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Monday, September 30, 2019

bye September

It's been a busy few weeks.   And here we are, September 30th.

So nice to finish recent spinning projects.  Bit by bit  there are improvements with my hand spinning.


I was lucky to welcome a Lark spindle to my spindle flock.   Ms. Lark is wonderful!


And on my needles a shawl wrap.  Thus far it's an evening project with a simple pattern repeat.  It's sure nice having spun this yarn and now getting the pleasure to make something.



To mark the day, it started out with frost on the rooftops (and I might add this is far too early for this) along with single digit temperatures so indoors it felt much better with the space heaters going.   In between indoor stuff...laundry...making a pot of soup, making mac and cheese bits..........all good so far so I decided to time to head outdoors and enjoy a bit of sunshine while cleaning up plants.   From there it went downhill quickly.  Sully usually steers clear of bees, wasps, the large, lazy bumble bee  well except for today.  He lunged at a wasp and ended up with a mouthful of said wasp (which was spit out).  As far as we can tell in checking him over he didn't get stung.  I'm not sure if he less impressed by the experience or my giving him some liquid Benadryl.   To make amends, he got a lick of ice cream.  Seriously, it's like talking to a child "Didn't I tell you not to ".....

well onward to October......Happy Fall!







Thursday, September 19, 2019

dusting off the cobwebs

I'm still here.   July became August and now  here we are mid September.


This summer tried new recipes.....variations of fermented veggies (yum), ginger bug (still on the go) and cauliflower pickles (crunchy and oh so good).   My fridge is getting a bit full.









Lots of hand spinning.  Tour De Fleece in July was a blast.  My plyboard has been put to the test  and it works!   Now I'm considering a smaller version, a turtle board.  More to come on this.




Late August we enjoyed whale tails.




And a ride through the trail of tall trees.




Bring on fall!!  Soups to make, knitting to do, fresh bread to bake  and  fresh coffee to brew.
More coffee please......