the honorable fine pigg schnuffles out a recipient...or two

good morning dear Fine Pigg.

Waking up early was, at one time, for our old friend, The Honorable F. Pigg,

his very best and finest of attributes...

that and making sure

that not one crumb or scrap of anything remotely edible touched the floor too long...

and to keep watch over the little dolls from falling from the shelf where they played at night.

He is quite old now and sleeps in this nest in an old shoe most of his days.

You see, he came from Prussia many many years ago and came across

the Atlantic Ocean to New York City,

he then rumbled along in a nest of wool batting to

where he rested on a small shelf in an old farmhouse in upper New York.

After many years, he then traveled on to

another old farmhouse in Iowa and then on to his home,

a little dairy farm in Oregon...before he came to live with us, his faithful friends.

He is getting a little slower these days....and he was extremely pleased to be called upon to

"schnuffle out a recipient" for a lovely pair of hand made bees wax candles.

"my dear Mistress Crocker, there is not enough fan fare for such an occasion", he snorted!!!

and so, without further adieu, he poked his snout into the end of the tin candle snuffer,

tossed it into the air

where it flipped precariously end over end

and then,

as if by magic

it landed perfectly on his bristled old head.

Right in between his sweet floppy

& spotted ears

"There now", says he, with a smile..."perhaps we can make something special of this occasion"!

and so, with that old tin candle snuffer as his Master of Ceremonies hat

the Honorable Fine Pigg schnuffled out (you can almost hear his accent, can't you?)

the names of 2 fine ladyes,

Donna

and

Kim

These ladyes will each receive a lovely pair of hand dipped beeswax candles that my

little family and I made this past fall in the old orchard.

and now Fine Pigg can go back to his nest in the old shoe...oh...I see he's already left....

thank you Fine Pigg!

Thank you all for your lovely notes of what makes you feel happy this time of year,

in between late winter & early spring. I was particularly happy to see that what makes us all happy are the simplest of things and yet the most valuable to us.

To all of you that live where it is snowing so wildly, we all send our best thoughts and prayers that you're snug and safe.

The sun will soon be out and melt it away into spring flowers.

Christine

Deerfield Farm

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I wanted to thank you all so much for your wonderful birthday wishes & greetings.

Some of you didn't have an email, so I thank you from here.

It was a lovely day out and dinner with family last evening.

~and oh yes, I did get my little tin nutmeg grater

and the lovely tin lantern for the barn is on order!

Won't that be a lovely light to carry out to the barn to make sure the hens are snugged for the night?!