So . . . I love Green Acres. The TV show. You know, "land spreadin' out so far and wide, keep Manhattan, just give me that countryside." Mr. Douglas, Arnold the pig and all the folks down at Petticoat Junction are real to me! They are all friends in my head.
We went to "the farm" this weekend with my family and my parents. Not exactly Hooterville, but pretty close! The farm is some land where my Dad farms trees, day lilies, hollies, cows, chickens, and keeps a dog named "Hobo." We rode around in the golf cart! Too much fun. My daughter drove the skid steer and loaded a pretty big live oak tree that is to be delivered to the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. She is a darn good skid steer driver! She learned how to drive it when she was in the fourth grade! She is a senior in high school now! We traipsed off into the woods gathering grapevines, not to smoke, but to form into a cute Christmas swag. We wanted to copy a design we saw "in town." More on that later. Also, there was a beaver dam and some shootin' going on. The neighbors were mad because we were shooting a 22 and a b b gun and scaring away the deer and the hogs that he was a-huntin'. We did not see the beavers this trip, but we saw the trees that they gnawed off. Here is the joke of the week put out there by my daughter who was making fun of us for gathering berries, sticks and grapevine for decorations:
Hey, why don't ya'll take that beaver-gnawed off tree stump home with you for some decorations; then you can say you had a DAM good Christmas!!!!
Hardy, Har, Har!!
The center photo above is the wreath that my 13 year old son and my mom put together with the berries and sweet gum balls we found in the woods and in the yard at the house.
So my Mom and I went shopping in the country. We fell in love with the cutest shop ever. Of course, we were dressed in our yuckiest farm clothes and we were just planning on scoping out the town to see what was there. Then we were literally LURED in by the decorations on the front door of this cutest shop ever! We studied the design of the Christmas swag and then HAD to go in the store. My mom found some very cute CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT IT stuff, and I found a Brighton handbag that I put on my Christmas wish list. I really hope I get it, Santa!
Did I say that I love small towns? I do! I fell in love with the town.
My Mom cleaned up the farm house, which belonged to Granny and Pappa Biggs. The little house is all cute and tidy. My Mom is an awesome decorator and maid. She found some junk in the storeroom that she painted and stained and turned into cute stuff. We worked a puzzle, played a game, watched football, cooked and ate like there was no tomorrow! The kids explored in the woods, fed the cows, and played with Hobo, the dog.
Such fun!
I like the farm. However, I do get allergic smelling hay, dah-ling! We all came home with the sniffles and sneezes. Oh, well. It was worth it!
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