Hybrid Geranium Repels Mosquitoes

I was Girl Scout for a number of years, but not until I had two sons of my own that were Boy Scouts, did I learn to use dryer sheets to keep mosquitoes away!  It really works.   I usually wipe it on any skin that's exposed, and then just stick it in a pocket! 

Crushing a few leaves of the  Mosquito Plant and rubbing them on your skin also works to repel mosquitoes!  I have several large bushes growing back by the barn.  It is very hardy, my kind of plant, and the foliage is pretty.

I did a little research and found that the Mosquito Plant is actually a genetically engineered geranium hybrid!  Interesting ...

 

Darn Cute

Oh fun, I just got my order of plush toys.  They're not made of alpaca, but they are pretty darn cute!

Jasper

Paddy and Lena

Choco

 

Winner - Bird's Eye View!

Congratulations to Nestle and Soar's Shop,  the winner of this week's "The Birds" Treasury!

 

Bird's Eye View

 

Thank you to all who participated!

 

 

 

"Blue Suede Shoes" Hand-Spun Alpaca Yarn

I don't know WHY I give my yarn names!  Any other hand-spinners out there that does this?  

 It just seems like something that's been done by hand, from birthing the baby to raising the alpaca, to skirting, sorting, tumbling, washing, dyeing, carding, spinning, plying, skeining, and washing again ...

 ... ought to have a name!

I usually name it the first thing that comes to mind . . .

In this case, it is "Blue Suede Shoes"!

The Birds

I love to hear the birds sing, beats an alarm in the morning, and I like to get up with the birds.  I don't always wake up when they do but I'm glad when I do, guess you have to be a morning person to appreciate that sentiment!

THE BIRDS

Little Green Bird Plate by Joy Elizabeth Ceramics Shop

Love Birds by Little Vale

Hummingbird Topiary Flower by Middleburg's Shop

Mr. Black Capped Chickadee by Tracyemueller's Shop

Yellow Bird by Amber Alexander's Shop
Turquoise Fleur and Perched Sparrow Silver Earrings by Vintage and Glam's Shop

Red Bird by Carambatack's Shop
Vintage Crowned Bird Violets Forget Me Nots Music Sheet by In My Cedar Chest's Shop
Fancy Chicken Girl in Pearls by Middleburg's Shop
Golden Moss by Fiberstory's Shop
Beaded Bird Pin by Moloco's Shop
Pink Starling Dress by Koolmono's Shop
Bird's Eye View by Nestle and Soar's Shop
Multiply by Zime's Shop
Rustic Birdfeeder Birdhouse by Bacon Square Farm
The Day When My Worries Flew Away by Poco Loco Creativo's Shop

Leave a comment and vote for your favorite Etsy item, that is not your own.  The winner will be posted here, in next week's announcements, and on my FB page!