Before I announce the winners I thought I would share with you a good thought. Every day we have choices to make, some good and some bad. Sometimes I can let those thoughts get the best of me, even though I try to put them out of my mind. Just a little note like this can be a game changer and I for one need to remember that.......it really is the little things that make life the best ever!
For inquiring minds Madison wrote it on the post-it like pad. It folds up like a little letter, I found them at Walmart. Of course I bought her some of her own.......
So the winner of this pincushion is Sarah who said.........
"Favorite chore is canning! If it has to be cleaning, I would say decluttering. I love getting rid of excess and seeing how pretty a room is without the extra stuff. Least favorite is scrubbing the showers and the stove"
I LOVE decluttering and getting rid of old junk that is taking up space. Now that my houseguests are gone that is the plan, to get cleaning and purge my house of clutter. I am with her on cleaning showers, not a favorite but definitely feels like an accomplishment when it's done.
I decided to go ahead and make another one. For the second winner I will come clean and tell you I kind of cheated and chose her ......the winner is Jess Braskey.
Jess said........
"Wow, six years! Congratulations, Kelly! I thoroughly enjoy following your blog and social media postings; you have inspired me in many ways!
My favorite fall chore is decorating. And call me weird, but I don't have a least favorite chore! I don't mind any of them!"
Jess is a brand new quilter and the DIL of a friend of mine. I think we all can remember how exciting it was in the beginning and a little overwhelming. I hope this encourages her to keep on going. You have got to love a woman who loves to decorate and apparently loves to clean too!
The deer have been the bane of my existence this summer. Not only did they eat everything around the mailbox but they are smart enough to know that the leaves of the morning glories are ok to eat but the flowers are poisonous.
They have also eaten all my tomatoes. I think we maybe got 5 the entire summer. Just when we thought maybe we would get some late season tomatoes we found a horrible site this morning. They completely pulled it out of the ground, roots and all! There is a doe with triplets and 3 large bucks roaming around, we don't stand a chance.
There are a few things they don't like, my beauty bushes are doing wonderful. One of the only purple things I like.
The last of my waning summer flowers, zinnias, vinca (the bush kind) coleus, butterfly bush and the orange ones are a type of sunflower. The colors are so pretty they stop me in my tracks every time I walk downstairs
Congratulations to the winners! Thank you to everyone who reads my blog I love reading your comments, thoughts and suggestions. You inspire me all the time.
My mouse all of a sudden started working again, I am not sure why but thanks for all the suggestions!
Kelly
The orange ones look like Mexican sunflowers. My daughter introduced me to them. The Monarch butterflies and the hummingbirds love them. They are migrating from here now and I see them on those sunflowers everyday. They attract them to my hummingbird feeder. My daughter even saw a Monarch on her hummingbird feeder.
ReplyDeleteYour flower arrangement is beautiful and a reminder we can still enjoy a bit of summer as we move into fall.
The orange ones look like Mexican sunflowers. My daughter introduced me to them. The Monarch butterflies and the hummingbirds love them. They are migrating from here now and I see them on those sunflowers everyday. They attract them to my hummingbird feeder. My daughter even saw a Monarch on her hummingbird feeder.
ReplyDeleteYour flower arrangement is beautiful and a reminder we can still enjoy a bit of summer as we move into fall.
Congrats to Jess and Sarah. We're all winners because we get to read your blog. :-) As for the deer, I attended a lecture by the Humane Gardener, and she has her husband pee on their plants to keep the deer off. She says it's cheaper and more humane than coyote urine. Her husband thought it was great and they live in the country. Not sure whether yours would want to try it...
ReplyDeleteYou are an awesome woman K with a huge heart. I ❤️ You.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Kelly!! It means a lot to me!
ReplyDeleteThat is a very special note!!! Can't help but bring a smile to your face.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to your winners and well done.
What a shame about your plants. That is disappointing after all your hard work.
Lucky winners! Loved seeing their comments. Cute pincushions.
ReplyDeleteI love those notes and the one maddy is a keeper.
I always enjoy seeing your plantings and flowers. Sorry about those darn deer!
I'm going to be adding bushes to our yard this fall.
that was beautifully written! Congrats to you and to the winners
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Kelly! I am thrilled to be one of the winners! About the deer -- when we visited my brothers in Alaska 2 summers ago, we noticed that everyone had tall tree posts around their garden with netting -- I think my sister-in-law even had it on TOP over the garden to keep out the moose. With all the deer around here I've been contemplating doing the same with our garden -- normal fences certainly don't do any good! Although the one comment about "watering" the plants made me giggle -- might be less work! :) I'd like to know if that actually helps!
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