~ We were Snailing Along ~

Good Sunny Tuesday Morning

 Friends & Folk!!

So sorry about the awful title of this post today ~

but it is appropriate…

Peter brought me a tiny gift this morning.

a garden snail!

yes, things like this make me extremely happy

and this man o' mine knows it 

:)

Click HERE to read more about our little friend:

hello little friend!

 for some reason ~ garden snails fascinate me.

they always have. As a child playing outside I would search them out and corral them ~ 

then watch them slowly inch their way out of the circle I had drawn in the dirt with a stick.

now I do understand that they can eat our tender plants in our new garden-beds,

but unlike their cousin the Slug, they aren't as invasive.

…and they are prettier.

in fact, aside from finding live garden snails ~

we seem to find lots of their cast-off shells which I love to collect!

this small vaseline glass covered dish is my preferred place to keep my tiny treasures…

I love

seeing their similarities to one another, but their differences as well.

some shells are heavy, some almost transparent..

some shells have been bleached white from the sun, others have remained shiny & colorful with their seemingly never-ending spirals

~::~

we find them at the base of trees,

under the fallen wood out in our forest…

Peter found this one while walking down by our creek with Roxy this morning,

and although this one is alive ~ we do find mostly spent shells.

it's amazing to me that the smallest creature can create such beauty:

each snail shell a perfect little portable house ~

just look at all of the different colors and swirls!

I must have been a mad scientist in a past life ~

or maybe an otter.

otters like snails too, don't they?

haha

oh, the teeny crab claw came from a trip back home to CT.

yeah, I'm weird. 

but I find beauty & inspiration in everything around me.

I keep my snail shells on a shelf in my kitchen,

not because I will eat them, remember these are EMPTY uninhabited & abandoned!!

{they are edible to us humans but I would never think of eating my friends.}

but because they remind me to stop & take a closer look around me.

to slow down a bit & enjoy Mother Nature and her gifts…

little reminders of days spent out walking, enjoying the fresh air & sunshine.

something we all need to do more often than not.

Today will be one of those days ~ after my farm chores are done,

I will grab my camera and head to my peaceful woods.

Peter said there is a big red Fox visiting us down by the creek,

maybe I'll get a snap of him for you?

{hopefully he isn't hunting for snails…or chickens, ducks or cats.}

Hoping you have a day filled with many tiny wondrous things!!

~ Blessings from the Farm ~ 

 Lori