The Mommie To Be Who Wouldn't Give Up

It began with a nest that remained empty for weeks; that should have been filled with eggs for certain.

My curiousity just couldn't remain complacent any longer; therefore, I decided to do a search inside of the henhouse, so to know whether or not they had chosen a new  "nest".  After getting on my knees, and taking a peek underneath  a normally empty and tiny little rain hideaway, for certain, my wonderous question was answered.

I found my three year old hen chicken, Queen,  sitting on more eggs than I had imagined.

For some reason, the girls had abandoned their real nest, for a new "crib". 

There were nearly two dozen eggs in total disarray; and, that Queen had claimed as her own. (I have three laying hens)

There were so many eggs in the new nest that they were spilling from the side of their home.

The problem here is that that is no rooster to fertilize the eggs that my chickens lay; therefore, the eggs cannot hatch.

However, after three weeks, Queen did become a NEW MOM anyway.

She is now the proud new mom of two new babies; and, without the help of a rooster.

(Stay tuned for the conclusion of this CHICKEN story)

What a great way to update my blog; after a year of abandonment.

I've Gone CRAZY with HAND Embroidery

Notice the french knots in process.

Off and on, the past couple of months, I decided to sharpen up my embroidery skills.



Went crazy and ordered over 1,500 embroidery floss skeins.(as though I didn't have enough already.)

Being that those skeins will embellish most of  my  many upcoming future designs, the floss will not sit and collect cobwebs.

Most of these I drew freehand. The above piece is part of the teams' SUNNY project.

Notice the handmade yo-yo sun.

I finally embellished a  few crazy blocks that had been sitting around for a while.

There is a small amount of machine embroidery on a some of the blocks.

Can you see the embroidered watermelon in the photo above?? Yes, that IS a watermelon.LOL 

 I really did freehand dras the star and the tulip below.

 Are you able to see the tiny black beads accenting the red zeroes below?

 This flower below will become the center of a pocket in an upcoming project.

 The flower below will have an appliqued POT. This was my first idea for our SUNNY PROJECT, but then I changed my mind. (a girl can change her mind. I was planning to applique a sun above the flowers.)

 I freehand drew ALL of the flowers, and then did HAND EMBROIDERY. (can't you tell?)

 Beaded tulip below.

 The cat and fish. Such a catch. Will the cat have such luck? 

 Another crazy that I finally finished.

So I made GREEN Biscuits

It all began with the dough.

I was in a biscuit making mood, reached into the cupboard, and, guess what was sitting there next to the baking powder!!! (the green liquid stuff )

...so, keeping in mind all the recent talk about the green fellas, I thought that I'd have some fun and create...

...yummy GREEN BISCUITS.

Delicious they were.

The taste is the same as regular homemade biscuits.

They're just GREEN. Want some !!!

It Snowed Here On December 25, 2010

First, I would like to know WHO bribed the weatherman, in order to get SNOW on Dec. 25 ??

There were light flurries sticking in some spots when I got up this morning. (Oops, I didn't get up until 12:44)

By mid afternoon the ground was about totally covered.

My beautiful summer flowers have withered away.

Yep, that's the same limb that the LITTLE SQUIRREL sat on. (See photo of him on left side of this blog)

Are those chicken footprints??? Hmmnn You might have to be from the farm to answer that question.

The YUCCA enjoyed the snow, I think.

The above photo kinda resemble the moons' surface, doesn't it ??

See the squirrel nest in the above photo.

Me thinks that my farm equipment kinda got snowed under.

There's even snow in the chickens fenced area. They took one look outside, saw the white stuff and wouldn't step a foot outside.(they remained in the basement ALL DAY.

It's good that I didn't consider putting clothes outside to dry on the clothesline today.

Those are okra stalks still standing in the snow.

Hedges meet SNOW.

Yucca & Hedges meet SNOW.

Notice how the SNOW sticks on only ONE side of this tree; and collects atop the pole. Interesting weather phenomenon.

Can I get some applause please?? I posted these photos on the same day that they were taken. (an extremely rare event for me) ( All taken on Dec. 25, 2010)