I’m an avid quilt from the midwest (MN) and would love to win this book for our city library. P l ease consider me for this. Thanks Janene

How absolutely adorable. I love miniatures of any kind.

Favorite indoor winter past time.. is baking for the Holiday’s. The aroma it brings seems to set the atmosphere for family, friends, and neighbors. During this time volunteering to help others always seems to bring smiles.

I love watching the birds in the winter. We have cardinals, juncos, chickadees, and woodpeckers. The bluebirds hang out too. This will be my first winter of retirement and I am really looking forward to watching them throughout the day.

my husband and I love watching the birds in the winter. We have a cedar tree where he hung our bird feeder. Last year we had a Scarlet tanager, beautiful bird. Supposed to be from Arizona. Don’t know why it was in Oklahoma, but we enjoyed seeing it. Plus we have cardinals, juncos, woodpeckers, sapsuckers, bluejays, chickadees and a few others.
We are retired, and love watching the birds on the suet feeders, too.

My mom saved every single calendar towel she got for years and years. They made the best dishtowels ~ especially for glass. Thanks for reminding me of such a great shopping place.

I am so lucky as my local Mennonite ( sect similar to Amish) owned general store has nearly everything Lehman’s has. they cater to the same “Plain People “. Their cast iron cookery is the best, especially the Corn Bread maker, which makes little ears of corn, just like from my childhood. They sell the cast iron ware much cheaper than Lehman’s and they are the same quality brands too.
I do my shopping there year round and their old fashioned toys are the best of all. (It’s where your dancing bees came from, MaryJane ). I find that grownups love the toys as it reminds them of their Christmas’s past. I was a huge hit the year I gave everyone “potato pistols” ( remember them? you push the end of the “gun” into a potato that cuts off small pieces as pellets/ammo-harmless endless fun ) Kids like all the kits and old fashioned potholder looms and such. All the old board games like ” Candyland” and “Uncle Wiggly” .( with the old graphics not the newer versions) And real china teasets for little girls. You get the idea.

Speaking of gifts. Yours is on the way MaryJane- supposed to arrive on Thursday. Be on the lookout for it.

This book is a must have even if you are a city dweller. There are recipes for using milk and making them most delicious things. Plus, the photos are beautiful and inspiring like all of MaryJane’s book. If you love to sew, there are adorable prints in her store to match some of the graphics of the book too! This would be an awesome gift for yourself or anyone who loves fresh, tasty and beautiful.

I don’t currently have a MILK cow, but when I did, my favorite was a Jersey named “Lucy”. Why that name? Because when you looked her straight in the face, with her reddish tufts of hair and big eyes, she reminded of Lucille Ball!

Our current cows are Longhorns and they aren’t milk cows, but my favorite is the youngest heifer calf, born in May of this year and her name is “Beautiful”. She truly is beautiful with very unusual markings!
CJ

I don’t have a cow now but as a child we had Bossy. Guess back then most cows were called Bossy. If by chance I would somehow acquire one I would name her after one of my favorite herbs, ‘Sweet Annie’.

My (fantasy) milk cow’s name is Myrtle. I am a young mother to 4 so hopefully one of these days we’ll be able to have one of our own!!

Paisley! I would have to have a Jersey cow because of the cream. Oh how I love cream, perfect in coffee and tea. I love to make homemade whipped topping, the kids love it, it’s great in hot chocolate.
I can’t wait to get this book, whether I win it or buy it. I love all Mary Jane’s books! Thanks for the chance to win. Have a Merry Christmas all of you!

Many, many years ago we had cows. I wanted to name one of them “Curdle” but my husband didn’t think that was funny. They ended up getting traditional names like Bossy. Miss having them around!

My cow would be named Maybelle. One day she will be real.

My milk cow’s name is Betty Lou.

I don’t have her yet but my first would be named Bessie of course!

This is fun! Seems like we played this game before and I can’t remember what I wrote so I asked my husband what he would name a cow and he said Utter Delight! HA! Merry Christmas!

Don’t have a milk cow as of yet. When I do get one I shall name her Cocoa. My grandkids are always asking for chocolate milk. I really need to get a cow. Thank you for the opportunity to win this book.

If I had a Cow her name would be something cutesy like Buttercup or Moolissa I guess it would depend on her looks and traits!

Queenie, She was my uncle’s cow. We always enjoyed going to see her.

I want a cow so much. Working on getting one for our small farm. I have decided which breed yet. I believe I would name her Elsie.

Her name will be Tennessee..

If I had a milk cow I would call her Dotty, short for Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz.

Cows name is Daisy Duke

Delilah or May Bell 😊

Buttercup is my fantasy cow.

My cows name was Baby. I miss her however my Hubby’s promised me a new jersey! I may name her Clemintine.

I would name my girl Elsie!

I would name a cow Lindy Lou after the heifer I had back when I was in 4-H.

Two beautiful girls named Honey and Taffy 🙂

My milk-cows-to-be are twins, Anna and Elsa..named by my three daughters who of course love Frozen!

If I had a milk cow, her name would be Abby. That is a grand name for a sweet cow that provides such sweet, nurturing milk to all the little children and cream to my coffee!

Ohhh, wow….I have had so many amazing animals in my lifetime!! I suppose my most cherished friendship was with a horse. I just could not be with him enough!!! I never wanted to leave the barn and then when we got him and his other horses to our own ranch then that was all I needed. Just let me stay there and I was fine! He was 3 when I got him and we went to the woods and to friends homes and even had a bunch of years in the show ring (and he was really good)!! I miss him terribly and there will never be another one like him……but I keep searching…..and have found several that are almost as amazing. When it thunders I just know its Dell and all the rest up there running with their heads and tails held high.

Thinks for allowing me to remember the good times.

Hugs and prayers,
Daizy #1093

My favorite pets are our cats Lucy and Bud. They make our lives so much fun.

When my husband and I met we had 5 dogs between us. Over the last 5 years we lost them all. Some to old age, some to cancer. Our hearts were broken. So, after some time,we found that something was missing in our lives. So to pet finder we went. And there she was , my Lucy, a Great Pyranese border collie mix. She is my constant companion, and the sweetest dog … She is my heart

My favorite pet was my cat Jake, who is no longer with us. He was the best furball friend you could ask for – he loved to ride in the car and would sit on my lap and either look out the window or rest on the console. I would put him on his leash at rest stops when I traveled with him and he’d get some of those strange looks when people realized he was a cat and not a dog. LOL!

I just lost my favorite girl on the 9th of this month. Her name was Shelbyanne and she was a sweet little Boston terrier. I had her for 13 years. Would love to be entered for this. I’m an avid animal lover and would love to learn all I can.

It would be a toss-up between Jack the dog I got when I was fifteen and a holstein heifer which I had for my 4-H project that year. My dog was such a great farm dog always warning us of any dangers for our livestock and such a loving and loyal companion. My heifer Lindy Lou was extremely bright and always found ways to make sure she was front and center and getting all the attention, she found ways through gates, and would come when she was called. A year or so later when she had been grazing out on a wooded hillside, I could still call her name and this great big cow would come galloping through the woods to me. They are both long gone, but very cherished memories.

Sparky was my dearest, sweetest, greet everyone tuxedo cat. Although he had many health issues, he never complained. He left us too soon, and as my vet said, “he was almost human, and held a special place in the hearts of everyone at the practice”.

My favorite pet was my big, scary looking dog baby. He was such a friendly and obedient boy. It didn’t matter who got up in the house first in the morning, he got up when I got up. It was just like that. He loved people and was a gentle giant but he was my special fur baby. Sadly, he had a brain tumor in his older years and declined very quickly. Which I guess was a blessing. At the end, I was the only person he seemed to recognize and he would only sleep when I was with him or touching him. He taught me good things in the years I got to be his mommy.

dogs must be my favorite. we have three lively boys. as if that isn’t enough, i volunteer at the animal shelter.

I adopted a darling chihuahua from the local shelter a few months ago. It was frustrating for both of us when I would talk to her and she would just cock her head and look questioning at me. It was later I found out she had lived in a Hispanic household and didn’t understand English! She’s learned English very quickly!

My wonderful 16 yr. old black Lab Dukey is going to be put down today because of a “massive abdominal tumor” which has appeared and grown very quickly. We have had him since he was an adorable, quirky puppy acquired from a rescue group. We had an old Subaru wagon which he thought was his exclusively, so he slept on the hood! No one could leave the farm in it without his knowledge or permission. When we drive to the vet’s office today, he can again enjoy his dogmobile.

Right now we only have 2 pets, a Standard Poodle named Spencer, who’s the most cuddly and friendly dog, who also thinks he’s a lap dog. And we have a chinchilla named Baby, who loves me best since I give him lots of treats & scratch behind his ears & chins, just the way he likes it!

I have had many wonderful, four-footed furries in my life. A most recent one went home about a year ago. He was a Siberian Husky named Zeus. He was the biggest clown, the chattiest, sweetest goofball I’ve known, in a while. He left a huge hole in my heart when his time came to go. I loved him dearly and he visits my thoughts often. : j

Our dog Prince. He was a mutt that electrocuted himself when he chewed on a plug and burnt his tongue and the roof of his mouth. He lived for another six years before we had to put him down because he had cancer.

I moved from town to our ranch 45 years ago. I had the usual pets growing up..dogs, cats, birds & goldfish, but living on the ranch gave me the opportunity to become an animal whisperer. I tamed down a sow, named her Penny, and she was my pet. We raised Angus cattle, but I always looked for a heifer calf that was different.. a spot on her head, different hair coat, etc. and tamed them down so they would eat cow cake from my hand. Fancy, the bantam rooster would come when we called. My house cat was Ming Leah, a beautiful Siamese who lived to be 19 yrs old. And, now my sweet baby is our 12 yr old Australian Shepard (with 3 legs). He is there for me every day and I didn’t think I could love an animal so much. Animals have a special place in my life and I can’t imagine life without them.

Our first Newfoundland dog, L’Anse. He was an absolute gentleman and perfect nanny for our child with special needs. He was completely devoted to her, and treated her very differently than he did our other children, though he loved them too of course.

My favorite animal has to be my orange tabby Paco. I think he is part dog! He comes to bed with me every night, showing up from unknown parts of the house. If he feels I need to go to bed NOW, he will meow until I show up. He is my best friend in the whole world.

My best animal friend is Fancy, a beautiful horse with a wild streak. She was sold to my father because she was considered too difficult to ride. My father granted me a ride on her a year and a half ago. She and I connected, but my father was warned that she wasn’t to be trusted. It took me 6 months to get a another ride with her. My father saw that she enjoyed her time with me and started encouraging us to do more things together. We found our stride and she showed me her favorite petting spot. She loves to graze in a the wildflower section of the field but during the fall and winter the area has lots of burrs. She isn’t a fan of having her mane combed out! But she almost always comes when called and greets me with a kiss. Surprised my father when she started that and letting me halter her with feed or treats. Her bestie Cassie started letting me as well just a month or so ago. I haven’t lived on the farm with my parents since I got married but I take my kids to the farm as often as I can and last summer my daughter overcame her fear of the horses and has enjoyed many rides. My son enjoys helping with the feeding of all the animals and one of his favorite chores is helping to clean the stalls! Fancy has taught my whole family many things; one of which is patience!

We rescued a very young kitten in our hometown. While coming home from the grocery store my husband saw something in the road he opened the door scooped it up with a t shirt he had in the car he didnt know what he had until he arrived home. To his surprise
a tiny orange kitten eyes were hardly opened he bottle fed it until he could eat on its own. orange fluff ball we named him MAX. He gets along well with our 3 dogs very loving
stands on his back feet and begs for a snack if you dont respond he streches on your clothes and hangs there until you give him just a taste of what you are eating. Then he goes away. When we go to the bus stop in the am we have a trail of the 3 dogs and the cat. They have an inner clock if it gets time for the bus in the afternoon they all let me know its time and like a trail we all go to the bus stop.

Sincerely,

Marcia

My favorite pet is my Siamese cat Baby.She is sweet,and very doglike.Baby doesn’t stalk squirrels,birds or other live things.She will chase butterflies or grass hoppers.Sweet all the way through.

My German Shepherd, Penny.

My favorite memories are having cats since early childhood. Grew up on a farm with lots of cats in the barn to catch the mice. However, I names them all and watched having kittens in the hay loft. Early sex education I guess. Now I have Marley, a ragdoll, who is the delight of our lives that now we are older to keep us on our toes. Dogs were also a part of my life as there were my guardians when I would take hikes in the woods. Feel so grateful that I experienced that life which is a tribute to my parents.

Oh what a fun memory!! My very, very first lipstick was red. 1950s red – pretty bold stuff. Since I performed in many a dance recital I was allowed to wear it for the performance. I remember being surprised and excited when mom first dabbed some on my lips, which I didn’t move again until the lipstick was removed after the dance. I must have been about 6 years old. I’ve toned the color down a lot since then to a light pinkish plum – and I’ve learned it’s okay to unpurse your lips while wearing it.

My favorite is a true red without any blue tones to it. Not dark but a bright true red. I first used lipstick at age fourteen (a nude color) in high school.

My favorite color of lipstick is candy apple red. I think I first wore lipstick when I was a Sophomore in high school and went to my first dance. I would have been 14.
Thanks for offering this book. I have several things I’ve been wanting to paint with chalk paint and this would help me a lot.

I think I first tried lipstick when I was 3, 70 years ago. A little friend and I got into mom’s makeup. That red was so hard to get off mom was mad at me a long time. My favorite color now is pink. It looks great with silver hair.

My favorite shade of lipstick is a soft peach. I think partially because I’m a Georgia girl and because of my skin tone that tans well. I first painted my lips at age 13 with a soft pink from Avon for Easter.

A medium tawny tan brownish yet a hint of pink…..that’s usually the lipstick I grab most. I have all colors!!! I can remember running down the hall being chased by my momma after she put some of hers on me. It must have been of the reddish color. I remember it was the house I was born in and we moved before I was too old so I was a very young lip stick user. I like something on my lips all the time but the cows don’t care so I can wear any color I want !!!

Hugs and prayers,
Daizy #1093

I was allowed to wear lipstick when I turned 13. The only color I could wear was called Tangee. It was a natural color that turned pinkish on your lips. The color of the day was a beautiful red called Cherries In The Snow, and I finally got to wear that when I turned 16. I loved it for years. BTW, THE perfume of the day (maybe the era) was called Evening In Paris.

My favorite color of lipstick is soft mauve.
My father didn’t think I should date or wear make up until I was sixteen. My best friend shared “bubble gum pink” when I was about 14.

My favorite lipstick color is a natural tone, I think that I started wearing a little lip color at the age of 15 or 16. I wear it more now that I am older! I was always wearing some kind of Mauve when I was younger.

My favorite color lipstick is fuchsia! I love a pop of color. I was about 12 years old when i discovered lip gloss, but once I found lipstick I never looked back. I’d love to win this book, Ive been contemplating redoing my kitchen cabinets and would love to learn more about this fabulous paint.

My favorite color is coral blaze, saved for special occasions and outings.

At age 73 my favorite color is RED – bright beautiful shiny RED. But my first lipstick was “natural” – purchased at Woolworths in Silver Spring, Md. with babysitting money (which paid 50 cents an hour) in 1954. I was 12, in 7th grade, and allowed to buy and use this – and only this – lipstick. I could apply one coat, which was checked carefully by mother on the way out the door. Somehow by the time I arrived at school my lips were a lot thicker than normal, and prone to sticking together – from the many coatings of “natural” that had been added. But it felt so good – and I felt so beautiful. My, how things have changed since the 50’s.

My favorite lipstick color is red. However, my first color that I used was a beige. It had sparkles in it! I was 11 years old and was trying everything my sister was, her being six years old, she was my hero! I l learn so much from her and still do. And she absolutely loves to paint!

Avon’s Cozy Mauve was my first lipstick. In high school I wore a variety of lip glosses, whatever was trending. Today, lipstick is my go-to source for color as I seldom have time for other make-up. I have prefered a burgundy color of lipstick for many years-Neverending Merlot. I must add I was extremely excited to see Annie Sloan in your current issue. Some idolize rock stars, sport teams but for me, I am a Mary Jane and Annie Sloan addict. Your magazines and her books line my shelves and are inspiring to me. I would love to get my hands on her Workbook as it can’t be bought! ~Wishing while painting! Dreaming while farming! Hugs to both!

I don’t wear lipstick so don’t have a fave. Nor do I remember way back when, when I did use make up What the first color was that went on my lips. I do remember that at one point I used a soft rosy pink to enhance my natural coloring. I pretty much go with my raw natural beauty now, as my husband doesn’t care for kissing my made up face and I pretty much just would rather not bother with it. I’d rather be getting dirt under my nails than painting them!

Thanks Mary Jane!

Mary Ann S

I loved a plum colored lipstick for a long time. Now I stick to tinted lip balms that are more shear. I don’t remember specifically wearing lip stick in school, but I had my fair share of lip gloss during high school, kissing potion, I think it was called.

My favorite lipstick color is Crimson Red. I was a late bloomer so I did not start wearing lipstick until I was nearly 17. Since then I have made up for lost time. I just discovered your magazine last year and dearly love everything about it. Thanks so much for all you and your staff do to make each new issue even BETTER than the one before.

My favorite lipstick color is coral. I probably started wearing lipstick at age 13.

Raisin is my favorite lip gloss color. Guess I started using it when I was about 45 years old!

Pink, 14 years old.

It was probably pink, and when i was 11 or 12. My older sister & I got into makeup about then.

My first memory of lipstick was when I was about 13. My cousin came to visit and brought along her Yardly makeup to share. It was a pale pink. We had such fun applying it.

When I was a kid…probably starting at the age of 8…I enjoyed trying on my mom’s Avon lipstick samples. They came in tiny white plastic tubes and she kept them in the medicine cabinet…easily accessible for me to swipe on and experiment with different colors! From there, Bonnie Bell fruit scented clear lip gloss became a favorite. I mostly wear rose tinted lip balm today with the occasional swipe of red lip gloss to spice things up!

If I had a milk cow, I would name her ‘Mary Beth’ because that is the name of an old, dear friend. She lives on the opposite side of the country than I and it would be so comforting to call ‘Mary Beth’ and get a response back. I think cow sounds are so soothing!

I’m not too much of a lipstick person, but I do love and use Burt’s Bees Rhubarb. my first lipstick was probably Dr. Pepper lip gloss. I used it all through high school!