The rose moss is blooming in the rock tower and it really brightens it up,, Some of the sedum is blooming too, and there are some newcomers to the Willy Village!!!
Sedum blooming
I caught this wee Willy running over the bridge! I told him to be careful there's a loose board on that side!!! He was in such a hurry He didn't hear me ! It appears he found the loose board Not to worry I helped him get his foot back thru, brushed him off, No scrapes or bruises,, and sent him on his way
And this Newcomer is lovin' his work!! He finds the little rocks and hands them to the taller Willys so he doesn't have to walk down the tower to set it at the bottom,, What a cheery little worker he is!!! Of course the one behind him is taking a deserved break!!
This wee Willy gets rid of all the little broken sticks!! and he's doing a terrific job!
What's your DIY project your working on for your garden area??
"Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."
I just LOVE it all, Diane! You tell such a fun story about each Willy there, I'm sure they are all thrilled to do this "work" for you! Keep on "keepin' on" with that creative mind of yours!
Oh, Diane, those are wonderful pictures!!! You are doing a terrific job with your Village!! I was hoping you would post your own on-going story, though! Love moss blooming. I had a lot of that in CA and so did everyone. It looks so good there among the rocks. I have that willy that's sleeping under the Sedum! I just love this!! I hope you post lots more pics and tell lots more stories!!!!
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Thanks Friends I'm glad you enjoy it as much as I do!
Originally Posted by Shirley4
OH, and the homes you made for the willies by the tower is awesome!!!! You are so creative! I wish I had a yard, I'd have such fun!!!!
Ohhh Shirley I'm glad you brought that up , This afternoon after I finished sifting my compost, AND after I helped wee Willy get his foot outta the loose board, I checked on the Houses and Discovered three Wee Willy's Had the day off! One reading a book, another speaking to his feathered friend and another exercising I couldn't believe he was doing side leg lifts!! No wonder he can climb those rocks soo quickly with out tireing!!! :wink:
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Oh Diane, you're so much fun!!! And look at those beautiful blooming flowers!!
The Willies (and you) have done a great job and deserve a day off. I wonder what he is reading? And I didn't know willies coule talk in bird language?!! I'm going to have to sit one of mine on my bedroom windowsill and see if he will talk to the bird who sits on my outside windowsill every morning! Maybe he will tell him to let me sleep a little longer.
No Weezie I started building this back in October with the "Last Fall gathering before winter comes" in the old forum and I have been building the tower and the village over a period of time I think since october(?)06 BUt just added these Willy's recently. :wink:
"Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."
Diane like I just told you on IM only word I can think of is WOW you done grrrrrreeeeaaaart!! That is beautiful although I saw it when you first started and know all the hard back breaking work you have done on it. It has really turned out fantastic.
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Meet Clyde my Male Sugar Glider. Clyde says Keep it organic.
I have much Bigger Willy's that work other area's of the yard that have helped me tremendously!!! We'll have to see about introducing them sometime in the near future :wink:
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Ahhhh THanks Triss!!! Breyton ( the youngest ) was over here for a few minutes today I told him to go see if he saw anything different in the Village!! He spotted the exercising Willy!!! LOLOL THen the book reader! I also place many of my larger Willys out! He spotted this one and loves it!
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Diane, I think that last Willy in the chair smoking his pipe looks like a storyteller! He could have some Willies on the ground, around in front of him, facing him. He's telling them stories about their ancestors; and funny happening in the garden etc. He's saying, "Well me lads, way back when I was a wee Willy.....". I know you'd make it fun!!
shirls! i bet if diane took pics of her willys and told storys it would be a big hit! i know i would look forward to em! every time you see her pics and willies its like lookin at a wonder willy land!
Omg I had to wipe off my screen from spitting out my water,, I must be more careful reading these post Knowing I could bust out laughing at any given post!!! That was an absolute good one!!!
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The new Welcome sign Willy has been assigned to light the way for all new comers and visiters to the rock pile Willy village!!! Being the Carpenter that he is He is holding his own piece of work. We felt it only appropriate for him to be the Offical Welcome Willy!! ( a very important postion not to be taken lightly by the way!!!)
Ahhh Hemmmmmmm Once again I catch runnin' willy running over that bridge. Just look at his face ~ He knows he was caught running again!! Every time I go outside I see him running around somewhere. Don't be surprised if you see him in future pictures ~ running still!!!
Another important job is fetching pails of water!! There are a couple of snoozing Willys that need a wake up call when break is over and this willy throws that pail of water on them just perfectly as a matter of fact He likes it a bit tooo much!
"Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."
This morning I got up early to get some work done outside It's suppose to be in the 80's today soo I wanted to beat the heat.. The Willys were out and about enjoying their early morning playing and talking with the animals,, I found this Willy feeding some cardinals and starting their day off will a good breakfast Cooooool!
And the Frogs have come to play!! I can't imagine where these frogs are coming from ~ I don't have a pond maybe be they live under the bridge at the Rock tower???
Now this is what I'd like to be doing!! Fishing!! Looks like these brothers have caught Breakfast!! ALthought this fish looks a little lite weight Maybe they'll catch more and have a fish fry for all!!!Yummy Well I'll be darn!! There's running willy again I didn't see him when I took this picture and evidently he didn't see me either!!
"Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."
Oh My gosh I got mail today while I was taking a nap and I didn't see the box from Jiffy untill this evening!! She sent me two Willy's Thank you Jiffy! ~ I got a willy that was still sleeping from the looonng trip so I gently placed him in a nice soft area shhhhhhhhhhhhh quiet!
And his brother I put near by soo when the sleeping willy wakes he won't be frighten of his new location
It's getting dark and things are quieting down at the Willy Village,, a few are still moving about but for the most part all is getting ready for a nights rest
Big Willy always stays up with his light on for all newcomers to see their way to the rock tower Village,, A trusted one he is!! ( Hmm that darn running willy is going to get hurt running over those rocks like that!!
Good Night Willy's See Ya in the morning!!
"Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."
If you put all these picture with all your story telling in a book I KNOW it could be publish!!! If I had children I would buy it in a minute!!! I'm serious about this!!!
I've seen childrens books in stores FAR LESS interesting and fun than this!!! YOU should go for it!!! Seriously!!
Welll my Rocktower Willy village suffered a some damage from the spring storm with hurricane forced winds and rains as I learned later In this neighborhood was a catagory 1 tornado... The area where " The Trusted Big Willy 'Keeper of the light'" stood collaped.
Strange how Big Willy took a dive and wee bird talking willy sat firm on his stoop!
Big Willys light led me to find him as you can see his light is still shining!! ,, Seeee I told you he was the trusted one ~ no matter what His light was still shining!! and he looks to be okay
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Even during his times of hardship "Trusted Big Willy 'Keeper of the light'", didn't abandond his inner spirit to keep things lit up for all the others! Either that or he's just plain scared of the dark!
After the storm I did find some banged up , bruised up Willys But with a little TLC and some bandaids I think they will heal okay..
I think My heart broke most over Running Willy ,, Yesss he's the most stubborn one and he gets on my nerves more than the rest( because He doesn't listen to be careful)
I found him with his right hand missing . His face was flushed with the pain he was in, so I gently talked to him and called Wreenies Medics she so generously offered for assistance. The Medics eased his pain and wraped his arm in bandages, and he's been resting all day.. When I got home He wanted sooo badly to join the rest of the willys at the Village so I took him outside. The tallest and oldest of all the Willys has assigned Himself to "running" willys care, Grand PooBah Willy is of a gentle nature and "running" Willy will be in the best of care with him.
Introducing Grand Poobah Willy...
The other Willys promised to help look for running willys hand. When and IF they find it I'll have to call the medics again to give Running willy a hand!
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Hi Grand Poobah Willy. I'm getting ready to order invite your whole clan to my store, in all different sizes & outfit colors!! Medics are standing by for hand retrieval duty.
Awww Diane, how cute your Willys are. Love Poobah Willy. Your stories are clever and I agree with Shirley, you need to write children's books, they would sell like hotcakes!
Your story brought tears to my eyes but I'm sure all your Willys will be okay, and thanks to you! We look for more, more additions and stories. Love your little village you set up for them too.
The willys and I had much to do adding soils and mulch and repairing the Willy Village and the recreation area for playing cards and checkers .. sad to say we never found running willys hand but it may show up still??
The Keeper of the light Willy is back on his nightly stand proudly doing his job!
There were more rocks to chip away at to hold it in place should another storm blow thru,, and Grand Poobah Willy is pleased with all the work done today
There are still a few cosmetic adjustments to be made ,, But over all the Willy Village/Rock tower is on solid ground!
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Oh Diane, you and all the Willies have done a great job, and put in a lot of hard work!! Except for the injury to Running Willy, you would never know a storm had caused such havoc!! A search-and-rescue party needs to be sent out to find Willies hand; sounds like a job to be headed up by your grandsons?!
No Shirely I didn't find it I'm afraid the rain has probably washed it away~~~ OR it's gotten lost under the bridge !! Ohh I found some items I'd love to use for adding another addition Gotta budget it in tho!! Soon!!!!!!!!!!
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Welll welll We have 4 new wee willys to join us!!! Christy has sent me 4 New wee willys!!! The first one is the offical Rule Book keeper of the games,, Seems we have a cheater at cards!!!!
another one is sooo relaxed after a long trip and has found just the place to chill out!!
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the next one ..., well let's just say I'm going to have to keep an eye on him ~ or better still maybe I ought to assign him to Gran PooBah! A rock climber he is!! with No safety harness
The fourth one is on a special secret misson and cannot be seen right now! He will be on special assignment for a while until further notice ~ it may only be a day or two but time will tell when all orders are carried out and all personal has been briefed!
In the mean time we have the "Look out Specialist" hanging around to see if there is anyone coming!!
"Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."
Ohhhh Man I heard a ruckus outside this morning Cheering and clapping and it was coming from the Willy Village!! Not knowing what was going on I grabbed my camera And Am I ever sooo glad I did!!! The Look out specialist was Yelling "One hand Running willy to get to the Bridge "Hurry Hurry!!!!!" RUNNNNNNNNNN!!!" Still cheering was getting louder and louder in so much excitement!!! When One hand running WIlly got to the Bridge He couldn't believe his eyes!! " Could this Be real?? I can't believe I'm seeing this!!"
After Much planning and keeping the 'special' Mission The Villager's got together and arranged for One hand Running Willy's Brothers to come from afar!! The First Brother Had arrived a week ago from Pennslyvania but was kept in hiding untill the other two Brothers came in from New York!!
One hand Willy Could not believe he was seeing his three Brothers approaching him on the bridge!!!
What a reunion this was!!! IT had been a lonng time since they have seen each other and the Villager's Knew One hand Willy was a bit sad after losing his hand and they wanted to cheer him up, so they enlisted the help of their Human friends, Christy and Lynne and made it possible!!!
Story continues next post~~~~~~~~
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Thanks IT's my pleaseure to bring a chuckle or two to those that read.. I saw letters being mailed out today to let others know the brothers arrived safe and all is well,,
The next thing is to get the Willy's used to having Emmy my pup around them!!!
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I just let my grandson Tre' read these stories about the Willy's He was cracking up and had to stop reading a few times .. Tre wants me to make a book out of this for publication and he says the compliments were great and he loves them all and He loved Wreenies Medics <~~that really cracked him up and he said "OHHH Lord!!HAHAHAHAHA Grandma that is sooo crazy!" He thanks Lynne and Christy for sending the One hand Willy's brothers to be with him and that was "Very Nice of you" maybe this Memorial weekend in something else will take place?
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"Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."
I hope they have a party, or cookout or some Village get-together!!
Ohhh Man Shirls you and Tre' was on the same page today!!! We had a BBq here today for us and the Grandkids ~ He said after reading this it was only fair the Willys get a cook out too and that because it is suppose to rain for the next 5 days we had better do it now!!!
Sooo We got the wee hots dogs out and sliced them up and got a flame going so they could have roasted hot dogs. Another Wee willy brought along apples. The Willys didn't take the time to roast the marshmellows as that's a rare treat and they gobbled them up right away! While roasting the hot dogs some continued to play cards, and one continued to cheat at cards , especially when the "reader of the rules Willy" was looking behind the cheater for 'hidden' cards he reaches again to get a card off his foot! The willys had a great time at the cook out and all enjoyed the hotdogs, marshmellows, and apples, after all had eaten and bellies were full they made sure the fire was out so all would be safe
"Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."
Diane, here is a picture I have of a lizard I told you previously reminded me of the one on your fence in one of your pictures:
I is on the outer surface of a building in Munich, Germany. Isn't that weird for it to be there? Hope you can see why I thought of it when I saw yours!
What an different kind of day we had today at the Willy Village,, Emmy was pacing the area and I couldn't figure out why she wouldn't come when I called her. She was soo focused on What ever was over there . She would go back and forth and back and forth then I'd hear little giggles .. Now that caught my attention,, as none of the Willies Giggled,, Laugh and chuckles yes But not giggles!!.. I had to go see!!! The first thing I saw was....
This little girl Willy!! Where did She come from??? I think maybe Emmy was trying to get to the rabbit in her pocket!!
Just as I was about to ask her I heard a horn ~ a tiny horn~ beep beep!!
What??
A
Car??? A Willy and a log car , A Willy and a log car that is solar powered.. What the Heck is going on here!!!???
"Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."
So I asked the driver if he knew the little girl willy and He said Surrrrrrre I do!! WHy that's my Sister's cousin's daughter's niece's mother's child!! Ohhhhh I said,,
Welll what is she doing here?? He said "as Her Uncle's cousin's brother I'm in charge of her today it's my day off and I've driven her into the village to visit GrandPoobah," ~ "Ohhh He will be delighted" I said !!!
SOo Off he went slowly with The Willy girl to visit GranPooBah
and indeed GrandPoobah was soo delighted to see his great great great grand daughter
Seems all the Willys were entertaining this little one!!!
My question is How can the willy's manage to come up with a solar powered car and I can't seem to get a solar powered fountain!! Ohh well at least they can get around a lot faster now!!!
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I would say that is a difinate NO Shirely the driver must be at least 35 and the little girl is only 6 or 7 He was babysitting today , Welll acually the Village was babysitting today as we all know it takes a Village to raise a child!!
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I am late but the willys are so clever and authentic. Make a book for your grandkids......that is kool. How about show and tell at school??????? YOu make a good summer project there for the kids out of school.
Cool!! I can hardly wait!!! Although I probably have to look at it all after the fact, cause I'll have to be in Indiana with my kids!! They'd better let me on their computer!!!
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