The weekend Phyllis came to our farm was the same time that all the bad news began to hit about my sis-in-law. So I'z late for this very important date! For those who don't know, Phyllis is Susanna Leonard Hill's precious groundhog star of the Phyllis picture books. They are beautifully illustrated by Jeff Ebbeler. But now, she's a rodeo weather queen.
Phyllis and I picked all the strawberries from the patch and she insisted on posing with these. (She's a bit of an extrovert.) She was saddened to hear that strawberries don't come right back after you dead head them. (Her words) She wanted to stay around long enough to snatch some grapes and blueberries. I told her that would be later this summer. (She made a sad face.) Kinda like this> :(
Here she is in the grapevines searching for some grapes. It was not her day, I tell you.
Phyllis helped with the gardens. She particularly loved my lettuce garden. She stood by it waiting for the different varieties of lettuce to grow. (She would not let me snap the picture of her tears.)
Here she is on our swing. Isn't she lovely all dressed up in her boot?
Then she got a hankering for some juicy blueberries. Much to her dismay they were not ripe. *deep sigh* from Phyllis.
It was time for the rodeo and Phyllis turned out to be an excellent barrel racer. I put her on Mister Ed. (He really loves that groundhog.) And lemme tell y'all, Phyll dazzled the crowd at the rodeo with her riding skills. (I had the camera in slow motion as she rounded the turn around the barrel.) Mister Ed and Phyllis want to tour the circuit. They were FAST!
After the rodeo, Phyll sprayed the sunscreen on and got lazy by the pool. Like her bikini? I picked it out for her. :-)
She played hide and seek in my flowers.
Phyllis also played hide and seek with Snowball. He was ready to pounce when I snapped the pic.
She checked the hen nests for eggs. (I heard her mumbling something about disgusting chicken scat.) I'd already gathered the eggs. She made a face at me.
Phyllis picked some spices for dinner that day. She's a huge help around the farm. :-)
We were all sad when we had to put her on the plane.
Mister Ed could hardly contain himself!
(He's sobbing) Hysterically! (Er, um, we have an airplane strip on our farm. We do!) No really.We do!
It was nice to have a rodeo star visit our farm. She was a lot of help, but I believe I heard her mumbling something about slave labor. Hmmmm.
Huge thanks to Susanna Leonard Hill for putting up with me and waiting patiently for this post to go live. (I've always wanted to say the part about going live.)
If you have children, you HAVE to buy Susanna's books. She's super duper fantastic.
