We're through playing now....

and I reckon I'm content with the blog.  Next to work on the web page.  Time to pack up and be ready to head out to Thistle Cove Farm in Tazewell tomorrow!

This blog is under construction.....

Time to tidy things up and get a fresh new look for spring!

A Moment of Silliness

I guess the Ouija Board and astrology will just have to go.

Be on the lookout for Greenberry House NEXT weekend at Thistle Cove Farm for Sheep Shearing Day!  This is a wonderful event, hosted by Sandra Bennett and David Bricker, owners of the farm in lovely Tazewell County.  Members of the Losts Arts Guild, which usually include a basket maker, broom maker, blacksmith, gourd artist and hand spinners, will be busy demonstrating their arts with their lovely hand made items for sale.  I'll be there with yarn from my own spinning wheel, hand dyed roving and wool, and yarns and fiber from Wild Iris Wool and Thistle Cove Farm.  Come out and visit with us!

Lemonade Award

Wow, I received an award from Connie over at Ash Lane Farm. Very sweet and I appreciate it!

This is the attitude / gratitude award for Bloggers who show great attitude/gratitude:
Here are the rules:

1. Post the picture
2. Nominate at least 10 blogs that show Great Attitude and/or Gratitude.
3. Link to your nominees within your post.

4. Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
5. Share the love and link this post to the person from who you received your award.

It's really hard to pick just ten blogs from my favorites, many of whom are women who show great attitude! Depends on your definition of the word, I think. But my nominees are as follows:

1. Woolybuns - An attitude that will keep you laughing!

2.  Riverrim - A gentle, country attitude

3. Hillbilly, Please - Plenty of attitude

4. Linguini on the Ceiling - Awesome attitude no matter what.  With homemade cinnamon bread!

5.  Footheel Sock Knitter - both attitude and gratitude...a lovely soul.

6. Catena Expressions - Serious crochet and western attitude, with awesome reading lists!

7.  Dirt Road Ponderings - Honest and beautiful attitude

8. Loose Leaf Notes - Floydian attitude

9. Smattery - New mother attitude with some wonderful smattery--stuff

10. BITWRATHPLOOB World Tour - there may be something wrong with this attitude.

43, I think

SUPPOSEDLY if you’ve seen over 85 of these films, you have no life. (I can totally find other ways of not having a life. Trust me.)

There are 239 films on this list. Copy this list, go to your own blog, paste this. Then, put x’s next to the films you’ve seen, add them up, change the header adding your number, and click post at the bottom. Have fun.

(x) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(x) Grease
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest
( ) Boondock Saints
( ) Fight Club
( ) Starsky and Hutch
(x) Neverending Story
(x) Blazing Saddles
(x) Airplane
Total: 7

(x) The Princess Bride
( ) Anchorman
( ) Napoleon Dynamite
( ) Labyrinth
( ) Saw
( ) Saw II
( ) White Noise
( ) White Oleander
( ) Anger Management
( ) 50 First Dates
( ) The Princess Diaries
( ) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Total so far: 8

( ) Scream
( ) Scream 2
( ) Scream 3
( ) Scary Movie
( ) Scary Movie 2
( ) Scary Movie 3
( ) Scary Movie 4
( ) American Pie
( ) American Pie 2
( ) American Wedding
( ) American Pie Band Camp
Total so far: 8

(x) Harry Potter 1
(x) Harry Potter 2
(x) Harry Potter 3
(x) Harry Potter 4
( ) Resident Evil 1
( ) Resident Evil 2
( ) The Wedding Singer
( ) Little Black Book
( ) The Village
( ) Lilo & Stitch
Total so far: 12

( ) Finding Nemo
(x) Finding Neverland
( ) Signs
( ) The Grinch
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
( ) White Chicks
( ) Butterfly Effect
( ) 13 Going on 30
(x) I, Robot
( ) Robots
Total so far: 14

( ) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
( ) Universal Soldier
( ) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
(x) Along Came Polly
( ) Deep Impact
( ) KingPin
( ) Never Been Kissed
( ) Meet The Parents
(x) Meet the Fockers
( )Eight Crazy Nights
( ) Joe Dirt
(x) KING KONG (The Original)
Total so far: 17

( ) A Cinderella Story
( ) The Terminal
( ) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris
( ) Dumb & Dumber
( ) Dumber & Dumberer
( ) Final Destination
( ) Final Destination 2
( ) Final Destination 3
( ) Halloween
( ) The Ring
( ) The Ring 2
( ) Surviving X-MAS
( ) Flubber [the original]
Total so far: 17

( ) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
(x) Practical Magic
( ) Chicago
( ) Ghost Ship
( ) From Hell
( ) Hellboy
( ) Secret Window
( ) I Am Sam
( ) The Whole Nine Yards
( ) The Whole Ten Yards
Total so far: 18

( ) The Day After Tomorrow
( ) Child’s Play
( ) Seed of Chucky
( ) Bride of Chucky
( ) Ten Things I Hate About You
( ) Just Married
( ) Gothika
( ) Nightmare on Elm Street
( ) Sixteen Candles
( ) Remember the Titans
( ) Coach Carter
( ) The Grudge
( ) The Grudge 2
( ) The Mask
( ) Son Of The Mask
total so far: 18

( ) Bad Boys
( ) Bad Boys 2
( ) Joy Ride
( ) Lucky Number Slevin
( ) Ocean’s Eleven
( ) Ocean’s Twelve
( ) Bourne Identity
( ) Bourne Supremecy
( ) Lone Star
( ) Bedazzled
( ) Predator
( ) Predator II
( ) The Fog
( ) Ice Age
( ) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
( ) Curious George
Total so far: 18

(x) Independence Day
( ) Cujo
( ) A Bronx Tale
( ) Darkness Falls
( ) Christine
(x) ET
( ) Children of the Corn
( ) My Bosses Daughter
( ) Maid in Manhattan
(x) War of the Worlds
( ) Rush Hour
( ) Rush Hour 2
Total so far: 21

( ) Best Bet
(x) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
( ) She’s All That
(x) Calendar Girls
( ) Sideways
(x) Mars Attacks
( ) Event Horizon
( ) Ever After
(x) Wizard of Oz
(x) Forrest Gump
( ) Big Trouble in Little China
( ) The Terminator
( ) The Terminator 2
( ) The Terminator 3
Total so far: 26

( ) X-Men
( ) X-2
( ) X-3
(x) Spider-Man
(x) Spider-Man 2
( ) Sky High
( ) Jeepers Creepers
( ) Jeepers Creepers 2
( ) Catch Me If You Can
( ) The Little Mermaid
( ) Freaky Friday (the original)
( ) Reign of Fire
( ) The Skulls
( ) Cruel Intentions
( ) Cruel Intentions 2
( ) The Hot Chick
(x) Shrek
(x) Shrek 2
Total so far: 30

( ) Swimfan
(x) Miracle on 34th street
( ) Old School
( ) The Notebook
( ) K-Pax
( ) Krippendorf’s Tribe
( ) A Walk to Remember
( ) Ice Castles
( ) Boogeyman
( ) The 40-year-old Virgin
Total so far: 31

(x) Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
(x) Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
(x) Lord of the Rings Return Of the King
(x) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(x) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(x) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Total so far: 37

( ) Baseketball
( ) Hostel
( ) Waiting for Guffman
( ) House of 1000 Corpses
( ) Devils Rejects
( ) Elf
(x) Highlander
( ) Mothman Prophecies
( ) American History X
( ) Three
Total so Far: 38

( ) The Jacket
( ) Kung *** Hustle
( ) Shaolin Soccer
( ) Night Watch
( ) Monsters Inc.
( ) Titanic
(x) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
( ) Shaun Of the Dead
( ) Willa74
Total so far: 39

( ) High Tension (Haute Tension)
( ) Club Dread
( ) Hulk
( ) Dawn Of the Dead
(x) Hook
(x) Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
( ) 28 days later
( ) Orgazmo
( ) Phantasm
( ) Waterworld
Total so far: 41

( ) Kill Bill vol 1
( ) Kill Bill vol 2
( ) Mortal Kombat
( ) Wolf Creek
( ) Kingdom of Heaven
( ) the Hills Have Eyes
( ) I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman
( ) The Last House on the Left
( ) Re-Animator
( ) Army of Darkness
Total so far: 41

( ) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
( ) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
( ) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
( ) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
(x) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
(x) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
( ) Ewoks Caravan Of Courage
( ) Ewoks The Battle For Endor
Total so far: 43

( ) The Matrix
( ) The Matrix Reloaded
( ) The Matrix Revolutions
( ) Animatrix
( ) Evil Dead
( ) Evil Dead 2
( ) Team America: World Police
( ) Red Dragon
( ) Silence of the Lambs
( ) Hannibal
Total: 43

I counted those little x's a couple of times so I think I'm right. Guess I have a life after all. Good thing it wasn't a list of books, though.

We Have a WINNER!

Meet WOOLMA, the Greenberry House Greeter!

It was a tough decision. The judges deliberated long into the night. But finally the vote was taken and the ballots were cast: Judy of Happy Acres submitted the winning name and Woolma will preside over the Greenberry House front porch, greeting visitors while busily knitting her cranberry scarf! Judy has been notified by email, and will receive two skeins of Greenberry House yarn and a pair of Rosewood knitting needles.

Many thanks to everyone that submitted a suggestion! There were some great suggestions (a minority vote went to "Purl" and "Minnie Purl") and it was really fun to see the creative ideas that everyone had. Special thanks to the judges for taking the time and for taking this seriously!

Contest!

Name the Knitting Doll!

This little lady now resides on my shop porch, beckoning to weary fiber folk that pass along our way. She needs a name; I already have a Penelope that models my hats and scarves at Mountain Meadow Crafts. Iris is my bag lady.

Add a comment to this post before December 1 with your suggestion. An impartial panel of judges will chose their favorite name from the entries and the winner will receive a pair of Rosewood knitting needles and two skeins of Greenberry House Yarn. Multiple entries welcome!

Thinking Blogs

Last week both Plumpiemousie and Riverrim blog owners honored me with the Thinking Blogger Award, and I'm doubly honored because they are both insightful and interesting writers who have delighted and challenged me often!

It was difficult to make my own choices, because there are SO many great bloggers out there, and most of them make me stop and think. But here are my five, in no order of preference and with the wish I could honor many more:

Hillbilly, Please. Sharply witty, with references to everything thing from space to palentology. Never a dull moment over there with JAG. The comments on her blog are nearly as much fun and thoughtful as JAG's original posts.

Loose Leaf Notes. Colleen's blog is as beautiful as her spirit and her poetry (and her lovely face). She ponders a quiet, special world and makes me think, too.

Linquini on the Ceiling. I'd love to just go live with these people. Or just be a fly on the wall. Sisiggy is witty, perceptive, and always invigorating! And she deserves a reward because Zsa Zsa did DOWN, no matter what the judges said!

Woolybuns. You've got to love someone called Woolybuns. But Chris is more than a cuddly read. She spends a lot of time with her herd of German Angora rabbits and her perceptions about their health and management are invaluable to me as a breeder. And Chris is interested in SO many things: knitting, felting, spinning, dyeing, and you never know what will be in the works next.

Becca and Bella. Another lovely spirit who writes about life, religion, travels across the seas and more.

As I said, there are a lot more. Some of them have already been awarded, so I chose those that haven't been recognized. So go read. And if you are among the chosen, please include this in your nominating post: "The rules are if (and only if) you are nominated for this award, you must pass the Thinking Blogger Award to five others and describe why." You can find the code for the button here.