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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Apr 18 2008 : 2:47:17 PM
first, coffee on the porch with honey-man.
then .. played with 'dollies' for a little while.
next .. a trip to town to visit some of the ya-ya's! stopped at lucy's then the peacock .. then ambled down to our sweet Cathy Cobblestone's precious store .. and precious friend.
i soooo wished i had my camera with me .. everything was ablaze with little 'sproutlings' .. her greenhouse is FULL .. i got some marigolds and pansies .. jus' HAD to have some 'color' here ... will plant the pansies .. but wait on the marigolds .. will put them out during the day and bring them in if we get a cold night.
had such a sweet visit with cathy .. roaming in all directions! i'll post pictures a little later of my 'treasures' that i got from her adorable shoppe. drooled on ada mae's wonderful aprons! be sure to check cathy's blogsite .. and ada mae's too (they are both farmgirls .. if you can't find their postings which will lead you to their websites .. let me know . and i'll hunt 'em down and post them!
cathy has the most wonderful way of displaying her beautiful things .. i WILL take my camera next time!
True Friends * Frannie
adopt a 'rag-chile'
http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com
treasures .. new and olde .. http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
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| cathy cobblestone |
Posted - Apr 18 2008 : 7:38:13 PM
Oh Miss Frannie - You are too kind! Thank you for always making each visit happy and fun - anytime you are around - makes for a wonderful day. Thank you for always helping out the "lil" local people! See ya soon! Oh yeh, and Happy Planting!
Cathy Cobblestone
www.cobblestonefarms.blogspot.com
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| CountryBorn |
Posted - Apr 18 2008 : 7:23:25 PM
You certainly did have a lovely day! I love the cobblestone farm
blog. What beautiful things. I bought some pansies yesterday myself. I filled the flower boxes on the front porch. I just couldn't stand it any longer I had to have some plants. It has been so beautiful here,in the 70's and up to 80 tomorrow. It certainly has been great to get my hands in the dirt again.
Happy Spring, Mary Jane
There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. Freya Stark |
| Bridge |
Posted - Apr 18 2008 : 6:52:03 PM
Oh what a lovely day you had!!
I just love lilac's ours haven't bloomed yet, I can't wait!!
You've made me want to go "borrow" some branches from some neighbor hood trees I may have to do this in the am if it's not raining.
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| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Apr 18 2008 : 6:19:42 PM
Frannie, there is a nice article about Lilacs in Country Living's May issue. It talks about cutting them back--usually 1/3 of the old or dead branches to the ground to continue bloom. Sounds like you did that and more ;) They were my Great Grandmother, Theodocia's favorite flower. I love them, too :)
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Apr 18 2008 : 5:06:11 PM
ohhh gurlz .. i also got the most wonderful door basket .. and live flowers to put in it .. but i was so excited with my purchases and so chitty-chatty with cathy .. that i plumb walked off and forgot them .. but ANY excuse to return and return and return again to Cobblestone!
AND OH MY GOSH!!!!!!! i was jus' at her blog-site .. it is WONDERFUL .. do yourselves a REAL favor .. and go visit!
Cathy Cobblestone: www.cobblestonefarms.blogspot.com
www.cobblestonefarmsgiftshop.com
and ada mae's too: http://adasadorableaprons.blogspot.com
True Friends * Frannie
adopt a 'rag-chile'
http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com
treasures .. new and olde .. http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Apr 18 2008 : 5:03:23 PM
OH THAT'S RIGHT!! I knew it was a 'perfume' from my youth .. but couldn't remember which one. I've not yet gotten the amazing profusion i had the first couple years i moved here. i mean i reeeeeeeeeeely whacked that sucker right to the GROUND .. and it was about 10 or 12 feet tall!! i'm just waiting for them to 'pop' a little more .. then i'll start cutting them.
you kids have fun on your kentucky gurlfrenz adventure!
True Friends * Frannie
adopt a 'rag-chile'
http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com
treasures .. new and olde .. http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
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| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Apr 18 2008 : 3:58:45 PM
Lilac, silly Frannie!!! A lovely one at that! When you cut them back, they bloom more :)
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Apr 18 2008 : 3:43:12 PM
the REDBUDS are in full profusion here at the 'farm' .. and all over town and the roads leading to and from it!
i picked a few redbuds branches and put them in an olde basket on the front porch along with last year's pussy willows .. that i just can't bring myself to toss!
two years ago, this purply-smelling bush ..
i whacked to the ground .. cuz' despite the
fact that it fills with beautiful and wonderfully
aroma smelling flowers .. it closed off my view
from the kitchen sink. the next spring .. i MISSED
the bouquets that i gathered from it .. and was sorry ..
but THIS year .. it is making a 'come-back' .. i think
i'll leave it alone!!
WISTERIA?
nooooooooo ... someone tell me .. i've forgotten the name.
a flat each of marigolds and pansies
ADORABLE SIGN that i got for Sofia's room.
zucchini .. which will be dinner tonight!
and 'maters .. from the 'mater man'!!!
got these colorful mixing bowls from Cobblestone's .. along
with the little 'sunflowers' .. they are so prettily wrapped .. i don't even want to un-wrap them! will sit them on our kitchen table and enjoy them for a few weeks .. just like this!
WHAT A LOVELY, LOVELY DAY!!
True Friends * Frannie
adopt a 'rag-chile'
http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com
treasures .. new and olde .. http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Apr 18 2008 : 2:50:57 PM
on my way back through town . i wanted to make a quick stop at the antiques mall .. but i only had time for that OR to stop and buy tomatoes from the Mater Man on Main Street. (i brought home bunches of tomatoes and squash ... now i'm not even asking where he got FRESH ones .. probably from the local grocery store .. but he is DARLING .. and any way i can support our locals .. i do! and somehow .. jus' buying them FROM him .. makes them taste fresher. i have tomato juice all down my chin and arm and on my shirt from eating them on the way home! i did save some for tonight's dinner salad though!
we were going to go to a double feature at the drive in tonight .. but nothing we really want to see .. soooo .. i'm going out in the garden right now and scatter some wildflower seeds and drop some sunflower seeds into my newly 'roto-tilled' gardens! (honey hunk was soooooo goooooood to do that for me while i was away playing).
what a lovely, lovely day! xo
True Friends * Frannie
adopt a 'rag-chile'
http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com
treasures .. new and olde .. http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
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