Let it be known that I’m obsessed with the garden. I’m obsessed with this flower.
I can’t get over how pretty it is!
Double Tiger Lily
Skye, meanwhile, is obsessed with the rabbit. She can’t let the rabbit out of her mind.
So, we go out there every single morning, Skye and I. While I obsess over the plants, rearrange and water them, she looks for the rabbit. The little rabbit that thinks its home is under our deck.
The little rabbit that the daughter thinks she can befriend and tame and eventually, convert into a pet. She’s even already named it. Hopert. She claimed it’s a gender-neutral name.
Hopert, the rabbit
Thankfully, Skye is not a particularly great hunter. She merely chases Hopert here and there and eventually it evades her.
Which is a good thing! We’re not exactly hungry for rabbit stew!
And now, features!
Saag Murgh – Chicken Cooked with Spinach from Shinta @ Caramel Tinted Life
“This is a beautiful family dish, full of delicious spices – the chicken is not only marinated but also cooked in a rich spinach gravy, so this dish is simply bursting with flavour!” — Monika
“This is such a good way for me to enjoy spinach and chicken – two of my favorites. The dish sounds so good with all the lovely ingredients.” — Jhuls
Hibiscus Spice Mix from Zeba @ Food for the Soul
“It is very admirable that Zeba made her own hibiscus spice mix. This must have been very fragrant while she was roasting the spices. Such a good idea!” — Jhuls
Herbs and Nuts Pesto from Elaine @ Foodbod
“This recipe idea proves that pesto is super versatile, can be served with foods other than pasta and doesn’t even have to contain basil!” Monika
German Potato Salad from Mollie @ Frugal Hausfrau
“I love that this potato salad has no mayonnaise. It’s not like I don’t like mayonnaise, but I love the addition of beef broth. One of the best potato salad recipes I have seen.” — Jhuls
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Now, let’s party! Join Fiesta Friday #177 by adding your link. Don’t forget to link your post to FiestaFriday.net and the co-hosts’ blogs, so we can feature you. Your cohosts this week are Ai @ Ai Made It For You and Jhuls @ The Not So Creative Cook
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Oh wow! That’s my plate of food ??? thank you so much for including me, and in such great company! I’ve already bought dried hibiscus flowers to make the spice mix from Zeba ?
Fortunately I already have the hibiscus in my pantry, still unopened. Waiting all this time for Zeba’s recipe. Getting ready to pick some herbs now to make pesto. Thanks for the inspiration!
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Wow!! What a gorgeous flower!! And Hopert is so cute! It must be lovely watching Skye chasing Hopert.? Happy Fiesta Friday, Angie!
Actually it’s kinda stressful. I’m always in fear that one day she’ll succeed and catch Hopert! I wish Hopert would just move away… My vegetable garden doesn’t exactly appreciate Hopert. But the daughter forbids me to do anything that would harm her/him. Can’t tell if it’s a boy or girl.
Silly, Skye!?
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Hi Angie! I am almost first today! I love that flower too, and the photograph is marvellous! Happy Fiesta Friday:)
Yay! And thanks! I wish I had planted more. I need to get rid of other plants first, though. I’m running out of room!
Wow… Hopert is so cute. can I take him ? Am sure my girls will award me as the Best Mom if I present them Hopert 🙂 lovely features Angie… Happy FF to all here :*
I can ship Hopert to you! If I can catch it. Pretty sneaky rabbit! Thanks for stopping by, Trupti. Happy FF to you, too! ?
Hehee 🙂 if you succeed do ship.. 🙂
It’s a deal! ?
I have a friend who has 500 lilies in his backyard…but he does not have a double tiger lily…I can’t wait to show him your photo! Happy Weekend!
500?! Is it a lily farm?! He must be obsessed with lilies! ? Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!
I would probably be the same, looking at that beautiful flower, what do I care about the rabbit?
Thanks for hosting this again, very excited to go through the recipes.
When it first came, it was so small and scrawny. I let it pretty much go thru my veggie plot like it’s a salad buffet ? Now it doesn’t look so scrawny, does it?! Oh well, whatever makes the daughter happy, sigh… Thanks for participating! ?
Hi Angie! Hope you are doing well. I have a rabbit friend too! Every morning out in the front yard, He/She waits for me to throw out carrots. I thought it was a boy and named it Bennie, but now I think it may be a girl so I changed it to Beni…lol! You can watch a video on my Instagram Story. Happy FF! 😀
Lol, how can you tell? My daughter keeps trying to feed Hopert, too, omg. She’s been picking my fava beans and getting carrots from the fridge! The ungrateful critter wouldn’t eat any! ? Have a great weekend, Deb! ?
LOL! Mine jumps on the carrots as soon as they hit the ground… 😀 Hope you have a great week also!
Lol, that’s too cute! ?
A brief interlude with the Internet. I’m sharing the love as fast as my fingers can type. The fiesta looks like a success! Ole!
Have a great weekend Angie.
Tracey
Hurray! I hope the internet is here to stay for you. Must be so frustrating to have it come and go. It’d drive me loco, haha… Have a good one, Tracey! ?
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If my cat Snickers was at your house the bunny might not be so lucky. She is quite the hunter. She is a Torte and is more dog like than my dog. Have a great weekend! Happy FF!
Maybe we should get a cat, but it’ll have to be an outdoor cat since the son is allergic. Plus Skye will freak out! She’s such a scaredy-cat, even though she’s a dog ?
Hi, first time here..Thanks for Jhuls for inviting me for inviting me to this party. Love it. And Angie thank you for making this wonderful party
Welcome to Fiesta Friday! We’re looking forward to getting to know you ? I hope you’ll have fun!
I would be totally obsessed with those Double Tiger Lillies too – they are gorgeous! And what a cute bunny. Maybe he or she can be the family outdoor pet?
Ideally, our outdoor pet should be a cat, since both kids actually love cats, but the son is allergic ? The daughter is trying to fashion some kind of a cage to catch Hopert, omg!! ?
What a cute, cute, fluffy rabbit! Hopefully no one tries to catch it and make it into a stew! :O I cannot bear the thought of it.
Oh, no, no…I promise! Unless of course it decides to venture out of my garden. It’s safer in here ?
Hahahahh! Have a good weekend, Angie!:D
?You, too! ?
Oh yaay…so excited to see my spice mix and even more excited that you and Elaine will be trying it out. That bunny is the cutest ( as long as it’s not eating your veggie patch). I had a rabbit pet growing up named “bugs”, still miss him 🙂 enjoy the beautiful flowers and this awesome summer!
Uhm…actually it devoured my romanesco broccoli ? I can always reseed I guess ?I’m going to take out my hibiscus so I won’t forget! Thanks for such a great recipe!
Aw how sweet and YES that is a beautiful flower! Thanks for hosting another great party this week!
Wish I had planted more! Thanks for participating! I hope you’re having fun mixing and mingling with the other guests ?
Beautiful tiger lily! I like the bunnies as long as they leave my garden alone. Otherwise, they just might finish in my pot. Wouldn’t be the first time I’ve eaten a rabbit, lol. Thanks for hosting and happy weekend!
Lol, you’re too funny! I’ve had rabbit meat …eh, tastes like chicken ? Easier to just buy chicken at the store than catch a rabbit ? Thanks for coming to the fiesta, Jas! Have a good one!
Thanks for the feature! I’m always a bit humbled when I get featured because there are always so many great posts and bloggers who join in Fiesta Friday! Oh I love bunnies but they can be so destructive once they colonize.
My neighbor feeds the wild bunnies, but obviously not enough as they ate the bottom four to five feet of my row of trees when the snow started building up, they continually decimate my daisies and lillies. The trees ran about 500 bucks so I was not happy at all and don’t dare replace them so there goes all my privacy in the back yard. Ugh.
Rabbit stew continues to sound more appealing by the season!!
Are you sure it’s the bunnies and not deer? Or even groundhogs. I find them way more destructive. One groundhog mowed my entire 4×8 veggie bed one year, overnight! Bunnies nibble here and there but they usually don’t destroy, though I did have a family once and they took out my peas. I guess I don’t know what I’m talking about, lol. Sorry to hear, Mollie. Maybe we can have rabbit stew after all. It’s pretty tasty, haha ?
No, I’ve sat at my computer and seen them right out the window, not to mention the poo and tracks. We had a groundhog in the folks garden not too long ago – I didn’t realize they were that destructive- I put him on fb for our neighbor to see and he came over and told me the stories about how they had them at their farm! I hope he doesn’t come back. Oh boy. I was so excited to see him, now I’m worried!
I took a course at the U of M a couple years about about Global Food…one of our papers was to write about a low impact protein source…I titled mine, “How can Thumper save the World.” But in real life I don’t know if I could eat a poor bunny let along ever kill one! Or kill anything!
I meant I hope the groundhog doesn’ come back, not the neighbor, lol!
Thanks for the clarification, lol! Yah, groundhogs are a nightmare! I mean they look cute and all but they destroy your plants. Plus they dig huge amount of dirt to create their burrows. I’m still trying to level the mountains behind my hydrangeas from a couple of years ago, it’s insane! ? Btw, Mollie, when can you cohost?
Such sweet pictures Angie! I hope you have been doing well! Lovely features this week!
Thanks, Antonia! I’m doing fine…as long as this weather cooperates. Once it gets in the 90s, I’m sure I won’t be fine anymore, haha… I hope and your family are doing well, too ?
Hi Angie
Beautiful flowers and what a sweet little rabbit! 🙂 Delicious features as always! 🙂
Thanks, Petra! The little rabbit is still around, but so far the damage it makes is tolerable so I let it be. Once it grows up, I’m sure I’ll change my tune ?
Somehow they are always cuter when they are not in your own garden! We had a fox mum with 6 cubs one year, they loved to roll on top of all the vegetables and in the end the cuteness didn’t help! 🙂
A fox with 6 cubs? That sounds pretty scary actually ? When can you cohost, Petra?
hello Angie
They were very cute but so annoying when they wanted to hang out at the veg patch! We wired up the garden and I think they took another route in the end 🙂 I could co host FF July 7th if you want me to? x
Okey dokey, July 7th, I’ll mark it on my calendar. Thanks, Petra! ?
Am looking forward to it! Thank you for asking me! x
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