PRESSIES FROM ACROSS THE ATLANTIC and TRUE COLOUR THURSDAY

Good Morning All,

Mom went to the mail box on Tuesday and when she opened it, she found a package in there. She started racking her brain for what she might have ordered from Ebay or a mail order company and could come up with nothing.

She then saw a Royal Mail postage mark and a customs sticker on the package. This really got her intrigued - and the package was sent to Rocky Creek Scotties. That's us!! We got mail!
When Mom came in she put the package down in the floor for us to sniff. Due to our wonderful olfactory sense, we could smell Sally and Paddy. Had they come across the ocean to visit us?? And how did they get so flat?Mom helped us with the tape - the beautiful tape with aquatic life on it. And then we got the package open. The cardboard around it had "DUCKHAMS" written on it. It this some new strange treat we've never had - how big can a duck ham be when you compare it to one that comes off of a pig? We didn't even know that ducks had hams.
AHH! More of that beautiful tape and some bubble wrap needed to be removed and then we saw this fantastic game.
Mom helped us take the lid off and we saw the game pieces - how precious - 4 little Scotties, just like us. Can you see they are anxious to get out and play? All but one is starting to do a "Scottie Stand".
And then we saw this beautiful card - check out the glasses. It said:
Dear Rocky Creek Scotties and humans,

Well, we thought you might like this game too!! Plus there are 4 of you and only 2 of us.
We love your blog and are trying to have photos taken of our tongues, but we are proving too fast for the camera.

Take care and lots of licks,
Sally & Paddy and Diana

Our Mom was moved to tears but the sweetness of our online bloggy buddies. Please take a minute and go by and visit them.

And on to True Colours Thursday. The color for today is NAVY but we might have slipped in a little cobalt. If you'd like to play along, please go over to Blue's blog and let her know and then you're in. It's that easy.

Our Mom always looks for different purposes
for items than what they are intended to be.
She keeps toothpicks in this little Vick's jar.

She rarely uses these
blue and white dishes
that are high on a shelf
in our kitchen.
We never get to eat from them.

Yesterday, Mom and Dad
went shopping.
Dad surprised us with this pool.
It has navy boats printed on it.
We will try it out this afternoon
when it warms up.

Mom says she has solar lights
to keep people from running into the granary.
But we know, she just enjoys
their sparkle after dark
because they constantly
change colors.

Have a terrific True Colours Thursday and don't forget to notice all of the colours in our beautiful world.

XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Java

TRUE COLOURS THURSDAY - WE'RE TAKING BLUE'S CHALLENGE AND TODAY'S COLOUR IS LEMON

As a special challenge, Blue asked for our interpretation of a child's poem "The Colours" by Christina Rossetti. We decided we were "up to the challenge". If you'd like to play along, just go over to her blog and let her know you are in. Today's color is lemon (one of our Mom's favorite fruits), but we opted to go with the challenge first.

"What is pink? a rose is pink

By a fountain's brink.(courtesy of Vincent Van Gogh)

What is red? a poppy's red
In its barley bed. "

(courtesy of Claude Monet)

"What is blue? the sky is blue
Where the clouds float thro'.

(courtesy of Pablo Picasso)

What is white? a swan is white
Sailing in the light.

(courtesy of Salvador Dali)

What is yellow? pears are yellow,
Rich and ripe and mellow.

(courtesy of Jos Van Riswick)

What is green? the grass is green,
With small flowers between.

(courtesy of an unknown Belize artist)

What is violet? clouds are violet
In the summer twilight.

(Mr. Vincent Van Gogh again.
He's our favorite)


What is orange? Why, an orange,
Just an orange!"

(courtesy of Jean Chardin)

Have a Terrific Thurdsay,
XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Java

PS - and here's our LEMON for the day - the most obvious color of lemon and the most delicious drink ever created (according to our Mom) is lemonade. She makes her homemade lemonade in this old store candy jar and takes it when we are invited to picnics, reunion, etc. She ices it down and puts the jar in an enamel bucket full of ice to keep it cold. It is always the first drink to get empty because everyone loves it. She should probably make some for us to have today instead of faking it by putting her lemons in the jar - what do you think?

TRUE COLOURS THURSDAY

Good Morning All,

It's True Colours Thursday and we have to agree with Maggie and Mitch's Mom - where does time go? It seems as if it was just Thursday. Today's color is PURPLE and if you wish to play along, please go by Blue's Blog and let her know. And then you are in. It's that simple. Next week's color is IVORY.

Mom couldn't do a blog on purple without showing a picture of our century old lilac bush. She looks forward to seeing it bloom every spring and though it's blooms are getting few and far between, it's still her favorite lilac because her grandmother planted it around 1900. We're glad Dad is taking care of it because we're sure you have heard the rumors of the flowers that Mom tries to care for (it's not a pretty sight!).
Contrary to popular belief, Scotties do shed and do Labs ever shed. Mom has a Dyson Purple Animal Vacuum Cleaner and she thinks it's the best one she's ever had. We would like to show you a video of Piper attacking it, but Mom tries not to encourage him in this awful behavior. She snagged this photo off the Dyson website because her vacuum looks pretty bad after all of the "Scottie Attacks".
Before Mom and Dad went to get Carrleigh, Mom went to the Vet's office to purchase her a Lupine collar. She purchased this purple one and unless Carrleigh is bathing, she is never without it - she looks so pretty in purple. Mom caught her sleeping and snapped this photo

Our final picture is the moon over Rocky Creek Farm. Our favorite is when we see this sliver of a moon in the purple evening sky.

And now a little story about our big sissy, Kat. Kat's favorite color is purple and that is one of the reasons that she and Carrleigh are BFF. When Kat was a little girl, she had a purple dress that was her absolute favorite. She was one of the lucky kids that grew up, not out. So this purple dress fit her for years - by the time Mom retired it, she had sewn about 6 different ruffles around the bottom. Mom still has the dress in her keepsakes.

Last, but not least.
Don't forget that one click
of the PURPLE BUTTON
per day is all it takes
to help a countless
number of animals.

Have a Terrific Thurday.
XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Java