Hopalong Hollow....

Hopalong Hollow, where the Blueberries grow sweet, and the moss feels soft beneath your feet.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

How Bountiful is the Good Earth ( giveaway)

A Spring gift.
For gardeners, lovers of gardens or just  plain lovers of the good earth and all it provides for us.

This is an offset lithographic reproduction of one of my painted papercuttings. It is signed and numbered and the size is 16x20.  We hang one of these prints  in our Keeping Room in an antique frame. I sold the original long ago to a  woman Dairy Farmer!  (Don't you  just love that?) The poem inside reads:

"For rain and snow and sun of seasons,
For bounty given throughout the year,
And bins heaped high with Harvest cheer;
For blazing sun and pouring rain,
That beat upon the golden grain;
And work within the sheaves of wheat, 
To give us tasty bread to eat;
For fleecy clouds and skies of blue,
For all earths beauty, ever new;
And all the joys that are to be,
We offer thanks, Oh Lord, to thee."
author unknown

And I offer thanks to those of you who read our Gazette!
We here in Hopalong Hollow would love to give away an unframed print of The Good Earth.
So please leave a comment, from anywhere in the wide, wide world, and your lovely name will be popped into the egg basket.
To be retrieved by one of our little, or big critters.
 Come back here on May 20th for the name of the winner.
 And in the meantime, enjoy this most wondrous time of year, wherever you happen to be on this good earth.

38 comments:

  1. Pick me pick me...would love to have one of your prints. Thanks so much! Susan

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  2. Jeri, what a Beautiful Print with a wonderful poem! I'd love to be "Popped into an eggbasket....and be retrieved by a critter"!! Hee hee
    Many many Blessings to you Jeri,and all in Hopalong Hollow! Linnie

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  3. Love the print, please throw my name in the hat!

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  4. Hi Jeri. Add my name if you will. I so enjoy your artwork and your musings from the Hollow!! And nowhere will you find a more avid gardener. The dirt beneath my nails has become permanent, I fear!

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  5. That is so lovely and I would treasure that hanging in my home. Toss my name in the basket too and I shall have my fingers crossed:-)
    Blessings,
    Suzanne

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  6. Fiona II please pick my name. LOL! What a beautiful piece of art Jeri. Put my name in the basket please.

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  7. I love it!!! Of course I already have one of your beautiful pieces, but I have a perfect spot for this one too! Pick me!!! Pick me!! :)
    xx, shell

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  8. Oh, Dear Jeri....
    Fold the paper with my name and drop it in your egg basket...how lovely this print would be in our new cottage!! Moving day is approaching fast!!
    I need this in my new little kitchen:)
    Wishing and hoping,
    Christie

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  9. That would be so cool to have. It's just beautiful. Please add my name to the basket. How do I get added to the Gazette or is that this blog? I would love to read anything you put out. Have a great week.
    Yours,
    Kay

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  10. What a glorious, thankful piece of artwork. It would be nice to be the winner.

    Bless you as you continue to create pieces that inspire us all to be better and more thankful humans.

    FlowerLady

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  11. Jeri, What a wonderful and beautiful giveaway!!
    Patti

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  12. Throw my hat in the ring...I'd love to win this. It is just beautiful.
    Hugs, Deb=^..^=x5 Carleton Place, Ont. Canada

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  13. Do you think I could bribe Fionna or Mavis if I sent them a gift basket filled with fresh kale and sprouted wheat?!

    It's a truly beautiful piece and sums up all we're working towards as we plant our spring gardens :)

    Hugs, pogonip

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  14. JERI! I AM HERE AND I WANT IN!! How magnificent to have a chance at your art...but of course I am already so fortunate to have your fantastic books that just take me far, far away. Thank you dear friend for coming to read my post...I knew of no other way to pay tribute to my mum other than writing her from my heart.

    HAVE FUN ON THE FARM! Spring is FINALLY here in Minneapolis. THE RABBITS COME BY AND PEEK INTO OUR FRENCH DOOR WINDOWS! They just sit there and listen to the T.V.!!!! Ah....the good earth is fine indeed.

    HUGS TO ALL, Anita

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  15. Hello Jeri...I'm catching up and reading your recent blog posts. Such a glorious print. Your talent amazes me. What gorgeous gardens you're growing! This midwestern girl calls rosemary an 'erb, but when I lived in Massachusettes, it was pronounced with the h sound. I guess it's a regional/country type thing.

    Have a most wonderful day!

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  16. Oooooh, I would so love to have your print!! Please place my name in the egg basket. I should hope that perhaps a little beetle will choose ME! ME! ME! to be the winner as he surely knows I am partial to the many little beetles that inhabit the earth and to your beautiful artwork.

    Love,

    Diane in North Carolina

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  17. Jeri, I can't imagine a nicer giveaway! How I love your art and the verse speaks to my heart. Please tell Mavis to pick my name...

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  18. I have JUST the place for this charming print! Count me in - and thanks for the possibility.

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  19. The print is wonderful, as is your Blog.I do look forward to reading about life in the Hollow. Thank you, Jeri, for entering my name in your drawing!
    Chris

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  20. Dear Jeri,

    What a sweet giveaway! I, too, would love to be popped into an egg basket and picked by a critter (as long as it wasn't a drooly one, tee hee). :)

    Love,

    Marqueta

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  21. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ONE OF YOUR PRINTS! I HAVE YOUR BOOKS AND LOVE THEM.I HAVE BEEN A FAN OF YOURS FOR A LONG TIME!

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  22. How gracious of you, a delightful example of your talent and offered to a lucky reader.
    Such a beautiful world you have created, and share with us.
    Pop my name in the ole egg basket deary ;)
    Hugs,
    ~Jo

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  23. What a beautiful print! I love all the detail in the picture. Please add me to the basket too :)

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  24. Oh my goodness... I just stumbled on your blog. Love it. It is so beautiful and so is your artwork. Absolutely awesome. I love the heartfelt words also. Please add me to the giveaway. gougeonathome@charter.net (Allison)

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  25. What a lovely piece of art! I think i've pulled an eye ball trying to get up close to the screen to see all the little details, and where the cuttings are cut!
    Is there still room in the egg basket? :))))

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  26. This is absolutely gorgeous! What a truly amazing giveaway for some lucky soul to receive, Jeri. It would have immediate heirloom status :)

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  28. Oh it is wonderful ! Your blog is a real poetry ! Thank you for this.
    I wish you a nice week-end,
    AmitiƩs,
    Nathanaƫlle

    PS : Please, come to see on my blog, an award is waiting for you. ;)

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  29. Wonderful give away! Love coming to your blog for a mini vacation to another time and place. Always enjoy your art work, the animals and the garden pictures. Love it-Carol

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  30. Your blog is really unique; I love reading the first-person stories by your animal residents. The artwork really complements the photos, too.

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  31. Yes my original comment was gobbled up by blogger. I have left a new one on the latest post ;) Please add me to the basket, too :)

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  32. Wow, I didn't even see this giveaway! OMG! Count me in, I love your work and all your animals. I have two African goslings about 5 weeks old and they are fantastic! Thanks for sharing this beautiful giveaway. 8>)

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  33. GOOD GRAVY! How did I miss this.. Well, this is what I get for puttering in the garden so long.. BEAUTIFUL!

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  34. It was so wonderful meeting you at the Rugby Festival! I do hope your lil tweety feathers is doing well!

    Ange Olt, DVM
    Greensburg, KY

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  35. IM ONE OF THE LOST POSTS SO I WILL REPOST! I WOULD LIKE TO WIN ONE OF YOUR ART PIECES,THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL!THANK YOU.

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  36. Dear Cousin Jeri,

    Just love your "How Bountiful is the Good Earth" with its lovely poem! It reminds us of an old fashioned country fair at harvest time! What a wonderful Giveaway! Yesterday, Corgyncombe Dairy Goat Carmella Lucille gave birth to the cutest little twins! We hope to have their photographs on our blog sometime soon.

    Your cousins,
    Diane and daughter Sarah at the Corgyncombe Courant

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  37. Dear Jeri
    Thanks so much for visiting Bebe on her surfboard and your kind thoughts. She has more courage than I do. I am with you.. Me on a surfboard, I don't think so.. eeek! I am sure your son enjoys the waves.
    Enjoy your weekend.
    Blessings, Penny

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