…my life in the country
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 31st, 2006
Here is Sis and the shearer working over one of the four who got hair cuts Friday. Only one put up a fuss, he just never has taken to the process. The rest were nervous about bellys and legs but did pretty good. We got more great fleece than we’re going to be able to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 31st, 2006
Luminor thought he was just too white and pretty after getting his hair cut so took a refreshing roll in the dirt then sat in the sun awhile. They all enjoyed being hosed and did a bit of frolicking in celebration. We were glad too, but too pooped to do much frolicking!
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 31st, 2006
Well, here’s Rosy, goofing off, making faces at the camera while I’m slaving away combing the vm out of Lil Guy’s fleece. :plain: Well, I guess she deserved a bit of a break. Getting that lovely fleece off him was quite a chore. He was fine with the top but didn’t care to have his [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 20th, 2006
It is a relative of the hosta and it’s been thriving in this broken pot for three years now and , except for a little damage where a hungry bug stopped for lunch it looks quite attractive, I think. I stick the little hen in there that had dropped off of something else and it [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 16th, 2006
Grampa struck it rich! One of his customers is moving and their grandsons being grown now, they had no need of these wonderful old METAL Tonka vehicles. There’s trucks and all sorts of construction machines. He got 6 of them to go with the one dump truck (the orange-ish one) we already had. The dirt [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 11th, 2006
It’s a Cambridge by the Reed Loom Company. It’s been sanded and finished by the husband of the previous owner who gave the loom to me when they moved. She never used it but I’m going to! I ordered the instruction book and already have a nice selection of yarns and many, many weaving books. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 10th, 2006
Brother John and wife, Debi, came up to visit for a few days and meet the kids whom they haven’t seen in years. Rosy came down, too. That’s John and Rosy studying the finer points of modern digital photography. We’ve really enjoyed visiting in spite of the heat and mosquitoes. John and Debi go home [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 4th, 2006
Eddy and Justin catching grasshoppers to lure a trout. They hope! Swimming in Trinity’s icy snowmelt later in the day. :O Hope your 4th is refreshing! :laugh:
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 3rd, 2006
I ran short of briquettes before the shish-kabobs were done! Randy went up to the shop and cut up a bunch of scraps from the loom making. That hard wood made excellent coals and cooked dinner to perfection! The kids got a kick out of eating dinner off a stick and I was delighted with [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 1st, 2006
No fireworks in the forest but the daylilies are making glorious splashes in celebration. And I finally got the lawn mowed so they can be seen. Eddy and Justin may be here tomorrow and next weekend John and Debi and coming then shortly after Dan and his family arrive so we are going to have [...]