tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997422903835675090.post1780399628925883018..comments2024-03-18T19:01:51.137-07:00Comments on Hopalong Hollow Gazette: SHEEPS goes Baaaaaaaa......jerilandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07418564262425621746noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997422903835675090.post-16364178693618869052016-03-03T16:28:58.188-08:002016-03-03T16:28:58.188-08:00Mickey, Believe me, I have planted the Foxgloves i...Mickey, Believe me, I have planted the Foxgloves in several different soils, and locations and after they bloom and die down to the soil, I leave them alone....but they never return.I've not heard of the small yellow variety, maybe that's the ticket! We have clay soil, which I amend, eliminating sitting water. I I love plants that spread and spread, those considered invasive are some of my favorites, as I just transplant them to another garden.jerilandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07418564262425621746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997422903835675090.post-79043757668632645062016-03-03T15:14:27.521-08:002016-03-03T15:14:27.521-08:00Judi, thank you so much, I am encouraged by your w...Judi, thank you so much, I am encouraged by your words. The political atmosphere at this point is so stress-full and almost beyond belief. So much uncertainty in a world that seems beyond our control. I'm a strong believer in finding one's own little niche of happiness and peace, whether it be through gardening, art, our animals, our family; whatever it takes. Art is a refuge from the madness, so I am very happy to spread any little bit of joy I can in sharing it with any one who's interested.jerilandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07418564262425621746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997422903835675090.post-27217519995001769942016-03-03T14:37:57.406-08:002016-03-03T14:37:57.406-08:00It is so refreshing to come to this place of seren...It is so refreshing to come to this place of serenity(I know it isn't like that as had several animals to care) with all of the political stuff going on. We have a "dirty" race for our state's attorney that is being played out on facebook. I just hug my 12 year pup and grab my husband's hand and look at my birdies trying to find enough to eat in this snow. All is right in my world when I see and do all of those things. Thanks for allowing us to come into your domain and enjoy some quiet time while we read your posts.Judihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16995368903018973910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997422903835675090.post-60140853346303552622016-03-03T14:03:22.272-08:002016-03-03T14:03:22.272-08:00Foxgloves are my favorite flower too! You do know ...Foxgloves are my favorite flower too! You do know that they are biennials right? I also have lots of the smaller yellow wild variety. I find them to be reliably perennial. The clump just gets bigger every year. Also, I don't know where you put them, but they really don't like to have very wet feet, especially in winter. Mickeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997422903835675090.post-70648131595558777782016-03-02T12:53:47.084-08:002016-03-02T12:53:47.084-08:00Debra, thank you, we artists can inspire each othe...Debra, thank you, we artists can inspire each other.jerilandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07418564262425621746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997422903835675090.post-27849828509367474222016-03-02T12:52:06.749-08:002016-03-02T12:52:06.749-08:00Mickey, Foxgloves are one of my favorite flowers, ...Mickey, Foxgloves are one of my favorite flowers, but I kill them every year no matter how I vary the growing conditions. I may just give up this year! I look for substitutes, with similar attributes; Last year I put in Obedience plants and they did great, and had the tall spiky look and tubular flowers as the foxglove. Same with Lavender, I planted catmint to replace the dead Lavender plants that hate our humidity. <br /> About my birds in the garden, they are terribly naughty,but I have clever barriers that I've devised to keep them from digging craters around my plants and destroying the gardens. It is only the chickens that I need to worry about, The waterfowl and peacocks are not much of a problem.jerilandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07418564262425621746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997422903835675090.post-44816043213417104532016-03-02T10:04:31.232-08:002016-03-02T10:04:31.232-08:00Anita, I am loving your new photographs, they are ...Anita, I am loving your new photographs, they are as professional and beautiful as anything I have seen out there.<br /> Yeah, it really is interesting when plans go slightly astray and the end result becomes better than the original thought; so it is going with this garden book...it just keeps growing and growing,like a garden!jerilandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07418564262425621746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997422903835675090.post-42788775407301748972016-03-02T08:31:29.378-08:002016-03-02T08:31:29.378-08:00Hello! Your drawings are amazing-you always inspir...Hello! Your drawings are amazing-you always inspire me....Debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03982370018359352543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997422903835675090.post-31660849454790411452016-03-01T18:13:01.114-08:002016-03-01T18:13:01.114-08:00Thank you, Jeri. Yes, there are many travel possi...Thank you, Jeri. Yes, there are many travel possibilities on the horizon. Thank you for your encouragement! xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997422903835675090.post-45151362066554100112016-03-01T16:41:31.556-08:002016-03-01T16:41:31.556-08:00Oh dear Jeri. How I smiled when I read this, becau...Oh dear Jeri. How I smiled when I read this, because I know several gardeners who have graduated from the Master Gardener program and they feel exactly as you do. They are never quite satisfied. There's always a better location for this garden or that one, always a better design, always new and better plants to try. This little sweetie doesn't seem happy here so let me just try putting her over there. And so it goes year after year. lol We can't help it, we just have to have our hands in the beautiful rich soil and smelling its delicious sweetness. And truly, no matter how long we've been gardening we still will have our failures. For me it's Bell peppers. Now I can grow so many hot peppers that I can't even give them away, but never do I get a single Bell pepper. I'd like to think that maybe it's because I'm too far north, but alas I couldn't grow them when I lived in the southern part of the state either. I had to face it, I'm a failure at growing Bell peppers. I'm also wondering how on earth you manage to have any gardens at all with so many birdies tramping thru them? Apparently my gang is not as well behaved as yours because they will decimate whole rows of veggies in a single afternoon. So that and the heavy predator load we have around here means my little group of bandits have to be incarcerated most of the time. Ah well, I need to end this before it turns into a novel. LOL Have a good day in the garden. They're forecasting a bit of freezing rain for us tomorrow.<br />MickeyMickeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997422903835675090.post-19844566229524379062016-03-01T13:53:49.620-08:002016-03-01T13:53:49.620-08:00JERI LANDERS!!!!!! I see your reply here and I am ...JERI LANDERS!!!!!! I see your reply here and I am cracking up! THE JACOB SHEEP HAVE SIX HORNS? Lord above.....<br /><br />And yes, we humans are REALLY in need of help, no? However, the beauty of being human is the capacity to yield to the higher power, the muse within, and create. And that you do so well, and for those of us who are still trying to find our voices, it is a joy to simply PLAY. Don't cha think we all need to PLAY MORE?<br /><br />I love how your drawings are BECOMING something you did not expect. That's how poetry AND photography go as well. It's as if there is a spirit that simple asks us to be ready, equipped, then ready again to yield. I love it. And yes my friend, I am blogging again, but only once a month or so; my duties as a French teacher are VAST and I barely have time to eek out a poem or a good photo, but I feel that now, I know what my visual art will be: photography. So, we'll see! Thank you for visiting Castles!Castles Crowns and Cottageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01780241008313365707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997422903835675090.post-23681808680127237742016-03-01T13:38:39.949-08:002016-03-01T13:38:39.949-08:00Chloe, Yes, all my sheep are a different breed, th...Chloe, Yes, all my sheep are a different breed, the prettiest face belongs to Beatrix, the Shropshire. They do have their own personalities, for sure!jerilandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07418564262425621746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997422903835675090.post-62050889442616040672016-03-01T13:33:41.246-08:002016-03-01T13:33:41.246-08:00Great, that you are doing a garden book, there are...Great, that you are doing a garden book, there are NEVER too many Gardening Books. My husband and I have been self-publishing for 10 years with my storybooks. It isn't for everyone, but you may want to look into it.jerilandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07418564262425621746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997422903835675090.post-11759264129292023272016-03-01T13:30:25.711-08:002016-03-01T13:30:25.711-08:00Frances, Your retirement will enable you to visit ...Frances, Your retirement will enable you to visit all sorts of wonderful places whose countrysides are filled with four-legged lovelies! Maybe sometime you will come to East Tennessee and visit us in Hopalong Hollow. Not as exciting as a visit to the UK, but a little bit closer.jerilandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07418564262425621746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997422903835675090.post-65051367750509958772016-03-01T03:44:48.899-08:002016-03-01T03:44:48.899-08:00I'm really wonder how different your sheeps ar...I'm really wonder how different your sheeps are. Each of them has own character and name. There is Wonderful realization of wonderful idea.Chloehttps://www.solarmovie.ph/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997422903835675090.post-56864805078532233752016-02-29T19:27:34.384-08:002016-02-29T19:27:34.384-08:00Your sheep are darling and I am sure your garden b...Your sheep are darling and I am sure your garden book will be too. I am writing a garden book too and looking for a publisher for it. My new project this month is I am a volunteer at an assisted living place.Terra https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396481049075747940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997422903835675090.post-18752385801550432082016-02-29T16:52:45.625-08:002016-02-29T16:52:45.625-08:00Dear Jeri, I'm typing this on Monday evening, ...Dear Jeri, I'm typing this on Monday evening, to make sure that I don't forget to let you know how much I enjoyed this post. Your drawing is superb. And I thank you for sharing lots of info with me (and the rest of your loyal visitors) about the beautiful animals that are inspiring your upcoming garden book.<br /><br />Jacob sheep are truly beautiful. So far, in my city life interspersed with NYC zoo visits and some wonderful visits to the UK countryside, I've had such limited access to these splendid examples of nature.<br /><br />Hoping that the coming years will allow me to expand my face to face contacts with such wonders. Meanwhile, I thank you for helping me to connect.<br /><br />xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997422903835675090.post-72770374084569175232016-02-29T15:28:29.481-08:002016-02-29T15:28:29.481-08:00Dorsets are nice, I bet the yarn was wonderful. I...Dorsets are nice, I bet the yarn was wonderful. I'm a lousy spinner, i just use my wool for felting.jerilandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07418564262425621746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997422903835675090.post-69885908012943418952016-02-29T15:26:49.796-08:002016-02-29T15:26:49.796-08:00Penny, I've done 12 of the drawings since Janu...Penny, I've done 12 of the drawings since January, but I already had finished 11 of them before I started making the fiber animals last year. The Jacobs I saw did have 3 sets of horns... it was pretty shocking because I wanted sweet faced little lambs, and was totally ignorant of this breed.jerilandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07418564262425621746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997422903835675090.post-3484024161885149642016-02-29T09:28:12.851-08:002016-02-29T09:28:12.851-08:00Miss having sheep. I used to raise horned Dorsets ...Miss having sheep. I used to raise horned Dorsets and I too thought about raising Jacobs. I loved spinning their fleece. Shuttle, Hook and Needlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08517847815117237321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997422903835675090.post-52683631105055192492016-02-29T08:35:34.925-08:002016-02-29T08:35:34.925-08:00Dear Jeri,
Now those are some BIG horns! I can...Dear Jeri,<br />Now those are some BIG horns! I can't even imagine what they would look like if there were six...<br /><br /> I love your dear sheep... And your illustrations always make me smile.. Personalty plus, that is for sure. You have 23 thus far? Wow! I am looking forward to seeing them in color, although I must say I do love the pencil.<br /><br />That balloon that drifted over the house... It appears ever few months... Quite the sight..<br />Have a great day<br />fondly,<br />Penny<br /><br />Angelsdoor * Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14770992037653364805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997422903835675090.post-68070707017479220032016-02-28T17:33:22.435-08:002016-02-28T17:33:22.435-08:00Your property and house sound marvelous. Ours is a...Your property and house sound marvelous. Ours is an old gal too and I'm not far behind you age-wise. I've been gardening for about 25 years, but I never seem to quite master it, therefore, I am doing the book for those who want a pretty cottage garden, without all the fuss and bother, by planting native plants and easy to grow flowers, but it is also about the art and about my version of landscaping with stone, wattle and imagination. The garden book won't be finished for at least another year. I still have to paint the 23 illustrations, though I'm nearly finished with drawing them all. That also gives me all season to experiment with some new ideas and take photos of the gardens. I was just outside today re-designing my Potager for the 6th year in a row!jerilandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07418564262425621746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997422903835675090.post-70650198094321790722016-02-28T16:04:41.286-08:002016-02-28T16:04:41.286-08:00Jeri, I live on an old hillside farm (an antique c...Jeri, I live on an old hillside farm (an antique center chimney cape) in the Lakes Region of NH...So yes I'm a country gardener. I also used to raise Saanen dairy goats and at one time I kept a small flock of sheep. The only livestock I keep now is a small flock of Icelandic chickens. <br />I have been gardening since I was about 23 years old, I'm 65 now, so I guess I'm no longer an amateur. And judging by the looks of your beautiful gardens I wouldn't call you one either :) When do you expect your garden book to come out?Mickeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997422903835675090.post-86390537668229699402016-02-28T15:06:49.396-08:002016-02-28T15:06:49.396-08:00Debbie, Poor dears, but sometimes ignorance is bli...Debbie, Poor dears, but sometimes ignorance is bliss and they haven't a clue that even the chickens are smarter than they are.jerilandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07418564262425621746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997422903835675090.post-58084831448249823802016-02-28T11:09:25.510-08:002016-02-28T11:09:25.510-08:00Dear Jeri - I know sheep are a bit dimwitted but w...Dear Jeri - I know sheep are a bit dimwitted but who can resist their sweet faces. You have captured them so well too. Can't wait to see them in colors. Hugs!Debbie Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11168646638438558551noreply@blogger.com