth Yarns Jelli Beens-Lime  Cost:  Priceless

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		<title>Project: Gift Note Pads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These note pads make great quick gifts &#8211; everyone can use them.  This project was inspired by a note pad gift I received.  Using a standard sheet of 8 1/2&#8243; x 11&#8243; paper, divide the page into 4 equal sections.  At the very bottom of each section, using black marker, write a name or sketch [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vitamarielovett.com/blog/?p=35</link>
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		<title>Winter White</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We woke up to Turtle Creek covered in a blanket of winter white.  The only prints in the snow were animal tracks that were going in all directions.  This is a photo of the entrance and the lower pastures.
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		<title>Chickens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since we are thinking of adding chickens to the farm so we can have fresh eggs, we visited the Dunlap&#8217;s clucking collection of prize-winning chickens.  He raises various breeds for show and shared his vast knowledge.

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		<title>Heart Rocks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is where I keep some of the small heart rocks, in jars that line the side porch windows.  Other heart rocks are placed in different spots around the cabin that hopefully bring a smile to whoever may see them.

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		<title>Happy New Year &#8211; Take a Hike</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been our tradition to hike in the Smoky Mountains on New Years&#8217;s Day.  It is a great way to start the year off by enjoying the quiet beauty of the park.  This year Danny and I hiked with Fred and Tami.  Found the first heart rock of the year &#8211; always a good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome!</title>
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