Giveaway & Parsley

Viking Braid in (from top) Non-tarnish Brass, Non-tarnish Silver & Non-tarnish Copper

First order of 'business'... The deadline for my August Giveaway is midnight tonight.  And entries received after that, sorry.  I will choose the winner when I get up tomorrow morning and see if there are any additions to the drawing.  I am doing it by names since I haven't figured out the random number generator thingy yet...

If you want to enter, scroll down to the original post and the 'Another way to enter' post for rules.

The sprouts are thriving!

Next on the agenda is the Italian Parsley plant that was devoured by the Black Swallowtail army of caterpillars this past week.  It is thriving!  There were 4 sprouts visible yesterday afternoon and they look healthy!  All the Parsley needed was a little pruning.  And the result being the possibility that there will be 10 more Black Swallowtail butterflies in our garden is DEFINITELY worth it!

The Basil

And, I did keep a watchful eye on the Basil (every time I snipped some off to add to lunch or dinner) even though it is not on the list of preferred foods for the Black Swallowtail Caterpillar...  And, it looks (and tastes) GREAT!

So, in conclusion, if you have not entered the giveaway and would like to, please do so today or your eligibility will expire.  And, if you should ever see the beautiful caterpillars I did this week, munching away at your parsley, I hope you can let them enjoy their feast.  That is, unless you are growing the Parsley for profit and can't afford to lose any right now...

Hoping you all have a wonderful Sunday.  I have a handle mold to make.!

The LOOT

This is the first of Marsha's pieces that I won...

And this is the second one...

And this is the custom Worry Stone I won  from Kelley....

The quilt magazines and fabric item I won from Jill have been designated for her to send to my sister Regina.

I unfortunately did not win either of the last two giveaways I entered, but there were sooooooo many more entries that my chances were really slim.

(I'll plug in the links to these wonderful artisans tonight, when I have more time...)

The view from my studio

It is a beautiful bright April morning here in SC.  I could easily be distracted by the beauty of all around me... but I have a show in 2 weeks... no time to be distracted...

Spring!

"Came the Spring with all its splendor,
All its birds and all its blossoms,
All its flowers and leaves and grasses."

Longfellow - Hiawatha

A South Carolina Snow...

Having grown up in a snow-belt area of Western NY state, snow should be no big deal to me. But we don't get a lot of it here.
As long as I have no place else I need to be, I am very content to look out the windows at the snow, it is a thing of beauty!
I did go out a while back and sweep the snow off the deck... a futile attempt to stay ahead of the snow... it had other ideas and 20 minutes later you could hardly tell I had swept!
They don't predict this to last, most of it is supposed to be gone sometime tomorrow...
The kids around are enjoying it!