New friends, Old Friends & Hooking...

a box arrived by post yesterday ~

(the box I've been waiting for…)

inside were two new little friends,

(from a dear old friend…)

I thought I heard singing from inside the box -

small, faint voices ~ singing something about far-away places and forests…

I hurriedly opened the box and out scurried these two:

'Natty Rat'

&

'Tilda Shrew'

Natty with her water-gourd

 being the bigger of the two,

Natty hopped out first,

even though Tilda was packaged carefully on top of her ~

Natty bounced onto the scrubbed-top table and gave me a wide smile :)

then she reached into the box to help out her little fiend…

sweet little girl ~

"Tilda Shrew"

(below)

Tilda with her tiny nest & egg

 Tilda climbed onto the table and stretched, 

 ~ being in the box was probably cramped and tight

fresh air and sunshine was what they both needed :)

hello Tilda

 These little friends will live happily here now at Notforgotten Farm ~

we are thrilled to have them be a part of the farmhouse 

~ and so very thankful for the talented hands & imagination of Miss Stacey Mead 

( http://staceymead.blogspot.com)

in other news, I think I have pulled a muscle in my chest.

seriously! from HOOKING!

I recently purchased some new BURLAP LINEN for the shop, and have been trying it out ~ it hooks like butter, and as you know I've been working on 'things' for the open house `

here are two pockets that I'll be finishing today ~

Tulip & Scissors

Tulip pocket                           Scissors pocket

~ the wool used for the tulip pocket is all as-si from Rebecca Erb,

the wool for the scissors pocket is hand dyed from Mary Henck…

need to choose the backing, lining & strap fabrics now

maybe I'll recycle some old denim jeans…

Hmmm….or an old quilt?

love these colors...

I'll show the finishes to you later on this evening or tomorrow ~

love tulips, have I mentioned that before? LOL

ALMOST finished with that Winter punch needle project for Primitive Quilts and Projects magazine ~ 

May 1st deadline is coming up FAST!

Have a wonderful day my friends! enjoy this weather before the rains come :)

* Blessed be *

 Lori