Dirt to curtains & everything in between... The joys & sometimes trials of a simple country life.
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Gotta love the girls sense of style as she stands in front of the porch...
She loves to help water the potted plants too..Something mummy has been neglecting lately..
And you know she just loves all the butterflies that visit...
Sometimes we will be sitting in the living room and see these giant beauties pass the window and she will go running outside to watch them flit around the flowers...
Under one of the big old pecan tree's is our "wash tub" with the angel statue..Sara loves to watch the squirrels run up and down the tree and the pretty Cardinals that visit the bird feeder on the other side of the tree...
Because her favorite color is pink, you know she just loves these fluffy full flower heads
She also loves the Everlastings because they look like big fluffy paper stars...
But her one of her very favorites is the hibiscus...She loves the huge red blooms and is always sad when she finds them spent and drooping and ask's..."What 'appened 'ere?"
She was fine with the hat but refused to change out of her lifeguard shirt...Can you see the glazed eyes??...they had already give her some thing to knock her out and it was starting to kick in.
Here she is eating her afternoon snack on her first day of "Head Start" yesterday...I just wish the surgery did not mean that she would miss so much school..
Back in the spring I grabbed a packet of seeds called *fill in the blank* (Everlastings) I planted them in trays inside like all my other seeds...eventually transplanting them into the garden about March or April I guess...then forgot about them...Until last week.
I do know when I see the seeds in the store this coming season I will be sure and grab a bunch of packets.
I included a couple of other sweet wild flowers that were growing close by in the ditch..
Can anyone tell me what kinda caterpillar this is?
Not sure if I am brave enough to try eating the fruit as they do not seem to change color, just fall from the vine large and green and then rot into the ground...I would however like to transplant some along my back garden fence because they are truly gorgeous flowers.
This is what 5 cubic feet of cow poop looks like...
This is what it looks like from a distance....If you look closely you can see where hubby tilled the outer boarder of what will become the fall veggie garden...We already brought some of our seed from Jenkins feed and seed store in Chiefland...They sell the seed by the weight so it is much more cost efficient than buying the small packets from Wal-mart...better quality seed too :)
Hubby also started removing the 20 something years of leaf build up off of an old outbuilding we need to pull down...Here Sara is showing you what lovely rich compost it had turned into....this deliciousness will also go into the garden..
No the friend was not the Gator...but another little girl about her age...so cute to watch them running around holding hands playing and chatting together, just like they had known each other all their lives lol.
Then Sara got a little tired...and grouchy...and my head was still pounding...not a single shop in the mall sells anything for head pain...time to restock my purse I guess..
Our final stop in the mall was to take Sara for her first ever visit to the Build-A-Bear workshop, and get her a little friend to take to hospital with her next week...Look how proud she is...
She choose a "Smallfry" little gray cat and the cutest blue and white, Tshirt and shorts outfit and then named her "Sissy" after her big sister who lives in Orlando and she misses very much.
Almost done...Pink Knock-out Rose..
I just love my Vincas...So perfectly simple in design but so stunning en-mass and close-up
And the variety of colors is so fun...
Lock on my suitcase planter and some marigold buds.
Partly open "Everlastings"...I never seem to have my camera with me when they are fully open.
The Black-eye Susan still displaying strong...
A Zinna is such a delight with it's 2 "flowers" in one...
And it would not be watering time in the garden without a little mud monsters help.
It has been awhile since I had any inside projects to share.
I measured and cut out my triangles from a muslin fabric...7 inches across the top and 7.5 inches long and marked out where I want the letters to go....Mixed all purpose glue 50/50 with water..Then lastly because you want the ink as fresh as possible, I printed out my inspiration word "IMAGINE" as a mirror image in my desired font.
I cut each letter out individually, then one at a time paint the glue/water mix on to the letter...Lay it face down onto the pennant, using a damp cloth smooth it out...
Because I am impatient I then ironed the paper dry...
Lift off your paper and TA-DA...the ink has transfered to the fabric..
After I did all my letters I sewed a 1/4inch channel at the top of each triangle...
Lastly I threaded ribbon thru the channels and then hung the banner on Lil Sara's bedroom wall...
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Here he is with one of his new friends Lola the donkey...she is so sweet but very loud.
Helping Worm and Vac the goats.
Don't worry I chipped in and helped...I got to try out the super easy goat milking thingie...so much better than by hand :)
Hubby helped too...he held the lil buck Logan's lead so he would stay off of the milking station...And in case you could not guess by looking at him...it was HOT
As I mentioned yesterday, we also purchased our first Doeling while there...Deenie is Hubby's and will be the beginning of his miniature animal breeding empire...Oh and giver of milk.
Here she is from the other side...As you can see the sun was ubber bright and it is hard to photograph white goats that are group together in such conditions...
And lastly @ Miracles Happen Ranch..This is Patches...I was so brave and did not even need a fence between me and him...though declined to grab him and move him away when asked...Hubby came to the rescue and did it instead...(for those reading this that do not know, I am deathly afraid of horses ever since I had one kick me in the face and break my nose at age 13)
Of course we fell in love with the little tri-color gal in the back of this photo..
Then there was the friendly turkey to pet.
and a sweet (so they tell me..see above horse disclaimer) 30yr old mare...Again I am getting tired and forgetting names...Please forgive me Beth
Sara blending in with the young ones.
And even seem to make a new friend of this ewe lamb "Manna"...
