MOLLY'S GIVEAWAY

Our furiend,
Molly,
is hosting a
Spring-time giveaway.
No,
we're not incredibly behind-
she lives 'down-under'
and Spring is springing there.

So,
please take a minute
and go by and visit -
you might get lucky and win.

XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Ruairi

PS -
Our lovely Granny
had her surgery yesterday
and is doing well.
She will wear the fixator
for eight weeks
and then have therapy after that.
Please don't send her any bunnies!!

OUR GRANNY CAUGHT A RABBIT

Most of you have met our sweet Granny,
at least virtually, that is.
She just celebrated her 86th birthday
and she just loves us!!

But last evening
when she was taking her trash
to the curb,
she saw some weeds
and a brown spot on the bank
by her house.

Upon further investigation,
she found a little nest
with two baby rabbits in it.
She reached down and picked one up
and when it squealed,
she gently placed it back in the nest.

While she was there,
she saw a few weeds that needed to be pulled
and when she started to pull them
she lost her balance and fell backwards.

Our Aunt Mary called our Mom
and when she started the conversation with
"Your Mother",
our Mom knew something was wrong,
so she and Dad jumped in the car
and went to their house.

Granny had a scarf tied around her neck
and her arm was through it
like a sling.

Mom and Dad
took her to the Emergency Room
at the local hospital
and
after several examinations
and an xray,
they determined that she had broken
both bones in her right wrist.

On Wednesday,
she will be having surgery
to have a fixator
put on her wrist.

We don't know,
but this might change our blogging abilities
as we attend to her needs.
Right now we are
"playing it by ear"
to see what must be done.

Have a great day.

XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Ruairi

(Rabbit and fixator pictures are not our actual pictures.
We snagged them from Google images)

FOR SOME REASON......

Mom has the opinion

that wet dogs

who need grooming
should not be posting their pictures
on the internet.

So we're here having fun
playing "keep away".

XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Ruairi

FUN ABOUNDS AT ROCKY CREEK FARM

As you all know our sweet Sissy
has been visiting with us.

We all take turns getting spoiled.

Unless we want to tease her
and play "keep away".

She was the "lovely Vanna"
at our family reunion -
and gave out all the gifts.
She even won one
for traveling the longest distance
to get there.

While at our Aunt Betty Jean's
she even went over to the other side
for a few minutes.
But we don't hold that against her -
after all we have some cat furiends.

But now she has left us for a few days
to go sailing -
we miss her so,
but we know she'll be back soon.
This is a practice run -
when she leaves on Sunday
to go back to California,
we'll really be lonely.

Mom and Dad will have to spoil us then.

XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Ruairi

GETTING SPOILED AND MAKING PEACH ICE CREAM

As you know,
our sissy, Kat,
is visiting with us for two weeks.
She is the best spoiler -
takes us on walkies,
lets us on the bed,
feeds us delicious foodables.
We could go on and on,
but we want to show you
what happened last night.

Mom had bought a bunch of peaches
at the Farmer's Market -
our peach tree dropped all of it's peaches
before they got ripe -
disappointed us greatly.

Anyway, we want to share our recipe with you
for
FRESH PEACH ICE CREAM.
It is fantastic - and best of all - no raw eggs!

6 cups of chopped peaches (Mom always uses more)
1 package of Peach Jello
(if you want it extra peachy, use two)
1/2 cup sugar
1 package instant vanilla pudding
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 can evaporated milk
1 quart half and half

Mix the chopped peaches with the dry peach jello
and the sugar and let sit in your fridge for at
least an hour - ours sat all day.

When you are ready to make the ice cream,
puree 4 cups of the peach mixture
(the rest of the peaches stay in their chopped form).

Mix the evaporated milk with the pudding mix.

And then mix everything together
before pouring it in your ice cream maker.

Since it makes so much,
Mom only pours about 2 cups of the
half and half to start with -
then adjust it after pouring
everything in the ice cream maker -
her philosophy is
"more peaches, less cream".

And then you mix it according to
your ice cream maker instructions.

If you have any questions,
just email Mom.

It helps to have at least
two people with strong arms
or an electric ice cream maker.

And when it is done - enjoy!!

XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Ruairi

(peach pictures snagged from the internet
and not our actual photos,
but they could be -
Mom has both of those bowls!)

DID YOU KNOW OUR MOM IS A CHEAP-SKATE?

Since we live out in the country,
we do a lot of internet shopping,
but our Mom hates to pay shipping charges -
especially when the item she orders
cost less than the shipping.
She is always searching for coupon codes
to get free or reduced shipping.

Today she found this website -
freeshipping.org
and thought she'd share it with you.
According to them,
they have free shipping codes
for 2444 stores -
hope it saves you a buck or two.

XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Ruairi

THE VIEW FROM OUR PEN - PART DEUX

We can hardly believe
how fast Mom's Studio is progressing.
They are putting in
windows and doors today.
Roofing and siding come tomorrow.
Then the builders will be finished.
The rest is up to us.

Excitement is mounting at our house-
our Sissy will be here tomorrow morning
and is staying for 2 weeks
and we know they will pass
as fast as lightning!!

Have a great day.
XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Ruairi