…my life in the country
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 31st, 2006
I think you can guess who spent the night out carousing. It’s getting to be the time of year when they need to start coming in at night. The only way I’ve found to convince a naturally nocturnal animal to come in at night is too withhold the groceries during the day and not allow [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 29th, 2006
Here’s my new hand woven kitchen rug all hemmed! I’m quite pleased with it and am ready to start the next project! That’s going to be some upholstery fabric to recover a Mission rocker of belonging to my bro-in-law. Then another rug I think. And maybe some xmas presents. Not too soon to be thinking [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 26th, 2006
The jays and the deer have been feasting, they’re falling on the ground, I picked this 5 gallon bucket and there’s probably at least another 10 gallons on the tree. :confused: I told Noel to find somebody who wanted them… and fast! They are ripening very fast. I bake pies for him every year in [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 26th, 2006
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 25th, 2006
It’s been a while since I’ve posted. It’s not that I haven’t been doing, it’s just that it hasn’t been the sort of thing you want to post about. See photo! lol Went up to Sis’s and we did go to spinning, but I’m still spinning last years easter egg dyed cormo. That’s old news. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 16th, 2006
Finally figured out how to warp and tie-up the ‘new’ floor loom and actually wove some sample things on it! From top to bottom they are: Yarn (LB Jiffy, I think), cut up wool blanket, LB sock yarn, and a cut-up old flannel pillow case. This is a rug loom so that’s why all the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 13th, 2006
I’ve gotten complaints that I haven’t been keeping my blog up. Well, it’s true, but I’ve been living such a mad social whirl lately that I just haven’t had time. The picture is an example of my fashion skills. (I heard that!) But anyway, we had a Red Hat Garden Party at the Alpen Cellars [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 3rd, 2006
Doesn’t she look real?! I don’t think she can be, tho, because she was eating dandelions instead of my rose bushes! :laugh: No REAL deer would do a thing like that! She comes around every day and spends quite a bit of time in the yard, unless the dogs spot her. She had already left [...]