Printing Packaging Gardening Rabbits & Frogs

Good Morning Friends & Folk!

{{{such a clever title for this post, ….don'tcha think?}}}

so much going on that I tried to fit it all in!

so here goes…first-things-first:

I must send out my deepest gratitude for the 

*awesome* 

response we've had to my new little cross stitch designs :)

~ thankyouthankyouthankyou ~

these past few days have found me printing & packaging orders

and shipping labels ~ look for your order in your mailbox SOON :)

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...here's the 'gardening' part:

 Peter has been working in the new Kitchen Garden ~

it is coming along rather nicely and I am so proud of him.

*thank you honey!*

we put in a triple fountain for our feathered friends & bumbler-bees to take their drinks from…

I love the sound of the soothing running water ~

my hubby has thee greenest thumb!

here are his 'blue' tomatoes:

and here are a few snaps of my flowers:

'digiplex'

are these not so very pretty?

 I love colorful combos in my plantings, 

so here are my lantana, verbena, coral bells & petunias…

my hydrangea is so pretty this year too ~

almost lost it to the frigid temps last winter, but it has made a comeback :)

love

 Peter has many 'favorite' plants, and asiatic lilies are top on his list ~

you can smell these all over the farmyard!

...these little pinwheel or peppermint petunias were gifted to me by Joan ~

and I love them {and Joan!}

~ yet another gift from Joan ~ this rusty old cooler that we've filled with

basil, oregano, parsley & rosemary…we call it our little Italian garden!

 

...more of Peter's favs ~ a fig tree!

and a banana tree!!!

I love shade gardens & plantings, so I lean toward ferns too…

this one sits in one of my cauldrons on the porch ~

a happy little patriotic-patch :)

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now on to the 'rabbit' portion of our post ~

Roxy brought us this:

a tiny little hopper!

we have learned that a black snake had invaded a rabbit warren in our field,

 and needless to say, this baby was the only survivor….

awwwwwwwwwwww :(

so

we have adopted him ~ he is being bottle-fed and is almost weaned.

he {at least we 'think' it's a he} is fattening up and love to eat fresh parsley & clover.

Roxy thinks he's her 'baby' :)

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and now,

onto the 'frog' part.

no, no live frogs, no toads either to show you 

{we do have quite a few that come out onto the patio at night though}

the frog I'm talking about is this:

...that blasted thing we have to do when we are off just

ONE.TINY.THREAD

*ugh*

SO ~

why do we stitchers call it frogging?

because we have to rip out the threads ~

rip it rip it rip pit rip pit 

{ribbit ribbit} 

get it?

I would prefer to play with real frogs than do this….

Hoping your day is a beautiful one!!!

~ Blessings from the Farm ~

 Lori