The weather before we left on vacation was iffy, to say the least. After a lovely June and early July, it turned wet and overcast. I packed well for vacation, anticipating much rain and time spent indoors. I packed three WIPs, yarn for another project and the spinning wheel with roving for two projects.
As it [...]
Last Tuesday, while in Westport, Hubby and Dad went out fishing on a charter boat. They got up before the ass crack of dawn and headed down to the marina for a day of fishing.
About 4 o’clock or so Mom and I and the kids headed down to the marina to see if we could be [...]
UPDATE: 8/26 MIL had surgery yesterday. She came through it fine, but it was a very long surgery. Thanks to all of you for keeping her in your thoughts.
We arrived home today from a week at the ocean, less than an hour later we received a phone call that MIL had fallen and broken [...]
Here is the first finished yarn off the new wheel. The roving is 4oz of targhee, hand dyed by Emma of DragonFibers, in the colorway Oceanic.
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Although it did end up being thick and thin in places all over, I am quite pleased with the plying, it is a tighter ply and [...]
I’m exhausted. Spent Saturday at MIL’s house canning . . . all day.
Yellow plums, blueberries, and blackberries.
pints – 8
12oz jars – 12 (one case)
1/2 pints – 24 (two cases)
4oz jars - 10
This was something like 8 batches of jam, of which one batch of plum preserves was done on Friday night, the rest were done on Saturday. [...]
(pictures from a trip to the p-patch 2 weeks ago)
I was tagged for 7 random things long ago, by at least two different people. Finally, here it is.
I only have 9 toenails. In the 5th grade I had half of the little toe on my left foot surgically removed. They thought it might be bone cancer, it wasn’t.
Hubby and I got married when I was [...]