~ All Kinds of Things ~

 Well Hello!

yes, I have been otherwise occupied from my blog for the past few days.

Starting with my broken heel.

On monday, after returning home from a wonderful weekend spent with Hannah in Richmond, VA

I decided to mow the lawn {about 2 acres}...then clean up the front of the farmhouse with the blower.

AS I was blowing off the front porch of the farmhouse, 

my left foot became entangled in my 3 tier, Victorian wire plant stand...

{{ now mind you, much to the dismay of friends and family, I am barefoot 99% of the time, 

... every day, no matter the season }}

AND I have thee longest toes that you might ever see on a person!!

{{ my 'second' toe is soooo much longer than my 'big' toe }}

so I am always banging them into something....

As I was walking past said plant stand, the bottom  layer of wire loops grabbed my toes, 

and because I didn't want to fall, I made a HUGE step to try to untangle my foot....

well that didn't work.

~ I came down HARD and FAST on the heel of my left foot, 

incurring a lateral hairline fracture along the base of said heel.

Long Story Short:

Broken heel. Ice. Ice. More Ice. Elevation. Crutches. Ugh.

I should be ok in a about a week.....

and I do thank you all for the emails & messages of prayers for healing!

I did get a chance to walk {a little} outside into my garden....

~ where I feel connected to Mother Nature. 

I spotted her....

now don't get all creepy-crawly on me!

this is an Orb Weaver, or Banana Spider.

She is beautiful and important.

{as most of the ones we actually ever see are females}

D you see the zig-zags in her web?

what a needlewoman she is....

 

those looooong legs help her weave beautiful patterns in her web ~

 catching  non-desirable insects such as bot flies, mosquitoes and other bloodsucking flying things.

 

such talent...

don't be afraid of her, she is here to help us.

 

OK, enough of her ~

{I hear you all saying eeeeewwww!!!!}

so a couple of week ago,

I had mentioned that Joan & I were hooking our big Jarrahdale pumpkins

in a wider cut {torn} wool strip.

We both began by ripping our strips into 1 inch-ish pieces.

{I say one inch-ish, because I convinced her that my thumb 

measures approx. one inchfrom tip to first joint.

I might have miscalculated by a smidge, but whatever...hahaha }

Joan's is on the left, mine is on the right:

 

I like hers better.

It is what we wanted them to look like.

I chickened out and cut my torn wide strips in half, and there ya go...

 

 In Other News ~

Peter has been preoccupied with his banana plants.

and his Fig Tree.

Me? not so much.

The banana plant does not produce bananas until they are at least 8 years old. 

and ours are only three.

the fig tree has, for the first time ever ~ 8 or-so figs on it.

They will not mature until the first frost, and

me, having diverticulitis ~ cannot eat them.

*SIGH*

but, he is happy and that matters greatly to me.

 

Peter says,

"we didn't have time to go to the tropics, so we brought the tropics to Notforgotten Farm"

 

Here he is amongst his jungle!

 

 

 

In my needlework and folk art,

I have turned my attention to Christmas/Winter designing....

but you may see a few turkeys popping up here and there

;)

And

if you're in the neighborhood:

that means today!

 

 We will be closed next weekend,

I will be teaching/vending at the

Stitching in the Valley Retreat in Strasburg, VA

http://www.valleyneedleworks.com/

Hope to see you there!

Blessings from the Farm

 ~ Lori