The Tale of Mums & the Toad

A Tale from the Singing Woods

Once upon a time, there was a wonderful husband, named Prince Rich.

He was so kind,  he brought his most LOVELY wife,  Princess Deena

some potted mums for the front porch.

That evening as Princess Deena was watering the mums, 

she heard a noise.  Not sure what it was, she continued to water

& the noise was heard by the lovely princess two more times.

Then the noise stopped.

The next day, as the princess was passing the front door

she saw something in her pot of mums, and opened the door

to go outside.  This is what she saw. The toad had come

home with the mums & made the strange noises when he

got wet. 

The moral of the story is you don't have to kiss a toad

to have a Prince of a husband.

Love to my dear hubby

Fondly, Deena

PS, I love the TOAD too!!

Tis Show & Tell Friday~ My LOVELY rocker

My new "olde" rocker. My bestest ever friend, Marcia

gave this to me on Wednesday. It belonged to her parents, but it looks

so nice in my room!! Marcia said her mama told her she was given

the rocker when she had her baby..cuz mama's are suppose to

rock their babes.

I can't believe her mom said  I could own  it.

It's a lovely velvet, with wonderful wood,  carving at the top & it folds up too.

Oh I love it dearly, but not nearly as much as I love my sweet

friend Marcia, she's my rock, next to God & my hubby.

I know it's mature( the rocker) ..I think it was mature  when it was given as a

 present OVER 50 years ago. 

When I showed my husband ..he sat in it ...rocked a bit and 

said "it's not really a manly chair"...LOL, I told him..it's NOT for 

you silly!!!

Thanks again to  Kelli of No Place Like Home  for hosting Show & Tell Friday. Visit HERE for more participants.

Fondly, Deena

Our Friend Loves to Pose for Photos

Here he/she?? is. Spotted while watering my Love in a Puff. You'd believe

me if you'd been here , he really did pose & WATCHED me for sure.

It was so fun, hubby even wanted to take some pics ..so I'm sharing them all.

This was one of the bigger Praying Mantis' I've seen. Check out his teeny

lil eyes & ?antennas?

He finally got bored with me & decided to move on!!

lol, Deena

Hope Sees a Star

In honor of two of our artists who lost teen children

some artists have donated creations for an auction

Hope Sees A Star

In Memory of Stevie & Brianna

I HOPE you'll visit & bid generously

God wants us to be His body here on earth..open your heart

Love in Him, Deena

Hear YE, Hear YE, The TIME HAS COME!!!

TIS OCTOBER & it's our 

October Gift Away

The folk artists of The Primitive Gathering are hosting an October Gift Way to 

celebrate our first six months as a gathering & to show our appreciation to all of YOU.

Please visit The Primitive Gathering.com from Oct. 1st to Oct. 13th to register for the

gifting of our hand dids. 

Winners will be posted on our October 15th update. 

~~We have FABULOUS NEW Artists & the BEST GUESTS~~

See you THERE...

The kindred spirits of The Primitive Gathering

Oh ME, I posted Show & Tell Friday

On my Tattered Whimsy Blog...it's worth a look.

I'll try to do better next week.

fondly, your friend, Deena

HELLO from HOME ..I'M BACK

From a six day hospital vacation. LOL

but feeling good and hope to get back in the groove!!!

Here's a sweet pic a friend sent me as a get well

LOVE her!!

deena

When the Bee Stings

When I'm feeling sad..I simply remember my favorite things

and then I don't feel so sad~~

**I don't feel sad, but I wanted to share some more of my fave Autumn collections**

I hope they please you to0

Show & Tell Friday~Sharing my favorite Autumn Pieces

Thanks to Kelli from There's No Place Like Home for 

hosting Show & Tell Friday. She has a list

of the blogs involved in the fun.

OH MY GOODNESS

This lil gal caught my eye when I was washing dishes yesterday. She isn't someone we see in our yard. I KNEW I had to get her PICTURE

sooo..here she is & according to the Illinois Bird Book, she doesn't come here. 

We found here in the Birds of North America and she ONLY visits the West Coast..but..here's proof, she's here. She's a BlackHeaded GrossBeak and hubby and I are DELIGHTED she visited us!! God sends us little packages of delight daily, we need only be open to see them.

LOL, she's on the right..and her lunch partner is a lil finch.

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Here's a Nuthatch enjoying a bite, they visit daily..in the summer!!

Peppermint Zinnia's

Planted from seeds this Spring, they provided much joy for me & the flutterbies!!

Bird's Eye View

My friend Jenny of Country Rustic makes the BESTEST birdhouses.

I love all these views of the one that is above my arbor. Thanks Jenny for the lovely house & the birds thank you too!