No, I'm NOT talking about the scurrying, furry kind! The Greenville Arms gift shop now carries Wee Forest Folk, wonderful and whimsical mice figurines hand-crafted by a family company in MA.
Wee Forest Folk just announced a couple of new customizable figures that are just the cutest!
They are customizable with the type and number of toys on the mousey's bed and on the floor around the bed.
I'll be ordering my favorite combo to have in our shop, but would be happy to order a custom one for you!
The zinnias are outstanding this year. They are one of my favorite flowers because they come in such wonderful color combinations.
Snapdragons are another favorite, probably because as a child I loved making the flowers "talk"!
I am in the process of redesigning the garden in front of the main inn. I want to add more flowers and color. So out came the evergreen shrubs and in when lupine, zinnias, foxglove, and bearded iris.
It looks a little bare in this photo, but everything has already grown in quite a bit and the foxgloves are blooming in ernest.
As budget and time allows I will be filling in more of this bed with additional perennials, but will probably use more annuals this year for their "instant" color appeal.
The eagerly awaited pool opening has happened -- in time for its usual Memorial Day opening. Whew. ;-)
The water is sparkling and inviting.
We had just about a full house over the Memorial Day weekend and had quite a few guests enjoying the sun around the pool.
Two of the robins from the nest on our front porch have stretched their wings and gone off on their own.
One was intentional and the other accidental. We were sitting on the front porch having coffee (well away from the nest, of course), when one of the robins slipped from the nest. He made a good try at flapping his wings, which at least slowed his decent. He was soon hopping around on the porch calling for his mother!
Then a moment later, not be be out done by his sibling, another baby robin flew out of the nest. This one hopped around a few minutes and then flew off into the trees. He was definitely ready to leave the nest.
It was funny to watch the remaining robins eyeing the two who were out of the nest, trying to decide if they should do it too, or wait til mother was back to give them another meal or two.
They finally setting on waiting.
Everyone has been enjoying sitting on our front porch to watch the robins nesting on top of the croquet mallets hanging on the wall by the front door.
They are growing so fast that they hardly seem to fit in the nest.
If you sit real quietly for a while, the mom or dad robin with come to feed the babies.
I wish I had a better telephoto lens!
Our inn dogs like just about any kind of weather, but with the Spring sunshine finally drying out the back lawns, Hudson, our Dalmatian, is very happy to be taken out to play fetch.
The lawns and trees are that lush green of early Spring. It is a joy to just stroll along taking in the fresh air and bird songs.
The lilacs are still in bloom near the cottage, but soon the lavender and roses will be coming flowering.
The robins are once again picking some questionable nest locations around the inn.
One particular family decided to move into this fixer-upper (the nest was built last year). They re-lined the nest and shored it up with a little mud to make sure it was sturdy.
I guess there will be no croquet playing until these little eggs have hatched and the robins flown the nest!
This nest is located right on our front porch, next to our front door. Not the most private of locations, but in past years a robin has successfully raise 3 babies in a nest on top of a Christmas wreath that I waited too long to take down.
The Spring flowers are blooming all over the property.
The magnolia in the side yard has put on a magnificent display despite losing a number of big branches to a heavy winter snow.
