5 Orange Potatoes

The days of 90 degree temperatures have finally broke leaving a low to mid 80 day feeling so cool! We had a great day exploring our own yard today.

We stood under our HUGE Sycamore tree, looked up, and excitedly spotted this-

a perfect little hummingbird nest. I love the lichen shingled to the outside of the nest, and it had spiderweb silk as reinforcement to keep it in the nook of the branches.

Plant fiber and spiderweb silk made the inside of the nest all warm and snugly; no eggs though, I think it’s a little late in August for that.

 My little butterfly catcher, she prefers to use her hands to catch them (thanks Kendra for the dress made from saris, Fauna LOVES it).

We have been seeing a lot of Buckeye butterflies on our peppermint flowers lately.

Eastern Black Swallowtail larva has been invading our fennel. Right now we have a total of 15 caterpillars, 3 chrysalises, and 5 teeny tiny eggs. I really hope we have enough fennel and Queen Anne’s Lace to feed them!

We are so happy to see our Pin Oak full of acorns this year. The last 2 years have not been good years for acorns. Our Black Walnut tree is full of walnut as well!

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Being a one car family, I am salivating because this little beauty is for sale in my neighborhood.

My heat hurts a little…….hmmmm, if there’s a will, there’s a way!

Araina found it to be a little crazy, but felt it would be ”great fun!”

Dad and Grandaddy, you don’t need to be calling me and telling how “impractical” it is. You both know me……. :) Besides, I blame you two for my love of old and unique cars!

“That’s all.”

The Summer Flea was so much fun today! I took a lot of pictures this time to show you why I’ve been away from blogland a bit- I’ve been sewing, sewing, and more sewing; AND I thought it would be nice to share how our day was spent today.

Here are some pics of the booth, I got lucky with a corner booth today. That’s Robin in the sunglasses sitting behind the tables; her and Araina were my helpers today. That’s a sweet potato vine hanging across the top of the tent, it’s made from a thrifted green wool blanket. I want to add some plush potatoes to it, but haven’t gotten to those yet.

Some critters you’ve seen before, some you haven’t. Fauna even made some plush to sell to the four legged fuzzy variety of customers- dog bones (squeakers included), they are in the shallow wooden bowl in the pic below.

My newest plush designs are rats (mice); this is the large rat

and the mini rats.

I also made some mini hedgehogs for the Summer Flea. I’m planning to add to the Etsy shop daily this week- in case you’re interested.

Araina kept herself busy by making pet rocks,

then secretly spreading them throughout the booth (people loved them).

Robin is my very dedicated helper; I bought her this vintage Marilyn t-shirt for all her help and support.

She deserves it for what we put her through today, especially for toting the little “princess” around!

Overall, today was a great success! Some 5 Orange  Potatoes followers even showed up to say hello and buy some winky-eyed critters; I couldn’t believe it and I was so touched! Off to bed now, hopefully there aren’t too many typos, but I’m too tired to edit right now.

“That’s all.”

Come see us today in the Short North in Columbus! All my winky-eyed critters will be there too! More info…

An afternoon at the pond with Araina- Outdoor Monday….ahem, Wednesday. 

  If you are participating in Outdoor Challenge Mondays, be sure your blog link is below; if you still want to participate let me know and I’ll add you to the list.

5 orange potatoes, the five of us,little eco footprints,potje thee, silverpebble, the work of childhood, searching simplicity, love living simply, strasilo, semi-handmade, this little kitchen, school time adventures, heirloom seasons, the loving path, a place like this, the magnifying glass, pebbles in the water, chocolate eyes, we are here, rosy-posy, oakbee farm, my year in haiku, time to craft, child in harmony, serendipity, secret water, free flowing ways, se7en, a smile a day, where ada likes to wander, wide open campus, what are we doing today mom?, chasing domestic bliss, dim sum, bagels and crawfish, adventures of a flake, frontier dreams, the snail’s trail, goose and binky, over the crescent moon, it’s a wild life, my world edenwild,the binker files, lil muse lily, foursquare schoolhouse, obaitori, boys in the woods, bumbles and light , wonder in the woods, terrallectualism, semi-crunchy mama, Gwynneth, All Things Beautiful, we are here, shivaya naturals, free to learn and lovin it, moment to moment, being brooke, roots & wings co, little greenapple farm, 5 Orange Perks, home made simple, mommy and me, the child’s paper, jeszie, leaping greenly spirits, living and learning, for love of my oceans, earthboys, mummy do that!

“That’s all.”