Elfy's Doll a Week 2021

[davidd]

What technique does Finn use when high jumping? The Fosbunny flop?

[Alliecat]

Cute! Those ears could be a liability; will he take them off before he jumps?

[dargosmydaddy]

Those ears could be a liability; will he take them off before he jumps?

They might provide a nice cushion if he lands head first...

[Elfy]

Being a bunny, Finn favours a straight up in the air jumping approach, his ears won’t get in the way. He believes they actually make him more aerodynamic.

[Elfy]

Lottie likes the garden, not as much as Daisy, but she does enjoy flowers.



Sleeping in the garden with the flowers is a favourite past time for Lottie. In case anyone wants to know what all the blooms are here we go: rhododendron, camellias, some pretty yellow weeds, rosemary, chinese lantern, garden rose, I think the little white ones are from the crabapple tree and the small light pink ones are from what I think is an ornamental plum. 

The photo really should be a little larger, but you know...Pinterest (sigh).

[Alliecat]

Ooo, pretty! What a great variety of beautiful blooms you have! I just love the idea of sleeping in the garden with the flowers, in a perfect world where there are no biting bugs!!

[davidd]

Are you sure there aren’t poppies in there, like in The Wizard of Oz, to put Lottie to sleep like that?

[dargosmydaddy]

Oh, wow! Such a pretty array of blooms!

[Elfy]

Wow! How quickly does a week fly by? Nice out today, sunny, but a bit windy. However a bit of breeze never deters our lot from enjoying the great outdoors.



Not wanting to lose her title of nature girl to Lottie, Tansy lay in a bed of rosemary to contemplate things. This not only looks nice it will make her smell a bit like rosemary. Yes, we had to cut Audrey. We left enough so she still looks majestic and the bees can come to her.

[Lejays17]

She looks very relaxed & contemplative there.  You'd barely realise that we did cut Audrey though, looking at her at the moment 

[Elfy]

She looks very relaxed & contemplative there.  You'd barely realise that we did cut Audrey though, looking at her at the moment 

True, but Daisy is pleased that we halted her invasion of the mandarin tree.

[Alliecat]

Mandarin oranges?? Your garden sounds amazing.
A rosemary-scented doll sounds quite nice too.
I bought a little rosemary at the garden shop this summer; it's all of 7 or 8 inches high

[Elfy]

Mandarin oranges??  Your garden sounds amazing.
A rosemary-scented doll sounds quite nice too.
I bought a little rosemary at the garden shop this summer; it's all of 7 or 8 inches high

Yep, mandarin oranges. Lejays gave me the tree as a present years ago. It’s produced fruit a couple of times, but not much and I think they would have been too sour to eat. It has nice white flowers. Got one at the moment actually.
Audrey was well established when we moved in, but she’s really taken off in the last few years.

[davidd]

That is a mighty mass of rosemary! But then... consider the source!  

[Elfy]

That is a mighty mass of rosemary! But then... consider the source!  

Yep, and like Lejays said, it barely made an impression on Mighty Audrey Queen of the Garden.