Two Foxes

Annie is home for Spring Break!! To greet her, Lee Ann positioned her life sized fox in the hallway with a cheery welcome message.

The fox was a winter project for Lee Ann. She started with a clothing display frame from the Tack Trunk, formed a body around it, dressed the creature in hunt attire (boots and all) and finally sewed the head. He turned out to be a striking fellow, and I think Annie has finally met her match.

Driving Back The Wilderness

This stump-dotted landscape once was a jungle of honeysuckle. Through the fall and winter, armed with a pruning saw, I massacred the bushes and piled the brush, and yesterday Lee Ann and I hauled 11 pickup loads to the compost lot. Voila.

I have grass seeded most of this area, and am spading up a little square of it near the old swingset for a vegetable garden.