March FOTESS Swap - Basic Butterflies-101
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march/april fotess round robin poetry swap! part 2
Comments (96)Oh sure, Katie, leave me the hard part! Just kidding! What a beautiful ending, perfect, Katie! I'm adding my part now, so we can all read how the poem fits together. And I'll post again when I get the poem from Katie. And I just want to say: Great job, everyone! Not just with the poem, but you all did an excellent job of keeping the Robin going, in a timely manner, for which I am really thankful! Wasn't quite sure how this would work out, but it turned out far better than I could have hoped for. Thank you all for being such great FOTESSERS! And one more thing, I really enjoyed doing the Robin (and hope you did too), and loved Margo's idea for doing a Round Robin Story. SOOOO, we may borrow another month from Jeanne and do this, maybe in the Fall. Keep it in mind and I would appreciate any imput, ideas or suggestions for a Round Robin Story. And because I didn't have to work very hard to finish up, I thought I would give the Poem it's title: Friends of the Earth's Spring Journey A haze of green and longer days, And lots and lots of rain! Helps nature work behind the scene as sunshine pushes through the grey. Upwards push the tender tulips. Companion of the daffodil So lovely, but I sigh, there are evil weeds to dig, battle them tomorrow, for now a glass of wine. First blooms of Redbud glow pink and bright, under a clear blue canopy in the morning sunlight. As with all God's creations, spring brings forth the beautiful flowers. Which are doubly enhanced by the coming of April's showers. Pollen-nation! Oh the sneezes and the misery; the price we pay for leaves on the trees and a colorful array of bright Spring flowers. Let the rain come back again - the irritants to devour. Descending from cloistered winter aeries, Exclusive silver-winged garden faeries dance in the flower beds among blossoms of yellow, pink and red. Cherry trees blossoming in the sun, give a small taste of bounty yet to come. Days lengthen, the earth grows warmer; summer's just around the corner. Awaiting to see the hummingbirds flight, so majestic, what a delight. How fast and silent its small wings zoom, intending to drink nectar from every bright bloom. Spring has sprung, the blossoms bloomed, Now there are plants to tend. Never fear, SummerâÂÂs almost here; But for Spring, this is THE END! Shirley!...See MoreFOTESS March Swap: Nursery Rhymes
Comments (171)Vas did not send to me for thIs month of March....so Shirley (sjc) sent a wonderful nursery rhyme package to me. First of all, Shirley, you did not have to this. But I thank you very much. I just opened my package from Shirley (sjc).............and here is the fun she sent my way. Shirley, included several baggies, labeled 1-7.............very, very clever!!! *a beautiful hand made card......I LOVE your cards and no tweaking is necessary. #1 "Sing a song of six pence.".........Six colored pens....and do I need these big time....YES! #2 "A Pocketfull of Rye".....I bag of rye flakes to be used for cookies or cooked like old fashioned oatmeal.......I have never used rye flakes. #3 "4 and 20 Blackbirds Baked in a Pie"....LOL....lots of stickers...roosters, birds and flowers. I LOVE, LOVE stickers! #4 "When the pie was opened the birds began to sing. Wasn't that a dainty dish to set before the King?".................a very generous bag of M &M's #5 "The King was in his counting house, counting out his money!".........lots of coin wrappers....for pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. My husband loves these. Lots of memories wrapping coins..............LOL! #6 "The Queen was in the parlour, eating bread and honey.".................several honey sticks........I love honey!! #7 ""The maid was in the garden, hanging out the clothes. Along came a blackbird and snipped on her nose."................clothes pins with birds on them....to cute! And seeds................ Beets Red Ace Tomato Amish Paste German Chamomile....I have never grown this!! Watermelon Shiny Boy Thank you so much Shirley. You are a JOY!! Annie...See MoreMarch FOTESS-- Month of the Green!! Salads that is!
Comments (191)Ladies - Park Seed has free shipping no minimums code BLOSSOM (can't find end date on this one, just announced, figure probably weekend only). https://parkseed.com Harris Seed has free shipping UNTIL TOMORROW code 8springfs at their Gardentrends newer site. https://www.gardentrends.com EDITING to add - hard to shop just seed on this site, lots of more expensive collections and plants BUT if you click something (Vegetables then Squash for instance) you can sort price low to high and get to the seed first. Doing it that way I find 10 organic seeds for Honeyboat Delicata or Queensland Blue for just $1.09 https://www.gardentrends.com/collections/squash?sort_by=price-ascending Saw the sale code on garden.org, haven't tried it yet. Not that there's a thing I need, but do have to look .......See MoreFOTESS – MAY SWAP: BUTTERFLY, BIRD, BEVERAGE, ETC.
Comments (58)Margo, amazed to see you are in your new house. Yes, sometime we will have to try to meet up with one another. We had the strangest storm last night - hours of thunder and lightning and winds, but not a drop of rain fell. I just knew I would wake up and everything would be well watered if not blown away - no, I was out there with the hose again. Meanwhile I'm trying to deal with the heat (which actually has been a bit better than I expected so far this year) and I have a large tree in front of my house that died suddenly so I'm seeing about getting that taken care of. So odd, in about 3 weeks it went from not looking too good but still had green leaves to dead with not one good leaf on it and we have gotten sufficient rain since Spring. I wonder if it got a disease. Other than the expense, not a big deal. There are lots of trees on my property. I might post the JULY Swap this evening or tomorrow, but of course will leave the sign ups through to after July 1st. I always miss it when we don't have our spot to chat back and forth and having something fun come in the mail is great, too....See Moresjc48
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