Fellow Travelers on the Path

On a walk Saturday evening, I came across a baby rabbit in the middle of the path. Is there anything sweeter than a tiny rabbit, with their big brown eyes? It allowed me to touch it's soft brown fur before scampering off. Then, as I sat on the bench overlooking the hayfield, a hummingbird alighted very close by. I talked to it for some time, so I can only assume it's one that comes to visit my feeders, and is used to my comings and goings there. Have I mentioned before how much I love living here :o)

I spent a good portion of the weekend taking pictures, and stocking the shop with my latest dessert pedestals. I've had a lot of fun finding the treasures that become these, and then finding just the right combination to match up. Happy Monday!

Oh, I had to come back and tell you this! I've been waiting for Susie at Scraps of Life to review my soaps, and today's the day! To check out the review and enter my soap giveaway, go here.

Swallowtail Saturday

Here's another picture of one of the many Swallowtails that have graced our homestead. I hope you'll indulge me a little while longer in posting butterfly pictures. In the end, I made another batch of elderberry syrup yesterday. I had already turned it into juice, so made the syrup an alternate way I'd read about. I brought the juice close to boiling, then added in some cinnamon basil honey I'd created a few summers back. The ratio was approximately 2 3/4c juice to 3 1/2c honey. Once the honey dissolved, I took it off the heat and added 1 1/2c alcohol (finished my brandy & topped it off with vodka). When cool, I poured it into brown glass bottles I had boiled for 10 minutes, then capped it with their lids, which had been put into a pot of water just after it boiled. You don't want to boil any lid with plastic parts. A taste test assured me that a spoonful of this will go down easily. I've been cleaning up and taking pictures of my vintage finds, and have begun adding them to my shop. Have a marvelous weekend, friends!