Well, this week has started off wrong. I have a doctor's appointment at 3:00 today so it's hard to get into anything. That comes from my dear mama...
"I just despise to have to go anywhere on Monday", she would say, "it ruins the whole week. "How Monday starts off is how the whole week will be".
No doubt, mama had been cleaning here, or maybe she had rolled her hair and tied a scarf around the bobby pins. This was taken back in the 1940s in Summerville, SC. I can see the moss hanging from the trees in the background.
Anyhow, last week I went into a cleaning frenzy starting in the living room which lasted three days...
Oh my gosh! It's the bottles and deer heads and turkey tails and the ruffled valences, so many things to collect dust...
Couldn't help but remember the old Country Living Magazines and Jo Northrup who wrote "Simple Country Pleasures", a one page feature each month.
In one issue she wrote about spring cleaning where she carried all the baskets down to the pond for a washing then putting them in the sun to dry...
I carried my baskets in the wheelbarrow to the water facet, gave them a good washing then into the sun to dry...
So, here it is Tuesday morning already. Didn't get to finish this post yesterday. A 3:00 appointment in Wake Forest is too late in the day. I was dark getting home...thanks to the time change it gets dark right after lunch now!
One of our neighbors, over the river and through the woods, actually, across the path and through the woods, stopped by with her two granddaughters, Abbie, and Evie, to see the bunnies...
They are such sweet girls. Abbie is holding the white bunny, Daisy, and Evie is holding the gray bunny, Sage.
Poppy and I got busy and finally put a new top on the rabbit lot...it has a new 10' x 10' tight fitting top covered with the new green tarp on top. It's a warm, safe, and cozy home...
It's amazing how many places won't let you adopt a rabbit now unless you agree to keep it inside. Rabbits love being outside! Daisy and Sage seem so happy running and playing. Randall Rabbit, Daisy, and Sage all have cozy houses inside the lot. The wire and shadows make the 10' x 10' lot look crowded but actually they have lots of room to move around.
and this time of the year it's so pretty around the bunny lot. Like this tree in front of their lot. I was looking up...
Poppy has a chair next to the bunny lot where he sits with his gun waiting for a trophy buck to walk past. Don't worry, he won't shoot a deer there. :) but he did get this good shot of the house from down there...
I get started on a post and don't know when to quit so I will hush now. Thank you for visiting, if you're still here.
Love, Henny
Such sweet photos with your neighbor's grands loving on your bunnies, Henny. I loved all your photos, but especially the one of your mom. It certainly speaks beautifully of an era gone by. Blessings!
ReplyDeleteThat was a lot of work! Good for you.
ReplyDeleteIt looks beautiful around you, love that color. It's sweet that the little girls came to visit the bunnies.
How beautiful dear Henny Penny. I would love to help you clean your lounge - yes I have all those bits & pieces that gather dust too. It turns out to be quite a major when I clean it all. That photo of the pond & the autumn trees is so stunning - I would be putting that on a card. xx
ReplyDeleteA very enjoyable look into your world. Very cool. Love that you got your baskets all cleaned and your mom sounds similar to things my mom would say (she passed). It's funny because I hear myself saying some of her things or doing some of things. I love that. Bittersweet goodness.
ReplyDeleteThe bunnies look like they have a wonderful home and that's wonderful. Interesting about the adoption places only wanting them to be inside when I agree with you, bunnies love to be outside.
Wishing you a wonderful rest of your week. Cheers, Ivy.