~ Easter Weekend & in the News ~

Hello Friends & Folk!

Wishing you all a very Happy Easter Weekend from all of us ~

I purchased these beauties below and will put them in the ground this afternoon ~

my very favorite variety of Daffodil...

I also brought home 2 tiny white tulip plants,

 2 purple hyacinth, and a handful of tiny tête-à-tête daffy's ~

while I was snapping photos, 

a big old fuzzy bumbler-bee stopped in for a landing on my fingertip.

{this is actually a male Wood Bee, and while they will fly into your face of hover in front of you in a threatening way...they do not have stingers}

 

our Lily of the Valley are sprouting and will soon fill the shop garden with their sweet scent

and tiny white bells ~

did you know that one of my favorite perfumes, 

 muguet du bois by House of Coty

was released in 1941?

here is our Forsythia ~ vibrant and strong this year...

and take a look at our Pussy Willows!

all of the silvery catkins reaching up to the sun!

 

...our tiny Grape Hyacinths have returned again too,

and are popping up everywhere ~

 

a double bloomer daffy!

and I just noticed one of the dogs have chewed on the small picket fence. 

arrrrrgh.

  I looked out my sewing room window to find this peaceful scene ~

our donkeys, our sheep and in the paddock with the donkeys,

three deer!

 

 In Other News ~

our little shop is coming along!

Peter has put hundreds of hours into it already, 

and I can't wait till you see it....

when will that be you ask?

We will be reopening on Saturday, April 21st

10:00 ~ 4:00

woot woot!!

 and here are a just few peeks inside the shop:

new lace curtains grace the freshly painted windows ~

new shelving below the windows and around the shop will hold goods...

Peter painted one of our old cupboards {below}

~ with a beautiful coat of light grey enamel paint!

...and what a difference in displaying our Valdani Threads now ~ 

which are housed nicely in ball jars and labeled for your convenience...

{still making labels ;)}

 

we have brought in new rolling racks to house all of our wool,

and are in the process of filling them up...

 

 

shiny & new!

 

I will share more photos as we progress, 

we are so excited to reopen and have you all back for a visit!

Blessings from the Farm

 ~ Lori