well, HELLO Folks!

Howdy do to you!!!

Oh it's been a l o n g week my friends....
we took a trip down to FLORIDA this past week,

for Hannah & Skyler's graduation presents :)

so that's where i've been...

MIA but now I'm back!

i am such a homebody...I HATE leaving my farmhouse...
I'm not comfortable out 'there' in the big world, I'd rather stay here with my beloved animals than to venture anywhere else,
but, Hannah wanted to visit the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in FLA...

so, off we went...

and, after an initial 14 hr drive, we arrived.

after a day however, Hannah came down with a nasty case of bronchitis and after we spent a morning in a clinic getting her some meds, we were on our way to Universal Studios!!!

we ate lunch at the Three Broomsticks.,..
Yum yum YUM...

...Shopped a little, ((( hey, one always needs a new cauldron!!!)))

we got lost a couple of times, had to don our rain ponchos to deter the tropical storm DEBBY we were in....but we prevailed!

the buildings were breathtaking, like we were in the middle of the movies...SO BIG!!!!

If ONLY that snow was real...
during our week long stay,
it rained for 4 days and the daily temps were averaging to be
about 118 degrees....

we tried to stay indoors as much as possible,
in the AC, drinking wonderful things like Hog's Head Beer & Butter Beer...
(I prefer the Pumpkin cider, thankyouverymuch)

of course we had to take pics with the 'locals' , a train engineer from Hogwart's CASTLE

and when the sun did come out, we took pics of each other....
here's Hannah & Skyler...

...and me & Peter...
don't laugh at us too much.
if YOU were walking 140 miles a day, in horizontal rain, 80 mph winds and 120 dgree temps,
you'd look like us too.
oh, and btw, our .88 cent Walmart rain ponchos worked just fine, thank you.
(although at times I did feel somewhat like a microwaveable bag
of the Jolly Green Giant's Steamable Broccoli.))

My two Loves...

and our favorite was Seaworld...
and that's when my camera decided to go on vacation...

we came home last night (saturday about 11:30 pm) to the damage of the storms in our rural area...we haven't lost power, and so far only a few branches & leaves are down.
please keep our neighbors in your thoughts, as some of them won't receive power for another week.

GLAD TO BE HOME!!!!!

also, more
28ct OLD FARMHOUSE LINEN has been dyed and is now available in my etsy shop
www.notforgottenfarm.etsy.com
I am waiting for a shipment of 30 & 32 ct linen to come, which I will overdye & offer to you soon!
If you prefer to preorder, please contact me.
I've also added a PAGE at the top of my blog, under my header for the
OLD FARMHOUSE LINEN
please click on that page for pricing & info.

Thanks so much my friends, I'm going to go catch up on all of you now!

Blessings from the farm,
Lori