Bunnies, Flowers and Home Cooking

Rabbits multiply :-)  I made the big bunny years ago, it's an Alicia Paulson kit that she made.  I cut the felt and hand-stitched the bunny parts then stuffed and sewed them together.  I even bought a vintage Featherweight Singer sewing machine to sew the dress together.  Then knitted the little overdress and made the boots.  What a labor of love!  If you'd like to see my blog post of my step by step Maggie Maria bunny making, click HERE.

I made two new crocheted bunny Peeps yesterday, so now there are triplets.  LOL!

Here is my last one in my hand to show you the scale of them.  

Now, how would you like to go on a walk around the farm yard?  First I'll show you the newest unusual daffodil to bloom.  A light yellow frilly one.

Our Mahonia aka Oregon Grape is in bloom.  

When we got our new metal roofed gazebo on our deck, Dayle put the old one on his tractor front end loader and moved it out to the grassy area in the middle of our circular driveway.  I kind of like it there!  You can see our neighbor's lavender farm across the road.  His job has been lost due to the virus shutdowns.  I'd love to encourage you to consider buying some of their lavender soap - click Bates Lavender to visit their website and click on "Shop" at the top.  Thank you!!  Tell them I sent you.

Do you know what this bush is?  I can never remember what it is even after much googling.  

ETA:  This is a male Skimmia Japonica - thanks to reader Val E. from Wales!!  :-)

Our red Azalea is beginning to bloom!

I just love how dependable this big bush is.

Our Star Magnolia is looking lovely, it's right to the left of the red Azalea and right on the road.  I sure do love this, we planted this here on the farm.

Aren't the blooms wonderful?  And the center is this cute little striped orb.  :-)

Here it is on the side of our driveway with the garage back there.

There was a Quince bush outside our bedroom window when we moved in here.  It always has a few blooms, but not many as it doesn't get enough light there.  But it's fun to see them, never-the-less.

We're continuing to cook homemade meals.  This is a big pot of ham hock and beans.  My mom made this a LOT when I was growing up.  That right there says "mother" to me.  You use dried pinto beans, boil them with a ham hock, we added big chunks of extra ham, a diced carrot, a chopped onion, a clove of garlic, 2 bay leaves and salt and pepper to taste before serving.  Do you make this at your house?

We had ours with a buttered home made roll.  YUM!

I had to show you how beautiful Dayle's homemade honey wheat sourdough bread is when we had tuna sandwiches using it.  I must say it's nice to know we don't have to go to the store to buy bread.

So, how are you holding up?  I have to be honest and tell you my mental state is stressed.  I can't stop from worrying about our world, seeing hospitals using refrigerated semi trucks used to pile up the dead bodies is downright frightening.  They found the virus still alive in one of those cruise ships after the rooms have been evacuated for 14 days!  I was told that workers at the Portland Post Office were diagnosed with Covid-19.  So even our mail could be covered with it.  Anything coming into your safe home could be tainted.  I'm not trying to scare you,  but please stay home and try not to go out even to get supplies.  And if you do buy things, sterilize them when you get them home.  OK?  Stay safe and keep busy.  ((hugs)), Teresa