oh MY… so exciting

everywhere..

ok..

NOT quite everywhere

but it seems like NEARLY everywhere 

that I walk..

I bump into 

THESE

you are SO wondering.. 

WHY???

yes?

well

it may be a late start

but we are FINALLY starting on

the FRONT PORCH!!!

Thanks to Mr.T

we have saved (we hope)

MOST of the rose garden!

and now we have these

gargantuan holes…

they are huge…

really really huge!

and deep..

hense

big pallets all over my lawn

so we don't lose any of our sweet blessings!

So…

much like when I wanted to have

the extravagance of running water in my home

and ..

ended up with a new basement

so the workers could get to the pipe..

NOW

I have folks putting up a porch

and

I need to replace my sweet little bay window.

It's like an Onion

the loving of an old home…

NO project is EVER what it seems

there is 

ALWAYS

more to it

and it CAN

yes it can

bring you to tears..

getting my swim goggles on

and searching for window ideas

to replace it…

Blog Bleep

having some technical difficulties ADDING photos of all that has been happening…
praying for a smart, and swift resolution!!!!!
SO much happening!  And we here at Blessings Farm, are EVER so eager to share with YOU!

Torn up...

horizon.. how I adore a horizon…

but looking on the foreground..

it's a bit..

torn up

a bit.. disheveled .

we've got some cleaning up to do..

don't you think?

Mr.T has come with what is called

a back hoe

I think of it as a digger..

but I speak two year old..

oh wait..

now Little Man knows what it is now too..

oh well

it's like a really COOL tool

and it will help CLEAN up this messy farm!

now take a moment to look at my lovely garden

because it's next in line to be TORN apart…

see….

there are these really awful jagged rocks

and there are NO paths..

so trying to get to something

or prune

or do ANY sort of gardening

means gashes in my shins

falling on my face

clothing torn

and oodles of bruises

so take a look..

things will be changing!

on the left of this shot

you will notice plants and weeds along the house..

well… 

they are all going!

I want it free of plant life..

Rather mice and what not have too much potential there.. 

I can't SEE when they've done something, because it's all

a jungle!

I do plan on adding pea gravel or something..

and then

some plant containers!  

I get to be seasonal then.. and it will be 

clean

and easier to manage!

the swimming pool for ducks is temporary..

we plan on putting in a wee pond in the garden..

getting a new door for the garage..

it will..

be a LOT of work

but it should

look amazing when we finish..

till then…

things look

torn up..

assessing the landscape…

planning

thinking

talking it out

some trees are getting pulled down

and we are chipping branches..

the mulch is great for gardening

and for my birdies pen

lots done but

can ya tell yet?

it'll look super!

can you IMAGINE it?

and just look at all the nice firewood I have..

time thankfully will age it nicely..

and I don't have to do anything

but have it stacked

~phew

perhaps it's good that I am not feeling well..

because I would probably be tearing apart

SOMETHING

inside the farmhouse

and having the inside and the outside of the house

torn up

would not be a healthy

thing..

this way..

there IS peace somewhere!

ahhh..

the adventure!

nature.. ride

so I..

mama C

or 

Tante Nika

isn't feeling so well

STILL..

and I was feeling pretty blue about it..

so PRINCESS

had an idea

she got the General out

and took me for a nature RIDE!

I got to see the rose hips..

which will be harvested for tea..

(actually later that day we did JUST THAT)

see this girl.. 

she's thoughtful

and wanted to show me

whats "happening" here at the farm

lovely Princess..

even Lovely in Camo 

beautiful..

beautiful golden rod.. all ready for winter…

the colors of brown mixed with this oatmeal color

make me want to knit a sweater!

shadows

oaks

leaves

sky

love

rich autumn shades

horizon

and one happy Mama

Learning about.. BATS

Our local Library was hosting an event

on BATS..

yes..

BATS..

flying rats?

yes..

BATS..

eeek

now… things one should like about Bats..

they.. enjoy dining on Mosquito's

anything that eats things I hate..

I have to .. sort of like..

sorta..

so we went..

to the Library..

Little Man found THESE.. and wouldn't leave

so I listened..

and big kids watched

I love that our Library hosts things like this

and i ADORE that our library has lots of hands on learning toys

like PUZZLES!

Here is the lovely lady..

and her bat

here is the flying brown rat..oops.. bat

it's native to our area

here is a very BIG creepy bat

like the kind that must live near my friends

who live in Africa..

reason #1 for my NOT living in Africa

yeah..

it's the TOP reason I have..

today

for not living there

MY local bat is tiny,

fuzzy 

and brown..

it ALMOST looks like a beanie baby

hers..

looks like it will SUCK MY BLOOD

but really it will only suck the juice of a fruit..

but still…

eeek..

so glad it's dark when they fly by..

what about you?

Named for...

have you figured out who 

Catherine

Marie Antoinette

Adelaide

Ingeborg

Eugenie

&

Constance

are named for?

French Queens

hows THAT for a feather in your cap?