…my life in the country
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 29th, 2004
I know there hasn’t been much of weaving on this blog lately but there is sooo much going on that I really haven’t been doing much weaving. I am carding wool and rosy is spinning so there will be yarn to go with when I do get started! Meantime… the strawberries are ripe! Not my [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 27th, 2004
Here’s Rosy leading the way to the new pig house. They followed along nicely until she got to the gate! It took the better part of an hour of coaxing and bribing (apples and cheese!) but they are in now and settled down nicely. Being short guys the alpacas and donkeys liked to tease them [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 21st, 2004
May_Day.bmp (820k file) Back in the Olden Days, before the communists took it over, we kids used to enjoy May Day. There was May Pole dances, which were a lot of fun, skipping around the pole getting our ribbons tangled up something fine! lol And making May Baskets. You could make your basket out of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 15th, 2004
If you look in the archives you’ll see another picture of this tree taken in January of this last winter. (01/02/2004: “Mother Nature’s Shawl”) It was white at that time, too! We are having a bit of spring rain and cold this week, but the signs of spring are all around. The lawn is dotted [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 12th, 2004
I think I took a half dozen photos of these beads without being able to get a good one. I think it’s the shiney foil foiling me! But you get the idea. Just roll, the colored side out, into a ball between your palms and then thread them onto a thread. Very pretty. Your young’uns [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 11th, 2004
I got it done… barely! Didn’t get it properly blocked but I wore it anyway! I also couldn’t get anyone to take my pic in it so ended up taking it this way. I re-knitted this thing three times to be sure it was big enough and, it is too big now. Natch. Well, if [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 5th, 2004
He found this big, flat rock up the creek and decided it was perfect for our growing patio. he’s been collecting rocks for it for some years now. It helps keep the mud out of the house and looks nice, too. So he took the tilt trailer, the come-along and some chain and we went [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 5th, 2004
Well, here it is all nicely set in place in our growing patio. It was a Herculean labor but a favorite hobby of Himself! And it does look nice.