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Welcome Back

June 16, 2016 / 326 Comments

Some of you have emailed me to make sure I’m still here..I’m here! I’m here! Welcome to my new updated Bunny Tales.  I’ve been thinking about giving my blog a new look for some time now, and I finally decided that no matter what, I had to make time to do it.  I hope you like it.

Instead of leading you into a single post on the home page, I’ve given you a selection.  The current post will always be in the upper left corner.  Just click on it and you’ll be there.  If you’re looking for something in particular you can use the “Search” tab over in the right side bar.  I’m amazed at how great it works.  For example, try searching for the picture I took of an artichoke.  Just type in artichoke, click on go, and three posts that mention the word “artichoke” will come up.  Go ahead, try it and I’ll wait for you.  Just be sure and come right back!

Great, I’m glad you’re back!  I hope you read the posts while you were there, because I’ve decided to do a “welcome back to my blog give-away”!  Just look at what I’m giving away…

Cosmo Collection

…three bags of Cosmo Embroidery Floss!  There’s enough floss in each bag,  you may never have to buy floss again!  To win one of these floss bags, leave me a comment with the word “artichoke” in it.  You can copy from any of my previous posts, or you can make up your own sentence using the word artichoke.  I guarantee inside each of these bags is an artichoke color floss that you can use to embroider little artichokes (see how easy it is?).  I’ll pick three random winners on Monday, June 20th.

And here’s some news that might make you feel better if you don’t win one of these treat bags.  Cosmo floss will be 25% off during our upcoming sale.  I’ve moved our July 4th sale to June!  For three days everything on our website will be 25% off.  Everything!   So save the dates of June 24, 25 and 26!  It’s our annual July 4th sale early!

I’ve missed all of you and it feels good to be back in blog-land.  I hope you’re enjoying some California artichokes this weekend!

Hugs,

Anne

 

 

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326 Comments

  • Linda waldorf

    June 16, 2016 at 9:09 pm Reply

    I haven’t been able to do much applique or cross stitching over the past couple of years but I am getting cataracts removed on July 6 (and I am only a young 59) so I will be able to see again YAY YAY. So artichoke on bad eyesight, which of course makes no sens😄

  • Susan K

    June 16, 2016 at 9:00 pm Reply

    A pizza restaurant nearby serves a delicious pasta dish with chicken and artichokes in it. It’s one of my favorites. Thanks for the chance to win the floss and I like the new look of your blog!

  • Jessica in Australia

    June 16, 2016 at 8:52 pm Reply

    The flower of the ARTICHOKE is so beautiful – perfect for embroidering with lovely COSMO floss. COSMO is so difficult for those of us living in rural/regional areas of Australia to purchase. I would love to be a recipient of one of those bags – such a treat.

    BTW thanks for all the lovely Bunny Hill posts – they always brighten my day when they pop into my inbox.
    Jessica
    Mittagong, NSW AUSTRALIA

  • Cathy P

    June 16, 2016 at 8:47 pm Reply

    One of our New Year’s Eve traditions is to make many different appetizers; spinach and artichoke dip is always on the menu. We serve it with tortilla or pita chips.

  • Janet Beyea

    June 16, 2016 at 8:36 pm Reply

    I think artichokes are so attractive, but only eat them if they are disguised in artichoke dip. I did make a lovely appliqued artichoke 😄!

  • Judy P

    June 16, 2016 at 8:34 pm Reply

    I love artichokes. I just wish they were an easy vegetable for the home gardener to grow. And also wish they didn’t take so long to prepare. I have a wonderful recipe, so easy, but one that I haven’t seen printed often.

    And I don’t know how many people remember the 50’s when the artichoke hairstyle was popular. Unfortunately it was not attractive on me !!!!

    I really like the new look and fervently hope to win the prize.

  • Delcia R.

    June 16, 2016 at 8:29 pm Reply

    Do I have an artichoke joke? Nope! I may just croak or go take a soak. Not funny I know, but my clever hubby didn’t have anything for me, so you got my “best” try–or worst if I do say so myself.

    Now, here is a bit of information from Bon Appetite magazine about the illustrious artichoke–ready or not:

    “Aristotle called the artichoke a “cactus,” but it wasn’t a case of ancient Greek botany gone wrong. Back then, the word for an artichoke–or at least its closest relative, a kind of wild artichoke that’s now called a “cardoon”–was kaktos. But the story of how that became the “artichoke” is about as thorny as they come.

    The ancestor of our word “artichoke” comes from the opposite side of the Mediterranean from Greece: Arab-occupied Spain. There, the western Arabic word for an artichoke-y plant, al-karsufa (al in Arabic just means “the”), turned into the Spanish alcarchofa. This worked its way to Northern Italy, where it got turned into articiocco, most likely because ciocco was the local word for “stump,” and arti– was a version of our prefix “arch,” meaning “high” (and the artichoke plant does have a big stumpy mass up high).

    Articiocco then worked its way into English, and like the Italians before them, English speakers tended to make up associations for the word. Some called it a “hartichoke,” since it looked like a heart; others assumed that the “choke” part had something to do with the hard-to-breathe meaning of “choke,” either because you’d choke if you ate the middle of the plant, or because it grew so fast that it would choke out all the other growth around it. All of this was wrong, of course, since it really came from Arabic via Italian. But facts rarely get in the way of a common-sense folk etymology.”

  • Jeanette

    June 16, 2016 at 8:26 pm Reply

    I hail from the land of artichokes…. Well, maybe not Castroville exactly…. But from Salinas, just up the road!!! A wonderful place to be from!!!

  • Miss Jean

    June 16, 2016 at 8:24 pm Reply

    When we first moved to Colorado from California we were at the grocery store and purchased artichokes. The checker didn’t know what they were! Sad sad sad!!!!

  • Andrea

    June 16, 2016 at 8:22 pm Reply

    What a wonderful giveaway! I LOVE Cosmo floss, and would be over the moon to win, and stitch up my very own lil’ artichoke!

  • Katherine Schaffer

    June 16, 2016 at 8:18 pm Reply

    OK, so I REALLY don’t like artichokes but I’m happy to create a sentence That may end up with my receiving some artichoke floss!
    Best fun giveaway Anne!

  • kshackabq

    June 16, 2016 at 8:12 pm Reply

    That is a wonderful search button. I prefer my artichokes with Miracle Whip. Some would probably say “gross” but that’s how I learned to eat them in CA. LOL!! Your new website design is wonderful. And there’s some pretty hilarious comments about artichokes above!! Welcome back, Anne!

  • Sharon

    June 16, 2016 at 8:10 pm Reply

    I’ve never tried artichoke, but my sister just loves it. However, I do like the color artichoke and would love to use it on some of my embroidery with flowers and leaves.

  • Lisa

    June 16, 2016 at 8:08 pm Reply

    I have an artichoke plant growing in my garden and harvested a bunch of good ones about a month ago. Now there are some teeny tiny babies on there – I hope they get big! Love them!

    Lisa

  • Carrolyn vidal

    June 16, 2016 at 8:07 pm Reply

    Love artichoke pie served with roast beef. Made with frozen hearts and Gruyere cheese…yummy…just like that gorgeous thread? Meet you at hollyhille Christmas event…still have my little project hanging on the wall in my sewing room. Love it

  • Peggy Voorhees

    June 16, 2016 at 8:06 pm Reply

    What color is an artichoke, many shades of green I think! Would love all the shades of green plus other colors in the bag!

  • Janet

    June 16, 2016 at 7:55 pm Reply

    Ok, Liz’s joke is a tough act to follow!

    I’ve loved artichokes since childhood and the pic you took is probably the most perfectly round one I’ve seen! Thank you for the opportunity to win the floss … hope you pick me!

    And welcome back!

  • liz n.

    June 16, 2016 at 6:58 pm Reply

    Two artichokes are crossing the street when one of them gets hit by a bus. His friend frantically calls 911, and paramedics soon arrive and rush the injured artichoke to the e.r.

    At the hospital, the worried friend paces nervously until a doctor emerges from the trauma unit. “I have good news and bad news,” the doctor says.

    “What’s the good news?”

    “He survived.”

    “And the bad news?”

    “Well, don’t get too choked up about this, but he’ll be a vegetable for the rest of his life.”

    Thank you, thank you; I’m here all week!

  • mimi'sdarlins

    June 16, 2016 at 6:53 pm Reply

    Hi Anne! You already know that I love your new blog design. But I have to admit, the only thing I like about artichokes is the color and the beautiful plant itself. Thanks for the giveaway, the floss looks amazing!

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