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Free patterns posted for sweater and shortcake
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Just a note to let you know I have posted the teddy bear sweater pattern, and the strawberry shortcake recipe. Have a beautiful day. ~firefly
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Wherever my mother lives, there are flowers. Our homes in North Carolina and California were surrounded by flowers, roses in particular. Flowers have always, and always will, make me think of my mother. [Be sure to read my mother's journal, just posted today at I Live on a Farm on the Johnson's Farm page.] Several years ago I made a Mother's Day card for my mother. On the front I used a photograph of some California poppies in a pretty little blue vase. I shot the photo while I was up in Santa Rosa at the beach house my previous...
Dream like no one is watching
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The changes around here are happening too rapidly for me to keep up with them all. Everywhere I look, buds and blossoms are bursting out on trees, shrubs, and grasses. Our crab apple tree, seemingly bare just a few days ago is now crowded with dark buds and tiny foliage bursts. The willow tree changes so rapidly it seems to evolve right before my eyes. We are only a couple of weeks into warmish weather that even now changes back to quite chilly on an every-other-day basis. One day we have showers and chill air, the next sunshine, warmth, and...
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Yesterday afternoon clouds gathered again, giving us a heavy rain shower late in the day ... just as I was heading out to the post office with no umbrella. Oh well. A bit of rain continued falling overnight, and this morning everything was thick, and lush, and green with raindrops clinging to branches, leaves, petals, and life. After I took Blu out for an early morning "business" report and barn inspection, he went back inside and I headed back out with my camera. I had noticed some delicate little purple flowers growing here and there around the barn and I...
Oh, woe is me
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Our Internet connection is down, and may not be repaired for several days. I am posting this qui ckly from my husband's office, but cannot get online at home for email or to post an entry to my blog. Have a wonderful Easter weekend, and thank you all for your well wishes and friendship. Sorry for the inevitable delay this will cause to my ability to answer the comments and emails from last week. I will take care of the emails as soon as I can. Best to you and yours, ~firefly