Pick-A-Dilly Herb Faire

Yesterday was a fun filled day of yard sales and the Pick-A-Dilly Herb Faire.

I met the wonderful Georgette Syster, who is responsible for this fabulous affair.

I'm looking forward to visiting her herb farm and her antique shop, which is located in Penn Run, PA, where I grew up.  I purchased some Sweet Annie plants and some dried herbs as well from Georgette's booth.

I couldn't pass up these great old hardware pieces, also from Georgette's booth.

Another fabulous booth was that of Debbie Burkey.

She is an amazing textile and mixed media collage artist, from South Fork, PA.

Her shop name is Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Here are a couple of pieces from Debbie's collection.

The herbs and the arts and crafts were beautiful!

The pesto pizza wasn't bad either. I ate almost the whole thing myself.

Such a lovely event!

I can't wait for Georgette's Harvest Party in September!

Hope you're all having a lovely weekend!

Hugs,

Karen

Hortense Finds A Head

Good news everyone!

Hortense found a head!

It's not her head, but she's keeping it anyway.

She has it perched upon a rusty, old milk can, where she can keep an eye on it.

I spent the entire day with Hortense and her head working on The Flower Forest.

Now it looks more like a flower garden.

As I was trimming and pulling weeds, I found this little bird's nest on the ground.

Since I don't wear bird's nests, I gave it to Hortense.

It goes well with her chicken wire dress and burlap apron, don't you think?

Now that Hortense is in her kingdom, I can stop worrying about the big furry hole digging beast.

Happy gardening!

Hugs to all,

Karen



Dressing Hortense

I've been very anxious to finish the dress I've been planning for Hortense.

I haven't had time to gather the moss that I had planned to use, but noticed the bucket of peonies wilting in the corner of my porch, and decided to get started with those.

So, by the light of the moon, with the big, furry, hole digging beast hiding under the porch, I began.

I've chosen a rusty old chain and a broken Big Ben as her necklace.

Rusty garden tools hang from her burlap, coffee bean sack apron.

The peonies are fluttering to the floor, but it's okay, we're just getting started.

We (Hortense & I) have a long way to go, but you get the idea.

Hortense & I are hoping you all have a wonderful weekend.

I'm off to The Pick-A-Dilly Herb Faire tomorrow.

Hortense will be here protecting Flower Forest.

Hugs to all,

Karen