The shy little violets are out. Each year the patch is getting bigger. AJ was very excited when I said they were open, but was puzzled by their colour. They are white not a delicate light purple as the name suggested. I think they are my favourite flower in The […]
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It begins with a D and it is yellow.
“We’ve found a new flower in the garden. Its yellow and it begins with D.” “A daffodil” “No, its new.” As BL lead me out of my seed planting bliss in the nice, warm greenhouse, I was curious. When I saw what it was, I was torn between admiring her […]
Read moreEaster chicks, rabbits, eggs and brussel sprouts!
It is a beautiful sunny day today. Started the morning with pancakes in the shape of rabbits. I prefer my eggs disguised. Next up were my finished egg cosies from the March The Children’s Year CraftAlong 2010. I made three and put little chocolate eggs in them and the children […]
Read moreHens lay chocolate eggs.
Years ago, I read in a local magazine about how hens will lay chocolate eggs on Easter Sunday if you feed them chocolate the night before. Well, it had to be tried. So that year, we dutifully slipped a bit of chocolate in their feed. The next morning we let […]
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