The title of this post is a reference to the old saying,"Never look a gift horse in the mouth." What does that mean? When someone is buying a horse,one of the things they do is look at the horse's teeth to see how old it is. (Don't ask me how you tell from the teeth. I don't remember.) So what the saying means is, if someone gives you a give, don't be picky,because it was free. The saying doesn't really have any meaning in this case, because I am in no way scrutinizing my gift. I just thought it was a cool title! Anyway! I received a nice surprise in the mail the other day. I got a little package from reader Treesa.
She even hand made the little notecard. |
She's a Shoe Baby Beans doll .
She is specifically Ballerina Beans.
Strangely, she is not wearing ballet shoes.
Tutu though. |
Don't mind my dirty fingernails. I've been cleaning stuff...well,you'll find out. |
She's only about 4 inches tall.
That was very nice of Treesa. I now have two 'pay it forward' doll gifts to repay to someone. The other was the wonderful gift I got from a Flickr friend last year. You may have seen that doll on her Doll-A-Day post HERE.
My poor yard. I mowed my grass the other night,so that's good. On the other hand, all those flowers that were there last week are now gone! The only thing left of those is the yellow ones that might be weeds. They're still going strong. But, the iris' are gone, and a couple of days of rain after I photographed those blooming spirea bushes,(That's what they are! Thanks to reader Lady Anne for that ID!), I went out to find them turning brown. There were still some white flowers,but there were so many brown ones that it was no longer photogenic.
The new blooms on the yard are my peonies. That bush is going crazy this year.
It has never been so big. Between that and the yellow things,I still have quite a few flowers in the yard.
Yeah I know. Lots of tall grass too. But how do I cut so close to the yellow flowers without cutting them too? I probably did cut some of them. |
Not that they'll make it to adulthood with the squirrels around. |
My amaryllis are way behind,because they got sat out so late.
The hostas won't be bloomed until later this summer. But the sweet peas have a good start.
Gotta do something about that mildew on the side of the house. |
I was afraid they were going nowhere this year,but we have buds!
I'm hoping they bloom before Emma's birthday,as they usually do, because she loves sugared rose petals. Often I make them and put them on her birthday cake,but this year she wants a Battenburg cake for her birthday.
This one isn't mine. This is what it's supposed to look like. I found this with a recipe online. Mine will hopefully look almost this good. |
As I said, I have been washing things. I'll explain that in an upcoming post.
What a lovely, thoughtful little gift! Treesa is awesome!
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet little baby. You just want to smile when you look at her.
ReplyDeleteThe cake looks interesting. I look forward to seeing photos of the one you make.
No way! The cake would have broken the camera!
Deleteive never heard of those dolls but you can tell its a mattel toy, thanks for sharing and that cake looks like a lot of work. I retired so im done with baking for now :)
ReplyDeleteYou can indeed tell it's Mattel,and not just because it's swell. I keep meaning to do a post on Mattel faces,but I haven't undertaken it yet.
DeleteYes, it is hard to cut the grass without cutting the buttercups. In Norway they are found in fields and on the side of the roads, so I guess that they love being with tall grass.
ReplyDeleteCute baby.
If they like tall grass, I've got that!
DeleteHow sweet, it's always lovely to receive surprises in the post, isn't it! Especially dolly related ones :)
ReplyDeleteThat Battenburg cake looks great, I hope yours turned out well too.
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DeleteI deleted my previous answer because I mistyped. Why can't I edit a reply? Anyway, the cake tasted fine,looked ok on the inside,but the outside was awful!
DeleteI will find out about your cake of course, so I will wait for that. Ah, someone just confirmed for me that those are buttercups. What a cute little doll! I like her little tutu.
ReplyDeleteMom put me in ballet at four, but the teacher suggested it might not be my thing after I kept knocking over all the other little girls. Let's just say my name was not Grace.
The third picture from the bottom looks like an alien is getting ready to attack your new doll. I guess I watch too many monster movies.
Ha! Feed me Seymour!
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