Greetings and a hearty honk honk from the Hollow!

Hello from the Hollow, I've had a hectic 2 months!

By now, the Country Living Fair and the Fiber fest are behind me, and I can relax a little. Well, if you can call it relaxing to pull weeds, haul stones, plant trees and lay walkways. I can!

Firstly, the Fair was GREAT, AFTER the threat of tornadoes passed!
 I met a few blog readers who were kind enough to make themselves  known to me and we sold plenty of art, books and  oh dear... Fuzzyfoots and Featherweights.

Many little folks found new homes... I will miss them! A few larger Fuzzyfoots departed and All but 2 of the smaller buns were adopted.

I worked on these 2 ladies in the hotel room as they were not quite together; needing a stitch here, a button there, and whisker or two.

I knew they were being adopted on Sunday at the Fair and wanted them to look their best.

Their new mommies were pleased to meet them!

I know they will be well cared for and loved.

 There were little people on every shelf and table, this table was packed tight, but thinned out quite a bit Not everyone found a new home, but that is fine by me...

I just get to keep them longer.

 When we arrived home, the gardens were bursting at the seams!

 This section of the  potager is going strong, just look at those marvelous colors.

The "Goat garden" which I completely renewed last summer is coming into it's own,

The side garden is beginning to flourish, even the slope plants are about a foot tall already, as are some weeds; I know what I will be doing this week...

 Mathilda the goose is sitting on her (and her best friend Alice's) NINE eggs. She has nested in this corner in the Potager, right off the walkway, where she is disturbed daily by any number of strolling ducks, dogs and chickens. She chose a busy thoroughfare, I'm afraid.

The lovely Hettie Pepper has chosen a nest as well, as I discovered 2 of her eggs in this garden,

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Ouside my potting shed... which is now a small Mercantile.

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 Can't wait to show you what I have done inside this little building.

  On a more solemn  note, I would like to pay tribute to my dear little friend, Peepers, who quietly passed away last week.  

 

I painted her portrait when she was 3yrs old, giving her a tail she never had. For she was born without a tail as were 7 of her kittens.

  No condolences are necessary, she was lucky to die of old age, here at home, age 18yrs.  She had 2 litters and a good life here in the Hollow.

I still have 2 of her daughters, they are 16 yrs old. Cats are stoic about death, and seem to accept it quite peacefully, in fact, she was purring much throughout her last hours. We can learn much from felines.

 Good bye sweet girl.

Below is her daughter Sasha, who will be gardening with me all summer.

Since I have a good deal of time off from shows, I plan on bombarding my blog with lots of garden posts and videos, hope you'll be on board!

Until then, Cheers and Happy gardening!