Goodbye "ROCKY" . . .

Yesterday afternoon my hubby, Bill, discovered that our llama, Rocky, had passed away. . . so sad!  Bill thinks he may have been attacked by a mountain lion which is very possible as they are very much a presence in our part of the county.  Rocky was one-year old when he came to live with us in 1990 and he had been a gentle, friendly, fun, curious and sweet family pet for over 20 years!  Yup, over 20 years!   He was famous for his curiosity, his friendliness and his gentle "butterfly kisses"!  He lived in our small apple orchard and was just always there . . . he will be missed so much!!!!  I'm thankful that the Lord allowed us to have Rocky because we really did enjoy him!  What a special creature!

CHOCOLATE MINT, CHIVES and OLD GARDEN TOOLS

Just a quick look at part of my herb garden.  Growing here is some wonderful chocolate mint and chives . . yes it is flowering!   My herb garden is bordered with natural rock from our property.  This is the south end of it and I've just displayed some old garden tools from our family farm on the rocks here.   The fork part of a potato fork, a hoe and rake, all of them without their handles . . . .   memories of the farm!

REAL CHINA SETTINGS . . . for an OUTDOOR DINNER

Robin and I were able to join several glamper sisters at the Farm Chicks Gathering near Spokane, WA during International Glamping Weekend (end of May/beginning of June). Our second night there was a potluck dinner but this is the setting that was so graciously and beautifully designed for us.

Several campground picnic tables put together in one long table, real linen tablecloths and some of the most beautiful china settings I've ever seen.  And the flowers were from the garden of Juli who lives near Moscow, Idaho.

Talk about making a glamper girl feel special!   And, yes, we did use the china and there were some girls all ready to wash it all when we were done.  AWESOME!!!

IDAHO . . . HERE WE COME!!

We were getting closer and closer to our destination near Spokane, Washington but went up through Idaho.  The terrain is quite different than our rugged, mountainous Colorado.  Idaho is beautiful with rolling hills and wonderful farms.  We almost didn't stop to photography this beautiful farm!  Not too many barns are white and we just wanted to capture this scene!

PEONY and PETUNIA go GLAMPING!!

Yes, we took our ponies with us on our 3-week Glamping Road Trip.  These are the adult sized hobby horse style ponies I made two years ago and we decided they needed to accompany us on our trip.  So, off we went!  They traveled 4055 miles with us, never caused a problem and were the hit of our glampsites!!!
Thanks for the fun Peony and Petunia!!

GLAMPING ROAD TRIP - here we COME!!

First stop here was Monument Valley, just east of Kayenta, Arizona

I left my house on May 25th, headed to my daughter's house in Phoenix to gather her and her glamping gear up to embark upon our 3-Week Glamping Road Trip.

We are TENT GLAMPERS so the only trailer(s) we have are this cute little one that went with us and when it wasn't decorating our glamp-site it sat on the dash of the van we drove . . rode there the entire 4055 miles!

Sooooo . . . Is It APRIL or MAY???

I had to share this picture of the month of April from one of our calendars.  Over the weekend I remember glancing at this and thinking, Okay May doesn't start until Thursday.  A few days later I was looking at my planner calendar and another wall calendar and saw that TODAY is the 1st of May.  At that time I couldn't remember which calendar I was looking at that said today was April 30th, then I saw it again yesterday and, realized the typographical error on the calendar. Saturday is the 27th, but then Sunday is the 23rd and then back to Monday being the 28th.  One could get really confused if you aren't paying close attention!  I'm happy to know it is, indeed, the 1st of May TODAY!!!  Happy May Day!