Crooked Pond Farm, Falmouth

We finally had a spring-like day so I asked my friend Jen if she wanted to bop around Falmouth with me, playing tourist.  I picked her up at her place in Hatchville at the farm her grandfather started in 1924.  It's a beautiful slice of paradise too, lemme tell ya!

Adorable little goat named Chula.

I can't remember the name of the horse but what a beauty!

Chickens!

This is Russell's dream, right here.

A wee chicken house for one of the hens that didn't fit in well with the others.

The chicks are about 6 weeks old.  So. Adorable.

I just want to cuddle one!!!

Crooked Pond

Really neat clouds too!

Well apparently winter decided to make a March appearance this year.  I was hoping we were home free but alas, putting away the winter boots bit me in the ass.

How cute is Sagan sleeping under his stuffed puppy?

Here he is looking very sorry for getting into the trash and eating half a boneless pork roast and some mashed potatoes, plus coffee grounds all over the place including a coffee ground footprint on the rug.

I put him in the craft for about 20 minutes so I could clean up and he didn't make a peep, then spent the rest of the day not looking at me.  The funny thing is, I didn't even yell at him when I saw the mess.  Just said, 'Sagan!  Bad boy!'

Gnomey's had about enough of this.

The flamingoes have just given up.

Did everyone get out to see the pretty full moon?

I didn't make these....I got them in Salem.  They looked pretty in the late afternoon sun.  Man alive my windows need washing....

Most of the eastern seaboard got killed with a huge snowstorm on the 14th.  It turned to rain around here so we actually ended the storm with far less snow than at the beginning.  It was a nice, cozy day, listening to the wind and driving rain.  So I worked on my zenbroidery with some new rainbow floss I just got and just LOVE.  Also added a Grateful Dead themed design in the heart.

Finally got a long overdue day to myself where I didn't have to leave the house at all, so I broke out the beads and started filling in the top.  I was going to wait till the end but I just couldn't stop myself.

The sequins and beads really make it pop.

As of March 16.

Seriously hard putting this one down.

March Projects

Winter has apparently arrived.  We had a couple of mild days but overall it's been chilly.  We had snow the other day and a blizzard's on the way.  Ugh.   I'm still chipping away at a new cross stitch that is very tedius, and I needed a craft that I could do in order to get fast results.  Decided to try the Alum Crystal Candles .  I got the alum off of Amazon, not the food kind but a more 'industrial' kind cause I read that they formed better crystals.  Everything came together pretty quickly and then I just had to wait overnight till it was done.

I used a can lid for my project.  It was supposed to be able to be used as a tea light holder.

It came out pretty but the crystals are really crumbly.  More than borax.

I was kind of underwhelmed with the results.  It needs way more crystals grown inside the lid.  

Crystals grew on the bottom which I didn't expect and it's very uneven.

The paper towel on which it was drained looked pretty.

I'm not sure if I'm going to keep it....the blue crystals are so pretty and sparkly so it's hard to part with it.

I'm making really great progress on the zenbroidery!

This is so much fun!  If you embroider, I highly recommend getting one of their patterns.  Even if you don't, it comes with an instruction sheet of different stitches.

Variegated floss is the best.

I'll be adding beads and sequins at the end, although it's tempting to do them now, but I am afraid they'd break if they get crushed by the hoop.

Amrita Island

After we left Scraggy Neck, we drove a short distance to check out the stone bridge that leads to Amrita Island.  There is a gorgeous mausoleum on the island but I'm not sure how to access it without crossing someone's private property.  And the homes here are old mansions and the families from old money.  We didn't want to take the chance!  

Amrita Island has a lovely history, found HERE.  One of my friends was married at the 'Love is Eternal' mausoleum in 1990 because her husband's family owned one of the mansions at the time.

I never heard of, or saw any pictures, of this place until the above-linked article circulated on Facebook last week.  

As we were walking back to the car, Russell spied this Kindness Rock Project rock!  I was so excited to find one!!! 

We drove onto the island to check it out but there were no good places to park and A LOT of video surveillance cameras set up.  Isn't this place AMAZING?  The mausoleum is located in the front yard of this mansion, and even though all the shades are down and it appears to be unoccupied, we didn't dare park and get out!

Osprey Nest

I am hoping to go back later this year and try and get permission to take pics of the mausoleum.