A Saturday Snapshot: find the kitty

July 27, 201342 Comments

Do you see *her?

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*Her name is Miss Kitty and she is one of two kitties we inherited when we bought the Mountain Farmlet. The kitty boy is named Neville after this fellow!

Neville is even more camera-shy than Miss Kitty, but seems to be well fed. I will keep trying to get a photo of him and post it if I do. We are hoping that once we get moved up onto the mountain that they will be less skittish and come around more often. 😉

PS: The young man down the road is being paid to keep them fed and watered in our absence, so never fear! 😀

Oh dear. ‘-)

April 26, 2013May 9, 201347 Comments

In all the excitement of shopping for a new Farmlet,

having special visitors,

and finding a new Farmlet,

It would seem some things were forgotten about.

Please click 1st photo…

: What’s this? Potatoes ordered in winter have been completely forgotten!

: Carefully, I clipped the new growth from its prison of red, plastic netting.

: As you see, they are pitifully wrinkled, but have not begun to rot.

Should I:

a) Cut them like I normally would?

b) Simply bury them whole into the soil?

OR

c) Give them a toss and try again next year!

Saturday Snapshots: little miss muffet ~ revised

July 14, 2012December 12, 201229 Comments

This would have been Photo Friday, but other pressing matters came first. Thank you for your patience with me as we return to our regularly scheduled programming…

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~~Little Miss Muffet~~

The Lady of Farmlet

(with apologies to Mother Goose)

The Lady of Farmlet

began her chores,

of feeding her chicken and geese.

When along came a spider,

that stopped there beside her,

resting and looking at peace.

The lady of Farmlet

not wishing to harm it,

leaned closer and heard it say:

“Dear Lady of Farmlet

I mean you no harm,

I’m tired and have lost my way.”

So the lady reached down,

picked up that three-inch spider,

and rehomed it straight away!

The End

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NOTICE: When this rather large spider showed up beneath the water spout in back of the house I guess it thought it was auditioning for the part of “The Itsy Bitsy Spider.” I broke it to the behemoth gently. 😉 I did not touch that Fishing Spider with my bare hands! I coaxed it into a large can with a stick and then transported it to the back fence where, when last I saw it, it was resting comfortably in a patch of wild violets.

Want to know more about the Dolomedes tenebrosus, or Fishing Spider? Look HERE