This is where I go to recharge my batteries...

a walk with libby on a glorious summer day...

I march straight through the barn

and pop out again in the brilliant sunshine.

The grounds are decked out for the annual farm fete;

the catapult is set for action to entertain the guests

and the tractor and hay bales are ready for a ride around the farm.

But this is why I went to the farm:

a walk,

a sit,

and my weekly greens.

first day of summer

blue sky sparklin' day

Ambler Farm

If any of you readers have young children

you will love this cd:

blue sky sparklin' day by elizabeth mcmahon

One of the happiest group of songs

we listened to when miss is was a little girl

Sugaring Season

Illustration by Heather Ross

Read Heather Ross's wonderful story here

about the Vermont's Sugaring Season.

Heather is one of my fabric fabric designers.

It is sugaring season in my neck of the woods right now.

Ambler Farm with the sap buckets.

You can buy the syrup at the farm.

It tastes delicious on weekend pancakes.

gotta love local

Ambler Farm is where my family and I go

to walk the dog,

to clear our minds,

to buy our veggies and flowers and syrup

and just to feel the beauty and breadth of nature -

We love Ambler

and

are renewed by the place.

One of Heather Ross's whimsical fabrics

that I used for my frames.

Enjoy a walk this weekend. You can smell spring right around the corner.

The Art of the Wreath

cock a doodle doo

charming minutiae

knit by Char of the Knit Wits

with help from other knit wits

(except me)

duck duck goose

this little piggy ...

a favorite pony

little sheep before they are shorn

head butt

garden patch - kale and corn

All together these delicious minutiae

make a wonderful and charming wreath.

And it makes me smile ear to ear.

Well Done Char and all the other ladies.

The wreath will be donated to Ambler Farm, Wilton Connecticut

and

it will be auctioned off to the highest, lucky bidder

at The ART OF THE WREATH on December 4th, at Ambler Farm.

Get out those paddles and raise 'em high!

All to support one of my favorite places in town.

Here is last year's wreath made and donated by the Knit Wits

I have written about Ambler Farm a few times.

It is my second favorite place in town - same for Libby the pooch.

This is our walk- we do a figure 8 around the top field

and then head back to the barn and beyond.

Everything was a buzz at the farm today; Ambler Farm Day is Sunday -

the BIG fundraiser.

This is one of the favorite activities - the catapult - pumpkins are hurled into the fields

longest hurl wins something...

As you may recall, the Knit Wits, my knitting group here in town,

decided to create a scarecrow for Ambler Farm Day -

check out the earlier posts here and here

Today we assembled the guy - he is very big

I will post the completed scarecrow on Sunday.

I had to leave before he was finished.

I had a pitch meeting at a new wholesale account

and I got the business - yea!

Head on stick - I know, it looks a bit medieval

and, no, he wasn't beheaded.

Our inspiration below

scarecrow done in Atlanta

We have some very talented knitters in the group - check out today's show & tell

all garments knit by prodigious p. - just beautiful -

I am still working on my blanket project from last September

it will be done eventually...

Remember, the scarecrow project that I talked about last June - click here-

This was the template

for the Knitwit's latest charitable project

my finished pieces above

almost done

busy hands stitching all the pieces together

The scarecrow will make his debut on October 3, 2009

at Ambler Farm Day

to be continued...

No rain on Sunday

Tent left over from a shindig the night before.

Ambler Farm: one of my favorite places.

Here is my winter post on the farm.

To celebrate the fine day -

the first day sans rain in ages,

miss is suggested a picnic

then a walk.

This is heaven for Libby.

Her ears flapping in the wind,

looks like she could take flight.

Here is our double figure 8 loop

and looking back.

Beautiful.

I just love the lollipop trees.

We picked dessert right off the blackberry bushes.

delish

headed for the second loop

watched these gorgeous butterflies connect

then visited the animals

new chickies - I counted 28

Libby loves the new lambies

they're old friends now

Next weekend: the garden.

We buy wonderful organic veggies here all summer.

This is where the knit wits scarecrow will reside.