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Friday, April 20, 2012
Rabbit Tails
' Once upon a time there were four little rabbits and their names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail and Peter.
They lived with their mother in a sandbank, underneath the root of a very big fir tree.' ~ Beatrix Potter :The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Hello Jo! I love Beatrix Potter and her stories...especially Peter Rabbit. Your rabbits are wonderful! I have a couple also..one is concrete and in the garden and the other is in the house. Your gardens are looking green and lush...love it. I hope you and your hubby have a wonderful weekend! Maura :)
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A British expat transplanted into the lush Tennessee countryside.
Wife, mother, grandma.
The other character in this plot, being Oliver the cat, gingerness and aloof.
I'm a lover of old. Time-worn, antiques, quilts, primitives, heirloom pieces, potting sheds, English literature, poetry, Battenburg lace, blue willow, cottages, white ironstone dishes, English transferware, worn-out picket fences, teapots, old bird houses, moss-covered clay pots, gardening, all creatures great and small.
"And they loaded up their trucks and they moved to Tennessee....hills there are, swimming holes, country stars".
16 comments:
I remember this from my childhood! They are cuter now than what I remembered from way back then. :-)
Oh, how cute! Love your bunnies, the longer the ears the better!
Thanks for sharing,
Nancy
Hi.. Your blog is lovely and so are your bunnies.. I love everything UK...
I am a new follower..
Blessings from Canada...
What a wonderful collection of stone rabbits Jo. Pretty, pretty photographs.
They are so cute in your gardens ! Lovely photos !
And the bunnies look so happy!
love
tweedles
Jo I so love Beatrix Potter. Do you collect the figurines or books?
Wonderful!
Hi, I love the tales of Miss Potter !!!
Your garden looks so wonderful and I love all the rabbits ; )
Have a great day.
Hello Jo! I love Beatrix Potter and her stories...especially Peter Rabbit. Your rabbits are wonderful! I have a couple also..one is concrete and in the garden and the other is in the house. Your gardens are looking green and lush...love it. I hope you and your hubby have a wonderful weekend!
Maura :)
We have baby rabbits in our garden now from the window we watched mom make her nest.
I have 13 wild rabbits on my field....
lovely but they eat all the bloody chicken food
I love little rabbits, real or imaginative!
Great post.
I love the Rabbit figures among the plants. I remember the story about the rabbit family. But I don't remember the title.
Thank you for such a pretty walk~ your bunnies are so dear! :)
I really like your rabbit collection. I lost a real rabbit a few weeks back but I see a new small one has moved into my yard.
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