Friday Night Parties

Good Evening!!!!  Since I have been missing in action so much lately, wrote about that in my last post, I thought I would post what has been happening around here and hook up with some Friday Night Parties.  First off stopping in at  Common Ground's Vintage Inspiration Party .
We use some vintage items for just the thing they were meant for such as this garden trug that belonged to hubs grandfather.  It is strawberry time here.

Other vintage items I like to use in new ways like this old tool box hubs brought home last year after buying it at an auction full of nuts and bolts.  I had to twist his arm but I got the tool box to make into a planter.  It is not filled out completely yet but last year it looked wonderful after a few weeks.

The birdhouse is not vintage but cute and hanging under that same shelf on the hen house.  So go check out the Vintage Inspiration Party, there is always some wonderful things to see.

Next stop is Deborah Jeans Dandelion House Farmgirl Friday Blog Hop:
Over the last couple of weeks we have been watching out for a sneaky fox.   We lost one hen and hubs chased the fox off while he was trying to drag another one out of the yard. 

My middle daughter, who use to work in a burn unit, came over and helped me bandage this girl up.  She had quite a few tears in her back and teeth marks under her belly.

It is hard to see but the bandage is camouflage print.  My daughter has 4 sons and there is a lot of that sort of thing around her home.

She is pretty much healed now, just missing a few feathers.  She, along with the other hens, want out into the yard but I am afraid of loosing them all.  So they have been confined to their run for a couple of weeks now.

As I have mentioned in previous posts we are getting ready for a wedding in our back yard this summer.  I decided our back border needs to be deeper so I can get more color in it for the late July wedding.  First I had to dig up all this black plastic edging the previous owners put in.  It was buried pretty deeply into the ground.

Then I laid out a hose to decide where to cut the sod out.  I had read this was a good way to figure out a design layout in quite a few magazine articles.  I put it to the test and it is very helpful.

It took me two evening to get it dug up.

Now I have to do the same on the other side of the walkway, add soil and compost and of coarse a lot of flowers.  For more Farmgirl post hop on over to Deborah Jean's. 



And lastly I signed up for the once a month Friday Night Sew In over at Handmade by Hiedi.  It is now almost 9:30 P.M. Friday night.  I came in from my digging and watering and have been eating a very late dinner salad while writing this post.  When I signed up for the sew-in I was hoping for rain.  No rain today, so as I wrap up this post I will be having a crochet-in for the rest of the evening.  I am working on our youngest grandson's afghan for his August birthday.  It is afghan number four this year only two more to go for the 5 year old's birthdays in October and December.  I am going to try and get at least 7 rows done before hitting the sack.

I expect it is to late for you to participate in the sew-in but it is great fun to check out what everyone else is working on. 
That is all friends.  I know it was a long post but I have so much to catch up with.  If it rains tomorrow I will be painting inside, if there is sun I will be digging in the dirt.  Have a wonderful weekend!  Blessings!