again

a few yarns I spun.....

so...I am attempting to keep up with my blog (again)....

the world is fine...the election is over....

pie season is about to begin....

knitting is on the needles....

spinning is on the bobbin....

fiber is prepped....

dyepot is on....

and this next week the birthing stalls and chicken coop will be built for the newly adopted chickens...

so, what a wild summer it has been....I can't believe in a week school will be back in session...yikes...

Boo got her head gear....and as soon as those teeth come in...she will have braces, too...

she went to summer camp, camping in the adirondacks with her grandparents and cousins (aunt and uncle, too)....and this week she is with the other cousins and aunt and uncle...I am waiting for them to return from "Six Flags"....whew...she is going to need a week to catch up on her sleep and get her head in order for school....

the store has been crazy this summer....august last year was nuts at the begginning and mellowing out at the end...this year was the opposite and we have so much booked for this weekend and next, we feel our heads are spinning....I am exhausted and ever so grateful my vacation is only a month away...

and the Yankee Magazine is out with mention of the store...and a picture of me and the mister....

hopefully once chaos is over I will be able to blog a bit more regularly...and maybe make some stuff, too....

Boo and dh went to Fenway during school break. She was so excited...delighted...surprised!

It was fantastic

here's dh at the game....he is looking fantastic, isn't he? :)

and Miss boo and myself got our ears pierced. it is funny how i didn't really think of the fact that my ears would be pierced...just thought I would get it done before her so she would know what to expect. They put them in the same spot they were pierced some 20 or so years ago....(and yep...they were closed up)...

back for a minute

the sheep are sheared....what a wiggly event...and they were highly dramatic....bahhhing and worrisome running about while waiting for the others to get done...the littlest, blackberry, was last and they were all in a frenzy. I was worried Cornelia was going to charge the shearer in hopes of getting blackberry free....they all look so tiny now...but they are in great health and playing happily in the greening pastures....

Life has been going by quickly...haven't had much time to blog (everyone who gets my reply emails a week or so later knows this)....it is hard to believe a month ago the snow banks were higher than the stores front sign...

We are all fine... I have been spinning and washing up bits of fleece....some dying in the future too, I hope. I will have pictures of 5 or so skeins soon....dh and boo want hats from the sheep and I feel I must make a stuffed sheep from each animals fleece to commemorate their first shearing.

Dh and boo are in Boston watching her first Red Sox game. Dh kept it a secret until breakfast this morning and she nearly started crying she was so excited. I am so happy for them to have this experience together....she is tickled pink!

Speaking of tickled pink....I purchased an art doll from "Fabric of Meditation's" etsy sight this morning....just went there...saw it....hit purchase and it was done....I am soooooooo very excited. I know I need to purchase an embroidery from her this year also but I am waiting for that since I am about to purchase our flights for vacation (5 months from today!!!!)

and...the sheep and wool is coming up on mother's day...wooo hoooo.....

happy spring day to all!

I spun

easter coil close
Originally uploaded by ladybugboo.

and I spun more and more and more and more.....all on flickr, ofcourse......

and now I am knitting :)

instant spring

I really needed some instant spring....anyone who lives in this area knows it is true...almost 90 inches of snow this year, thus far....and more to come tomorrow night....

so here is my handspun....some flowers, some grass, and some blue sky....just makes me squeal to look at it on the mannequin....delightful....

I also figured out a much easier way to make the flowers with this spinning conquest....the old way...which involved slubs and needle felting has left a skein on the sewing table to be embellished...hopefully this time next week, that'll be accomplished....



Not much new here....just chugging away through February....went to the movies with dh and miss boo to see "Spiderwick Chronicles"....delightful movie but was quite different than the books.....so boo noticed all the changes and decided she did not need to own it when it came out on DVD....

more knitting completed...pictures on the flickr account....and just attempting to catch up on all the little bits that have been left by the wayside...(clothing repairs...etc)....hopefully will be able to spin a bit tonight while the dh is out....and sunday night is girlie night with boo, who knows what we will delight in...

funny compliment...

this is one of the funniest compliments I have ever gotten....

from Dan...who is 70+ years old

"Now, M, you have lost weight...haven't you? You are looking beautiful. I can see you from angles you can't even see yourself"