Mockingbird Hill Cottage

Mockingbird Hill Cottage

Your Photos, Please?

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At the very end of a post last week, I asked a little favor of you. Specifically, I asked those of you who have purchased one of our scarves or shawls from the Etsy shop to have someone take a picture of you wearing it and send it on to me. I think it would be neat to have a post dedicated to all of you who have supported our shop. Since I made that request at the very end of a post, I thought it might be wise to ask you again. Heaven knows, by the end of that post you might have been thinking, “Enough, Claudia, you do run on!’ You might have run away to another blog by that point.

So I’m officially making it again. So far, only the lovely Jennifer has sent in a photo. Thank you, Jennifer!

It’s easy! See, here I am, wearing a scarf from the shop in a picture taken by my husband.

Please?

I’m just about to send off this scarf for Meri:

It’s so pretty in this creamy color. Now, I want one.

I have another idea up my sleeve for the shop and it’s one that I can make when I’m in Hartford. I’ve had so many compliments on this:

So I thought I might start making some for you, in this color combination and in other color combinations.

What do you think?

Happy Monday. I have a whole list of things to accomplish before I leave next Monday and I’d better get to it!

Let’s Talk Turkey

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Some days have a sort of strange synchronicity. Yesterday morning, when I arose, I spotted 4 or 5 wild turkeys in our back yard. I stood there watching them for a few moments as they slowly walked through the bushes to my neighbor’s yard. I usually see them on our property about 2 or 3 times a year.

Later that day, I was sitting in the den when I spotted a couple of large birds landing on the roof top of my across-the-road neighbor’s house. I grabbed my camera and quietly made my way out on to the porch.

This is a shot of the roof top of the two-story house.

There was another bird hovering in the tree.

How about a closer look?

Turkey Vultures. Soon after this picture was taken, one swooped down to the ground. Then the other followed. The third guy kept watch from the tree.

They eat carrion and I smelled skunk last night and again today… so maybe that’s what they were feasting on.

I don’t want to know.

I did a little research. They are non-aggressive, fairly gentle birds. They come up this way in the spring, which explains why I don’t see them all that often.  I was really lucky to get this shot.

Wild Turkeys and Turkey Vultures. All in one day.

Egg Cups, Part Deux

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As promised, here are a few more egg cups. These are on a little shelf in the den, which for some reason, looks crooked in this photo. Top left, Humpty Dumpty, made in England; one of my favorites, the Painter Bunny egg cup, made in Japan. Second shelf, Humpty Dumpty again – this one is quite large; the head comes off and is a salt shaker and the egg nestles in the body. Next to that, a pig ready to dine on an egg – from Tiffany’s. Bottom shelf: Part of a series of Disney egg cups made in 1939 – Doc. (I want more of these, but they are expensive!) Next to that, a little clown with the sweetest face, holding an egg.

I wanted to give you close-ups, but it’s very rainy today and the lighting just wasn’t right.

Happy Saturday.

Lambs Like to Party

Lambs Like to Party

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