~ This & That ~

Each Winter,

I bring in a small cutting from our forsythia bush...

and place it in water in my favorite hobnail milk glass vase 

set in the sunniest window here in the farmhouse ~

there is just something about watching it come back to life

with all the hopes & promises of Spring.

 

After the yellow blooms fade, they will be ready to be planted again, 

~ having been in the warm sun and water, 

they will have nice roots shooting from their bottoms ;)

 

I will also do the same with our black pussywillows 

when these have passed on ~ 

Previously I had mentioned that I started a new sheep rug, "Tombstone Sheep' ~

and of course I pulled out every last loop and re-hooked it. 

I am still not happy with the eye, but it will stay until the rest of the body is hooked.

and little Katrina Whiskertwitch's head & fish is done, {almost}

now on to her dress, and the rest of her!

 

Rain is in the forecast for us for the next 4 or-so days, 

and the pinched nerve in my back is letting me know all about that ~

so, while my butt is on the heating pad,

my hands will be busy!

 

Blessings from the Farm

 ~ Lori