The two hardest things about blogging...

for me, are trying to come up with a clever title that will catch people's eye, and trying to figure out what to blog about...  I am not complaining, quite the opposite, but often life here on the farm is pretty quiet without much happening.   That is rather a good thing, I think, because if something does happen out of the ordinary it is usually something bad, i.e., sick animal, frozen pipes, flooded basement or barn, etc.  I sometimes laughingly tell my son that what he will remember about me is that I cleaned house, stitched, and gardened.  He'll ask me what my plans for the day are, and I'll laugh and say "clean house"!!!

The "exciting" event for this week was having the barn and chicken coop painted!!  Oh, wow!  you say...haha...  So I'll take you on a tour of the gardens.

Newly painted barn,  I love how they trimmed out everything in white.  They did a good job painting, and were very reasonable, but why can't people clean up after themselves?  I had to drag all the empty paint containers out to the recycling...grr.

Newly painted chicken coop on left, this is the back yard, with the "bottom barn" at the bottom of the hill.  It didn't need painting this year.  No chickens in coop, too many local raccoons.

Entrance gate with old original farm bell, and a sign that reads "Please Ring Bell".  Everyone ignores it.

Japanese tree peony bloom.  They really aren't from Japan, but from China.

A few pansies by the entrance.

The afore-mentioned Please Ring Bell sign.  This little dog board was found in the barn and I just painted it to mount outside...love how it has weathered.

My beginning on Mary Ann Mitton.  The beautiful 36 count wren linen arrived from Picture This Plus!  A start on the border, lots of yummy pinks, corals, and greens.  Manifesto has once again had to go into retirement until Mary Ann is stitched.

Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend, and Happy Mother's Day to all of you Mothers out there!
Melinda
xxx