tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316718982024-03-18T02:48:30.855-07:00BoulderneighTending fine-fleeced Shetland sheep and a whole lot more on a small acreage in the Willamette Valley of OregonMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.comBlogger3385125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671898.post-540711483642870052024-03-15T15:49:00.000-07:002024-03-16T07:57:54.753-07:00Visible progress!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8OHrBJYf4QjTZR8zCb73y-jYg_iuhM9_LoA2_xSJncyVubCHTY2vdC00M05KP08df853igux3Lgh-mrGnPC3kn2Akiy_jS_ImQmPRLAFQLqQ0w2_4FFt_7Tu1tYwce6DQoL8Z3NQFEnVr34yAu3-mPT54qh1Tjj6DGiK9d5qe26POUojeJi7E/s3472/3:15,working.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3472" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8OHrBJYf4QjTZR8zCb73y-jYg_iuhM9_LoA2_xSJncyVubCHTY2vdC00M05KP08df853igux3Lgh-mrGnPC3kn2Akiy_jS_ImQmPRLAFQLqQ0w2_4FFt_7Tu1tYwce6DQoL8Z3NQFEnVr34yAu3-mPT54qh1Tjj6DGiK9d5qe26POUojeJi7E/w350-h400/3:15,working.jpg" width="350" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>After soliciting recommendations from neighbors last month, last Wednesday I finally called a guy several of them have used for outside clean-up. He showed up the same day to give me a bid for cleaning up ivy, blackberries, volunteer saplings, and weeds, mostly right around the house and in our garden space. His price was acceptable, so he and his crew showed up bright and early this morning and started work. By the time they knocked off, things were looking ever so much better; when they come back next Tuesday they will finish the rest, including killing the ivy. (I'm glad they didn't do any spraying today; the dogs will have four more days to run freely before I restrict their access in an abundance of caution.) I took before photos and duplicated them as best I could after they left today, although doing so doesn't show how dramatic the improvement is in some areas. And yes, the weather is as gorgeous as it looks!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyse7RNWwrC2c8zoitVTu8utldTALjuKobsR7LmuASECE8fwPY-ACAJATK4UjCF7auId7X1uwkw8aDNrpQSYcG2rGZL5ABeq2LGgrm59EnBVzj9BWz7EwsQYf0WVbz0ThOQcxOCYMbedLRroJX-Yd4axaHl0lv2GTlK9qJGfWbETMtmVFC91sA/s3824/front%20yard.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2868" data-original-width="3824" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyse7RNWwrC2c8zoitVTu8utldTALjuKobsR7LmuASECE8fwPY-ACAJATK4UjCF7auId7X1uwkw8aDNrpQSYcG2rGZL5ABeq2LGgrm59EnBVzj9BWz7EwsQYf0WVbz0ThOQcxOCYMbedLRroJX-Yd4axaHl0lv2GTlK9qJGfWbETMtmVFC91sA/w400-h300/front%20yard.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz58csieFkCBatEylhIYrAO51P_KrTKI1zlZJXGh0o_eV1GAoE3LtkkOAZcHSuXnFf6e7A5lZ_h_XOYRsxxxv-y-z98PR6xg1w8L5ZqqDYlidhnrg2lRXn8Wq1s1MFRex53MuWczbEdi8y4nFfEmNUy2kxetIIF8Qj0psUpU_5zfM3IFTtzGDI/s3722/front%20yard2.jpg" style="clear: left; 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Wednesday I got rid of a lot of stuff in the cabinets so I could put other stuff away, then loaded up my old phone/fax machine, flat-bed scanner, and color printer and hauled them off to electronic recycling. I listed the two birdcages on Facebook Marketplace and one of them has already been picked up. Again, I tried to match before photos I took to show progress; you might have to squint to notice much. 😉</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiedltqzvLMo6sSN61xVDM_LniaYPSyNZeSpf24Sq6hIOaVfdLrNKqrN5IIbRAdRgPCdQGdFcuGNsVcPU05MlCGzSGL5odqeAljOz0jZPN3f5EQR1YDvZN2E_e1qsOn3B_0FAncy2Ihn-vPPfK5BElOS8i2-iL_KLEkmvzBM9GUGAmva8d-QwtO/s4032/3:6,looking%20south.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiedltqzvLMo6sSN61xVDM_LniaYPSyNZeSpf24Sq6hIOaVfdLrNKqrN5IIbRAdRgPCdQGdFcuGNsVcPU05MlCGzSGL5odqeAljOz0jZPN3f5EQR1YDvZN2E_e1qsOn3B_0FAncy2Ihn-vPPfK5BElOS8i2-iL_KLEkmvzBM9GUGAmva8d-QwtO/w400-h300/3:6,looking%20south.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxyDxbEbbABRKiTsGaRPKe_4ADXtuyZQvHTAmF_A-d1RDbqeOFTY1nBQgQ4AX1JbEk4XR3Zj99n21eZDVmgk49MDL8e_B-QDU5F3ykwKTD9oF_R7XWX0o0fmtiEg11uzP-baaUDLEYGyaytN8hJQQDWgTXOmznBzvtM8LzLkEipQ6m3eosWl-G/s3024/3:15,looking%20south.jpg" style="clear: left; 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpJEw-OfJoq09gqBUeSj2ufW0esruDm1YStrOzdWX06F31DlfFhH8B4oxznuPMbtVr6gJrtqqrXsRUWR_Ic7gzLh1ecF29nOm14UG1spTNeXDL95yB033obZkhO2f9pGKrkfYCHcR0XeNViC5P4AHK39L24VJDpTJe0jxsAl_FhIekH2e32MGS/w400-h300/3:15,looking%20NE.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Meanwhile, my chances of attending the women's retreat are not looking good. The expectant ewes are just <i>barely</i> beginning to develop udders, although Broadway is waddling/gimping about most uncomfortably. Her dam moves the same way when heavy with lambs. Hopefully Broadway won't have the same problem Bernadette did with her first lambing; if you recall, Broadway was delivered by c-section.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I collected photos and fleece samples from the ewes this morning before turning them out. It was a small-scale rodeo; I ended up in the bedding (more than once) with bent glasses and a broken fingernail. I have yet to collect photos and samples from the boys; will do that in time to mail the lot of them off on Monday.</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Enough time on the laptop. I've got a horse to ride, a house to clean, and supper to make.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Wishing you a good weekend from . . .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcqjer41YMLahWh3m_BqyAyUSbN2j532DaBANxZIq3GtZ2WZZabfYToK-6rQrZit-BMB1UzpcyoR6669izqrL1NLRJKyV0nHX2ErIPvwHpJ22tGC71tYXFk89uQKGYsxPNsgnkO2wFj9ZOzGmgiD012hoJwN1wwE7XIXHqxG3mskgGBDhoYnRv/s229/logo.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="54" data-original-width="229" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcqjer41YMLahWh3m_BqyAyUSbN2j532DaBANxZIq3GtZ2WZZabfYToK-6rQrZit-BMB1UzpcyoR6669izqrL1NLRJKyV0nHX2ErIPvwHpJ22tGC71tYXFk89uQKGYsxPNsgnkO2wFj9ZOzGmgiD012hoJwN1wwE7XIXHqxG3mskgGBDhoYnRv/s1600/logo.gif" width="229" /></a></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671898.post-58286137712673650022024-03-12T22:13:00.000-07:002024-03-12T22:13:01.968-07:00On my mark, getting set....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlRam8qb-f6i68jrCGcnphhv0qtUlMMd6IIFhAtQFav5fenvcDpSrWMbVnbBAcnxrgW6JUeXsthMp-YeiJcOx9dPaUNWcbyxRihOXKvisKTwOzrpYurwQRWYB_s1UI2zEtLydoC7CEowN5LpGSpxsshWnG2DCltuSCRGC1pxX18-SBpwb5jJxZ/s2268/3:12,weatherforecast.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="1168" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlRam8qb-f6i68jrCGcnphhv0qtUlMMd6IIFhAtQFav5fenvcDpSrWMbVnbBAcnxrgW6JUeXsthMp-YeiJcOx9dPaUNWcbyxRihOXKvisKTwOzrpYurwQRWYB_s1UI2zEtLydoC7CEowN5LpGSpxsshWnG2DCltuSCRGC1pxX18-SBpwb5jJxZ/w208-h400/3:12,weatherforecast.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">This was the forecast this morning. Just LOOK at that long stretch of dry, even sunny weather! That means no excuses to collect fleece samples and start shearing. I want to start with the three younger preggie girls (Blaise doesn't have much wool and needs the insulation) but I already have two black hogget fleeces reserved – which is good, because I'll have <i>five</i> of them. It should also help the grass grow, and perk up the primroses I planted in a pot out front:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdFGwV0o5J6Yg5HMRv8Fu2l4LZ611CuLiUHpopB6IVWqhJ6vN03QL-ezyCUIBoT0dfcmJnYlXrLe-G2LoluyukT8sn4HenIA74Onth9nlWYp4jyK-Q_CvEGvzOPpdqoF3tudKkI4020ktVJEqnAMKQn9p0PtbXj0uUffdYSUsu8w2ZVstF406D/s4032/3:12,primroses.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdFGwV0o5J6Yg5HMRv8Fu2l4LZ611CuLiUHpopB6IVWqhJ6vN03QL-ezyCUIBoT0dfcmJnYlXrLe-G2LoluyukT8sn4HenIA74Onth9nlWYp4jyK-Q_CvEGvzOPpdqoF3tudKkI4020ktVJEqnAMKQn9p0PtbXj0uUffdYSUsu8w2ZVstF406D/w300-h400/3:12,primroses.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In the meantime, there's been some excitement in the bonus room. Yes, I took 'before' photos, but I'm going to wait to share them until there's more visible progress. In other words, the room is still a disaster . . . except for one little bit of organizational heaven. Remember my dream of an antique spool cabinet? After doing a little searching locally (nothing), I turned to the internet, specifically Facebook Marketplace. There I found one a little plainer than I had imagined, but I could afford it and it was within easy driving distance of my agility class, so I picked it up last Thursday night.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">From its landing on the cluttered antique table that belonged to my maternal grandmother, to its gainful employment as wire-wrapping supplies and spindle storage:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg-zk_iHK46Azx7zVgQDaYO5BqeTYkRGZcjGNuNVcHCTFMjsLqArxPz1zgpvyUySbuvR4SPjPkYx09gMIoSQck5VwW7ZJy_jQpj7dIBMukwULAGOGaUmiLvkfpm34LzUKvj5FHUbR686bnhvB8pHEF3r7PohudVP5ZHMne4ZcGLg0LMBYXZA_d/s4032/3:10,spoolcabinet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg-zk_iHK46Azx7zVgQDaYO5BqeTYkRGZcjGNuNVcHCTFMjsLqArxPz1zgpvyUySbuvR4SPjPkYx09gMIoSQck5VwW7ZJy_jQpj7dIBMukwULAGOGaUmiLvkfpm34LzUKvj5FHUbR686bnhvB8pHEF3r7PohudVP5ZHMne4ZcGLg0LMBYXZA_d/w300-h400/3:10,spoolcabinet.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYKUihp3dYY1Vy8weGs_uR2cr4BFAxCfVBie7zd5nppTl0L_doWrHbbDBH_fMCHa5KV7DWFvvNakl0-6qUfcXq3cIIW3qit-H95pyarW2FOx_FxG1wQVeERFzOZwba7bcbektAMZG4v-yACZdgc8rHcIFH4lEiohww5MYSVeuTNA_OVMXD9RLz/s229/logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="54" data-original-width="229" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYKUihp3dYY1Vy8weGs_uR2cr4BFAxCfVBie7zd5nppTl0L_doWrHbbDBH_fMCHa5KV7DWFvvNakl0-6qUfcXq3cIIW3qit-H95pyarW2FOx_FxG1wQVeERFzOZwba7bcbektAMZG4v-yACZdgc8rHcIFH4lEiohww5MYSVeuTNA_OVMXD9RLz/s1600/logo.gif" width="229" /></a></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671898.post-81759529457848575082024-03-06T13:13:00.000-08:002024-03-12T22:13:24.408-07:00Enjoying this change<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIY-78qo9fiKgpDn28Lq9h1RtmGtErt4dFO_SPjHdq5Y9CGevYnjfK7q6nikohixctIaOXGx3emvj-sgmU-wWgcOXO52Mpx5iZGfROVLmTLyXxcbHmrSlVRPIy4D2c_efAe_-vo3KAVfSKIdz0r_yum0vWBA6qeIurfQLCJMaDVOfGY3k5tRqH/s4032/3:2,AMsnow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIY-78qo9fiKgpDn28Lq9h1RtmGtErt4dFO_SPjHdq5Y9CGevYnjfK7q6nikohixctIaOXGx3emvj-sgmU-wWgcOXO52Mpx5iZGfROVLmTLyXxcbHmrSlVRPIy4D2c_efAe_-vo3KAVfSKIdz0r_yum0vWBA6qeIurfQLCJMaDVOfGY3k5tRqH/w400-h300/3:2,AMsnow.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">March 2</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; 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now we're ALL enjoying a few days of sunny, dry weather before the clouds and rain return. This morning, the mud was even frozen firm for awhile – another nice, if very temporary, change!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A less welcome change is in the works. The property on which Rick's veterinary clinic sits recently sold to a developer who plans to bulldoze most of the buildings on the large multi-use commercial lot and open a huge U-Haul dealership. DH hates change so this is stressful times for him; we've been in the same building since he bought the practice in 1995. We need to work on the what/when/where/how <i>now</i>, as we'll only get a three-month eviction notice. On top of that we have to keep in mind that his office manager plans to retire within two years, while we will try to hang on for eight years (our retirement options maximize when Rick turns 70).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In two days, we'll witness change in Rick's immediate family. Rick's mother is getting married again, and his sister and her three adult children (as well as one's spouse and kids) will be here for the event. I'm scurrying about getting ready to feed the extended family as they are all flying in. They won't come here, though; Rick's nephew is terribly allergic to horses – including the hair and dander that inevitably make their way into our house. We'll make my MIL's house home base, since she will be on her honeymoon.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Meanwhile, my creative juices are still flowing. The wire wrapping/wire weaving class of last Sunday was just the inspiration I needed; I got an excellent review of wrapping and learned the beginnings of weaving. While the five other students worked on provided polished stones/gems, I chose shells from my beach-combing collection to complete two projects:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpeJHMSOG-RgjXK6Asgx1jhC2-A70zSs9yPH_nSmpJPFlj2B4Q0TnR3xVmxq6rVPeDp4Kk3y6-e-Vqt016xljWkMC0ZW5lgvUwsqshVRuDxEBCjOLEFJQfvhTRZkgpJKSPYwxO1cfVjnzMW_Eo0YDFIE5WqddIl5bRTJN9vWEKwQxjcGocw9tX/s3387/3:3,wirewrappedshell1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3387" data-original-width="2538" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpeJHMSOG-RgjXK6Asgx1jhC2-A70zSs9yPH_nSmpJPFlj2B4Q0TnR3xVmxq6rVPeDp4Kk3y6-e-Vqt016xljWkMC0ZW5lgvUwsqshVRuDxEBCjOLEFJQfvhTRZkgpJKSPYwxO1cfVjnzMW_Eo0YDFIE5WqddIl5bRTJN9vWEKwQxjcGocw9tX/w300-h400/3:3,wirewrappedshell1.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbUkYoAqAEDAEVureKmNZFRZXIF1mnSnLvodrAQy4XRmzDn0wE0NyUspra_J9MFoCY7y3XPhdwQgOB5vM7Y_EJRw0Md28QaOxbeLYWWFLmrb1jTB7r7WkoAuoW0TWG26yRvZUTqwDbQQDY_uDwra5VAB_P_ix8TLe5ib40gskKgxlvExfDXcxy/s3143/3:3,wirewrappedshell2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3143" data-original-width="2357" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbUkYoAqAEDAEVureKmNZFRZXIF1mnSnLvodrAQy4XRmzDn0wE0NyUspra_J9MFoCY7y3XPhdwQgOB5vM7Y_EJRw0Md28QaOxbeLYWWFLmrb1jTB7r7WkoAuoW0TWG26yRvZUTqwDbQQDY_uDwra5VAB_P_ix8TLe5ib40gskKgxlvExfDXcxy/w300-h400/3:3,wirewrappedshell2.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoth_Ta4G4I68h2WEUXgI2Aq6C3G6oQe0lnJNXFER109IlLV7FPDuTmTaKc53SJAF_GHH178qpn3e2agI-kGrlQ3Ea5dNeyn3CWwf9evnicsxM8RX9MPMhzYIYyiDzzOv7mLOKwaiKsPYr3c9x837lWJBCwQtXSlQeL3ahNMGWZg52CgZg8Eo6/s3454/3:3,wirewrappedshell3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3454" data-original-width="2591" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoth_Ta4G4I68h2WEUXgI2Aq6C3G6oQe0lnJNXFER109IlLV7FPDuTmTaKc53SJAF_GHH178qpn3e2agI-kGrlQ3Ea5dNeyn3CWwf9evnicsxM8RX9MPMhzYIYyiDzzOv7mLOKwaiKsPYr3c9x837lWJBCwQtXSlQeL3ahNMGWZg52CgZg8Eo6/w300-h400/3:3,wirewrappedshell3.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_rMYTj3gFId58mz6zBBHqDSHYErrROFK0ul1CJ5IuRaFNirnPRI0TnHDocBua7UQZzoJ1L8jWzVaYxkZxxD8J_cFuF_79YftSzPTTjvUyWIO2ZFrQR3WqpcaZunUzGrFZk8KxwHhE9jfI_nhZYwESPetOByPdupiTpvLs3SWELGAIRoHE0U-K/s3089/3:3,wovenwireshell1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3089" data-original-width="2317" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_rMYTj3gFId58mz6zBBHqDSHYErrROFK0ul1CJ5IuRaFNirnPRI0TnHDocBua7UQZzoJ1L8jWzVaYxkZxxD8J_cFuF_79YftSzPTTjvUyWIO2ZFrQR3WqpcaZunUzGrFZk8KxwHhE9jfI_nhZYwESPetOByPdupiTpvLs3SWELGAIRoHE0U-K/w300-h400/3:3,wovenwireshell1.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGmqfN989Qcd59AGh5uuezO5n_Lkld2dHhik2dU7Ti6GcHFUEFO_hJarOxF9dlv8oz8xqlu_B6NSc0NsADZTHdGY6tMlqtfy-ir40FaheX4wRigCta9j4chyphenhyphenWTsJBSbuwfFfNQrjErBqMnO3X1EJl426o6VsYD7KfvGMRe7ZaGv7_aem5CgM2y/s3088/3:3,wovenwireshell2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGmqfN989Qcd59AGh5uuezO5n_Lkld2dHhik2dU7Ti6GcHFUEFO_hJarOxF9dlv8oz8xqlu_B6NSc0NsADZTHdGY6tMlqtfy-ir40FaheX4wRigCta9j4chyphenhyphenWTsJBSbuwfFfNQrjErBqMnO3X1EJl426o6VsYD7KfvGMRe7ZaGv7_aem5CgM2y/w300-h400/3:3,wovenwireshell2.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I've since ordered a couple more tools and some 28-gauge wire for weaving, and am thinking of ways to better organize my stash of objects, tools, and supplies. If I can see at a glance what I have to work with, it will jump-start the creative process. My dream is to acquire an antique spool cabinet like that in the internet photo below to contain both my spindles and my wire-wrapping stash, but for now I'm thinking about what I can do with the space and storage I already have in the upstairs bonus room. It's become a messy accumulation of fleeces in bags, fiber and yarn in bags and bins, horse and dog show ribbons, books (our overflowing library shelves are up there), old computer and other office equipment and the desks they are on, cages and supplies from pet birds long gone, an antique table, my loom, etc. Clearly, lots of stuff needs to go, which will leave room for other stuff to be put away; the possibilities are actually rather exciting. Want to help hold me accountable? I hereby make transforming the bonus room my <b>One Big Thing of 2024</b> <span style="color: #444444;">(Lord willing and the creek don't rise)</span>. Although I'm not sure I'm up to sharing its current condition, as soon as I post this I'm going to take photos so I can mark and celebrate my progress. Hmm; maybe I should commit to sharing a new photo each week showing proof of progress. What do you think?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqQsYRtufS9YuxSD87ggIsnnXpbHsvKJLJ5ngrX3Hp8Xe_uXMBl6HDM_s1PdTPEatylSZeWLMe3VeHtH5kgB349eLDvTKxr2H3F6oXHtIgJiOqdbVsUXs5cwWmGn_iRpBfQqh1ClLkr5Va3jGf_a3ly1hyHrOjMVX2UcjUoqbyPXvUrqAb0634/s1544/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-06%20at%2012.41.55%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="1330" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqQsYRtufS9YuxSD87ggIsnnXpbHsvKJLJ5ngrX3Hp8Xe_uXMBl6HDM_s1PdTPEatylSZeWLMe3VeHtH5kgB349eLDvTKxr2H3F6oXHtIgJiOqdbVsUXs5cwWmGn_iRpBfQqh1ClLkr5Va3jGf_a3ly1hyHrOjMVX2UcjUoqbyPXvUrqAb0634/w345-h400/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-06%20at%2012.41.55%20PM.png" width="345" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">That's it for now from . . .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3859" data-original-width="2943" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIog3jtuTc5uNxfEd3eq_5C4ENNWvYBMixGXHP3NOzVekXqD5xMgcMWaKZNacmfb0SmhUzPy9vxoidmEYfaXixAR9blImNrZPvRjjoE969I7DF7NIlcHzRHbLzw3QRwMxXY4XaIFX_KYkPzbp093bfNpes-bDbY4-FT9bjSCo7QYLVr86w8Ah5/w306-h400/3:1,snow5.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I almost titled this post "Sloppy Spring." It's been wet and grey and cold for days; the ground (including the arena) is saturated and squishy; the covered chicken run alternates between a river, a lake, and a swampland. Ugh. Then yesterday afternoon the snow flurries started, and continued off and on through the night. Nothing stuck, though, until after 8:00 this morning. It's melted now (adding to the slop), but we could get more of the same over the next few nights/mornings. Stereotypical weather for lambing, but none of my girls are close to that yet; I know, because I felt them all up this morning. For some reason, poor Blaise was very lame in her right rear leg/hip. I suspect she got roughed up by someone. I fed her a couple crumbled molasses-rich horse cookies to boost her energy and will check on her again later.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We're very thankful to still have some firewood left to keep the house comfortable. Hay supplies are good, too. The ewes, of course, are getting regular pasture time; without that I would probably run out of sheep hay before this year's crop is in. Having them out as much as possible also keeps the Sheep Sheraton from getting disgusting as quickly, and can't help but contribute to the health of ewes and their eventual offspring. It's hard not to be impatient; I want to see what's 'cooking'!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaHWt8-7MTCr1tF7sQXwq7EYDV_q9i6axKTpewQJKUo1ZdC_rNxfL2-zrPbWFgM0IlICWwFuPvFOghkQ_c-MZ6qo_wr1T6UCK9jpHpvlBfklwIQMCvm9XB4m8-lN88FEv9jKNWXwebf5VRzmZIdYwt12Zy_Xw1-ROJZI4zbZ0JfPcdo5CXcys-/s3750/3:1,dahliapkg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3750" data-original-width="2828" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaHWt8-7MTCr1tF7sQXwq7EYDV_q9i6axKTpewQJKUo1ZdC_rNxfL2-zrPbWFgM0IlICWwFuPvFOghkQ_c-MZ6qo_wr1T6UCK9jpHpvlBfklwIQMCvm9XB4m8-lN88FEv9jKNWXwebf5VRzmZIdYwt12Zy_Xw1-ROJZI4zbZ0JfPcdo5CXcys-/w301-h400/3:1,dahliapkg.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'll have to wait for these beauties, too; I'm not digging a hole in the mud to plant them yet. Gotta love Costco's prices – and plants that the deer leave alone! I must admit, though, that I've seen very few deer — and NO mice — in quite some time. Interesting, especially about the mice.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">That's it for the first day of March from . . .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhypDUUV_T7YX1zp4XLCdZw7kQHBVXsp0RTa0csEIYaJDWdC3f0cBFOOKFkGJQZkM9WhzpxejDE4tS_gEWCZ6GI8Gvu3FqD0pRA9mGPv_sKuSowNukJbs464bk7VB9nhpA7y6xXAnAQeoTE_q2sMIAOL__pkYX2kj3Rt76onyJ2rTi0EwP1evMC/s229/logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="54" data-original-width="229" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhypDUUV_T7YX1zp4XLCdZw7kQHBVXsp0RTa0csEIYaJDWdC3f0cBFOOKFkGJQZkM9WhzpxejDE4tS_gEWCZ6GI8Gvu3FqD0pRA9mGPv_sKuSowNukJbs464bk7VB9nhpA7y6xXAnAQeoTE_q2sMIAOL__pkYX2kj3Rt76onyJ2rTi0EwP1evMC/s1600/logo.gif" width="229" /></a></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671898.post-24175403242632468312024-02-25T18:44:00.000-08:002024-02-25T18:44:47.960-08:00Udderly absent<div style="text-align: left;">Boop (and her lost twin) were born two years ago on March 4. Based on the lack of udder development, I don't think Boop or any of the other bred ewes will be lambing close to that date. Hopefully no one 'blossoms' quickly after that, as I don't think my MIL would be at all understanding of me begging out of photographing her wedding on the 8th. But like the weather and nearly everything else, que sera sera.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Speaking of blossoms, three mild, sunny days sprang some spring flowers. I also brought 'spring' inside, stuffing some cuttings from pruning the flowering plum into a vase and adding warm water. In the background, you can see the blooms on my wee orchid.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgAJCpRWCYd699PC4s8dKfCmjyHFtmiU80atFbUERZleTRF7sRmY_9oliZ2Nn7lUaUNyeLTviDH_CgjUfw9SsFeh_UP6hYguXW_UIufHHqA57IsbjS4A_TPqxk0o4ehqDCXO-9wK4xQkLnfVC0pFMMlQg12eY0kfMd6zduA7DbVW-CHXqsMLwh/s3896/2:21,firstdaffs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3896" data-original-width="3008" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgAJCpRWCYd699PC4s8dKfCmjyHFtmiU80atFbUERZleTRF7sRmY_9oliZ2Nn7lUaUNyeLTviDH_CgjUfw9SsFeh_UP6hYguXW_UIufHHqA57IsbjS4A_TPqxk0o4ehqDCXO-9wK4xQkLnfVC0pFMMlQg12eY0kfMd6zduA7DbVW-CHXqsMLwh/w309-h400/2:21,firstdaffs.jpg" width="309" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEMzUtDSGZG-svy2L0DCy7PxZVKoe1a1iapsxlTsfX6RtTInmIlQ2wDn4IGfqeQtiY2hTLOFoalo4OZdjr-YlagzeJNt9e2HLwCXH9e343x7EPUWph4cWRtuOyewkxr3YhAFnNHhzveyrE81d-Cg3IEm42CC6-AwmSEXUpZEnglGNojNnJ0VSN/s4032/2:22,crocus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3838" data-original-width="2975" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_2aPlQ4lLLFVvLlGfF1ZOZRDib2MEsKiiSTxCKUnkrVY-QeXzYYLXtA3T9bmUpiA1dZzWTAz9e1arkh6YikiREY-s7FOQUPxIxqHcrhzPlj4iWUKB-uyD3k-j3uVObjM261ggh5EoS0-rAY2L7eU5zZJAxrGkVFZ2mWRZzBuNoWc7bV5gqeh/w310-h400/2:23,plumblossoms.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Last week I finally fulled my latest two rugs. They fluffed up wonderfully, being 100% wool. I like them both; time will tell if they get gifted or not. What to weave next? I wound all the remaining naturally-dyed yarn into balls to see what I have; the smaller pile on the left is finer gauge than the rest. I could use natural wool yarn to warp again, but am thinking about using black cotton yarn for more contrast, and also weaving a rug with the variated cotton. One of my weaving friends has convinced me to wind enough yarn to have a dummy warp; it sounds like a marvelous time-saving tool!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmTuv00MYPRChfMEmwmJJII6TfXttzxa7HfKFQ2gNdRS7jMkTXntWyIsZV5KC7pp6xU_ZElckhhZ9ySbGhy_MQeLpvgBdDoJojsIrnhFt0SRbUHIJ8-9zz3HWn_rFP0ZmHp5z3JaFEZA2Q573MyNKYr6UKHzG86m5JiiWpl4X9krnTrISzEIPm/s3000/2:23,rugs,pre-fulling.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="3000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmTuv00MYPRChfMEmwmJJII6TfXttzxa7HfKFQ2gNdRS7jMkTXntWyIsZV5KC7pp6xU_ZElckhhZ9ySbGhy_MQeLpvgBdDoJojsIrnhFt0SRbUHIJ8-9zz3HWn_rFP0ZmHp5z3JaFEZA2Q573MyNKYr6UKHzG86m5JiiWpl4X9krnTrISzEIPm/w400-h300/2:23,rugs,pre-fulling.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2814" data-original-width="3809" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpevDMgSv2oKZdIZpL44yqlFUDZ0WK_LpxgqvcgTia68Ypjtr5gEZatWHwnhzTNmTSQOTj7LXoCZqQdHVkqlMF2u6jBrfmi-SfKkhG46C_h3dXh_WFDwbktyBI9cxfzmGV4VXzOkHRomyX9vErgkaShG-Gxzmob46wah4ZFd_JDZEcRd0-BjNk/w400-h295/2:25,weavingyarns2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I've made progress spinning both my "Pink Grapefruit" and "Bay Breeze" into singles, but neither are likely to be finished by the end of the month. That's okay; there's no deadline. 😉</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEFkb26UyzZwX-eyfJo_2IU2WJLw1kgddCuOohyphenhyphen7c7JQmX0BLxJ5G8rOKry1jfEVrGfyguaQ8FYq8atLa6w_U8Qd8r6RBjCFZM7LXGNf3OhadUG0BmziiRj716P0ljZnjqcHqxf5E4anXD3eAZR4piw1HPcvYzdivJFCgsDQt-bUjp3pyiJ8xC/s3686/2:25,SIPs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3686" data-original-width="2937" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEFkb26UyzZwX-eyfJo_2IU2WJLw1kgddCuOohyphenhyphen7c7JQmX0BLxJ5G8rOKry1jfEVrGfyguaQ8FYq8atLa6w_U8Qd8r6RBjCFZM7LXGNf3OhadUG0BmziiRj716P0ljZnjqcHqxf5E4anXD3eAZR4piw1HPcvYzdivJFCgsDQt-bUjp3pyiJ8xC/w319-h400/2:25,SIPs.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">That's it for likely the last post of February from . . .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK0OqthmztJyQUEMU2nU7btLo7NJctyo9obwhY6gxQaS3hMoIMqDmcFIfIgzHAFhXsIJLqnoAZRpce6aEJeaTqSZWNfDm6h1tNVt3w2g5HrNGCaSqF1QAvsrKHE-1IdY6K9vypOAQyfv5MJnkB7dL87uO_4J6SLmoIACfsCYjJ1KFq4cxHxXJk/s229/logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="54" data-original-width="229" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK0OqthmztJyQUEMU2nU7btLo7NJctyo9obwhY6gxQaS3hMoIMqDmcFIfIgzHAFhXsIJLqnoAZRpce6aEJeaTqSZWNfDm6h1tNVt3w2g5HrNGCaSqF1QAvsrKHE-1IdY6K9vypOAQyfv5MJnkB7dL87uO_4J6SLmoIACfsCYjJ1KFq4cxHxXJk/s1600/logo.gif" width="229" /></a></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671898.post-34188556729445197802024-02-18T20:02:00.000-08:002024-02-18T20:02:26.685-08:00Babe Watch<div style="text-align: left;">Now that 'keeping an eye on the sheep' has become a rather obsessive pastime, I decided I'd better figure out the parameters of lambing season. Blog to the rescue. I recorded putting the breeding groups together on September 20, and Bijou attempted breeding Bridget right away. Gulp; that means lambing <i>could</i> begin any day now! I also recorded that Boop was bred several times on my birthday, which means lambing <i>could</i> continue into mid-April.</div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrVt2NKWzn9b4nXdFiZvXVYqJM9w4nwtx3rSQ2BYKptO4Or_CpmvFvg2xPwVoyCFOLBHBgENPhhFAWk4ywMCwB4vjaa595DItnodb4O_Gu1cIINU8Sosc-NKTOGTVQHt5wEDBQRYkEo7y6dac91Th9WOGn0U5scKS6NblMAPu-039pvpKaUVmm/s2781/2:16,Broadway.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2225" data-original-width="2781" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrVt2NKWzn9b4nXdFiZvXVYqJM9w4nwtx3rSQ2BYKptO4Or_CpmvFvg2xPwVoyCFOLBHBgENPhhFAWk4ywMCwB4vjaa595DItnodb4O_Gu1cIINU8Sosc-NKTOGTVQHt5wEDBQRYkEo7y6dac91Th9WOGn0U5scKS6NblMAPu-039pvpKaUVmm/w400-h320/2:16,Broadway.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Broadway</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8_FIwWyvyMWIL8hEK_J3MjVbbM-b96LWqHwXzWNrF_0jWWGz6Neg9vU6c5kdP09-SXL9bwhqrsSARhBgyBqEUtuHZ9OHzeLlNVAGxYKUtYpuPnj3Ajn7VWSSAGjDgQoTD4KwudyGi7NbqFzARgdxB79tcPB7sA6vlkBObdA4KowlmVOc3Uj2p/s2603/2:16,Boop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2062" data-original-width="2603" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8_FIwWyvyMWIL8hEK_J3MjVbbM-b96LWqHwXzWNrF_0jWWGz6Neg9vU6c5kdP09-SXL9bwhqrsSARhBgyBqEUtuHZ9OHzeLlNVAGxYKUtYpuPnj3Ajn7VWSSAGjDgQoTD4KwudyGi7NbqFzARgdxB79tcPB7sA6vlkBObdA4KowlmVOc3Uj2p/w400-h316/2:16,Boop.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Boop</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB5oxQ6kXEC5KEWv1eD3uxQ4S0NQTgRUb3Mf2n7SsF6U641eIIw0HODs9d2pEVOaK_J9gwEJwkNmc5QONpL7ZS3AfUwpfza0Ca7DfCs1bzt566KXdHsgfvejQ5lo4fZ0rWOw3L7dGa2_6fchkGPWhsyM-rMogPw0sUVDzDpxvsOjalR32IoJjx/s2803/2:16,Bridget.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2351" data-original-width="2803" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB5oxQ6kXEC5KEWv1eD3uxQ4S0NQTgRUb3Mf2n7SsF6U641eIIw0HODs9d2pEVOaK_J9gwEJwkNmc5QONpL7ZS3AfUwpfza0Ca7DfCs1bzt566KXdHsgfvejQ5lo4fZ0rWOw3L7dGa2_6fchkGPWhsyM-rMogPw0sUVDzDpxvsOjalR32IoJjx/w400-h335/2:16,Bridget.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Bridget</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">For the record, I'm not seeing any imminent signs of lambing; no udders are forming yet (in other words, none of them would make the cut for that infamous lifeguard crew on TV). Bridget (third photo), as always, is very woolly which obscures the view. At the least I need to trim her nether regions – or I could just shear her. The boys are all losing their throat wool, so I should check them for roo-ability. And before harvesting <i>any</i> fleece I need to collect fleece samples from everyone to send off for micron testing. Ah, Spring; the Shetland shepherd's busiest season!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Speaking of 'spring,' Brian has a cold (the cookies and brownies I baked for Valentine's Day probably didn't help), the horses are shedding, and my MIL's wedding is coming up in less than three weeks. The first of the daffodils (in the upper pasture) will unfurl this week, and the eggs keep coming. This morning I caught the hens during 'rush hour':</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5jS4eTMUUaA2e-RzRXza3OwzJRZ4vyU8z5V4znW381Fk3wRWs4y63B7_zcfzKaXBevdLxx_cXO9oBt217LBhwkkr7ZiUS92mTcL75lNhPuyM3-Jg-wQuib3kK76YxoOu8BeVRkPajzUWmN6-EWRL3Keq2nnInxzkRwuqgCtnkIFDWg7azORYo/s3582/2:18,rushhourhens.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2757" data-original-width="3582" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5jS4eTMUUaA2e-RzRXza3OwzJRZ4vyU8z5V4znW381Fk3wRWs4y63B7_zcfzKaXBevdLxx_cXO9oBt217LBhwkkr7ZiUS92mTcL75lNhPuyM3-Jg-wQuib3kK76YxoOu8BeVRkPajzUWmN6-EWRL3Keq2nnInxzkRwuqgCtnkIFDWg7azORYo/w400-h308/2:18,rushhourhens.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfRjzuSdkkw4cQlVqD6MlxO7tnTYW2JmyRSQWMS_j5zfBwTi_pVtJXIcDJKjywKCdrfQTIx_IkLD48nMAQ9BjvODtvxTbL2I9qUoU7lGJEbRoXWAOsb6PDT6GgeA7x3_VdfFyWVNJ3fTJAwNzmPG1MD7ADywAzUCL11rXEEjPjWRPEHZpYN8i3/s3292/2:18,rushhourhens2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; 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I have lots more natural wool yarn for warp, but don't love what I have left of the natural dyed wool yarn for weft. I need to lay it all out and ponder my options; I might overdye some.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1uHZvEF89Vg5jzYLwHdgUzdZkn7jzOyiUiB2riLNI0HmmcsWLISPL6SLlNnrBzBENbJeZ-lvBT1VbRSvpEqovKEMGZFOLCKGxGxB8y5WC-By_yAsNYpe8pDGJRauyXm0wCTbIxGn0N4Njy4v24ixuuxfXbxlWognFePW-5DbKhj8fCC5vlHqW/s3972/2:18,finishedweave%235.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2978" data-original-width="3972" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1uHZvEF89Vg5jzYLwHdgUzdZkn7jzOyiUiB2riLNI0HmmcsWLISPL6SLlNnrBzBENbJeZ-lvBT1VbRSvpEqovKEMGZFOLCKGxGxB8y5WC-By_yAsNYpe8pDGJRauyXm0wCTbIxGn0N4Njy4v24ixuuxfXbxlWognFePW-5DbKhj8fCC5vlHqW/w400-h300/2:18,finishedweave%235.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>I've also started – gasp! – a second spinning project. Blame Ravelry; the Jenkins group is spinning variations of the 2024 Color of the Year, "Peach Fuzz," and I found this Inglenook "Pink Grapefruit" Polwarth in my stash. Starting this means I won't get my 'denim' project spun <i>and</i> plied by the end of the month, but I'm hoping to finish the singles.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAez9FfabTS5u7tp6K7W0v6G6ZvCu-rOWrfeDu4Ym5qj14LohwyAfjapfT0RAAZSxye182aPr0EXsxd9XuzhapPYLDBNsLgZ_X2oa0Fs3ssKq7Fb8T4KClpsBSok8hhI9-o4PRW7uVYRUKFXdw_C7kDy-CD0raLelgDdhss8dNpID9Y3_I6WLH/s4032/2:15,PinkGrapefruit,WalnutWren.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAez9FfabTS5u7tp6K7W0v6G6ZvCu-rOWrfeDu4Ym5qj14LohwyAfjapfT0RAAZSxye182aPr0EXsxd9XuzhapPYLDBNsLgZ_X2oa0Fs3ssKq7Fb8T4KClpsBSok8hhI9-o4PRW7uVYRUKFXdw_C7kDy-CD0raLelgDdhss8dNpID9Y3_I6WLH/w300-h400/2:15,PinkGrapefruit,WalnutWren.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5LrF4U7PHuVUGjaTiRDa7uYnYbe_VgKfhd5TkOyCOtMxPFWUKqqPRkDWNyJU1_EXmMlw1ZBzdr1bmVGfEoMBVPpYI-TQB4Q-6fI7w3n84wRH9yz1SeRfiy6zicEQ6dBpRN6fldF1yvzzse58v5YKGk97th70rM0TqllPmLq4f1TVJY8Wfu3yp/s3212/2:17,matchy-peachy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3212" data-original-width="3021" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5LrF4U7PHuVUGjaTiRDa7uYnYbe_VgKfhd5TkOyCOtMxPFWUKqqPRkDWNyJU1_EXmMlw1ZBzdr1bmVGfEoMBVPpYI-TQB4Q-6fI7w3n84wRH9yz1SeRfiy6zicEQ6dBpRN6fldF1yvzzse58v5YKGk97th70rM0TqllPmLq4f1TVJY8Wfu3yp/w376-h400/2:17,matchy-peachy.jpg" width="376" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">In other crafting news, a nearby shop is advertising a <a href="https://www.hopewellhub.com/wire-wrapping.html" target="_blank">wire-wrapping class on March 3</a>. I really want to get back to wire-wrapping my beach-combing finds but desperately need a refresher, so I signed up in hopes the teacher is open to helping me with my technique rather than just the planned pendant.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My creative juices haven't run this strong in a long time; it's rather exciting. What's next – pulling out my oil paints, or getting back to stained glass???</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Wonders never cease at . . .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLS2xp-AXpkPi9URoaDpGAE2QPCAsmj031vjtocd0_DK896BB0agQq9xSLxTb6SG5eMuxA6AqAE-0QPvX3zwXfxQxEk0AT30tuBdTMPQIoqqcEvRs3yUW8tESVAn2o3OZth_dIvsGQUl3ChGyM1m8QUNVlQJ__0FbTXzhg7_Bh6s_MrA6RkUR-/s229/logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="54" data-original-width="229" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLS2xp-AXpkPi9URoaDpGAE2QPCAsmj031vjtocd0_DK896BB0agQq9xSLxTb6SG5eMuxA6AqAE-0QPvX3zwXfxQxEk0AT30tuBdTMPQIoqqcEvRs3yUW8tESVAn2o3OZth_dIvsGQUl3ChGyM1m8QUNVlQJ__0FbTXzhg7_Bh6s_MrA6RkUR-/s1600/logo.gif" width="229" /></a></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671898.post-45043262657962961042024-02-13T23:53:00.000-08:002024-02-13T23:53:04.000-08:00Shaken, not seared<div style="text-align: left;">Late yesterday afternoon, I went down to give the horses a late lunch and let the ewes back into the fold. I noticed that the henhouse light hadn't come on yet, even though it seemed dark enough for the light sensor to kick in. Obviously not. I flipped the barn light on, got the horse hay served, then went to the tack room to get Chuckie a scoop of kitty kibble and got no response to that light switch. Hmmm. Further checking revealed that the sheep fold and barn aisle lights worked; machine shed lights and the outlet powering the Ram-ada Inn and henhouse lights did not. I walked back to the house to check the breaker boxes, figuring that a breaker tripped, but there was no breaker labeled "Barn" in either of them. Oh yeah; there are breaker boxes down at the barn, the old one in the original structure that predated us, and the one we installed in the attached machine shed when we built it. So I walked back down and checked those; again nothing was tripped. However, I thought I detected a faint 'hot plastic' smell near the old original one, and the edges of the plastic handle of one breaker looked slightly melted. I called Rick and described everything, telling him I thought he'd better make checking it out a priority as soon as he got home. In the meantime, he told me to flip all the breakers in both boxes to "Off," which I did. By this time it was dark, so I did chores with a headlamp.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">What Rick discovered when he got home and checked out the situation was chilling. First of all, there is no master switch for the electric line to the barn; it's all hot, all the time. Rick removed the cover of the old breaker box, and there was even more heat damage on the <i>inside</i>. With an insulated screwdriver he managed to disconnect everything, but still had two (separated) hot wires and no caps that would fit them. Supply sources were closed for the day; what to do? I suggested moving horses, sheep, tractor, and horse trailer, or calling a couple neighbors to see if they had caps. The first neighbor had none; the second neighbor did, saying, "'Someone' had me get extras." Yeah; that same 'Someone' kept a near-catastrophic breaker box from sparking a barn fire – for <i>years</i>.</div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH50yhBqXHa-1SvrqhActDk-JvDW2fhkhrE6KjQFdA2m-aRmb-GYMYLfp4NMffRge39ukdK3EFdprKdpHKSwAeVdcrYFji5QCuds6hLYOCf3SDcXREkX7AgY5URqIgKs8BxPSM1_8hpcSwKOH6y_aSjYkIWIdJ2USNd_Ajlae3jIhoOnS1jCmn/s3678/2:13,barn,fog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2758" data-original-width="3678" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH50yhBqXHa-1SvrqhActDk-JvDW2fhkhrE6KjQFdA2m-aRmb-GYMYLfp4NMffRge39ukdK3EFdprKdpHKSwAeVdcrYFji5QCuds6hLYOCf3SDcXREkX7AgY5URqIgKs8BxPSM1_8hpcSwKOH6y_aSjYkIWIdJ2USNd_Ajlae3jIhoOnS1jCmn/w400-h300/2:13,barn,fog.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">the old breaker box is just inside that white door</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;">It was foggy this morning, and as I gazed down at our barn complex and all that it houses, I thought how easily it could have been shrouded in smoke and flames. That thought has made me slightly breathless all day – and thankful; so very, very thankful.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">No need to hide now, Sanson!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRhSTDd7gKn6qwfDlfFTReQJHwkofub5OmttZ925y7p-Iw41fO59t0aHb9CU-mvdWAgW1ML6QzMtNSJifuwTKc65JQMGvFZ9aqDkt_XtQTsn0xaBWgcFyIxQgZekBQ0_PF_LpwpXV37Ko0BTgps4CNyB04kI9NR5PsHNI3R7pDb9wTI1nhXXTp/s4032/2:10,Sanson,tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRhSTDd7gKn6qwfDlfFTReQJHwkofub5OmttZ925y7p-Iw41fO59t0aHb9CU-mvdWAgW1ML6QzMtNSJifuwTKc65JQMGvFZ9aqDkt_XtQTsn0xaBWgcFyIxQgZekBQ0_PF_LpwpXV37Ko0BTgps4CNyB04kI9NR5PsHNI3R7pDb9wTI1nhXXTp/w300-h400/2:10,Sanson,tree.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The sarcacocca on the north side of the house is perfuming the air:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbMbmCF6hk-S0sgF_hW_j_W9sR2nDgXXVQ9GrfKI8udJubXy537ABr_6wlCM5y0T_yb90s9FmQmNlFyJ-QEZBqXsJGSADOkrmFQEtiEWpaC7jf3a_ZQR9PqoI2OhIeo1dWv4IA_eR1SXRDEGcbLWBvwYmV8MbqGDEVT_BvIkuhD6ylIHpTAUHI/s2471/2:11,sarcacocca.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2471" data-original-width="2403" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbMbmCF6hk-S0sgF_hW_j_W9sR2nDgXXVQ9GrfKI8udJubXy537ABr_6wlCM5y0T_yb90s9FmQmNlFyJ-QEZBqXsJGSADOkrmFQEtiEWpaC7jf3a_ZQR9PqoI2OhIeo1dWv4IA_eR1SXRDEGcbLWBvwYmV8MbqGDEVT_BvIkuhD6ylIHpTAUHI/w313-h320/2:11,sarcacocca.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I've started weaving another rug:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1Q6WJajOnCnfufBupHWSaMVDLXEMHSrSDZYyzt5CaWeQfdbqQXjEDJKdnErmbWacmeoJULHv0JA5flSzMC0wVdOEZvqdvM1jGFm5Y_ausPbxqbURwhe9CGxX2-H4nty_ftXlWpW_X4f7FyBvr2FYxToDhidz-J7O1HhjoqTiU1kkQux767Ul/s4032/2:13,weaving%235.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1Q6WJajOnCnfufBupHWSaMVDLXEMHSrSDZYyzt5CaWeQfdbqQXjEDJKdnErmbWacmeoJULHv0JA5flSzMC0wVdOEZvqdvM1jGFm5Y_ausPbxqbURwhe9CGxX2-H4nty_ftXlWpW_X4f7FyBvr2FYxToDhidz-J7O1HhjoqTiU1kkQux767Ul/w300-h400/2:13,weaving%235.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Thanking God, not lucky stars, at . . .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgid1v-8iN7o_igLfaePgpq-t3T3Y3IoBAr7PSOMNosRJS0A0iQSR-bL92P6cgisjQWTmg8_DYnvTT5hQOQo4q7VSgUhyphenhyphenf3yr_S2VC2fkRDOXDk-JG50cRuA7woaARBpPaGj8zJ-UTKvEIwP0e73szapaEpIF0NVQYJE7bs-fNNiIUulSyW-SNq/s229/logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="54" data-original-width="229" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgid1v-8iN7o_igLfaePgpq-t3T3Y3IoBAr7PSOMNosRJS0A0iQSR-bL92P6cgisjQWTmg8_DYnvTT5hQOQo4q7VSgUhyphenhyphenf3yr_S2VC2fkRDOXDk-JG50cRuA7woaARBpPaGj8zJ-UTKvEIwP0e73szapaEpIF0NVQYJE7bs-fNNiIUulSyW-SNq/s1600/logo.gif" width="229" /></a></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671898.post-20506962479174090982024-02-09T12:54:00.000-08:002024-02-09T12:54:36.178-08:00Setting the stage, act two<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirQEx0bsVPOG7KIUgMQhd6v1cF4YBOGymPZDurwaRXS1Xuf2JUQNdoRXXQZgW9OcBtmBBlVJMcjiP_OMLLsxQi4Gece0eMg3yE51CySPeMhurLCq09loKLYGjcvAKo6yruZSxMkUZa14GPBV6f0FyrVkuTHuCAbKShQS9hsC_5QYES3TyzDbsx/s2977/2:8,island.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2222" data-original-width="2977" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirQEx0bsVPOG7KIUgMQhd6v1cF4YBOGymPZDurwaRXS1Xuf2JUQNdoRXXQZgW9OcBtmBBlVJMcjiP_OMLLsxQi4Gece0eMg3yE51CySPeMhurLCq09loKLYGjcvAKo6yruZSxMkUZa14GPBV6f0FyrVkuTHuCAbKShQS9hsC_5QYES3TyzDbsx/w400-h300/2:8,island.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div>Got a tiny bite from the 'cleaning bug' again. This time the budding daffodils prompted me to tackle the island bed, cleaning out dead grass and weeds, pruning what I could reach of the flowering plum, and cutting out a volunteer English walnut. It looks much tidier than it did, in fact than it has in some years, thanks to Rick spraying it last year. I'm not a fan of chemicals, but it did kill the grass that had nearly choked out the daffodils. Now the ones that remain can shine. <span style="color: #444444;">(That bright green patch on the right side are other flowering bulbs that have never been impressive; they look like the white and yellow ones in the photo below but much more sparse and inconspicuous.)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDZdMUMSKbM0wp8_qMwVyU135Uc3oCMi2tYwELpbLL94h0AIYyZDqyk4txliiixqgp-NN1-p7InmuE3B7OpUc9Lo1-6xtpHL5NW_Ji073F4bKr8kjCUWJZpsSEWOeglRu5MngSblB-GUAjyCjzqXdRCV08P3r4UA-M8w-liLaucL93pFRPaUw5/s1874/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-09%20at%2012.49.32%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1874" data-original-width="1832" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDZdMUMSKbM0wp8_qMwVyU135Uc3oCMi2tYwELpbLL94h0AIYyZDqyk4txliiixqgp-NN1-p7InmuE3B7OpUc9Lo1-6xtpHL5NW_Ji073F4bKr8kjCUWJZpsSEWOeglRu5MngSblB-GUAjyCjzqXdRCV08P3r4UA-M8w-liLaucL93pFRPaUw5/s320/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-09%20at%2012.49.32%20PM.png" width="313" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The hens have been more productive this week than I have. Spring must be in the air <span style="color: #444444;">(or day length)</span>, because after weeks of one, two, or rarely, three eggs a day, they've given me four eggs two days and five eggs another! And just when my two most frequent egg customers are on vacation. Oh well; eggs keep and I have a big fridge.</div><div><br /></div><div>Rick and I both had medical appointments this week, his an MRI on his problematic shoulder and mine to determine the advisability of further diagnostics (the answer was 'yes'). Brian brought home a new toy which may bode more medical appointments. He says he got a steal of a deal and it doesn't work yet, but when he still owes us money (among other issues), such an acquisition doesn't increase our confidence in his good judgement.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOdnM5j_Vy9woUQf43JuM3S6vIRd5FfVwkvRFjUzqdZCNP1dAtsawBw3VnqyDTC8uJ1Hvk7kkJmY0VjK1iXtHgTilNAT-9QN9CL8qNRdWN0ntEuH9oEd-82NOYcklF0n9TheqAp6YmEGf6MYIuCN_GUdyYYa1sVtVft6oEm4rsWbXNjuC_9rt5/s3558/2:9,dirtbike.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2910" data-original-width="3558" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOdnM5j_Vy9woUQf43JuM3S6vIRd5FfVwkvRFjUzqdZCNP1dAtsawBw3VnqyDTC8uJ1Hvk7kkJmY0VjK1iXtHgTilNAT-9QN9CL8qNRdWN0ntEuH9oEd-82NOYcklF0n9TheqAp6YmEGf6MYIuCN_GUdyYYa1sVtVft6oEm4rsWbXNjuC_9rt5/w400-h328/2:9,dirtbike.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>I haven't gotten my loom warped for the next rug yet. I had to switch back to winding the natural wool for warp as I didn't have enough of the three colors; they will now be the weft. I bought some more long stick shuttles so the rug should go fast once the warp is ready.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyrFjOM5nOrsGxjnnCZL4RYVqWsA7ojRA5BB2NKlpRUU9jpfGMIPoCNh1gqjcUayUDbIentGjZmr6FbGeBTjV3uPQRCJJQ8h8PYp5rXy4-NDIQ0tKO-lvV1eo4J72i_Dfjc_bIAPsAqe493ip06CecUDYUrIjcn-hlXgPdZHrTDv5-KG24obqW/s3257/2:5,Broadway&Boop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2535" data-original-width="3257" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyrFjOM5nOrsGxjnnCZL4RYVqWsA7ojRA5BB2NKlpRUU9jpfGMIPoCNh1gqjcUayUDbIentGjZmr6FbGeBTjV3uPQRCJJQ8h8PYp5rXy4-NDIQ0tKO-lvV1eo4J72i_Dfjc_bIAPsAqe493ip06CecUDYUrIjcn-hlXgPdZHrTDv5-KG24obqW/w400-h311/2:5,Broadway&Boop.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div>You know it's the spring after a breeding season when I stare intently at certain ewes, looking for telltale signs of pregnancy and approaching delivery. None of the latter yet, but I imagine I am seeing the former in all four ewes who were put with ram lambs last fall. The last two to convince me are first-timers Broadway and Boop. The other morning they slept in, something they haven't done before, and Broadway (left) showed a noticeable bulge. So tick-tock, the clock is ticking! <i>Now</i> the question is, will lambing work out so I can go on the annual church women's retreat at the coast Easter weekend?</div><div><br /></div><div>That's it for this week at . . .</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9n4rfuUSnOz7B91fflY-wEkwOhYSa6QK-BNsXNcTpG9A-Ye0sK9x9auM0jsprIubRJUAcEx-bfcWyLgkmlHsikmtcm7WA2R8yqgEBL3G8m_wKDX-Zhw6jAGb47YclP4IxWKtn1ZZNdbYmKTVOW1At4J-VhvQVw4iwfyWE_HSyD_Ufm0GUrZYp/s229/logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="54" data-original-width="229" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9n4rfuUSnOz7B91fflY-wEkwOhYSa6QK-BNsXNcTpG9A-Ye0sK9x9auM0jsprIubRJUAcEx-bfcWyLgkmlHsikmtcm7WA2R8yqgEBL3G8m_wKDX-Zhw6jAGb47YclP4IxWKtn1ZZNdbYmKTVOW1At4J-VhvQVw4iwfyWE_HSyD_Ufm0GUrZYp/s1600/logo.gif" width="229" /></a></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671898.post-40533575860490711672024-02-03T07:55:00.000-08:002024-02-03T07:55:46.676-08:00Moving on to February<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This self-imposed weekly posting schedule is working well for me. Without it, I would probably lapse for weeks, thinking I had nothing new to post, as indeed is the case. But this blog is my journal as much as it is sharing with those of you interested enough to follow and comment, and songs with multiple verses are still enjoyable. So here is this week's verse!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The latest rug has been cut off the loom, ends finished and fringe trimmed; it has yet to be fulled. I love everything about it, and may very well keep it, but who knows? I might like the next one even better! I've started winding the warp for the next rug I have in mind, but may not have enough of the three colors of yarn I chose. If not, I'll formulate another plan.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSXJn-KKYXsD6Zq4qHQm8hENI3wA73bapzV4-OhZWJzWhrJgchVowv7WUMf54mNkJpmQA_5-Kj-YodG4Utb5gZRuaW5FE32AyN43Aei3UuAK8UeT1zaLU-FjVXAV0EIi7sJ31EO2T5ys9WeE6lV8HvrhQs2e99wpwU1AUH9yhAmWHz65N_3brz/s3024/1:27,rug%232,1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSXJn-KKYXsD6Zq4qHQm8hENI3wA73bapzV4-OhZWJzWhrJgchVowv7WUMf54mNkJpmQA_5-Kj-YodG4Utb5gZRuaW5FE32AyN43Aei3UuAK8UeT1zaLU-FjVXAV0EIi7sJ31EO2T5ys9WeE6lV8HvrhQs2e99wpwU1AUH9yhAmWHz65N_3brz/w300-h400/1:27,rug%232,1.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmY7U1E9iHXoAaQUMw77fooE-D3Sfg5095tFWjk-w2KdXec9q7qsU2Y-RMgnw8hCHTxH3Gpl2hWx7WJiKagbXqjWGzOuJ110tsfgbMZd_rMYOlDxtZUND3Xto3XHTw-hq_-Tl4uUAaJTmfkTLc0O2RZ63ZkjYiSQBpbXT-Uc6l6bSPSXRCUfCI/s4032/2:2,rug%232,trimmed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmY7U1E9iHXoAaQUMw77fooE-D3Sfg5095tFWjk-w2KdXec9q7qsU2Y-RMgnw8hCHTxH3Gpl2hWx7WJiKagbXqjWGzOuJ110tsfgbMZd_rMYOlDxtZUND3Xto3XHTw-hq_-Tl4uUAaJTmfkTLc0O2RZ63ZkjYiSQBpbXT-Uc6l6bSPSXRCUfCI/w400-h300/2:2,rug%232,trimmed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There has been another flurry of 'domesticity,' finally pushed to the top of the list by this little explosion of black fleece from Bijou's coat. What started as a couple of little holes merged into a big hole, and the only coats I had that would fit Bijou were in the mending pile. So I got out my Featherweight and went to work last Sunday, making 11 coats serviceable again before I ran out of thread on the 12th. I've now got more thread and will probably do another mending marathon tomorrow; I have a LOT of sidelined sheep suits!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXL3aeWmhjfUKwPH3NBpZWwu6TkqLgyUUkh5CI8S2JYI7MZDjY3dd1-HPheeU0tr074XJ-V-qk9OmmGsEX3dMwRwuuY6oCqYLXzPxV-CswyEv72QzAKYda2-VAzMO2h7mEEUICg3wR_GhZcvEXwjMMrCDZ8vNFw27tD4rx7RrpsFPd1KgT8wYW/s3466/1:28,Bijou,torncoat.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2817" data-original-width="3466" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXL3aeWmhjfUKwPH3NBpZWwu6TkqLgyUUkh5CI8S2JYI7MZDjY3dd1-HPheeU0tr074XJ-V-qk9OmmGsEX3dMwRwuuY6oCqYLXzPxV-CswyEv72QzAKYda2-VAzMO2h7mEEUICg3wR_GhZcvEXwjMMrCDZ8vNFw27tD4rx7RrpsFPd1KgT8wYW/w400-h325/1:28,Bijou,torncoat.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4KpdUokFwYwafcIbuk4YGr_5W_XxTa2H5knrIbmOsOMK6IcjZdBlM4GS73Y2QvRX_nNeLS3Ef_NJuylkQGnel9J7yEcCxN6Vtbs9dz5tmU1lTSAOuyLFLvz9t-Um1SjTRpC7phDPpUIps6HbJChcSr8IABaDosd_bM_2W2oX3Rx1z7pweS54n/s4032/1:28,mendedcoats.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4KpdUokFwYwafcIbuk4YGr_5W_XxTa2H5knrIbmOsOMK6IcjZdBlM4GS73Y2QvRX_nNeLS3Ef_NJuylkQGnel9J7yEcCxN6Vtbs9dz5tmU1lTSAOuyLFLvz9t-Um1SjTRpC7phDPpUIps6HbJChcSr8IABaDosd_bM_2W2oX3Rx1z7pweS54n/w400-h300/1:28,mendedcoats.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The constant rain has abated, and we've actually seen the sun a few times this week. One day while I was riding Stella in the arena, a neighbor sent a text message to all of us on our gravel lane, "Look at the lenticular cloud on Mt. Hood!" I couldn't see my favorite mountain from the arena, so was glad when the neighbor followed up his words with the photo below:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF4fgFQYSAHsnuRzr9AuKtHell-FdzbX1TNTLin7c6pPnrN3lks6hNZD7Jbf9Z-MAKNkhxhdqBKm3d2YrASjT4u6JSFsJiv0GOxI8vtkLZAgg2wXd2YvLSME2IYuBC4XSq0Jleb0pPqCTOLmvgOyK119geD1peJ4y1D0ewArNGjGJhAV2hdIjq/s4032/1:30,Mt.Hood.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF4fgFQYSAHsnuRzr9AuKtHell-FdzbX1TNTLin7c6pPnrN3lks6hNZD7Jbf9Z-MAKNkhxhdqBKm3d2YrASjT4u6JSFsJiv0GOxI8vtkLZAgg2wXd2YvLSME2IYuBC4XSq0Jleb0pPqCTOLmvgOyK119geD1peJ4y1D0ewArNGjGJhAV2hdIjq/w400-h300/1:30,Mt.Hood.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Inside the house, all the buds have opened on my wee orchid:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUVZT4pLVnYhkUWtIXY5om4282ikk0HWjOT5hMPlOB3U1-Y2rP_ai0ljjmXgNjBi_m_e6v7ZOLuknCLzl7wCcamIglkii5S7VhaP2XgiPcjrdyF7NHGKSqz8DINgBXvV0WvoeGU-rslirg10aq_587pMX5DaDeYHM7YJKLkXu1sSSvzGEF20BF/s3536/2:1,orchid.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2644" data-original-width="3536" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUVZT4pLVnYhkUWtIXY5om4282ikk0HWjOT5hMPlOB3U1-Y2rP_ai0ljjmXgNjBi_m_e6v7ZOLuknCLzl7wCcamIglkii5S7VhaP2XgiPcjrdyF7NHGKSqz8DINgBXvV0WvoeGU-rslirg10aq_587pMX5DaDeYHM7YJKLkXu1sSSvzGEF20BF/w400-h300/2:1,orchid.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While it is often true that the cobbler's children have no shoes, this week my veterinarian husband has been quick to grant my requests. Stella continues to be a very tense, hot horse, and although part of that is in her genes, I want to be sure there are no other causative agents. So yesterday Rick checked her teeth, which needed to be 'floated' (removing sharp points that develop from the side-to-side motion of chewing) and we started her on a daily hormone treatment that sometimes helps mares settle down.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDA_XkBrRMpGo38c8OqxYp5qfXriBAxNBWNJf1s7uRPf0DVGtMGeNQ-aQIuMMg9lh0ubuhYjld2_30cM90ud2-1EtvPQq3Vz4OO2Duc0kylG5oZNnR7Oh_wamNsDn0C_YctKXBSDV6dvnWRuAkZRjNOn-2UFPhyphenhyphen9y2MG10FjxirnkxWjxAYcXT/s4032/2:2,Stella'sdental.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDA_XkBrRMpGo38c8OqxYp5qfXriBAxNBWNJf1s7uRPf0DVGtMGeNQ-aQIuMMg9lh0ubuhYjld2_30cM90ud2-1EtvPQq3Vz4OO2Duc0kylG5oZNnR7Oh_wamNsDn0C_YctKXBSDV6dvnWRuAkZRjNOn-2UFPhyphenhyphen9y2MG10FjxirnkxWjxAYcXT/s320/2:2,Stella'sdental.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Happy Sabbath morning from . . .<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg85B7w8QSg7QJ38iZqCCqBIPFK1e_sVy-olhWJwIAp6PgWiRFfCoLy8io-lIouilvtIcthnrPMf5bLgFHqSsL7vlDCQ29_qAL_TyGzMyM62PZb7wUzdJUQvnSQxeonGPujdoo1lfV6o1PlKFfqXGG5eJBOXo1srf49QB3UsHzuVa9hpRDULoUu/s229/logo.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="54" data-original-width="229" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg85B7w8QSg7QJ38iZqCCqBIPFK1e_sVy-olhWJwIAp6PgWiRFfCoLy8io-lIouilvtIcthnrPMf5bLgFHqSsL7vlDCQ29_qAL_TyGzMyM62PZb7wUzdJUQvnSQxeonGPujdoo1lfV6o1PlKFfqXGG5eJBOXo1srf49QB3UsHzuVa9hpRDULoUu/s1600/logo.gif" width="229" /></a></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671898.post-44725062277429596132024-01-26T20:17:00.000-08:002024-01-26T20:17:10.782-08:00Setting the stage<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq1nFcbpaAAgiY_TWhuODODl-y7rXDoW3cFdtl4llMismEmtIAyX7MTgT_xFyGtOyK0XyWKq76EJPUu7_a038CsCcwq8f6BYiQ8uic9Uy4N9b0j2hDMQi3k_8lktZ8T8CwBzKLwo8oaxfTSWmUKLLcUktOzfQ6qlG28vjw7Me_GJf0swoi0R4a/s3884/1:26,piesafetop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2807" data-original-width="3884" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq1nFcbpaAAgiY_TWhuODODl-y7rXDoW3cFdtl4llMismEmtIAyX7MTgT_xFyGtOyK0XyWKq76EJPUu7_a038CsCcwq8f6BYiQ8uic9Uy4N9b0j2hDMQi3k_8lktZ8T8CwBzKLwo8oaxfTSWmUKLLcUktOzfQ6qlG28vjw7Me_GJf0swoi0R4a/w400-h290/1:26,piesafetop.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFCbsAxDsw2Cd1zNpOYzgFbf9GQpQkF5PWU0_PfpC_bOxfXkhKwhms1KevtUIDnosXl2JyaYrKi1PxU4N6WrI-zyVL9EDHMYdC0LFQA3BGmcV7Oaojylqo6IyIB85IS9hwr7nBiITEOY9ugCp5wUazrVSsju4EW2u49d1lcevRqif9uNg_yLtp/s3612/1:26,orchid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3612" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFCbsAxDsw2Cd1zNpOYzgFbf9GQpQkF5PWU0_PfpC_bOxfXkhKwhms1KevtUIDnosXl2JyaYrKi1PxU4N6WrI-zyVL9EDHMYdC0LFQA3BGmcV7Oaojylqo6IyIB85IS9hwr7nBiITEOY9ugCp5wUazrVSsju4EW2u49d1lcevRqif9uNg_yLtp/w400-h335/1:26,orchid.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">The first of my mini-orchid's buds started opening today, and for some reason this prompted a <span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;">very limited</span> 'spring cleaning.' I moved everything off the top of the antique pie safe, dusted it, and shook out the doily. Then I replaced <i>only</i> the pots containing living plants and <i>some</i> of the decorative items in such a way as to leave the photo from a blogpal unobstructed. As good as this made me feel, you'd think I'd be motivated to tackle the rest of the house in like manner! Alas, the house is a 'BIG elephant' – but I will continue to try and eat it, one bite at a time....</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In other riveting news from the 'funny fiber farm,' I finished spinning the first half of the Bay Breeze top, wove rug #2 (awaiting hemstitching), fixed another escape route Bijou found, looked beyond the mud to admire my surroundings, and watched Poppy watching birds. 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We survived the Arctic Blast that brought snow, cold, wind, and freezing rain with nary a broken pipe, tree damage, or a sustained power outage, and for that we are thankful. In fact, the only weather-related mishap was my slipping on ice-disguised-as-snow outside the post office Tuesday. My right hip was the point of impact and is still very tender, but that's it. Good thing, too, as <i>someone</i> had to make frequent trips to the henhouse and barn to swap out frozen founts and buckets, bust ice in the horses' tank, fuel everyone's internal combustion engines with food, carry wood from the woodshed to keep the fire stoked, and eventually shovel all the heavy slush off the concrete walkways. <span style="color: #444444;">(Even thought both males were home most of the week due to holiday and weather, Brian mostly holed up in his room and Rick is doing little because of a very painful shoulder.)</span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSMU299BaGN6ziZeVqHXjbLo4iSwmqVDJfFPy5amf0laaNuCElDpkE8loky-2LZVLTKPlJMBFC7-XsL7RCuFVNIAHZDAHjPoDEGVOo0k99-31jAPVyWe6clB5RjFP9rKLovtMJSosq0_GaW4CYEWyv_1Vq6y9u2ORp6NXVJUH16emmC6SUvOQf/s4032/1:13,wintermorn.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSMU299BaGN6ziZeVqHXjbLo4iSwmqVDJfFPy5amf0laaNuCElDpkE8loky-2LZVLTKPlJMBFC7-XsL7RCuFVNIAHZDAHjPoDEGVOo0k99-31jAPVyWe6clB5RjFP9rKLovtMJSosq0_GaW4CYEWyv_1Vq6y9u2ORp6NXVJUH16emmC6SUvOQf/w400-h300/1:13,wintermorn.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">initial snow</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMJqs2JiSLAUnNRB7YiBGuANhFNxxa6yFoM90TbbJ55P8XJVZjsuEJlUem6Jo8F7yktvi8PN9fDZMJ-CA36UYCaiJFqdAU57WkBUIXl-9wwG9I_H1V9GoOJz_en0r5Hm1aozdt0225WFLiR2S0_bCJNlzdHiZhC_NjBjrpaxcTFgffuzUfv2f/s4032/1:13,winterhummer.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMJqs2JiSLAUnNRB7YiBGuANhFNxxa6yFoM90TbbJ55P8XJVZjsuEJlUem6Jo8F7yktvi8PN9fDZMJ-CA36UYCaiJFqdAU57WkBUIXl-9wwG9I_H1V9GoOJz_en0r5Hm1aozdt0225WFLiR2S0_bCJNlzdHiZhC_NjBjrpaxcTFgffuzUfv2f/w300-h400/1:13,winterhummer.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">keeping the overwintering hummers alive</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYotBBeim1pR0D3i7BkOTwRtU_67Q16jbLz1s5OqxqrkWECW4SNBzmR7hmZQ9aFLmbREGifGNP-kT0A6DexuCHKfLQaBnowakjN_QshnJP-32Jm0w7QTlNYN8hVld53aFk9HE6GvhU-uzhdTl5RmgAtqIGBoUyYPaSHPOGAyII9FXRH-58xyr-/s3919/1:16,icicles.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3919" data-original-width="2939" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYotBBeim1pR0D3i7BkOTwRtU_67Q16jbLz1s5OqxqrkWECW4SNBzmR7hmZQ9aFLmbREGifGNP-kT0A6DexuCHKfLQaBnowakjN_QshnJP-32Jm0w7QTlNYN8hVld53aFk9HE6GvhU-uzhdTl5RmgAtqIGBoUyYPaSHPOGAyII9FXRH-58xyr-/w300-h400/1:16,icicles.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I also fed the seed-eaters (while freezing rain accumulated)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeVMh1VgNsa4OMJnSASP3j9HgX8LY4xZe8Gt5uf76uiQs9i6po4EPTnWREu2HVVZYepPjtT2jo1UBWQKdibjJwGVLRH6h6hyphenhyphenueJCKqqtDRPN97w31dVIzgUnWll_8-oit8A7qZQZz8XEfURDcOh0ACGKc6EHuHyDoowSfVx8HpjsBP5vH7X2Zd/s3854/1:16,ice-glazedsnow.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3854" data-original-width="2890" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeVMh1VgNsa4OMJnSASP3j9HgX8LY4xZe8Gt5uf76uiQs9i6po4EPTnWREu2HVVZYepPjtT2jo1UBWQKdibjJwGVLRH6h6hyphenhyphenueJCKqqtDRPN97w31dVIzgUnWll_8-oit8A7qZQZz8XEfURDcOh0ACGKc6EHuHyDoowSfVx8HpjsBP5vH7X2Zd/w300-h400/1:16,ice-glazedsnow.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">had to borrow Rick's Snowtrax to stay upright on this!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgd-dKCOcJNdwS9LNLEQhtl10bZCGuuWuyrZOex6haDM5oRbJRh3Ks6YScG1LYjSfikztCIzOOwJ2uzM5cWiAuxDLuLX58uMIBQ71t0K_5tC4_cgp15lUgI-njuXd_1gP5OVomAJLtU6WLIX4yaaL9E_R7RyuYLlpkwN3e5GRJJ6vT8BblvfhA/s2722/1:13,winterattire.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2722" data-original-width="2146" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgd-dKCOcJNdwS9LNLEQhtl10bZCGuuWuyrZOex6haDM5oRbJRh3Ks6YScG1LYjSfikztCIzOOwJ2uzM5cWiAuxDLuLX58uMIBQ71t0K_5tC4_cgp15lUgI-njuXd_1gP5OVomAJLtU6WLIX4yaaL9E_R7RyuYLlpkwN3e5GRJJ6vT8BblvfhA/w253-h320/1:13,winterattire.jpg" width="253" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">minimizing skin exposure during the bitter cold</span></td></tr></tbody></table>The horses enjoyed their snowy turnout in different ways:<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglZprErBRS9Uoh1KNvUW_fPQL_5PEcVPpUD5gz4T8Z1fOLwVRqd1hvcB3_JVDYn6TAxxwlHrzcW-dYqDx4Z_0PgfNXjXPU7qzf7wkB-j-sE5WwpQI3zT3SC_hVPHdqsxAC8VmlkTSlD4nLjW1fpF-uBm_55tj1JPXRF-a_6Bv7e8KJYsxG-yGe/s2275/Lance&Stella.jpg" style="clear: left; 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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2051" data-original-width="2051" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYiuT9jUKgPtEvNkfJ11CTJjR0-uu9Y6xGGz2t8Eg77U7K6dy4FWBKEn4iJyVIcQQab21DWnk7kfNAA2B3Eo-umu0F1pYL9gXlGnPW2vF41klVX4IW-jwQFS01goLKecAGI2kq4idljUxErB2HEqJ3yNktQdnAXs1v24P5MvOkb43bv78Jvqua/w400-h400/Lance,roll.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">rolling in it</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3reEGCzoUXvHhczbO1ryLOp5JC477DCZhJjfisZSY_2FeU9bHll-aHf9BGbP5c6ZrJBzY_TBZVHQzNs9pOmGfYWqqt0YoqHGlvv9AqE-L7VyQIdwIYZ9Mja3qnZqxxTJlxUeDi5SIKYBjiAMePxe2Sxrv-xtJ1-NJJ1v3To3IycDYijTsFz7k/s2526/Stella1.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2526" data-original-width="2526" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3reEGCzoUXvHhczbO1ryLOp5JC477DCZhJjfisZSY_2FeU9bHll-aHf9BGbP5c6ZrJBzY_TBZVHQzNs9pOmGfYWqqt0YoqHGlvv9AqE-L7VyQIdwIYZ9Mja3qnZqxxTJlxUeDi5SIKYBjiAMePxe2Sxrv-xtJ1-NJJ1v3To3IycDYijTsFz7k/w400-h400/Stella1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">playing on it</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The dogs, on the other hand, did their outdoor business quickly and came back in to warm up, play, watch "Birdfeeder TV," and nap:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin3q8AMl7anLWKrXpmL05N5pXKtS26b2s2FJPeefWjrfLyC-CLOpWK2F6fIN58qIAL4GCo-bnw2b0FQ041_xmjogjrejMkjUbG8hg6DnY3PpS3ta2C20XrOLF8MuY785svAnariyA9Nn5JOXnB5ypKTVi4AXs-HvaimMO1zCeBJ1WrNUWTyMfU/s3639/1:17,dogs,couch1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2841" data-original-width="3639" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin3q8AMl7anLWKrXpmL05N5pXKtS26b2s2FJPeefWjrfLyC-CLOpWK2F6fIN58qIAL4GCo-bnw2b0FQ041_xmjogjrejMkjUbG8hg6DnY3PpS3ta2C20XrOLF8MuY785svAnariyA9Nn5JOXnB5ypKTVi4AXs-HvaimMO1zCeBJ1WrNUWTyMfU/w400-h314/1:17,dogs,couch1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzxSgUE8MdfS9XehcyeTsHRXLC2Z5pTTeTabmFY8KQnxWzxkOXRhxBEF47qCVVjH450vfHXbLlnIJ5qBT4xcsGOA6tFXpX5bLV9U2voalCg0LaTjKHcx1kwwswaJYKa1XQAGaARFOUsiFLpGuX_kZ6o6BZiOTYVqk2sZGipLTT-6JbxCa6nHp/s3632/1:17,dogs,couch2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2724" data-original-width="3632" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzxSgUE8MdfS9XehcyeTsHRXLC2Z5pTTeTabmFY8KQnxWzxkOXRhxBEF47qCVVjH450vfHXbLlnIJ5qBT4xcsGOA6tFXpX5bLV9U2voalCg0LaTjKHcx1kwwswaJYKa1XQAGaARFOUsiFLpGuX_kZ6o6BZiOTYVqk2sZGipLTT-6JbxCa6nHp/w400-h300/1:17,dogs,couch2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In the Finished Object category, I present my third weaving project:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0vY_rRj2vujXKIXGvM0SAKqg-Q2KYFxbhiKGp1g58d59d7L-dj_vpw3lMytDr26oJYs9JEEZtyeNzHESB7aBoyxOw7l8iOsKJnXZF0D-eVa8i8jC1ijka_vAEEJNSwwOQyrbKgDBDI8F5wVDa0TrNHDhIhki-2dAWoNQbSCYyigLJiiW-2HHk/s2016/1:15,rug.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0vY_rRj2vujXKIXGvM0SAKqg-Q2KYFxbhiKGp1g58d59d7L-dj_vpw3lMytDr26oJYs9JEEZtyeNzHESB7aBoyxOw7l8iOsKJnXZF0D-eVa8i8jC1ijka_vAEEJNSwwOQyrbKgDBDI8F5wVDa0TrNHDhIhki-2dAWoNQbSCYyigLJiiW-2HHk/w300-h400/1:15,rug.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">I sat down Friday night and wove this in one sitting. It took me several days more to brave the cold bonus room to hemstitch and cut it off the loom, and it still needs to be fulled. But I've forged ahead with winding another full-width warp using some coarse, natural wool yarn I've had for years to weave another rug, and this time I might even venture beyond plain tabby!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdLrYvrWtqPnwmqHF-tm2tVTe3n4bVYfY4h4MAu083fo6M1bw1qXy0Gd_JgENgWvjjVACR4JKCSImbq4CCGvRF91LK9ZOOIpCDdGhSluOWJ8FF6zmTod9b_4gaSpVn3S0tKgwaL4Ezo31u29XhU39iyQXlR1VRh13dRnbjvZkB0iIckahx5Y5Q/s3784/1:17,warpingboard.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2799" data-original-width="3784" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdLrYvrWtqPnwmqHF-tm2tVTe3n4bVYfY4h4MAu083fo6M1bw1qXy0Gd_JgENgWvjjVACR4JKCSImbq4CCGvRF91LK9ZOOIpCDdGhSluOWJ8FF6zmTod9b_4gaSpVn3S0tKgwaL4Ezo31u29XhU39iyQXlR1VRh13dRnbjvZkB0iIckahx5Y5Q/w400-h297/1:17,warpingboard.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">That's it for now from . . .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmAYD1rqnU2akFIOPo0vl80OlDZ61549ZTEIiuA4hKaKG6RQaqAi0WReYXV-qOHB_G9t_9Q1q-0G_jzkcBX6iFLppuOI2HGykYU_l-Ywhi0Ww8rHNg3EqWU-yP11RlRe_AxqIymhvE9Zn8Rfzk36JlrhCt7hcjvCkeWqTY9Z2OvFXGtzm_w9nL/s229/logo.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="54" data-original-width="229" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmAYD1rqnU2akFIOPo0vl80OlDZ61549ZTEIiuA4hKaKG6RQaqAi0WReYXV-qOHB_G9t_9Q1q-0G_jzkcBX6iFLppuOI2HGykYU_l-Ywhi0Ww8rHNg3EqWU-yP11RlRe_AxqIymhvE9Zn8Rfzk36JlrhCt7hcjvCkeWqTY9Z2OvFXGtzm_w9nL/s1600/logo.gif" width="229" /></a></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671898.post-19124284939366787272024-01-12T20:01:00.000-08:002024-01-13T07:57:06.120-08:00Woollies, weaving, and weather<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi475W-132F0qcpXSQRyhlzqCSU_gb2nIG77hLV0uCajo86HqdQGVK_dH3BdkMHdpPTxf0Ua1zncZA4KZ5z-9FDfTVVEo0WDXn4R7ceuw7DCGN9t3qQYMtfkz9rG8zKAILhvDhI4LQLZGTkWNO839D7wwDFcDuIV6jBZs2zpUHBBNkoe3L6WMQp/s3868/1:7,Bijou,out.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2901" data-original-width="3868" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi475W-132F0qcpXSQRyhlzqCSU_gb2nIG77hLV0uCajo86HqdQGVK_dH3BdkMHdpPTxf0Ua1zncZA4KZ5z-9FDfTVVEo0WDXn4R7ceuw7DCGN9t3qQYMtfkz9rG8zKAILhvDhI4LQLZGTkWNO839D7wwDFcDuIV6jBZs2zpUHBBNkoe3L6WMQp/w400-h300/1:7,Bijou,out.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbm7_5YY2cHDm4GInU4jJdT2HuYciLhwYo1PUOtRMb4-YBA1mEhBu7fhz7L6FHgFyJyh3jtedo0OCjN9XNug9wXe0bsuXCbFuCH42Uggj-nVIv7xlAKjiwjqRsrlNebeNwKPEaTWlUb1XYQVeKghJ0YdDXrf1QleWGUnGBpXSOYwBUXbSJFIic/s3001/1:7,Sanson&Bench.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2758" data-original-width="3001" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbm7_5YY2cHDm4GInU4jJdT2HuYciLhwYo1PUOtRMb4-YBA1mEhBu7fhz7L6FHgFyJyh3jtedo0OCjN9XNug9wXe0bsuXCbFuCH42Uggj-nVIv7xlAKjiwjqRsrlNebeNwKPEaTWlUb1XYQVeKghJ0YdDXrf1QleWGUnGBpXSOYwBUXbSJFIic/w400-h368/1:7,Sanson&Bench.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Last weekend I kept finding Bijou running loose, trying to get in with the girls. Sunday morning he was waiting outside the Sheep Sheraton for them. It had finally stopped raining, so I prepared to put him back with the other two boys and then wait and watch to see where he was getting out. As I led him back towards the Ram-ada Inn I saw that Sanson was <i>also</i> out. Since Sanson is not as approachable as Bijou is, I decided to change Bijou's too-small coat for a roomier one in the barn aisle before tackling the problem – which worked out great because Sanson joined us in the barn where it was easy to slip a halter on him. <span style="color: #444444;">(And yes, I found and fixed the 'escape route.')</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfRZ-pACkn8bS3qO3yBWQJqUeH24d71DsjIQUEDOx5zvaBRPXsQe08WkEA6pgWmM3YoYxM0Eks4cNuafYWb5iL_DRM1DoY6Mm-RLlWNdZI3v454P1J37OuMFnb0hgy7QoXCjNLh8dM_01egg0m7QDG8vRqA12UsdHMcC3YsGYB_9ZcB6NbGbWA/s3163/1:7,Bijou.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2487" data-original-width="3163" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfRZ-pACkn8bS3qO3yBWQJqUeH24d71DsjIQUEDOx5zvaBRPXsQe08WkEA6pgWmM3YoYxM0Eks4cNuafYWb5iL_DRM1DoY6Mm-RLlWNdZI3v454P1J37OuMFnb0hgy7QoXCjNLh8dM_01egg0m7QDG8vRqA12UsdHMcC3YsGYB_9ZcB6NbGbWA/s320/1:7,Bijou.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbk9K1OC_I7yf5KSseXwN7hT7CWSrFP9qRaNle1CRAL_9iEeskB4Vg4_IOgoxA8mrTHOySwIm_4V-8mA7iWyQVMqc4AdKpg4m609He85Qni22TQsdXJ034RsagVyHmM5CSIvXtT-hwTotIkJp9pK-HdxZzMFNKFBm2GGDeRDqm6qdw4nyY54lJ/s3008/1:7,Bijou,lastrib.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2631" data-original-width="3008" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbk9K1OC_I7yf5KSseXwN7hT7CWSrFP9qRaNle1CRAL_9iEeskB4Vg4_IOgoxA8mrTHOySwIm_4V-8mA7iWyQVMqc4AdKpg4m609He85Qni22TQsdXJ034RsagVyHmM5CSIvXtT-hwTotIkJp9pK-HdxZzMFNKFBm2GGDeRDqm6qdw4nyY54lJ/s320/1:7,Bijou,lastrib.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I was delighted to see that Bijou is solid black under his coat; some gulmoget-patterned sheep have lighter sides which isn't as desirable. And his fleece is <i>very</i> crimpy and soft; the photo was taken at the standard last rib, mid-side spot. I sent those photos off to the breeder from whom I got his sire Spot, and she wants him for next winter's breeding season. We will most likely trade sheep, but what I get in return will be determined by the lambs we each get this spring/summer (she breeds later than I do). I am convinced that Bridget, Bijou's 'fall fling,' and Blaise, Bijou's dam and Bench's 'fall fling,' are pregnant; Boop and Broadway, who were with Sanson, aren't giving anything away yet.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rdLCOZ0NBPS3zYflcCcJxYs2myQvXcEGL7Q47QfgEvjuAw48aK1sTLdpADQ6yqJsm7tX0IQ80pR-dMShAp_t5C0vwSvAO9cG5_04hTVaciIid2qcRQQRAnxCk9Z7en3oQGz1EXj0vC3SlLfgzkJ_g61CQCR_Fl-4-_IrXwns_s2aki92Nno_/s3660/1:10,loom,warped&tied.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3660" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rdLCOZ0NBPS3zYflcCcJxYs2myQvXcEGL7Q47QfgEvjuAw48aK1sTLdpADQ6yqJsm7tX0IQ80pR-dMShAp_t5C0vwSvAO9cG5_04hTVaciIid2qcRQQRAnxCk9Z7en3oQGz1EXj0vC3SlLfgzkJ_g61CQCR_Fl-4-_IrXwns_s2aki92Nno_/w400-h331/1:10,loom,warped&tied.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Also on Sunday I wound the rest of the warp on my warping board, having already wrapped and removed 100 strands to lease sticks. On Wednesday my weaving mentor friend came over to help me get set up to warp my loom. By the time I fell into bed that night, the full width of my little loom was warped, tied, and ready to start weaving a rug; exciting! It's still waiting for weft, but this (and my current spinning project) will be good inclement weather projects. Like much of the country we are expecting severe weather this weekend and beyond, but what is severe for us is pretty moderate, considering. This morning I took a screenshot of our 10-day forecast, and then took a look at the weather in Lincoln, NE, which is where my sister lives. That prompted a text exchange; they got 11" of snow overnight with more expected today, and future windchills of up to -50F are predicted. BRRR!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGA0NZ-tHte_wVjJyWiUw8m981oFmxJ1SbvT8cP4dInPw9sq9qTisaCa10e-bO_Th5o0NIL-4uNQUMyLg7FKn2rNlcVw1cWeoKFahfULVrc-d_GIJFAntmGVcK3v-ICYnnmpwYLmvzY_7jSRU1MPbTqix2HFWbYaVtc7pES1qr6gJkdKVwcuU_/s2218/1:12,Amityweather.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2218" data-original-width="1170" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGA0NZ-tHte_wVjJyWiUw8m981oFmxJ1SbvT8cP4dInPw9sq9qTisaCa10e-bO_Th5o0NIL-4uNQUMyLg7FKn2rNlcVw1cWeoKFahfULVrc-d_GIJFAntmGVcK3v-ICYnnmpwYLmvzY_7jSRU1MPbTqix2HFWbYaVtc7pES1qr6gJkdKVwcuU_/w211-h400/1:12,Amityweather.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEe9p-C2lt-5UkTRvzcGAHbiOQs2Y5peOZmyMY1U25CRM3B1NwWCVcIza4JL3y55k4dcD3FuvL4aFqj6arEeHwUfp-xmZGMnnBPOVEsQwtzjepwxIRrOUaOanT-pHZ9t02zxAHuWvt-0pcaQFADaTF_Mrfq88LMB05ym9oFsTenTDPUUtAu5vV/s2064/1:12,Lincolnweather.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2064" data-original-width="1170" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEe9p-C2lt-5UkTRvzcGAHbiOQs2Y5peOZmyMY1U25CRM3B1NwWCVcIza4JL3y55k4dcD3FuvL4aFqj6arEeHwUfp-xmZGMnnBPOVEsQwtzjepwxIRrOUaOanT-pHZ9t02zxAHuWvt-0pcaQFADaTF_Mrfq88LMB05ym9oFsTenTDPUUtAu5vV/w226-h400/1:12,Lincolnweather.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">That's it from already icy . . .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIK6ispJ0BG3wvfVzaY7DFJshTBqa8QYxB8kKfnDoLHxepyMSA8hbfhodUnEDwSY54WtXQx-4FkmcRbnRYNlzQCpEkB2A4A0gxeB6GdfE4GqawyGm5EWa8gIiAA4bwIrPUuuW4Srm4yjFs3XgIJEK4OrSeL9Qyhp77AARRnWc-dzGRP6Tl2W4b/s229/logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="54" data-original-width="229" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIK6ispJ0BG3wvfVzaY7DFJshTBqa8QYxB8kKfnDoLHxepyMSA8hbfhodUnEDwSY54WtXQx-4FkmcRbnRYNlzQCpEkB2A4A0gxeB6GdfE4GqawyGm5EWa8gIiAA4bwIrPUuuW4Srm4yjFs3XgIJEK4OrSeL9Qyhp77AARRnWc-dzGRP6Tl2W4b/s1600/logo.gif" width="229" /></a></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671898.post-25777620398626125032024-01-06T16:05:00.000-08:002024-01-06T16:05:39.652-08:00Ending – or is it beginning? – as I mean to go on<div style="text-align: left;">Either way I'm covered as I got to ride Stella on both the last day of 2023 <i>and</i> the first day of 2024.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgghTqGOl2QSMmCc4nzCcTOX0OCY7aSMHcuPFcUh2p7n5Ct4-NCZVuTBFzzV43VXGVmCgn1I0zbS_eT2R7Ymc0Ym6T3NLxquzihLHsUgJWV8sffHKwQ2VyKyiHdPM-pUMPrFnYj8-LdE1IwI6BrkRO6xrVZhCs5bXq1BbDoP_6BWrDMSCkqgO-m/s3791/1:1,NYDride.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3791" data-original-width="2748" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgghTqGOl2QSMmCc4nzCcTOX0OCY7aSMHcuPFcUh2p7n5Ct4-NCZVuTBFzzV43VXGVmCgn1I0zbS_eT2R7Ymc0Ym6T3NLxquzihLHsUgJWV8sffHKwQ2VyKyiHdPM-pUMPrFnYj8-LdE1IwI6BrkRO6xrVZhCs5bXq1BbDoP_6BWrDMSCkqgO-m/w291-h400/1:1,NYDride.jpg" width="291" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I grabbed some fresh fiber for the new year and started spinning it on the 1st. I'm trying to keep a tight twist, because with the silk content this should make a nice weaving yarn.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCAF9f7N9Zs-7DrA_8X9HEmaR0jNDb1_mO2SbHnVDa1yS1axtNFvlx0ZjE3NG2Fx3wxDSj59C6ReTufZL5vV6MCXpwZ0ia-Dc855p7mj3wMSw8ChoHaMX0JRCx5JDoE8W5W0AjhWsJkeKzgVa9paoIgVCb6Gka6grwBOUpCaD7yoeyN0MtoEMV/s4032/1:1,freshfiber.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCAF9f7N9Zs-7DrA_8X9HEmaR0jNDb1_mO2SbHnVDa1yS1axtNFvlx0ZjE3NG2Fx3wxDSj59C6ReTufZL5vV6MCXpwZ0ia-Dc855p7mj3wMSw8ChoHaMX0JRCx5JDoE8W5W0AjhWsJkeKzgVa9paoIgVCb6Gka6grwBOUpCaD7yoeyN0MtoEMV/w400-h300/1:1,freshfiber.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfkIi907ef8o-KCgvKdwoVSMYS-Vc7yaXL7ge0opmZWpG8bll9k5QJa3pRZQYLGYeTazHepFzKkUQ1M2YfUcVfna0wTL_mA07Z4it901WCPYGqpHAfQTyUXmSZCygs3Dv-zqWLQpmwLqNDijibsN0UY1salPKuQYVzLVnAjissET0qt2c2Wtl8/s3462/1:5,BayBreeze.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3462" data-original-width="2818" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfkIi907ef8o-KCgvKdwoVSMYS-Vc7yaXL7ge0opmZWpG8bll9k5QJa3pRZQYLGYeTazHepFzKkUQ1M2YfUcVfna0wTL_mA07Z4it901WCPYGqpHAfQTyUXmSZCygs3Dv-zqWLQpmwLqNDijibsN0UY1salPKuQYVzLVnAjissET0qt2c2Wtl8/w325-h400/1:5,BayBreeze.jpg" width="325" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">On December 31, my former partner in many a New Year's Day ride (who no longer rides) texted me about having some "New Years-ish" agility fun. We compared schedules and she booked us an hour on January 3 at a facility of which she is a founding member. Poppy and Bonnie romped with each other and sampled some agility obstacles; I think with Poppy's help, nine-month-old Bonnie is now thoroughly comfortable with tunnels!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrbgANswgr0xIlmnSRzZs_NF8BnLL629NSztgsZMvCu7pZTUGu3PCqpeFm2yhDSQhQ7oe8hFsqktMrPp49f0KH_1NqH-NhwEaYKH10J5d6A6vA-FKaDAIPdXfaqq5EBcTP_w9lo_P1h50KOpwgC-lQ9vOl4aHqwIrJ3uvYVQFFX4UQvBg3kms/s4032/1:3,dogs,Tesla.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrbgANswgr0xIlmnSRzZs_NF8BnLL629NSztgsZMvCu7pZTUGu3PCqpeFm2yhDSQhQ7oe8hFsqktMrPp49f0KH_1NqH-NhwEaYKH10J5d6A6vA-FKaDAIPdXfaqq5EBcTP_w9lo_P1h50KOpwgC-lQ9vOl4aHqwIrJ3uvYVQFFX4UQvBg3kms/w300-h400/1:3,dogs,Tesla.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">riding in style</span></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi85WDNQ0q7fIyIaEw_oIGX5x5ZAnd5IWWEdJ9lyzalgJc9tZc382TmO-paH1UL8Kjf7b1PwXfbNhLPVqAs392ywQ8y-Qa_T_w4mSf6jYIDJwvox11L-2bInrRQuKymDW-ypAWln_gTNtnzYCf75y4F5vVGnhusk838N9LbpxoIyI73z5AJdiBH/s4032/1:3,CCDSC%20sign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi85WDNQ0q7fIyIaEw_oIGX5x5ZAnd5IWWEdJ9lyzalgJc9tZc382TmO-paH1UL8Kjf7b1PwXfbNhLPVqAs392ywQ8y-Qa_T_w4mSf6jYIDJwvox11L-2bInrRQuKymDW-ypAWln_gTNtnzYCf75y4F5vVGnhusk838N9LbpxoIyI73z5AJdiBH/w400-h300/1:3,CCDSC%20sign.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTQ_N6VZim-abWvV3ORerIfu7DxABWxUm3MWobBhq1X7H2xCVYtLa1oxadg35tbWt6jL3fGUrDImmTbp32VXSnZOnY7vtihg8rKTqwRh6CwqFexu0SsQLu3BL0k7h4K2Hx5NgNoGYU7dushvp6xq4Qnw0wX_l8ObPml8aZbMnxGsKzu-vswQO5/s3698/1:3,CCDSC,dogsposing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3698" data-original-width="2919" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTQ_N6VZim-abWvV3ORerIfu7DxABWxUm3MWobBhq1X7H2xCVYtLa1oxadg35tbWt6jL3fGUrDImmTbp32VXSnZOnY7vtihg8rKTqwRh6CwqFexu0SsQLu3BL0k7h4K2Hx5NgNoGYU7dushvp6xq4Qnw0wX_l8ObPml8aZbMnxGsKzu-vswQO5/w316-h400/1:3,CCDSC,dogsposing.jpg" width="316" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">had to take advantage of their great 'photo booth'</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN5Vp84lrahMjqy77xAr1rKlFnMSYD-YLbREJSroQ6WCyT_QOLyy7mDCZnfXcJ4J85cbybgTN5viV7NFOuhtH0uD5rjUvXIui32kiGT5miiYWE3_qFzY8QNYIukHJjXSgerUglCcDskCR4dWvS_h2MRxMbgH6_T2sGO6AShUm_k-Qiu3cn0rZD/s4032/1:3,CCDSC,dogsplaying.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN5Vp84lrahMjqy77xAr1rKlFnMSYD-YLbREJSroQ6WCyT_QOLyy7mDCZnfXcJ4J85cbybgTN5viV7NFOuhtH0uD5rjUvXIui32kiGT5miiYWE3_qFzY8QNYIukHJjXSgerUglCcDskCR4dWvS_h2MRxMbgH6_T2sGO6AShUm_k-Qiu3cn0rZD/w400-h300/1:3,CCDSC,dogsplaying.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div>I don't have anything on the loom yet, but am in the process of winding cotton twine for a full-width warp. I'll use more of the natural-dyed wool yarn I got through a Freecycle ad to make a rug, which may end up as a wedding present for my MIL.</div><div><br /></div><div>On the agenda for tomorrow is taking down the Christmas tree and cleaning the fireplace and chimney. It wasn't drawing well while family was here and thoroughly smoked up the house several times after that, so we finally let the fire go out. We're using the heat pump and lap blankets, but we all (humans and dogs) miss the cozy warmth of wood heat. Oh, and the new season of <i>All Creatures Great and Small</i> starts tomorrow on PBS!<br /><div><br /></div></div>That's it for the first post of 2024 from . . .<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzOw1cMVa7M-iciGPoc_gC97mxx83zZWfqP5DFUntqD47VXZxNUnw9hmj_jo7Rg0PcCKAJA6EZTSP2Ei0Eq8_SkAD4e2ZqPjck7Z-ytVW_RNz9R-Za4MMKm0sZVo6AuHIQFCVSoiBf6jG3aWYESU4z4Yv-C_CUpN-EPLfNB8kNy0NdaMd7Hd_/s229/logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="54" data-original-width="229" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzOw1cMVa7M-iciGPoc_gC97mxx83zZWfqP5DFUntqD47VXZxNUnw9hmj_jo7Rg0PcCKAJA6EZTSP2Ei0Eq8_SkAD4e2ZqPjck7Z-ytVW_RNz9R-Za4MMKm0sZVo6AuHIQFCVSoiBf6jG3aWYESU4z4Yv-C_CUpN-EPLfNB8kNy0NdaMd7Hd_/s1600/logo.gif" width="229" /></a></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671898.post-28027064008728086952023-12-31T22:40:00.000-08:002023-12-31T22:40:03.898-08:00Holiday highlights<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoFu9cvSLbFnN6WvNmeQmbdezhc4fRLnxZscRYfdEE15_aFZE1BmtKDAc99gR2PhI_k-bUWkDJQUQVUODQaBg-mTRwtdhB2YnDoKz6UoTKakq2IrxkwJc4lTtXtQFBMNG6fhg7fikfl9TEyYbugKF-6cacCUoXnGSBk9cagnmBfN6fT6qIuCQ8/s4032/12:31,ewes,freshpasture.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoFu9cvSLbFnN6WvNmeQmbdezhc4fRLnxZscRYfdEE15_aFZE1BmtKDAc99gR2PhI_k-bUWkDJQUQVUODQaBg-mTRwtdhB2YnDoKz6UoTKakq2IrxkwJc4lTtXtQFBMNG6fhg7fikfl9TEyYbugKF-6cacCUoXnGSBk9cagnmBfN6fT6qIuCQ8/w400-h300/12:31,ewes,freshpasture.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">As I sit here on the last night of the year, neighbors seem determined to scare off 2023 wth gunshots and booming fireworks. Poppy and Leo have stopped reacting to most of them, but us humans are still a little wary after getting the news earlier today that a person with an outstanding warrant is wandering the area. She got picked up on our dead-end gravel lane last March for violating a restraining order and being in possession of a firearm. Other than those bits of excitement, it has been a lovely, dry-if-sometimes-foggy New Year's Eve day in which we all got needed things done, the ewes got fresh pasture, and I had a decent ride on Stella. We're all looking forward to more – of the quiet part – tomorrow.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">All our visiting family members left early Wednesday morning. A good time seemed to be had by all, together and separately. In the first five days my mom was here, we canned a final batch of applesauce together, made various trips to town for work, Christmas program practice, grocery shopping, agility class, meeting up with my cousin at Costco, a surprise birthday lunch for my MIL, church (and said Christmas program) followed by a second birthday dinner for my MIL at her house (after her daughter and SIL flew in), and a Salem Tuba Holiday concert at noon on Christmas Eve. On Christmas Day everyone came to our house for Christmas dinner, and on Tuesday I drove Mom to Portland to meet up with an old employer from more than 50 years ago (he's 98 years old now, and absolutely fascinating!) before driving back to enjoy one more family dinner at an Indian restaurant. After that it was a short night's sleep before getting up at o'dark thirty to deliver my mom to PDX for her 6:19 am flight! What a whirlwind; what a lot of wonderful memories made.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsMqPjZA-O2uipQ0Evmdl0dPoWf5u9GuD453E3GzTRDwOTbwM6p1iJuBM_f0-Kf44NyUS8z8PyKsJfObGZkMNUrTMok7Y5eC2PL8KyTIPUtqVZu-AUBooZA3rbUUdC5y8NIIq9Ocxqjql6YZyfxK_bqEG85nDqwJwuHwASqQYAE0TnAa0cmAuh/s4032/12:24,Poppy,Xmastree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsMqPjZA-O2uipQ0Evmdl0dPoWf5u9GuD453E3GzTRDwOTbwM6p1iJuBM_f0-Kf44NyUS8z8PyKsJfObGZkMNUrTMok7Y5eC2PL8KyTIPUtqVZu-AUBooZA3rbUUdC5y8NIIq9Ocxqjql6YZyfxK_bqEG85nDqwJwuHwASqQYAE0TnAa0cmAuh/w300-h400/12:24,Poppy,Xmastree.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">An unposed Poppy shot; really!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsMqPjZA-O2uipQ0Evmdl0dPoWf5u9GuD453E3GzTRDwOTbwM6p1iJuBM_f0-Kf44NyUS8z8PyKsJfObGZkMNUrTMok7Y5eC2PL8KyTIPUtqVZu-AUBooZA3rbUUdC5y8NIIq9Ocxqjql6YZyfxK_bqEG85nDqwJwuHwASqQYAE0TnAa0cmAuh/s4032/12:24,Poppy,Xmastree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGnr4oZEIv_M2EzZX2ZMm_YgPnT1FkLZsX5oHF1H57BiCkaxdv7fv1Q83lTM2RKfLc3-np5FzauygF848AbzV2pc6TaJTH5g5Mgqu7C87s2PZPmN93tCmXSLmJwb5buF1Ydu1V1_NPb1oLiRS9RC8saY0FMkeGMPv1pBglC3LhTMIpHo-Uqxcr/s3185/12:23,me,dogs,basket.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3185" data-original-width="2152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGnr4oZEIv_M2EzZX2ZMm_YgPnT1FkLZsX5oHF1H57BiCkaxdv7fv1Q83lTM2RKfLc3-np5FzauygF848AbzV2pc6TaJTH5g5Mgqu7C87s2PZPmN93tCmXSLmJwb5buF1Ydu1V1_NPb1oLiRS9RC8saY0FMkeGMPv1pBglC3LhTMIpHo-Uqxcr/w270-h400/12:23,me,dogs,basket.jpg" width="270" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">She wanted this, a gift basket we won in a local feed store's drawing</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuiZ2h7dIQknC7ZOOmsR_WfwYC8pCq6kDIUsTZaGwSITYJyh3YkkGY5H9OP8EuUwFN3McsvddPiddizYLEW_549Uh2jNT-OCSa1Z_of1GEXFW9uPJAbLplyrPbggMh0tHs3w9R34DunNkr-EB8OXhWQsy6GvKrTOEL38c1e_WmzRgAH2EieWk7/s3022/12:23,Poppy,basket.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3022" data-original-width="2735" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuiZ2h7dIQknC7ZOOmsR_WfwYC8pCq6kDIUsTZaGwSITYJyh3YkkGY5H9OP8EuUwFN3McsvddPiddizYLEW_549Uh2jNT-OCSa1Z_of1GEXFW9uPJAbLplyrPbggMh0tHs3w9R34DunNkr-EB8OXhWQsy6GvKrTOEL38c1e_WmzRgAH2EieWk7/w364-h400/12:23,Poppy,basket.jpg" width="364" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">It was full of dog goodies</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3yIimyyO8qH-p59Wm7VP2dKVBGmE1LpgzgP6R-crug6ydtmbqhai2MtbMsmTULHcnHALd13De0ezSWXQGeSCdv8XXhLy1_hmL2jqFTdUznDdbH4GkvCtWIIpQqtqrx9oRXKAb575VAbr3kRNUJrNggXSzcXXtePMXYMaUV70my15x7LHRQib_/s3484/12:24,Leo,bone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2333" data-original-width="3484" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3yIimyyO8qH-p59Wm7VP2dKVBGmE1LpgzgP6R-crug6ydtmbqhai2MtbMsmTULHcnHALd13De0ezSWXQGeSCdv8XXhLy1_hmL2jqFTdUznDdbH4GkvCtWIIpQqtqrx9oRXKAb575VAbr3kRNUJrNggXSzcXXtePMXYMaUV70my15x7LHRQib_/w400-h268/12:24,Leo,bone.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Leo enjoying one of those dog goodies</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrgklSPOfSOo2KIjhMQQ7r9fgEHHc5xec1JuZ4msCkI9kSeEeyEkX2xW451amlnbTg2NGdowuYYvo3zse8d35vPvvkY_M5LeOXfLGzBTfpbeyk37oWUivAk5tCAby5Ny5MqvUYSt4hgKeaLQu2kt_EvrJVP6Uf9NUomR9fb1ti2mLm37Zg7qxB/s3878/12:24,Tubaconcert1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2929" data-original-width="3878" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrgklSPOfSOo2KIjhMQQ7r9fgEHHc5xec1JuZ4msCkI9kSeEeyEkX2xW451amlnbTg2NGdowuYYvo3zse8d35vPvvkY_M5LeOXfLGzBTfpbeyk37oWUivAk5tCAby5Ny5MqvUYSt4hgKeaLQu2kt_EvrJVP6Uf9NUomR9fb1ti2mLm37Zg7qxB/w400-h303/12:24,Tubaconcert1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Salem Tuba Holiday concert in the fabulous Elsinor Theater</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomWbSHTG2OtsiLAAXBxZHpLyjb-nZmnwsg1xGKL6DFNp3HYoqXFiLxRclTw1NkLJkSu_ARMjPe5dgWpTVrPOST2QdeCsz14edt_WfxfcF6IzLcWf46nNgo2lvmi0C1NDpxewdis6cwvbDQCQIvk5C34y95Ux0CO9v3ftMyMhWEyvymaVfY7s8/s3340/12:24,Tubaconcert2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2591" data-original-width="3340" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomWbSHTG2OtsiLAAXBxZHpLyjb-nZmnwsg1xGKL6DFNp3HYoqXFiLxRclTw1NkLJkSu_ARMjPe5dgWpTVrPOST2QdeCsz14edt_WfxfcF6IzLcWf46nNgo2lvmi0C1NDpxewdis6cwvbDQCQIvk5C34y95Ux0CO9v3ftMyMhWEyvymaVfY7s8/w400-h310/12:24,Tubaconcert2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This number was new to me; I loved the words</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-qKq-vTQR9_mzv5bwkjHtiYRF5kwz956SrYnf_iQ1PoOuewScxL3ZxNFnzf5kPwS6GuwB8hG_mFyWNdhLx4714hs89xP_3wzBlximeyE7s6uAmT2plr13FjaGwMveUA7vU5bW_6-KXwKBH59xAdAGyhyphenhyphennDTLqTLdbS_Wi0U4beEru76vnVTk/s4032/12:24,Tubaconcert3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-qKq-vTQR9_mzv5bwkjHtiYRF5kwz956SrYnf_iQ1PoOuewScxL3ZxNFnzf5kPwS6GuwB8hG_mFyWNdhLx4714hs89xP_3wzBlximeyE7s6uAmT2plr13FjaGwMveUA7vU5bW_6-KXwKBH59xAdAGyhyphenhyphennDTLqTLdbS_Wi0U4beEru76vnVTk/w400-h300/12:24,Tubaconcert3.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Another very special number</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Xf2K0sQhonCC82HCSag33Y1BZ7wRpXliWd46exUStIGRqLWQvKllnPDlG2BUTgzO5qP_gFx-wojJC7CopidyM6bQdpXv5kLYkK1JiccA6tHMnrufdKwcz_x_L358SKB16nMAJmlWSuKF9AwBx4N4A5TJWLlUiYxRZPqm6VD5ZShf8rW4kIM-/s3695/12:24,Tubaconcert4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2927" data-original-width="3695" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Xf2K0sQhonCC82HCSag33Y1BZ7wRpXliWd46exUStIGRqLWQvKllnPDlG2BUTgzO5qP_gFx-wojJC7CopidyM6bQdpXv5kLYkK1JiccA6tHMnrufdKwcz_x_L358SKB16nMAJmlWSuKF9AwBx4N4A5TJWLlUiYxRZPqm6VD5ZShf8rW4kIM-/w400-h316/12:24,Tubaconcert4.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I slipped out to use the facilities and got this unobstructed shot in the lobby</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgozhK5s1ZvADgqHYIGpVRgX5N_MijaX1pSQDP3kSdZ9DXUYSElyOxJOYtzahUv6Ni0C4mD98SayC1ymow4nTFEdftJUrFQkAZeilzZ4PJN82P6Q-xGe60ollRKMu0mDK4_9QjjmZz_RS-ngFuzfs6e6rOrHxCkfX07qZRDFlEpPQk84C2Wj9KE/s3945/12:24,paisleycords.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3945" data-original-width="2913" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgozhK5s1ZvADgqHYIGpVRgX5N_MijaX1pSQDP3kSdZ9DXUYSElyOxJOYtzahUv6Ni0C4mD98SayC1ymow4nTFEdftJUrFQkAZeilzZ4PJN82P6Q-xGe60ollRKMu0mDK4_9QjjmZz_RS-ngFuzfs6e6rOrHxCkfX07qZRDFlEpPQk84C2Wj9KE/w295-h400/12:24,paisleycords.jpg" width="295" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">My festive cords</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4r-1yv_Rqu7BYA9MbyI_2Zl7GeoKzYQpIRrn2fAzYbd-AfGF2Ox7wmGx4rI6bIKM-A9bX4mALRwLfzdqlf-VpCYnLl39PV6xDEWP-uXs1QnOyFrX5bRSkA_QRQ6ykLssK08ItAso6Eg4f2GAr8XjvSn-kQKKOJ23dsDLI77b32bnsr8JMU83f/s1560/12:25,family,Xmasdinner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="1560" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4r-1yv_Rqu7BYA9MbyI_2Zl7GeoKzYQpIRrn2fAzYbd-AfGF2Ox7wmGx4rI6bIKM-A9bX4mALRwLfzdqlf-VpCYnLl39PV6xDEWP-uXs1QnOyFrX5bRSkA_QRQ6ykLssK08ItAso6Eg4f2GAr8XjvSn-kQKKOJ23dsDLI77b32bnsr8JMU83f/w400-h299/12:25,family,Xmasdinner.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Christmas dinner selfie by our niece</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR4GzizNfkAcjqKPruQfmaVtmJLRRpxFv81ZC0V_MfpGQ3G6z59UQ4R-cwkkM8itwKzdJGcBVnx6xdnBwy1FTu1-z3Fd_wy2AHs1wsWk3vQwR5lU35lsB71XXHbeVE48GfVTtW9egx_hP6tIZxO5uK3WuBfZKDDkDw4B9mQi5drSAQ_Ft5QAQp/s2200/12:25,Xmasdinner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1766" data-original-width="2200" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR4GzizNfkAcjqKPruQfmaVtmJLRRpxFv81ZC0V_MfpGQ3G6z59UQ4R-cwkkM8itwKzdJGcBVnx6xdnBwy1FTu1-z3Fd_wy2AHs1wsWk3vQwR5lU35lsB71XXHbeVE48GfVTtW9egx_hP6tIZxO5uK3WuBfZKDDkDw4B9mQi5drSAQ_Ft5QAQp/w400-h323/12:25,Xmasdinner.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This one doesn't include my DH (the photographer) or BIL</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWXfPVTV_60MZB7xnGaVAT9Ex9ETpYJDh_psLGo1cVDmDXiy7HjemZFsMpfJnDY4i3H0xYVRdBI2e6x5UC-2d4vcf3wFF1xGnfuGrbt8_wKluhg-oVynuO8hQ3LouECYJN4p62zPRBAxzLjPtXKaocfL15i_2tzUEqr92KENBS4wM6vJ2P2ryH/s3092/12:25,Leo,napping.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3092" data-original-width="2967" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWXfPVTV_60MZB7xnGaVAT9Ex9ETpYJDh_psLGo1cVDmDXiy7HjemZFsMpfJnDY4i3H0xYVRdBI2e6x5UC-2d4vcf3wFF1xGnfuGrbt8_wKluhg-oVynuO8hQ3LouECYJN4p62zPRBAxzLjPtXKaocfL15i_2tzUEqr92KENBS4wM6vJ2P2ryH/s320/12:25,Leo,napping.jpg" width="307" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Leo says company is exhausting!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXzpSU5jhx9_UHVlKMS3LNQZExpvBqIdUiZ_OnS5NrKaY-H356UiaTgJLN8u8F-aAiGmKFy3EM9em2Ga0r4j2QfwvCo32mLV3zw8Ce5ni_8crMwB_-orrVPu9XR9J4qN-MNJ3wxd2nDwO1dr7MwvQ_sy-k2nS02Rk8iXpl6imoNWsMMxYPNaf/s4032/12:26,Mom&Paul.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXzpSU5jhx9_UHVlKMS3LNQZExpvBqIdUiZ_OnS5NrKaY-H356UiaTgJLN8u8F-aAiGmKFy3EM9em2Ga0r4j2QfwvCo32mLV3zw8Ce5ni_8crMwB_-orrVPu9XR9J4qN-MNJ3wxd2nDwO1dr7MwvQ_sy-k2nS02Rk8iXpl6imoNWsMMxYPNaf/w400-h300/12:26,Mom&Paul.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">My mom with her former boss</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxqkGbI3U1Sjg1e4CoIlqcFz03e0q_uGWMDGdoZ-5jUPanpnyY1t_WmAIeW9u5U7QEUwrqIIrtjGjghElNkVrPAlaxO5fMjaf1hVejnMEgDXUAV2hIcnbaKUtVfPJ0MOgCi8QjuKs7rH042xgVUiJHTCZFjGclNwtGHAqvX3PehgTwLdEvxIJ9/s4032/12:27,family,Indianrestaurant.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxqkGbI3U1Sjg1e4CoIlqcFz03e0q_uGWMDGdoZ-5jUPanpnyY1t_WmAIeW9u5U7QEUwrqIIrtjGjghElNkVrPAlaxO5fMjaf1hVejnMEgDXUAV2hIcnbaKUtVfPJ0MOgCi8QjuKs7rH042xgVUiJHTCZFjGclNwtGHAqvX3PehgTwLdEvxIJ9/w400-h300/12:27,family,Indianrestaurant.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Joining us at the Indian restaurant was my MIL's new fiancé (light blue shirt)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After all the making merry, it was back to my quiet, pastoral life. 😉</div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp5pn9NZc6wOfXn4ty4h7D5QzsZi0HzYzmezzn1nLhF0faE2fDro7EsVcN1hNrQ4nYKPjpT0_dQv1WYdpzBcokOe6-N-dub0qJG6FB4mKaITIlr1wt4GT2SN2OJ_7ngKYfflZqyEu7Lkxc13w5-pJXyjpF9ncGB8WINa3jiVvN2jMiwEJkKfak/s4032/12:29,ewes,tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp5pn9NZc6wOfXn4ty4h7D5QzsZi0HzYzmezzn1nLhF0faE2fDro7EsVcN1hNrQ4nYKPjpT0_dQv1WYdpzBcokOe6-N-dub0qJG6FB4mKaITIlr1wt4GT2SN2OJ_7ngKYfflZqyEu7Lkxc13w5-pJXyjpF9ncGB8WINa3jiVvN2jMiwEJkKfak/w400-h300/12:29,ewes,tree.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ewes sheltering from the drizzle under the big fir in their pasture</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWmcCWC8Lx9oJwns2nJxZoYVjb0g1NEth7Hjk4IEUexSgTVl4LcECJrSuHZeoTI4IriI-Vs7Yh3Vdcbb622qs1WJNImdfn69O0XfkNfcwzVc7F7O2ibbexAalkt0yi-RML3N11iswQ78cz5u02YWLkTL0hxcvXkePguGf_mbngJHkOZkcjBkx-/s4032/12:29,boys,feeder.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWmcCWC8Lx9oJwns2nJxZoYVjb0g1NEth7Hjk4IEUexSgTVl4LcECJrSuHZeoTI4IriI-Vs7Yh3Vdcbb622qs1WJNImdfn69O0XfkNfcwzVc7F7O2ibbexAalkt0yi-RML3N11iswQ78cz5u02YWLkTL0hxcvXkePguGf_mbngJHkOZkcjBkx-/w400-h300/12:29,boys,feeder.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The boys sheltering under their feeder</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp9nVpfa8p5lxf2gMrcFrtzmNEHqEHWQMIvG_RSyBKfPG-iN_56IJMlt5lUIh9nx2c2s0A2dro5qxZ2kbkVRSofcZuPNlQVQez55-fp0e-ryoUujaqR38lwc9LfMovhD6R7Vi0RATC5BUVEa4bkPoa1fHKpa5VOPkw9qJkFij-yqPoBIoUgQ9-/s3950/12:29,warpingboard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2890" data-original-width="3950" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp9nVpfa8p5lxf2gMrcFrtzmNEHqEHWQMIvG_RSyBKfPG-iN_56IJMlt5lUIh9nx2c2s0A2dro5qxZ2kbkVRSofcZuPNlQVQez55-fp0e-ryoUujaqR38lwc9LfMovhD6R7Vi0RATC5BUVEa4bkPoa1fHKpa5VOPkw9qJkFij-yqPoBIoUgQ9-/w400-h293/12:29,warpingboard.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">All I wanted for Christmas from my honey was a warping board like my mentor's, and he made it!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXodSOdb9M-4XBDqa-ZpT4sDqSdYb5ojz8RyBcBEotRovpGbD1ugGYPh02mvFQg5stdMDdTG9zBzPR4WHiM0HM-zVvcAFy3UaBzy9JfW9VRaiMCJu5wws7gqzWd3El4kVNh7eDk863lcqTtZyTFf8HwefJmw5eGCzOEHUjfux6iGewRiqscQNu/s3874/12:31,Broadway,scale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3874" data-original-width="2919" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXodSOdb9M-4XBDqa-ZpT4sDqSdYb5ojz8RyBcBEotRovpGbD1ugGYPh02mvFQg5stdMDdTG9zBzPR4WHiM0HM-zVvcAFy3UaBzy9JfW9VRaiMCJu5wws7gqzWd3El4kVNh7eDk863lcqTtZyTFf8HwefJmw5eGCzOEHUjfux6iGewRiqscQNu/w301-h400/12:31,Broadway,scale.jpg" width="301" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Weighing the last yarn spun and plied in 2023</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4bicZPF5kKAiKO4OdmrqssYHpmbs6RHhWEGHs8T2c9EidbXlRvoFQps7wvsGWuCz-7txG_XeDpmdqaeJ5gIUVY2etPnt8EuZjw2HVh_wetPnEgCBm9kxAfZYf6h8CrEB7zW3r2Yq2gikwHqHs6LyaUkeh0iC-pXLmRZR8ThPEO69pB5F2IpWN/s4032/12:31,sample,scale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4bicZPF5kKAiKO4OdmrqssYHpmbs6RHhWEGHs8T2c9EidbXlRvoFQps7wvsGWuCz-7txG_XeDpmdqaeJ5gIUVY2etPnt8EuZjw2HVh_wetPnEgCBm9kxAfZYf6h8CrEB7zW3r2Yq2gikwHqHs6LyaUkeh0iC-pXLmRZR8ThPEO69pB5F2IpWN/w300-h400/12:31,sample,scale.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And finally, I thought this was a pretty good motto for the new year:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7BxX5Ixpc7XE4qg_mkYrGTXvM_TrPJO-oBSCofoGDvIzEkC8erMpyxbyRE2KzDIt702uVvA6xTPmieGaYwkexsX2R6gCQTveEDuQZZ0z7R4YrzM10l-9MreGIuwFasD5c-Q9ROHOZFs-3vVMVXFq-xilhiBR0AIw9vlmOo98wkFq0eNe80bT6/s976/12:31,motto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="976" data-original-width="824" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7BxX5Ixpc7XE4qg_mkYrGTXvM_TrPJO-oBSCofoGDvIzEkC8erMpyxbyRE2KzDIt702uVvA6xTPmieGaYwkexsX2R6gCQTveEDuQZZ0z7R4YrzM10l-9MreGIuwFasD5c-Q9ROHOZFs-3vVMVXFq-xilhiBR0AIw9vlmOo98wkFq0eNe80bT6/w339-h400/12:31,motto.jpg" width="339" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>That's all for 2023 from . . .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSceJ-iraMU2LUSj_C6GjzJEqYMUiHmBwnQ1zUDgtrvBsNM9T4rsGel3KYyxeh4T8xovnhKfaRFdczXc28TQQnFabXPGsNV8afQ5wcboaBgZ1pFr9oQxGjzLIta3WLDI0CurBWsfoLa5JBi_0CwT7Cr-9GWisjiKSkz79rZ5T4BIoTnv_1JDLm/s229/logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="54" data-original-width="229" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSceJ-iraMU2LUSj_C6GjzJEqYMUiHmBwnQ1zUDgtrvBsNM9T4rsGel3KYyxeh4T8xovnhKfaRFdczXc28TQQnFabXPGsNV8afQ5wcboaBgZ1pFr9oQxGjzLIta3WLDI0CurBWsfoLa5JBi_0CwT7Cr-9GWisjiKSkz79rZ5T4BIoTnv_1JDLm/s1600/logo.gif" width="229" /></a></div></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671898.post-21123338147686074202023-12-19T15:41:00.000-08:002023-12-19T15:42:37.719-08:00A little downtime<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdRMiMzNisLvyOJr0Xh2G3mpHQimV0L3f0VLD65CxXTDg_WFKMXDAvtHxGWnw1Xcmz6s5s-DuQG5yBYaKUcKQY1DIkirS6VI1YYLBv-hpIgl0oSbs8tA-jHHcAtsNPqRpX0B9oMYexZnmmfhtZEqMoQZVnz44g8JYqfLkSUQ4qrqFYAFzShyphenhyphenAl/s4032/12:18,Braeburns.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdRMiMzNisLvyOJr0Xh2G3mpHQimV0L3f0VLD65CxXTDg_WFKMXDAvtHxGWnw1Xcmz6s5s-DuQG5yBYaKUcKQY1DIkirS6VI1YYLBv-hpIgl0oSbs8tA-jHHcAtsNPqRpX0B9oMYexZnmmfhtZEqMoQZVnz44g8JYqfLkSUQ4qrqFYAFzShyphenhyphenAl/w300-h400/12:18,Braeburns.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I could have, and probably <i>should</i> have, spent today in high gear, or at least making steady progress on the long list of things that should, or at least <i>could</i>, have been done. There are still a lot of apples on my Braeburn tree that could be put into jars as applesauce to feed us, ever-present indoor and outdoor clean-up to do, holiday goodies not (yet?) made that would be greatly appreciated, yarn to be wound for any number of knitting projects. But with my mom arriving late tonight followed by a daily commitment of goings and doings until she leaves early next Wednesday, I only did what I really needed to do: wash a load of clothes; put away some groceries bought yesterday along with assorted flotsam and jetsam cluttering counters and table; order a last couple of Christmas gifts online and wrap a couple others; vacuum the guest space in the daylight basement, change the sheets on the guest bed, and ready the bathroom; practice my part for our church Christmas program; and ride Stella (yes, that's a need, not a want at this point; she has not been a pleasant partner in this cooped-up season). I also plied the colorful sample that came with my newest spindle, a Jenkins Merlin (Ed's first and larger six-armed design for which I put my name on the wait list at OFFF) while listening to <i>The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean</i> by Susan Casey. (Here's a plug for every book of hers I've listened to!) This is self-care; I needed this quiet island of solitude and calm before the sea of seasonal busy-ness in the form of much-loved family members washes over us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiinhZ_9SqWT7sOeprwkf6B7V3GIhljAstYdYdBc2ivtwnzsUugk111pL8F20NskiBUKUceIeDF36pqlxuuPIcPtqE1CdzaZvwDG4hbPZ0OwwlpOsM10DHLbHMpd-Obl6j93vmrXQlg2dVpJGyQ_MQgXklk9kyjTr56lCmDDlS_YwGA7yQGCFNq/s1958/12:17,Merlin1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiinhZ_9SqWT7sOeprwkf6B7V3GIhljAstYdYdBc2ivtwnzsUugk111pL8F20NskiBUKUceIeDF36pqlxuuPIcPtqE1CdzaZvwDG4hbPZ0OwwlpOsM10DHLbHMpd-Obl6j93vmrXQlg2dVpJGyQ_MQgXklk9kyjTr56lCmDDlS_YwGA7yQGCFNq/s320/12:17,Merlin1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyiQx1XYsB288hy7_eqDrIk7grvfYGDqN9njYWm6la7pUkIGfLfl7w6Hgtqx4_-eTHJQqe7MQR-ftkkiXPeJH3Gg1U7_CfhsMOq7POUfHb80ax7vVJ0V5KEG2guCllDk_dyv5wkb2P1DoTPVW6KmNghJRZJVDfjxCr8OSgu3QKbF9qkCVqn66R/s1978/12:17,Merlin2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1978" data-original-width="1978" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyiQx1XYsB288hy7_eqDrIk7grvfYGDqN9njYWm6la7pUkIGfLfl7w6Hgtqx4_-eTHJQqe7MQR-ftkkiXPeJH3Gg1U7_CfhsMOq7POUfHb80ax7vVJ0V5KEG2guCllDk_dyv5wkb2P1DoTPVW6KmNghJRZJVDfjxCr8OSgu3QKbF9qkCVqn66R/s320/12:17,Merlin2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKUvn4mVzLljdaaJ9GO7ZcAcrHHg87YcD3LjCkDbDItZWnXUU5dz7rZgdOjuhmBrPHP2JpNw7ohV6U-gudBGIEPOluJsnjz9L23mXf6j-a4zD_AfW49xn5ob2m212yD8lIzhCY8YlEvc0ChYQyJMtF-UAuF4OA_h9YiMmFFSPO3Exz_o25aAk-/s3639/12:19,Merlin,pliedsample1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3639" data-original-width="2911" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKUvn4mVzLljdaaJ9GO7ZcAcrHHg87YcD3LjCkDbDItZWnXUU5dz7rZgdOjuhmBrPHP2JpNw7ohV6U-gudBGIEPOluJsnjz9L23mXf6j-a4zD_AfW49xn5ob2m212yD8lIzhCY8YlEvc0ChYQyJMtF-UAuF4OA_h9YiMmFFSPO3Exz_o25aAk-/w320-h400/12:19,Merlin,pliedsample1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLC_e4HKqNBhQa43rvj_JNM2DVErPpNJ9d9INoR4Ei5q5v4WBlemaP2CfjUoYEUph5m_-pIFuLTQuOq_1rul_J6kIf_P9UnO0TSvp59KE52czvkrbstEm1DYN1A_EPo7C9oe4mjmM_2sHOi3OLA-6H85gBy9ev7Ok6WJQsv-D6AD2A14QReGKh/s3780/12:19,Merlin,pliedsample2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3780" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLC_e4HKqNBhQa43rvj_JNM2DVErPpNJ9d9INoR4Ei5q5v4WBlemaP2CfjUoYEUph5m_-pIFuLTQuOq_1rul_J6kIf_P9UnO0TSvp59KE52czvkrbstEm1DYN1A_EPo7C9oe4mjmM_2sHOi3OLA-6H85gBy9ev7Ok6WJQsv-D6AD2A14QReGKh/w320-h400/12:19,Merlin,pliedsample2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">With that taken care of....</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now Dasher! Now Dancer! Now Prancer and Vixen!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;">(Hmmm; I think that whole first line was written about Stella!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">On Comet! On Cupid! On Donner and Blitzen!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigwJu_EmyJjkv9DhBqznWmLycrkxknM59Vef4ktSg8_QgDE3zFIHjHp35k-7Qv18o9kLuJtnahk4oFFYvHMRuTdMW7HGQH5V2J1iW3I8GGO77xkV6G7wiGS0xegY8ddXJIrRa_wYiVqGNIgbZ0dK6hUvpHL-9HoDeX3HbXktA5Pb3zMCaCpH0r/s3663/12:14,youngewes.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3663" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigwJu_EmyJjkv9DhBqznWmLycrkxknM59Vef4ktSg8_QgDE3zFIHjHp35k-7Qv18o9kLuJtnahk4oFFYvHMRuTdMW7HGQH5V2J1iW3I8GGO77xkV6G7wiGS0xegY8ddXJIrRa_wYiVqGNIgbZ0dK6hUvpHL-9HoDeX3HbXktA5Pb3zMCaCpH0r/w331-h400/12:14,youngewes.jpg" width="331" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Are you talking to <i>us</i>???"</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Merry Christmas to all from . . .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqzmHSz8GVxAWQqafllI5pu9CXyOsDtObux7MacNU_rHnyxzYW9vv_GwSS8LL0r1-m_IkGK8BOu-DKdvgiBHjPbNXVSyDD9Z6nmWN5U5EMkeD9FKFn32Q_SKl_X-_XBHGxQ4Rydl0bpsRoNsrxt89RozzeL_drdc_A6c28sHxnuWrRQwy6ouTS/s229/logo.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="54" data-original-width="229" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqzmHSz8GVxAWQqafllI5pu9CXyOsDtObux7MacNU_rHnyxzYW9vv_GwSS8LL0r1-m_IkGK8BOu-DKdvgiBHjPbNXVSyDD9Z6nmWN5U5EMkeD9FKFn32Q_SKl_X-_XBHGxQ4Rydl0bpsRoNsrxt89RozzeL_drdc_A6c28sHxnuWrRQwy6ouTS/s1600/logo.gif" width="229" /></a></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671898.post-9745075464219355962023-12-13T19:12:00.000-08:002023-12-13T19:12:26.949-08:00Déjà vu?<div style="text-align: left;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/SDQR2TuAgbw?si=5Xl5MLA29roi6se7" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SDQR2TuAgbw/hqdefault.jpg);" width="480"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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we put the lights on it Monday night and the ornaments on the next night. I would have been happy with just the lights; they turned out <i><b>so</b></i> pretty.</div><div><br /></div><div>I am also very happy with my second weaving project, started and finished in one day. I wanted to weave a rug but ran out of cotton twine for warp, so ended up with a rug-length scarf, which works just fine with a pin. I've wrapped it for a Christmas brunch and cut-throat gift exchange we're attending on Sunday. From then on our holidays will be bustling with family members flying in from Texas, Colorado and New York, interspersed with various gatherings, some of which will now include my MIL's fiancé, a not-surprising development announced a week and a half ago.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In other recent developments, Brian is behind the wheel of his own (well, his and the credit union's) vehicle again, many months after his old car died. He had to ride to and from work with one of us while paying off an old debt before he could get financing for this; we did not give him access to one of our vehicles. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxdJ4ZCKNLZwv2EhcvVkemzr4Msr8K9QO6gR7l3i1gK4DaZUiZw_egZrl9sFn0A61L1uZyInRl1JuITLIF9Dc9tvj4GK3Ui5mHH4UGnm75qIle_GkjevZyCUFx5AiVdkE-w33gV2UVduQf0qtGxuCFTUwbxxB1YnIkSYcTzJYrCI6BUsILZzfP/s3969/12:6,Brian'struck.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2976" data-original-width="3969" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxdJ4ZCKNLZwv2EhcvVkemzr4Msr8K9QO6gR7l3i1gK4DaZUiZw_egZrl9sFn0A61L1uZyInRl1JuITLIF9Dc9tvj4GK3Ui5mHH4UGnm75qIle_GkjevZyCUFx5AiVdkE-w33gV2UVduQf0qtGxuCFTUwbxxB1YnIkSYcTzJYrCI6BUsILZzfP/w400-h300/12:6,Brian'struck.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My friend Kate brought her six-month-old Flat-coated Retriever puppy over for a romp with Poppy. Poppy was great pals with Kate's previous Flat-coat, and still looks for her even though she's met the new pup a time or two. Poppy does like to play with big dogs....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjow67a4bVgBc_hbJisxz8JZvAYYOKKJnECNwz3rvCRVcRJILgy0jau64T4t9weXDohyphenhyphenZrhS2GFPtbsKFwCt_jJNsZRuqOwcKB9enpT-fgkJ_SV7M8cwES9l-HnK8MfkrUtDHqyC_oWsn39-ww2K9vt4ilhxrNUsn5PoobH7Z6ElIAlVHsN9IQx/s3714/12:8,Poppy&Bonnie2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2891" data-original-width="3714" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjow67a4bVgBc_hbJisxz8JZvAYYOKKJnECNwz3rvCRVcRJILgy0jau64T4t9weXDohyphenhyphenZrhS2GFPtbsKFwCt_jJNsZRuqOwcKB9enpT-fgkJ_SV7M8cwES9l-HnK8MfkrUtDHqyC_oWsn39-ww2K9vt4ilhxrNUsn5PoobH7Z6ElIAlVHsN9IQx/w400-h311/12:8,Poppy&Bonnie2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1XyBXTA5AetKtLZ1cG2kl9w2abow5pyaXPpciLML-FHD6qkIC993ikQ00Ip_cLs1dHzKvPsqN3aCzrr3ljvPQ4IkeNZKw5RXkJEHwxs8QSQeOPVbuNCrqmdo4aWi3evwrXABHGe1GfpLWuW-7CcI3RZnF6OFp69q0388ejEm3aBVXFc6wf2dc/s3873/12:8,Poppy&Bonnie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2956" data-original-width="3873" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1XyBXTA5AetKtLZ1cG2kl9w2abow5pyaXPpciLML-FHD6qkIC993ikQ00Ip_cLs1dHzKvPsqN3aCzrr3ljvPQ4IkeNZKw5RXkJEHwxs8QSQeOPVbuNCrqmdo4aWi3evwrXABHGe1GfpLWuW-7CcI3RZnF6OFp69q0388ejEm3aBVXFc6wf2dc/w400-h306/12:8,Poppy&Bonnie.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It has been soggy for weeks before the sun returned yesterday. The ewes don't like being out in the rain, but the ram lambs seem fine with slogging around in the mud. I hope their fleeces are salvageable next spring!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9158PhAUahOIw9V4A8V8nZ4OGpz7apHm8rqLmNxJ0BVjuhdfX7BmcYJ95zQZJsi_tvgmLRj1e8qQY9IdbrzDVXNHZZA76SQycmnkjVBjU_L1-le4WVnPL_k1Zun5s9ZPIpmN-22iB_qGRaaHQm_pwdFV-dfpnpHPgGfEZYNxBBzJWRnkkQ4Q_/s2829/12:13,ramlambs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2552" data-original-width="2829" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9158PhAUahOIw9V4A8V8nZ4OGpz7apHm8rqLmNxJ0BVjuhdfX7BmcYJ95zQZJsi_tvgmLRj1e8qQY9IdbrzDVXNHZZA76SQycmnkjVBjU_L1-le4WVnPL_k1Zun5s9ZPIpmN-22iB_qGRaaHQm_pwdFV-dfpnpHPgGfEZYNxBBzJWRnkkQ4Q_/w400-h361/12:13,ramlambs.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd1oVqcSOX2Hwvfsz4-XjBGaWYEdAVNYtBVzekiyLCsN0ygpNz3lhNzf1RYGBFHlx5qC92JrmnVzBaQVFBeYQuKF66wuUNWr5uLi-0E3Ew4ow2E0Sj7J3PinhVFA7KaVNIVm15xmpGHWnuBFnl3zovQo2zbrCwrfNAh2rJge-_YMmxsg05sEUI/s3528/12:12,orchid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd1oVqcSOX2Hwvfsz4-XjBGaWYEdAVNYtBVzekiyLCsN0ygpNz3lhNzf1RYGBFHlx5qC92JrmnVzBaQVFBeYQuKF66wuUNWr5uLi-0E3Ew4ow2E0Sj7J3PinhVFA7KaVNIVm15xmpGHWnuBFnl3zovQo2zbrCwrfNAh2rJge-_YMmxsg05sEUI/s3528/12:12,orchid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></a></div><div>My littlest orchid is promising some 'winter sunshine.' The last flower stalk (right) has stayed green and appears to be forming buds again, and a new flower stalk (left) has emerged as well – something to look forward to in 2024!</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd1oVqcSOX2Hwvfsz4-XjBGaWYEdAVNYtBVzekiyLCsN0ygpNz3lhNzf1RYGBFHlx5qC92JrmnVzBaQVFBeYQuKF66wuUNWr5uLi-0E3Ew4ow2E0Sj7J3PinhVFA7KaVNIVm15xmpGHWnuBFnl3zovQo2zbrCwrfNAh2rJge-_YMmxsg05sEUI/s3528/12:12,orchid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3528" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd1oVqcSOX2Hwvfsz4-XjBGaWYEdAVNYtBVzekiyLCsN0ygpNz3lhNzf1RYGBFHlx5qC92JrmnVzBaQVFBeYQuKF66wuUNWr5uLi-0E3Ew4ow2E0Sj7J3PinhVFA7KaVNIVm15xmpGHWnuBFnl3zovQo2zbrCwrfNAh2rJge-_YMmxsg05sEUI/w400-h343/12:12,orchid.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's it for now at . . .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnz0vAf33aiwV4NvN0Swv9AsCUM2KB_dnDOjgAEXDcHUxUPcW4OoMhdU6kAkqkiWKQ8RW4V4s0sYp1rDboE9EuY9XujeqdH-gjwCkb3FV9Tzp48UbH8WqIuOG45J4AdXNnaFiKBKnXLBfclQlh-TXaU_yVBCRamBvQwMB8568uqZwrPudJOoKk/s229/logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="54" data-original-width="229" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnz0vAf33aiwV4NvN0Swv9AsCUM2KB_dnDOjgAEXDcHUxUPcW4OoMhdU6kAkqkiWKQ8RW4V4s0sYp1rDboE9EuY9XujeqdH-gjwCkb3FV9Tzp48UbH8WqIuOG45J4AdXNnaFiKBKnXLBfclQlh-TXaU_yVBCRamBvQwMB8568uqZwrPudJOoKk/s1600/logo.gif" width="229" /></a></div></div></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671898.post-10626562609005492112023-12-04T09:08:00.000-08:002023-12-04T09:08:45.867-08:00A new ornament and a tree to hang it on!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yesterday Poppy and I had another agility match. It was a looooong, soggy day (we are currently navigating an 'atmospheric river' – days of non-stop rain and warmer than average temperatures), and we only Q'd in one of our three classes, but it was still a good experience. The agility club that hosted always puts on a wonderful event with a great hospitality room, and this time everyone got a goodie bag and the dogs all got personalized ornaments!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2vNi1mG9wg0VqSGZO-qGUaA6A3udITS6bCvek9JlTrx6TePFS5ox5Tn-Cq8Rtbht2_s-5VxqkIAxLLMkWYapW20Re3bfZhVcYHqSMew7MswpXuG7f9i9FB-5wSdoUj911M8J-KlnLbpbrsh3e5JKEOBxNfHXMmhfcAqoh2PD24i7pUJTVv8C3/s4032/12:3,agilitymatch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2vNi1mG9wg0VqSGZO-qGUaA6A3udITS6bCvek9JlTrx6TePFS5ox5Tn-Cq8Rtbht2_s-5VxqkIAxLLMkWYapW20Re3bfZhVcYHqSMew7MswpXuG7f9i9FB-5wSdoUj911M8J-KlnLbpbrsh3e5JKEOBxNfHXMmhfcAqoh2PD24i7pUJTVv8C3/w400-h300/12:3,agilitymatch.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaRsj8I0nbp_KqIPBjrNq1J7PHRnYqYqRtJhjfE2fcmLLshsja8BwyaLAGLcPAwN1w7Dr4ZgyP67VehY66C5DESwLNajiPaTrHUmuPQtA4PMNpvMiCPPa3bsemtE-Kqz8QsP-4UBohJkJ7HRecJkXxehuboDxz1wpFHDa99fUEaoQcC11mhV8F/s3431/12:3,trialgifts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3431" data-original-width="2970" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaRsj8I0nbp_KqIPBjrNq1J7PHRnYqYqRtJhjfE2fcmLLshsja8BwyaLAGLcPAwN1w7Dr4ZgyP67VehY66C5DESwLNajiPaTrHUmuPQtA4PMNpvMiCPPa3bsemtE-Kqz8QsP-4UBohJkJ7HRecJkXxehuboDxz1wpFHDa99fUEaoQcC11mhV8F/w346-h400/12:3,trialgifts.jpg" width="346" /></a></div>In spite of the weather, Rick followed through with getting a Christmas tree while I was gone – a big, gorgeous Noble fir from a client's farm. So as soon as I got home, all three of us worked on getting it inside and set up (tied to the hinges of the deck door for sure!), then I got to clean up the needles, water and mud. Rick and I were going to string lights but ran out of time and oomph; hopefully we'll accomplish that this evening. The rest of the decorating may happen Wednesday evening after Brian's birthday dinner; my MIL is coming out for that and she would love to be involved, I'm sure.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBBhbl3yrkOoKVm8BIVBUvkwsZP4y3Q2SAb5uiAfpHrHhlrth_1Z2SbeTX4yteBkedtXW-M0a6OibPkYyUTyFHlfMEOhjc1UpbVGeEVx_PaAtqFNTjMGiGHkpyElGvlMCz_IxIKjUM8qN3MQZveGa7RRmjxPPWIaZaMOLi3uVUw6ocyR-r9zC8/s3742/12:3,Xmastree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3742" data-original-width="3010" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBBhbl3yrkOoKVm8BIVBUvkwsZP4y3Q2SAb5uiAfpHrHhlrth_1Z2SbeTX4yteBkedtXW-M0a6OibPkYyUTyFHlfMEOhjc1UpbVGeEVx_PaAtqFNTjMGiGHkpyElGvlMCz_IxIKjUM8qN3MQZveGa7RRmjxPPWIaZaMOLi3uVUw6ocyR-r9zC8/w321-h400/12:3,Xmastree.jpg" width="321" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhynOzJ-PSpd-nEUfOWyAqrD-tSIcTuwQO1BexJ5G5wCIvGXoNmLXYBKLlXS56hTcH262Gl6t3r8GcBSwsltWpXiAf5iAmiMz8rj8jATmSSGgJPomBwQkT90YWntY_Ve9AsHCxpOu0nxlNO-NXLqnN1UNEYsCUELK2GybwB9YINORJbOEHtiZJ6/s3724/12:3,ORCAornament.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3724" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhynOzJ-PSpd-nEUfOWyAqrD-tSIcTuwQO1BexJ5G5wCIvGXoNmLXYBKLlXS56hTcH262Gl6t3r8GcBSwsltWpXiAf5iAmiMz8rj8jATmSSGgJPomBwQkT90YWntY_Ve9AsHCxpOu0nxlNO-NXLqnN1UNEYsCUELK2GybwB9YINORJbOEHtiZJ6/w325-h400/12:3,ORCAornament.jpg" width="325" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For the first time in years, I got a Christmas letter written and am working on getting them sent out with cards I had printed by Shutterfly and never sent in that time. That's my must-do task before I allow myself to return to my loom – now empty after finishing my first project!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQx95jjNdR_wndzzvgJmIC6PFUClbrJvXCc2aj4LqX5cf1pyMiQCz9KGl2EG5NBwaU04UNy5NDNJFWW9QAqdw5Mx6tnsXWyDU6NWv_v6QZ66s6HdE078LbCBRJrFoh_vZNNVb6fyzwscRkuL_E6WjckvHe-MNATIV7jQaYqsaF8GZppoJWGf3/s3390/11:29,1stweavingFO1.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="3390" data-original-width="2829" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQx95jjNdR_wndzzvgJmIC6PFUClbrJvXCc2aj4LqX5cf1pyMiQCz9KGl2EG5NBwaU04UNy5NDNJFWW9QAqdw5Mx6tnsXWyDU6NWv_v6QZ66s6HdE078LbCBRJrFoh_vZNNVb6fyzwscRkuL_E6WjckvHe-MNATIV7jQaYqsaF8GZppoJWGf3/w335-h400/11:29,1stweavingFO1.jpg" width="335" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfATDIApCEkOJFxSBYBWJyPICTgOzt20SyMcC6WO1toXd4vLpY9X8UEM9EXtgz-cUzAtKmJcj5ZyeVHMp-Qe6z8noS8vmGutplQ3Pp7o2Hn99QpTBpoksbpgpEUTXK3Jxyqp1lR4udoHjKyFK1A7sWCk3Qwyg3nG5Ox9W3VNMelqg8-RnQtzMp/s3689/11:29,1stweavingFO2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3689" data-original-width="3022" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfATDIApCEkOJFxSBYBWJyPICTgOzt20SyMcC6WO1toXd4vLpY9X8UEM9EXtgz-cUzAtKmJcj5ZyeVHMp-Qe6z8noS8vmGutplQ3Pp7o2Hn99QpTBpoksbpgpEUTXK3Jxyqp1lR4udoHjKyFK1A7sWCk3Qwyg3nG5Ox9W3VNMelqg8-RnQtzMp/w329-h400/11:29,1stweavingFO2.jpg" width="329" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHzxgd11MBIZfDRSvm0SJv3MV_a86e9mIPX852XRZt_6My4_qLTJs2kb__iZuKBxW5NRoGYniO3ANThmN9QIabIRAol09ebdZVC68I4nBnLWd58pXlgOE6pxMUIfpRA818dFVQnCHi24nPNnHlYofuxxJl5u4T8xiG5HNX9urfGoHGvioy1-UO/s4032/11:29,1stweaving,fulled.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHzxgd11MBIZfDRSvm0SJv3MV_a86e9mIPX852XRZt_6My4_qLTJs2kb__iZuKBxW5NRoGYniO3ANThmN9QIabIRAol09ebdZVC68I4nBnLWd58pXlgOE6pxMUIfpRA818dFVQnCHi24nPNnHlYofuxxJl5u4T8xiG5HNX9urfGoHGvioy1-UO/w300-h400/11:29,1stweaving,fulled.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">after fulling but before finishing the ends</span></td></tr></tbody></table>Yes indeed, I want to start another project right away. I found producing a woven object is satisfying in the same way that spinning is, and making a rug(s) be a great way to use up some coarse wool yarn I was given. It may sound silly, but sending off stockpiled cards and using up stockpiled yarn feels like decluttering victories. March on!<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Some parting shots:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP3d-jpS0ZYLo2lij2ATekTVptlELMQqoCoVg0NjsuWON49NdnEYn0aSNj61l9i56ezWvHtcfglFZdNyf2UtXyBqepPYWK_PYbW69RStBizMqndzX-wSznyuzljDixr80jravg_4ZXXwQ9OfNnD7yI2xZbJzkXggMTeKiQLx4KnAwp6J4saNfB/s2816/11:28,Chuckie,arms.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2816" data-original-width="2249" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP3d-jpS0ZYLo2lij2ATekTVptlELMQqoCoVg0NjsuWON49NdnEYn0aSNj61l9i56ezWvHtcfglFZdNyf2UtXyBqepPYWK_PYbW69RStBizMqndzX-wSznyuzljDixr80jravg_4ZXXwQ9OfNnD7yI2xZbJzkXggMTeKiQLx4KnAwp6J4saNfB/w320-h400/11:28,Chuckie,arms.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMizAgdbpGTB9FUqNLWiE6bg_da25j8LzQeoVaVXrpE8kJJTs48X92-4knBxW1DuyY9kyFGjaiKxJMFRvYH4chau93eopEN2N7rPn6Q3iWs9_T3iOydwLG7gMYnGO0E6ZdjJv578T1Xuj9Xa3mPaoyHEml5gdSKZgDpjE-mNB7yU0D5l-C-6mK/s3861/11:29,dogs,couch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2774" data-original-width="3861" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMizAgdbpGTB9FUqNLWiE6bg_da25j8LzQeoVaVXrpE8kJJTs48X92-4knBxW1DuyY9kyFGjaiKxJMFRvYH4chau93eopEN2N7rPn6Q3iWs9_T3iOydwLG7gMYnGO0E6ZdjJv578T1Xuj9Xa3mPaoyHEml5gdSKZgDpjE-mNB7yU0D5l-C-6mK/w400-h289/11:29,dogs,couch.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNcJQAB8ThdqhzwcYibr4RZCJJcYGYvjYlCzHFx8xOiQvnlYVMELmpQQSODHm9mmPIZ4HHJagM8rzZ5r3RL_MEgOYoX52VuFxUbXg-4wfMfMgJBH96YPDM8s86z1xx58OrYywAXBbZjAQbURDfjlP-yvYKt80ICp68h81RAj_dUCDg1iZVOqim/s4032/11:29,sunrise1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNcJQAB8ThdqhzwcYibr4RZCJJcYGYvjYlCzHFx8xOiQvnlYVMELmpQQSODHm9mmPIZ4HHJagM8rzZ5r3RL_MEgOYoX52VuFxUbXg-4wfMfMgJBH96YPDM8s86z1xx58OrYywAXBbZjAQbURDfjlP-yvYKt80ICp68h81RAj_dUCDg1iZVOqim/w400-h300/11:29,sunrise1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">That's the peak of Mt. Jefferson casting a 'sky shadow'!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiThpE1-e7cAX6eQWfjdwd6u6LYlV7pOEXefbBEbNrU2qsv1Iq6BbTpkHWGqUw4UNG5V3zOE_zicgIjprA4oJKKtQNq4XAMjDsc1zkhE0TAUGjdyf2EOpTuz8Fe8Cb7IL4bq-ff9X5cfruwOukAGbHjUbEUBGfMq_qCtOU8-ERfRtNFvXJ0C55H/s4032/11:29,sunrise2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiThpE1-e7cAX6eQWfjdwd6u6LYlV7pOEXefbBEbNrU2qsv1Iq6BbTpkHWGqUw4UNG5V3zOE_zicgIjprA4oJKKtQNq4XAMjDsc1zkhE0TAUGjdyf2EOpTuz8Fe8Cb7IL4bq-ff9X5cfruwOukAGbHjUbEUBGfMq_qCtOU8-ERfRtNFvXJ0C55H/w400-h300/11:29,sunrise2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's to getting in the holiday spirit at . . .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO2NOiqd8ilmXvvcOodpAi-MrxjVWjaZbY73MW9rnTG6nTc4JWKz8WB2-SLSHblU8e3MY9j7Yt8VLylPo_BiaQqmk9fT9yOavOVo0Vpl_0oaDki5hj6weg-CNfQCrQp47W35GoYr5lLzvsd9zId7nEy-CWKg9t3YfQd2pdiY8JhEuDg7xBs9di/s229/logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="54" data-original-width="229" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO2NOiqd8ilmXvvcOodpAi-MrxjVWjaZbY73MW9rnTG6nTc4JWKz8WB2-SLSHblU8e3MY9j7Yt8VLylPo_BiaQqmk9fT9yOavOVo0Vpl_0oaDki5hj6weg-CNfQCrQp47W35GoYr5lLzvsd9zId7nEy-CWKg9t3YfQd2pdiY8JhEuDg7xBs9di/s1600/logo.gif" width="229" /></a></div><br /></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671898.post-71656004979049695402023-11-27T20:44:00.001-08:002023-11-27T20:44:51.645-08:00Ocean's away<div style="text-align: left;">What a tranquil afternoon it was at the coast on Sabbath! No wind, blue sky, and "ocean's away" (an ebbing minus tide); I don't think we've ever seen it that low. Part of me missed having our dogs with us when so many others had theirs, but it was also nice to just walk and look without 'dog-parenting.' Of course I took lots of photos. This area is called "Land's End," the northern end of Lincoln City.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghBRDLm1Hj_8ENYqiWDA6ksO5jsqY0r3O5JRZJgsYK5t9JKbv2kZzf2Cba4sJ1H3dhv0X94Vhh_Rr0WWU1yN0MK11NjqkAbwdlPKz7LqKQNSRljFb4biDBflL6sFTMkx4CaeZHB6l29OBgQdI-rMSiIAn56mAkJV8NQd2N7hUeUX9891oLhwLW/s3883/Rick,surf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2912" data-original-width="3883" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghBRDLm1Hj_8ENYqiWDA6ksO5jsqY0r3O5JRZJgsYK5t9JKbv2kZzf2Cba4sJ1H3dhv0X94Vhh_Rr0WWU1yN0MK11NjqkAbwdlPKz7LqKQNSRljFb4biDBflL6sFTMkx4CaeZHB6l29OBgQdI-rMSiIAn56mAkJV8NQd2N7hUeUX9891oLhwLW/w400-h300/Rick,surf.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNAkYolhyabYRQYfJHIJ-V99dIVR55rsOo_swHfosfQ2X8_bD0sfU_bmrknBll7Uxk28VstOwOoU_mIO2FCsiLPQrNNfZMbO9TxR1zB-IolCwkeO6YTiIE6Xz1mciROdX4JLvD5OGO0VsInqU_s0IzGHpZP4R4asZprik6qSe_dvaFD-D2O0LQ/s4032/Rick,headland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; 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We did that, looking for agates and jade, but didn't stay long as the light was fading.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAzsPqUHs05pt1hCWOe47kirLik4pM61ZK4a-z9FZz1HKefD5H8cBQRP9iEGDgrwY9bB_evhWV3ZJgAbJ9B_l5YNb7XdLn8pEG6KJn4areb4GN0aRw-PKb3_5Dj6UY1y_di1OpP6cu5b8Eeq12sfgGj-7SVyv6C3t1ri1mfxjAcT2bcUIE0guy/s4032/around%20the%20point1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAzsPqUHs05pt1hCWOe47kirLik4pM61ZK4a-z9FZz1HKefD5H8cBQRP9iEGDgrwY9bB_evhWV3ZJgAbJ9B_l5YNb7XdLn8pEG6KJn4areb4GN0aRw-PKb3_5Dj6UY1y_di1OpP6cu5b8Eeq12sfgGj-7SVyv6C3t1ri1mfxjAcT2bcUIE0guy/w300-h400/around%20the%20point1.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKsjaGJUlmJnrLcNyMXsYhNC7dnqFYTK8DJxtBtPOla7zzjHMcB2BzNlKBIajk-N2LHf4PeUX-h0qnRH_rNW-qmM5IptNI-ZceP6MUyisEWrtkYtJX8bjqq8W9hWOAHevFbkHp7_rn-RfaC6UeYRASEbkeWLhTzDNj-tsb9Gr2ICG9bwHEXsZg/s4032/around%20the%20point2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKsjaGJUlmJnrLcNyMXsYhNC7dnqFYTK8DJxtBtPOla7zzjHMcB2BzNlKBIajk-N2LHf4PeUX-h0qnRH_rNW-qmM5IptNI-ZceP6MUyisEWrtkYtJX8bjqq8W9hWOAHevFbkHp7_rn-RfaC6UeYRASEbkeWLhTzDNj-tsb9Gr2ICG9bwHEXsZg/w400-h300/around%20the%20point2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvU4yiriN7b51pc_5qDz3q-a9vEn0ZRMKkJSu9_Ox-Ef3u8nICHm4AsnCX81TNWOCAf6cNs1onPcIYLFwiuS7gyuxMHdXk33f8MVRQUeCZKw-GlaOPewjVqzniMj79WO4y-gRRYW4COeE2eTG5JOIPE-7iKQxVQ-yHUhr1qg2QPoipKPOVYv2s/s4032/around%20the%20point3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvU4yiriN7b51pc_5qDz3q-a9vEn0ZRMKkJSu9_Ox-Ef3u8nICHm4AsnCX81TNWOCAf6cNs1onPcIYLFwiuS7gyuxMHdXk33f8MVRQUeCZKw-GlaOPewjVqzniMj79WO4y-gRRYW4COeE2eTG5JOIPE-7iKQxVQ-yHUhr1qg2QPoipKPOVYv2s/w300-h400/around%20the%20point3.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWx__e8mWVldHaDfmS46qHM2vXLM8wNtZI1YZckyhJGukJMCZ2VvTOvaB-h2p8y41GQupwCeDnDZmAnfoLn3fkQMvjoLt7Z6yA24xySQqEtl9R1Wd-5o-NPfRpzB3QmxKgw1w_RbGBQ0FE-Co8ND3ZDl78DJMWbhRKSgsZ0e4GaEVxhBzlK61t/s4032/barnacles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWx__e8mWVldHaDfmS46qHM2vXLM8wNtZI1YZckyhJGukJMCZ2VvTOvaB-h2p8y41GQupwCeDnDZmAnfoLn3fkQMvjoLt7Z6yA24xySQqEtl9R1Wd-5o-NPfRpzB3QmxKgw1w_RbGBQ0FE-Co8ND3ZDl78DJMWbhRKSgsZ0e4GaEVxhBzlK61t/w300-h400/barnacles.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div>Even though it was clear and calm, there was a lot of surf action topped by near-constant veils of spray, presumably due to the action of the minus tide. 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Sanson seemed more interested in 'fence-fighting' the other two ram lambs than in his two ewes, so I caught Boop and Broadway and led them to the pasture to join all the other girls. At first they were on the receiving end of some intro butting and shoving but soon, true to their 'mean girl' reputations, they were on the offensive. I will observe closely when I do chores tonight; if they haven't settled down I'll put the yearlings in the barn stall. I don't want to risk losing another sheep to bashing like I lost Bling and nearly lost her dam Blaise before her.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjay8RtiDhbBqi7JUjqA3AisvaqaZPXW-kl0GsMBI-wDXrj39ubJSi73q8pXKtXtw7UqK3d6r5QuuJon3YD-qoUPlhyxcXkloJkKJ81it6DSKnM6sGN2R9tokuo0QtRxXtk4agaB0YkTxf62Ap7K9XDeDwuP9VZ35nNLGkA0D9srbC4a7xpLDq0/s3416/11:27,Boop&Broadway.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3416" data-original-width="3005" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjay8RtiDhbBqi7JUjqA3AisvaqaZPXW-kl0GsMBI-wDXrj39ubJSi73q8pXKtXtw7UqK3d6r5QuuJon3YD-qoUPlhyxcXkloJkKJ81it6DSKnM6sGN2R9tokuo0QtRxXtk4agaB0YkTxf62Ap7K9XDeDwuP9VZ35nNLGkA0D9srbC4a7xpLDq0/w351-h400/11:27,Boop&Broadway.jpg" width="351" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/2-moGgpl-0I?si=JuejwhZAudL2vZSS" width="480"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBJ63i0A51eBFvmWsYEO_HeELx9h09EsL-zqgXwzEn8LUD_8qHlUfo9HE_3OTPS21z5RROlkXoqMZOMxfDE5_m9AXO-6ks0gqRlBfEDAlOnoMt1A_bXXBCKbdxTOTiHZFWxarfT579K1IXrnbqqltNFAKMD6GeuBYvU2orlLUDl2Wf6vzKSOv5/s3440/11:27,ewes1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2582" data-original-width="3440" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBJ63i0A51eBFvmWsYEO_HeELx9h09EsL-zqgXwzEn8LUD_8qHlUfo9HE_3OTPS21z5RROlkXoqMZOMxfDE5_m9AXO-6ks0gqRlBfEDAlOnoMt1A_bXXBCKbdxTOTiHZFWxarfT579K1IXrnbqqltNFAKMD6GeuBYvU2orlLUDl2Wf6vzKSOv5/w400-h300/11:27,ewes1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaaTJExTsu36_kz1Lf7ObRZ9_9z24whhckDK77AjHaWUsj8tE5S00GUome9SDtzGKNqZG-4NvnX4gVRUbwHjd3Q69ZjhR8pYTsblxzLF-9IONKwNWQGrL9mmvyJ7Kp1EsnIggFSmdJYioIUvs8BCP0xJJWwnfM2GYi14BXnZKotQpl4b-1crjM/s3944/11:27,boys.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2948" data-original-width="3944" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaaTJExTsu36_kz1Lf7ObRZ9_9z24whhckDK77AjHaWUsj8tE5S00GUome9SDtzGKNqZG-4NvnX4gVRUbwHjd3Q69ZjhR8pYTsblxzLF-9IONKwNWQGrL9mmvyJ7Kp1EsnIggFSmdJYioIUvs8BCP0xJJWwnfM2GYi14BXnZKotQpl4b-1crjM/w400-h300/11:27,boys.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>The boys seem to be getting along better together than the girls; I'm thankful for small favors.</div><div><br /></div><div>That's it for the second post in two days(!) from . . .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifttKHFy6jh54v68MzSK48HOKchk1QNGysgBWKS0MBDJ5R-flloiKhvOJ8lVyFoQIhtHMPqqUsLt7AYib644jIrZjQoo5HKXXpkCUjD9NzLrQ8KULomJ4iGyHav9MhpSdfHPWtZ_TF_zB99n0dbVswH_xADAWAC25JIXR-lRfctbt9gX8uQZ2R/s229/logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="54" data-original-width="229" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifttKHFy6jh54v68MzSK48HOKchk1QNGysgBWKS0MBDJ5R-flloiKhvOJ8lVyFoQIhtHMPqqUsLt7AYib644jIrZjQoo5HKXXpkCUjD9NzLrQ8KULomJ4iGyHav9MhpSdfHPWtZ_TF_zB99n0dbVswH_xADAWAC25JIXR-lRfctbt9gX8uQZ2R/s1600/logo.gif" width="229" /></a></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671898.post-67879449950940489132023-11-26T21:51:00.000-08:002023-11-26T21:51:41.362-08:00Present and past<div style="text-align: left;">It has been a busy second half of November, what with the usual, the new, and Thanksgiving; sorry posting last week got away from me. Brace yourself for the resulting glut of photos and topics!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>For the first time I'm making a concerted effort to keep up with Wovember prompts on Instagram, which means more intentional photo-making than usual. It helps that the weather has been <i>stunning –</i> dry, mostly sunny days; frosty nights; some memorable sunrises. The sheep are enjoying being out every day, and I'm riding Stella near-daily (usually after turning out both horses in the arena) to give her an outlet for her energy.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX2lYT2o07lbTHu0jvPGMvkWFta_sXEtvQ7om8B8YFRnO5ICz7XnyrwJEruq4ZEg7FA8F_oKluZXt14sgIzpdPcVcD3clHIn-Dyou1sPrIcVtP9OfnzaHk4V4D4eZyGgKVPWWs8q5smZ4_pGt8zELBplPk3eKXaynhxZmhJoOYhpgqX1AIAKeG/s4032/11:17,sunrise1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX2lYT2o07lbTHu0jvPGMvkWFta_sXEtvQ7om8B8YFRnO5ICz7XnyrwJEruq4ZEg7FA8F_oKluZXt14sgIzpdPcVcD3clHIn-Dyou1sPrIcVtP9OfnzaHk4V4D4eZyGgKVPWWs8q5smZ4_pGt8zELBplPk3eKXaynhxZmhJoOYhpgqX1AIAKeG/w400-h300/11:17,sunrise1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">After a third visit from my friend last Wednesday, I'm finally WEAVING! I'm inordinately tickled with this simple practice piece of cotton twine warp and wool yarn weft (that I got from a Freecycle ad). It's a good thing my loom has been moved upstairs to our chilly bonus room/library, or I'd probably be spending more time than I should working on it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtxLlo185QMsi2Y0w7e2CWwnm4fJNtEx6VcrhmlbzYboEz9l5lsur51OAeC7osLTNW4oOMrTouxqJ8zfOKRjEu3_IV427ZA36tfcGCHdkwrxO9lpRiLLhVFBUP9r44WUH9lt2wSdaTf4ffLmyjRe2G18dtmpFgarsLtZKnuKII61wBjqUio6Zc/s1590/11:23,1stweaving.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1590" data-original-width="1330" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtxLlo185QMsi2Y0w7e2CWwnm4fJNtEx6VcrhmlbzYboEz9l5lsur51OAeC7osLTNW4oOMrTouxqJ8zfOKRjEu3_IV427ZA36tfcGCHdkwrxO9lpRiLLhVFBUP9r44WUH9lt2wSdaTf4ffLmyjRe2G18dtmpFgarsLtZKnuKII61wBjqUio6Zc/w335-h400/11:23,1stweaving.jpg" width="335" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">We enjoyed the annual Thanksgiving gathering at our church on Thursday, and at Brian's request I made a second Thanksgiving dinner just for us for Sabbath dinner – after which Rick and I headed to the coast for a late-afternoon walk. It's a 'king tide' weekend and we arrived in time for a 'minus tide.' We didn't take the dogs, knowing we wanted to walk out on rocks not usually exposed, and it made for a lovely, relaxing 'date' for just the two of us (I took so many photos that I've decided to share them separately).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I keep getting reminded of the past by Facebook's algorithms and when I save photos to my blogging file. Yesterday FB showed me a post from three years ago, a video I took of Poppy excitedly greeting Brian when we went to visit him on his college campus. That was hard. If he had stayed the course, he'd be a senior in college now, preparing for a future career, maybe dating his future partner . . . not living with us in what I would describe as a state of suspended adolescence. And three years ago we all had no idea my dear step-dad would be gone a year and a half later. Yes, life looked a lot different three years ago, but time marches on and I need to face forward. What is that saying?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">The past is history. The future is a mystery.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Today is a gift; that's why it's called the present.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Doing my best to enjoy the present at . . .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrGs1fCTiD0uUw3Zit9gNuyMBp1cR1Q8lBjAAZH3tGjUCzBNkk_9y6jp8qkwDShGdwPk-PFoKBIbuHXayfLenqgJVRHy1-FI_T8s0lsII39auHGtdCFlsNG1Q3OQz08l6PcY_PYVuB5ED3VEIhD-nQaOXMPi88fPvpuXjMo203Ye77SHJehRDK/s229/logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="54" data-original-width="229" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrGs1fCTiD0uUw3Zit9gNuyMBp1cR1Q8lBjAAZH3tGjUCzBNkk_9y6jp8qkwDShGdwPk-PFoKBIbuHXayfLenqgJVRHy1-FI_T8s0lsII39auHGtdCFlsNG1Q3OQz08l6PcY_PYVuB5ED3VEIhD-nQaOXMPi88fPvpuXjMo203Ye77SHJehRDK/s1600/logo.gif" width="229" /></a></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671898.post-46536681279647336872023-11-15T23:04:00.000-08:002023-11-16T00:05:20.688-08:00Another year older (but not deeper in debt)<div class="separator">I may be getting old, but not nearly as old as the song that came to mind as title inspiration (can't beat <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1980WfKC0o" target="_blank">Tennessee Ernie Ford's rendition</a>). Yes, I've had another birthday but they are never really a big deal, not the new 'number' or the 'celebration.' This year I told my guys all I wanted were "acts of service," (one of the <a href="https://www.healthline.com/health/love-languages" target="_blank">Five Love Languages</a>, and a top one for me), and they obliged. After Rick blew leaves, we all worked on stripping the Sheep Sheraton, then Brian cleaned the henhouse. The Ram-ada Inn still needs to be cleaned, but we ran out of time and energy; maybe next Sunday. I got some cute photos of my grown boy loving on Bridget, and then joined him for some birthday selfies.</div><div class="separator"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRGEo1HoWdMo16ykhaDPbzklvDd0XQ4Ovutw5Bo-1Aw7efhxrtpUUFZBmX9rhXy61Is5ATlE0l6_xVVvwg1c0vQ2lemWNx1Hzkhy42GW7DvmPV72DA7PgjNbne5hwJdF8Qz-KolfM-Ug6RFyEctIjS6Qp9of5pveqq_FTKoNguKkJ0hW5AkSJX/s4032/11:11,blownleaves2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRGEo1HoWdMo16ykhaDPbzklvDd0XQ4Ovutw5Bo-1Aw7efhxrtpUUFZBmX9rhXy61Is5ATlE0l6_xVVvwg1c0vQ2lemWNx1Hzkhy42GW7DvmPV72DA7PgjNbne5hwJdF8Qz-KolfM-Ug6RFyEctIjS6Qp9of5pveqq_FTKoNguKkJ0hW5AkSJX/w400-h300/11:11,blownleaves2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The wind really blew Friday night; can you see the sheep?<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBa7JyNR58P_NZ8cCg26kJl7onREgSZmG34PMzkuZhyphenhyphenlo1as58RyTK_JGXLxte5YxOOs7Agd6u0ZhoMrjOvPKlrJcKjdPuwNU-OLsDf_lGGdwOqGCwmfzho_lur0zZM-Vimd36Qpl2gMOhA2sNTw_sARpgDjMqwBHNc_4SqBjKeL16aeU7X1tD/s4032/11:7,SheepSheraton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBa7JyNR58P_NZ8cCg26kJl7onREgSZmG34PMzkuZhyphenhyphenlo1as58RyTK_JGXLxte5YxOOs7Agd6u0ZhoMrjOvPKlrJcKjdPuwNU-OLsDf_lGGdwOqGCwmfzho_lur0zZM-Vimd36Qpl2gMOhA2sNTw_sARpgDjMqwBHNc_4SqBjKeL16aeU7X1tD/w400-h300/11:7,SheepSheraton.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNP6HurQfTfeoMW1XU3l0RniJXyhArm2oVCD00De9eqrH73oFItoHJYZ7u_xvwc9wEZrFpq-HZSTYrNgXLw-t-FeDO8r2-U7EmcAeTp6W94GVgXBRzx6Gzx6uaXK238LxKzJzTMR7PnZJqu7WxPv9fTw6f6tlRJnEE5pNj3avzJuE6QcbbP6gc/s4032/11:12,cleaningfold.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; 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text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Brian also got me this book, which I thought was an incredibly thoughtful gift:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi31hiZ7b4dy__fKvXVrtKGslwbTIMm8f83q9LaEAx28q5CKwqvRCM2wEYSnzPTM7qCW8Hgej5wi7u51pVKURNav2asWsz0nmjwLvlUx7YFTdPOYdjsbwQ-FHvcSTWvJTsN9rsk6IQT-KgagcnRDzYn-moa1t_kiKFYf0D5Lp_K6xDRC75gKvv3/s3638/11:12,book.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3638" data-original-width="2864" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi31hiZ7b4dy__fKvXVrtKGslwbTIMm8f83q9LaEAx28q5CKwqvRCM2wEYSnzPTM7qCW8Hgej5wi7u51pVKURNav2asWsz0nmjwLvlUx7YFTdPOYdjsbwQ-FHvcSTWvJTsN9rsk6IQT-KgagcnRDzYn-moa1t_kiKFYf0D5Lp_K6xDRC75gKvv3/w315-h400/11:12,book.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And my sister sent me a box of little goodies, including this gorgeous LovePop card because she knows how much I love my Japanese maples:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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If she settles in this short time frame, I'll likely have to do DNA testing to determine the sire, unless the lamb or lambs are Ag (Sanson is the only one with that pattern).<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghYlB30FunWf0_3hCC9focufiNWPN6pmffldPiZ94EsFMNJbBJVXbdv6H0y6JoRD9uYtMGQ-h348avczWMkvKhjYbvL8XO_WFW8-baANYN95vXqPXyUJuB7Qe7n8eP1wQTyz8bnIUy7h_RHY6mEq8XHops8n3Drniz0GEERlFio3YxrDqFgbiY/s3504/11:12,Sanson&girls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2561" data-original-width="3504" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghYlB30FunWf0_3hCC9focufiNWPN6pmffldPiZ94EsFMNJbBJVXbdv6H0y6JoRD9uYtMGQ-h348avczWMkvKhjYbvL8XO_WFW8-baANYN95vXqPXyUJuB7Qe7n8eP1wQTyz8bnIUy7h_RHY6mEq8XHops8n3Drniz0GEERlFio3YxrDqFgbiY/s320/11:12,Sanson&girls.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>The following photos are from last week;</div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglVUUG3oxqJyP4ipTVClVJzY0cM39MTM8KXXuSKETJm_xkNbZgrNPY9IQgJ7KD-axUlIDpFqWAiXHo0YkowNfqy6QpnWkWk1ifZMaB41-4yFAsS0PKaPpf06LaqpiOMCPWCuOWyjzh5Tabyo6vgjFzllE10r60gDD1F0JdaJ8iF4SaasMHAluu/s4032/11:6,Bette&twins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3897" data-original-width="2976" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6iM0noz5YylKfL-kkuy_joPeKP-dVrzaZ93qzI0hxr_9Axf4z17sMelofg4t0MUT79L7rlpWspol-ZHhhiak8xfm5v1M5Wbul_XpKWryqmbt_uXlgR0FSDDYxElfzhSVrPuk0W6Gmrll1H5pKJvq4OUr265dcHNs7GnvW6jJ_eGP3EZHrSeu8/w305-h400/11:9,Jmaple3.jpg" width="305" /></a></div><br /><div>I took this photo of the island today. The Japanese maple has lost some of its fire, but I love the contrasts and colors:</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8m_FR3AQdxtt3ursarJ3S-JFlm8WdYgFyuhrPc-mGOAzxf76kAzMZigEYQzACbsZ_xDChx_QLCqnb-fglPFHtLmdz0k4JXYgmsODMZif0M7bNKjqfbbcMSSe7MPRlB95ldlfu5gfsxMxZoEfbzAEMvml8UBRcPVlHHMlW99FbcOlfGKcsKEad/s4032/11:15,fallcolors.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8m_FR3AQdxtt3ursarJ3S-JFlm8WdYgFyuhrPc-mGOAzxf76kAzMZigEYQzACbsZ_xDChx_QLCqnb-fglPFHtLmdz0k4JXYgmsODMZif0M7bNKjqfbbcMSSe7MPRlB95ldlfu5gfsxMxZoEfbzAEMvml8UBRcPVlHHMlW99FbcOlfGKcsKEad/w300-h400/11:15,fallcolors.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>That's it for now from . . .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-wf_5djsSCHcbxsNh69cP6kX1HYejSCwGRctoxgybDy7s22l3xgpPP9lZMT2KGoRVdUFIgC-bpJoBlI8wcJbeUBOeFqA2glG3AHqc09PHJ0Z-B4Y-5vsTscqtZuk2qZJb60yQ_0PTSdVWww4F9U5kvBRuvnhW6vgaPLT8WFjpy8y1YVIJ4j2w/s229/logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="54" data-original-width="229" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-wf_5djsSCHcbxsNh69cP6kX1HYejSCwGRctoxgybDy7s22l3xgpPP9lZMT2KGoRVdUFIgC-bpJoBlI8wcJbeUBOeFqA2glG3AHqc09PHJ0Z-B4Y-5vsTscqtZuk2qZJb60yQ_0PTSdVWww4F9U5kvBRuvnhW6vgaPLT8WFjpy8y1YVIJ4j2w/s1600/logo.gif" width="229" /></a></div></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671898.post-53071741377415555452023-11-07T11:55:00.006-08:002023-11-07T11:57:38.816-08:00Falling fast<div style="text-align: left;">"Fall" is the perfect description of this season in the PNW. Rain, leaves, and daylight are all falling fast. I knew what was coming even as I patted myself on the back for keeping up with the first leaves to fall in the arena; this is the <strike>progress</strike> regress from Friday (shown in my last post) to this morning:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHuDRuGVTjh24VTArjvIUNQWA5BewVkUOZb0NkLIeq2LG_y_GhuVgS330drVXhumdyCsr6Fl8bYJtdWETcW00KpKMuDeqj8fjpaqkN80obeP8mm1HcV5_N1qwLI-hPc85UtBnDg5UhBBXc33nawPh9AMOKc0fy2V1tXLrFAuUF46md2bQtsS8f/s4032/11:3,arena.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHuDRuGVTjh24VTArjvIUNQWA5BewVkUOZb0NkLIeq2LG_y_GhuVgS330drVXhumdyCsr6Fl8bYJtdWETcW00KpKMuDeqj8fjpaqkN80obeP8mm1HcV5_N1qwLI-hPc85UtBnDg5UhBBXc33nawPh9AMOKc0fy2V1tXLrFAuUF46md2bQtsS8f/w400-h300/11:3,arena.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp2H2l_UPBiFGjIsXhWPOhwKIrsFIUSiUzSYx_fUHLDVjtrgxR_2UxVptTHcSz9TOeTBpMpzbcBEZX5lyoFlQUHmIvIh6GQIqh4iv15sPYz7xubH-CYWDj2yKd99ZJ79de_qLD45DfN4nGJiuHTtG6n0c_V3h3Ba5xGLRD5kPiTrglpc4t2OUZ/s3941/11:4,arena.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2956" data-original-width="3941" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp2H2l_UPBiFGjIsXhWPOhwKIrsFIUSiUzSYx_fUHLDVjtrgxR_2UxVptTHcSz9TOeTBpMpzbcBEZX5lyoFlQUHmIvIh6GQIqh4iv15sPYz7xubH-CYWDj2yKd99ZJ79de_qLD45DfN4nGJiuHTtG6n0c_V3h3Ba5xGLRD5kPiTrglpc4t2OUZ/w400-h300/11:4,arena.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkqfdtPnFnYtwsSqqz2OB-TP4ycXxF6PISbXtCdqRqviMLbyqizrQIAUNQ02eO-v1Ph518vILLieDA33ldWfo-AGDBk2kxYd2JaxUI7xZgyky-sS5obYkMUK4jaYolszcO-94O_UbG8wyYAYEiHnEk_GN4Rm45HpDW2p4wi7SgryANGkNTFv2v/s4032/11:7,arena.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkqfdtPnFnYtwsSqqz2OB-TP4ycXxF6PISbXtCdqRqviMLbyqizrQIAUNQ02eO-v1Ph518vILLieDA33ldWfo-AGDBk2kxYd2JaxUI7xZgyky-sS5obYkMUK4jaYolszcO-94O_UbG8wyYAYEiHnEk_GN4Rm45HpDW2p4wi7SgryANGkNTFv2v/w400-h300/11:7,arena.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As you can see, the Bigleaf Maples have rapidly changed color, too (and there are STILL a lot of leaves to fall; nevertheless, I will blow out the arena again today).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The colors; oh, the COLORS right now! I've taken a bunch of photos – Sabbath afternoon driving to and from church (first two photos below), then on a walk with Poppy around the hill late Sabbath afternoon (next four photos), more around our house on Monday morning, and finally at one of Rick's client's yesterday late afternoon (last four photos). Yes, these are the client's creations; they are stunning, and BIG (all over 7' tall). I have shared at least a couple photos of her work before; one was at the State Fair. I think her talent is amazing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_chioQdqyN6XBmq7t2UfAJEJZ_8DlxW0Id1-6iughinpu0xBl05P8wuGD-LJyRBV0dByrx7w6CqX6Z-yU1vnEcC8ccnkZQnQjsYNvV635AhTcsUOFxHdu_xesuzVAlX5y5DOxT_1agFFnUAFW-2d3uzryqeNzc8g4_J_zzKnXHf24ONTw42OR/s3927/11:4,Linfieldtrees.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2691" data-original-width="3927" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_chioQdqyN6XBmq7t2UfAJEJZ_8DlxW0Id1-6iughinpu0xBl05P8wuGD-LJyRBV0dByrx7w6CqX6Z-yU1vnEcC8ccnkZQnQjsYNvV635AhTcsUOFxHdu_xesuzVAlX5y5DOxT_1agFFnUAFW-2d3uzryqeNzc8g4_J_zzKnXHf24ONTw42OR/w400-h275/11:4,Linfieldtrees.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg59cQ7oXvj0mNZfvTtfFUJmRsGAhkL-tTLn5rmyXEywVEcbiDmVmSMLmm_EkkXlq7e8vQ5JV5zXQR9USolYdPepwRTJyeduSmq5ifyntykRz1qXmH8zU9ftM2gfsTXtiFaSDx96Kcvt75E4WApvxUc3Ep3TLpApuVzCq1p7HMouXKAukOLI1uj/s3610/11:4,prettyyard.jpg" style="clear: left; 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text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sunday Poppy and I went to another agility trial at a facility the closest yet to us – the beautiful home court of Willamette Agility Group (love their logo!). If I didn't like my current instructor so much <i>and</i> get to meet up with my cousin at nearby Costco after nearly every class, I'd be looking to change venues for agility classes. Poppy had the zoomies and didn't pay much attention to her 'teammate,' so we only qualified in one of our three classes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHoJF2qjVjPZD7qm3PTIK5BmUV7ARBT4fb0gVKW2yiV3HcBmiZLk-bBv04eRdxlGO9MhaapFgF-eaMJy4TWSF0l6x3MyhP7U8O77xAmnIqUXaE7R1Ru0yk4cCVJKkpBFGJySTCk3rXHgXHr5CqXHT-xOLeUhAZB60MH9ugQnQ3tDGAGlVMSn1z/s4032/11:5,WAGarena1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHoJF2qjVjPZD7qm3PTIK5BmUV7ARBT4fb0gVKW2yiV3HcBmiZLk-bBv04eRdxlGO9MhaapFgF-eaMJy4TWSF0l6x3MyhP7U8O77xAmnIqUXaE7R1Ru0yk4cCVJKkpBFGJySTCk3rXHgXHr5CqXHT-xOLeUhAZB60MH9ugQnQ3tDGAGlVMSn1z/w400-h300/11:5,WAGarena1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ytpOKw8baiEz5nezLQyj9S6xwUIOCyVoio1wo977e2epntsfISTOpl1hrr9x7qmG9QEJmAiS3tjyIoxKJm0Hvle_9v41KeJneE6Lu0D2gbh7VLtLIMRxo-nDNEOzYkxJGb_zUxg-UcTejFpak6P9HphjgJGBkwiHWLuhKMf3b2PccLNC42wg/s3678/11:5,WAGarena2.jpg" style="clear: left; 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text-align: left;">When we got home, there were FIVE eggs waiting for us; obviously most of my hens worked harder Sunday than my dog did! 🤪</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK50B729PmPaaQMgeqrfvXbFcD74gtM62S-LMF23RsIKgJCQ8lcBYro91Dotvh4RkyMczV8lI0fvf_zltkqYSc_l-2VLbIIZlEMiq_Fg1jpbmKDTuQ3yhAibN-gEJkOS9KAJmC6Kpks73YzW_uYcS7ZcIwwARZ-yIAtcZDlE_lHF0ecC2ccMv3/s3410/11:5,5eggs.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2380" data-original-width="3410" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK50B729PmPaaQMgeqrfvXbFcD74gtM62S-LMF23RsIKgJCQ8lcBYro91Dotvh4RkyMczV8lI0fvf_zltkqYSc_l-2VLbIIZlEMiq_Fg1jpbmKDTuQ3yhAibN-gEJkOS9KAJmC6Kpks73YzW_uYcS7ZcIwwARZ-yIAtcZDlE_lHF0ecC2ccMv3/w400-h280/11:5,5eggs.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But Poppy doesn't have to bring home ribbons to give me great joy; Leo, either.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGg9syxLplFHMl2um3kGw_axYtuzEgP_59DtWx-B_Sn6fshiREmqBdnHAs-Vz0PF9JmnBPlxOkYncz799Utz5RpJZ_v2O-zNkX267rpG5Exri4ySasdIFGi7DwTVQbw5HFrOmI7Hn-AyzMqx0VbpJ4A27lwgJBl5CJx43S_2ZAXW5jKDvKZ__/s1038/11:7,dogs,leaves.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1038" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGg9syxLplFHMl2um3kGw_axYtuzEgP_59DtWx-B_Sn6fshiREmqBdnHAs-Vz0PF9JmnBPlxOkYncz799Utz5RpJZ_v2O-zNkX267rpG5Exri4ySasdIFGi7DwTVQbw5HFrOmI7Hn-AyzMqx0VbpJ4A27lwgJBl5CJx43S_2ZAXW5jKDvKZ__/w400-h244/11:7,dogs,leaves.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsoxussq9jrPuVd0bRLmjFKXqok8plFdlGIv0kgFQQuHYS4uRAyXf_kIkVbBVBI381fPTSDQY4sOa3_oXLxchyphenhyphenm0Q4_a4t994ia6gWOCvHEsa7mldXMxfDVQccPue4a55-kX99Xl92IH_c9o_v7ncswou03sktm0Yu-oInfETOwJQvxpAR_h1O/s2292/11:7,Leo,portrait2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;">That's it from the dog-lover at . . .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDve8RaTY4o-aJk_2FfZNwDjH4p5losDcAtbZBVSNj2ebM1HXij8oVSRuXQ0nd6AcbXr1MWHfDCbmIBPd_TKz71XGBGE65xkEke0hXSo3XksXBT0Lc9Jag_AlvzOhhYBJWMCBRMhGq0R8C8l7xAriJJyIuX-sXXVUFoZg1TsvQ_CyWs1N6U6qv/s229/logo.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="54" data-original-width="229" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDve8RaTY4o-aJk_2FfZNwDjH4p5losDcAtbZBVSNj2ebM1HXij8oVSRuXQ0nd6AcbXr1MWHfDCbmIBPd_TKz71XGBGE65xkEke0hXSo3XksXBT0Lc9Jag_AlvzOhhYBJWMCBRMhGq0R8C8l7xAriJJyIuX-sXXVUFoZg1TsvQ_CyWs1N6U6qv/s1600/logo.gif" width="229" /></a></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671898.post-35169927318188012612023-11-03T22:27:00.002-07:002024-01-07T12:50:09.237-08:00Contentment<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">It continues to be a perfectly normal and lovely fall here. We've had rain and sun and frost and fog, dollops of fall color and glimpses of the gorgeous light that illuminates the landscape just so this time of year.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsByz-YEyS9YKLVzNV5GIYTCp-rYw84MqFLh6yeK8kmXrkNc6ujuTx6vRWBmLimDQxvbtRCVzDVgbS3O2lZaqtkP8v0ENnB61dBlwdFtarZY45XNhqZcYCdT1xRbOM0er-8ESTfVW1rQhrKFsBhmoQ1H-oLyCLUrjAk88VOY956SNvx1g_ilr4/s4032/10:26,Salemfallcolors.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsByz-YEyS9YKLVzNV5GIYTCp-rYw84MqFLh6yeK8kmXrkNc6ujuTx6vRWBmLimDQxvbtRCVzDVgbS3O2lZaqtkP8v0ENnB61dBlwdFtarZY45XNhqZcYCdT1xRbOM0er-8ESTfVW1rQhrKFsBhmoQ1H-oLyCLUrjAk88VOY956SNvx1g_ilr4/w300-h400/10:26,Salemfallcolors.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We were spared the 'grape wars' this fall; the wineries harvested their grapes all in a rush before the first heavy rains so never turned on the propane cannons, deer and bird distress calls to protect their ripening crop. Great chevrons of geese have been seen and heard overhead, and now the starlings are gathering in great, noisy flocks. I hope I get to watch some murmurations!</div><div><br /></div><div>Bijou and Bench are back to batching it in the Ram-ada Inn; Bridget and Blaise are back with the other girls. I decided to leave Sanson with Broadway and Boop for now because 1) he's tried to bash the other two boys through the dividing panel and 2) Boop and Broadway are still mean girls. The three of them cohabitant peacefully, but I'm afraid they would all be bullies to their new 'roommates' if I separated them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAO5VmXKRwzxjNyHykMcrfRXMKKW1pFZDy5519qr5YRRUy_MI5h9JoN1UE6X4vfHSQmcY6niMfrhbg2fUkKukfzDhkMH288xtryIq74FyPLIJXfd7Omh2zEADei2cLrQRBlWIsgVZOywChFj5B6Aj-QtvhbY8d-2SELajj-47-H6WlIaH6pycy/s3691/11:3,Bijou&Bench.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2770" data-original-width="3691" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAO5VmXKRwzxjNyHykMcrfRXMKKW1pFZDy5519qr5YRRUy_MI5h9JoN1UE6X4vfHSQmcY6niMfrhbg2fUkKukfzDhkMH288xtryIq74FyPLIJXfd7Omh2zEADei2cLrQRBlWIsgVZOywChFj5B6Aj-QtvhbY8d-2SELajj-47-H6WlIaH6pycy/w400-h300/11:3,Bijou&Bench.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjky2eUDbm-8TwAyIEjkuzOCam4i1xB3XetiB1wSuD3Q22DX5Yu7F1HZxOk4hk7xOQZfHoPP_BlIOmG1OLpW4RY8UGmZRV9JoV5D9Z-YOp7mXKnXHsFaV0jjMp8q_nNiDBkqpqznaS11kQeojPcH7t0NEoy9bVqobpNNdMD0Tgqr4bt9SbLUIDb/s4032/10:30,ewes,pasture.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjky2eUDbm-8TwAyIEjkuzOCam4i1xB3XetiB1wSuD3Q22DX5Yu7F1HZxOk4hk7xOQZfHoPP_BlIOmG1OLpW4RY8UGmZRV9JoV5D9Z-YOp7mXKnXHsFaV0jjMp8q_nNiDBkqpqznaS11kQeojPcH7t0NEoy9bVqobpNNdMD0Tgqr4bt9SbLUIDb/w400-h300/10:30,ewes,pasture.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg72ktSkHfhBBpPWKFY5XQGEXTrmFjts2zGRAml1SiWvSgCk9d_3TvmWhSIRU-lnMITVfoBy1rNmaCleZ7VB5Dl_JQdLY7u6LtSZFTpHIexCswc061diCWBltinvW8T4zeCrhHVvIHX10rdZ6bnI20qxWT7bx_BAMAitrLbPIsL8WoIPVL8Cxhyphenhyphen/s3195/10:29,Sanson&girls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2180" data-original-width="3195" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg72ktSkHfhBBpPWKFY5XQGEXTrmFjts2zGRAml1SiWvSgCk9d_3TvmWhSIRU-lnMITVfoBy1rNmaCleZ7VB5Dl_JQdLY7u6LtSZFTpHIexCswc061diCWBltinvW8T4zeCrhHVvIHX10rdZ6bnI20qxWT7bx_BAMAitrLbPIsL8WoIPVL8Cxhyphenhyphen/w400-h274/10:29,Sanson&girls.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div>I've been keeping up with blowing leaves out of the arena and sweeping off the concrete around the house so far, which feels good. It's ever so much easier to do in manageable 'bites' than waiting until all the leaves drop – though there are still a LOT of leaves to drop!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Nuav3gjmoSFzQvgcJ5NpyLVTM2uwWT4J9xQ3C3cjv2Z3WetQorzQtrKaM4OY_NhCogdcfkeX12XUsLnx5j_u1Wwm6xW1eaoa2bLu2aZBKP5Bo-R0OtFPOPnfme9BxuGzMWqrOKZ3264ijdYCd02eStU4Awc8r-pkWkhyOIfhWle7uLEPiXnj/s4032/11:3,arena.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Nuav3gjmoSFzQvgcJ5NpyLVTM2uwWT4J9xQ3C3cjv2Z3WetQorzQtrKaM4OY_NhCogdcfkeX12XUsLnx5j_u1Wwm6xW1eaoa2bLu2aZBKP5Bo-R0OtFPOPnfme9BxuGzMWqrOKZ3264ijdYCd02eStU4Awc8r-pkWkhyOIfhWle7uLEPiXnj/w400-h300/11:3,arena.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finally, yesterday I spotted this pretty little snake crossing the wet driveway. Seems awfully late, wet, and cool for it to be out and about – it's November and almost the end of Daylight Savings Time, for pity's sake!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh83gYtV4mMzSqnfWH5oaqDx7nwSJc9d6J8tbG9vX6OylwLqkyMN9yYBcARII5JnPz9hEgOok2LghHyf990pxBHeOeyGGk-FbBYk8CrJjSnTWKxPGZA8qdGU2136XG4F2bL0kiG0r3eqRcCxPAd5lpXLLSyJnaETIyTT9PvihGi_q7kk4QTMYh0/s4032/11:2,snake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh83gYtV4mMzSqnfWH5oaqDx7nwSJc9d6J8tbG9vX6OylwLqkyMN9yYBcARII5JnPz9hEgOok2LghHyf990pxBHeOeyGGk-FbBYk8CrJjSnTWKxPGZA8qdGU2136XG4F2bL0kiG0r3eqRcCxPAd5lpXLLSyJnaETIyTT9PvihGi_q7kk4QTMYh0/w400-h300/11:2,snake.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's it for now from . . .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqDMkJZr_zLrs-WHxBfGEY1yGHnu6N5mbOGtBXXc2T5DGmn9fh_scCiMMPkGCieE6oAR7LH9kDkE_mO7usGn-Jm4TT3PKqRDs4ysKtReDtRhrP_36ct3p9XUPygCfGTVx4xdqZjVGNcHde4siie_xx3pJwGfV1uL6W35Xw82MJiLFtwMKZcmwC/s229/logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="54" data-original-width="229" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqDMkJZr_zLrs-WHxBfGEY1yGHnu6N5mbOGtBXXc2T5DGmn9fh_scCiMMPkGCieE6oAR7LH9kDkE_mO7usGn-Jm4TT3PKqRDs4ysKtReDtRhrP_36ct3p9XUPygCfGTVx4xdqZjVGNcHde4siie_xx3pJwGfV1uL6W35Xw82MJiLFtwMKZcmwC/s1600/logo.gif" width="229" /></a></div></div></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671898.post-2449849576654389732023-10-25T11:22:00.002-07:002023-10-25T22:01:49.292-07:00Wordsmithing and photo-wrangling<div style="text-align: left;">I am currently at a standstill on an overdue newsletter, waiting for more information, so I'm going to try to pound out a weekly post while I wait. TBH I'd rather spin on one of my new spindles while listening to another excellent audiobook; it's so much easier than wordsmithing and photo-wrangling!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I did promise to post more on my new 'flock members,' the spindles I purchased at OFFF. I also have an in-use photo of my new shawl fastener, which I am happy to say functioned <i>perfectly</i>. From top: a Vine Maple Dovekie (updated Delight); a BigLeaf Maple Weaverbird (one of two new six-armed inventions of Ed Jenkins); an Oregon Oak Wren; and an Oregon Oak Gooney. I didn't expect to buy the last three; they were end-of-festival surprise options that I couldn't pass up. A few Weaverbirds were there 'only for display' but were made available as the festival closed, and Ed pulled a handful of Oregon Oak beauties out from under the counter at the last minute. Yes, I am weak, but I did destash two of my old spindles later that week so only have a net gain of two. 😉</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQrpN-fczYDTgoyJ9UdR2Z5LfsTL2OLo5Lhu9TY5otC5g-hr7qXX2DGAPLrOtEV3WKQox4t_BtT7M0T-rxl04DeIx2BdTcR_gbsec9VibEbyie31eqUvYcH_b1WPsUm4u5ts0K9eXEVsyWfo0OyFWRL_2XEoEb5j_iQqEt0cZ3QZjgst317hJA/s2663/10:16,Dovekie1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2663" data-original-width="2663" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQrpN-fczYDTgoyJ9UdR2Z5LfsTL2OLo5Lhu9TY5otC5g-hr7qXX2DGAPLrOtEV3WKQox4t_BtT7M0T-rxl04DeIx2BdTcR_gbsec9VibEbyie31eqUvYcH_b1WPsUm4u5ts0K9eXEVsyWfo0OyFWRL_2XEoEb5j_iQqEt0cZ3QZjgst317hJA/s320/10:16,Dovekie1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe1ASZ9ZHNJe21rKfPYFpr82mmKjdElGPCJFlqy9_mxlpLRY8MRa_ngxfnAafWa9svZ6zZ8bZg043dU52JeF9FvCmREf2bGzgnqkm_6RmpmUilhYov29O3cvn-MH1U0m-ji2BhyL9n_2Prv3e8KZfRmEgq2LxPbQJNrjXtS2iHEIB2miVF6IDD/s3059/10:23,Weaver,Shetland.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3059" data-original-width="2844" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe1ASZ9ZHNJe21rKfPYFpr82mmKjdElGPCJFlqy9_mxlpLRY8MRa_ngxfnAafWa9svZ6zZ8bZg043dU52JeF9FvCmREf2bGzgnqkm_6RmpmUilhYov29O3cvn-MH1U0m-ji2BhyL9n_2Prv3e8KZfRmEgq2LxPbQJNrjXtS2iHEIB2miVF6IDD/s320/10:23,Weaver,Shetland.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuAE734xvkeTrVP4CumAzIsJQ9pTAaXuMK-8YhVORUihYmrJWqnQyy9gREgZWcRTf4pOkGzIzEkTlPBcewxO2FGJ2iSMtY178RfgJbXCleMx8DbZYLlshkbCEMRLOcQxNLcG3T2xC-0HNxGY3RVKyxNqdhrXBr95TKU-0sW9Pt5rBZGNqc54cS/s500/me_Wren1_medium.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuAE734xvkeTrVP4CumAzIsJQ9pTAaXuMK-8YhVORUihYmrJWqnQyy9gREgZWcRTf4pOkGzIzEkTlPBcewxO2FGJ2iSMtY178RfgJbXCleMx8DbZYLlshkbCEMRLOcQxNLcG3T2xC-0HNxGY3RVKyxNqdhrXBr95TKU-0sW9Pt5rBZGNqc54cS/s320/me_Wren1_medium.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhflBYDoQm3bbIyXaRF9An0hoFO12cRVYvESpC0ER2vff1YiGGHUxM92i34-PeQsZDJFJAE1fRmb-hVx75t009TLP0xBi4_qGmQ12bxcF-Wp2oVxept-7OrlNfE9KHpWEGt854oDwpruOoNOQd4BAiKHbketjkHr52uB3IRiYNBa4zxQsLxtCJn/s3048/me,Gooney1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3048" data-original-width="2948" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhflBYDoQm3bbIyXaRF9An0hoFO12cRVYvESpC0ER2vff1YiGGHUxM92i34-PeQsZDJFJAE1fRmb-hVx75t009TLP0xBi4_qGmQ12bxcF-Wp2oVxept-7OrlNfE9KHpWEGt854oDwpruOoNOQd4BAiKHbketjkHr52uB3IRiYNBa4zxQsLxtCJn/s320/me,Gooney1.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTcxvHlo5Fm4Rso9F2vZsvt0Dnnt7pYAzlryjnE1bQ4XdpqU2oE-16aKn6tNLPCMITlXutU79TMebT04D6lDEZMBnReT_opJBT21wkee5VnGYPLsgQBxacSm46dbOn0igzIXkDlylGCja6ypCfoDvdsHRKhaTlwXTsjF74InTxxdUWPMP9sIss/s2949/10:21,shawlmagnet.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2949" data-original-width="2302" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTcxvHlo5Fm4Rso9F2vZsvt0Dnnt7pYAzlryjnE1bQ4XdpqU2oE-16aKn6tNLPCMITlXutU79TMebT04D6lDEZMBnReT_opJBT21wkee5VnGYPLsgQBxacSm46dbOn0igzIXkDlylGCja6ypCfoDvdsHRKhaTlwXTsjF74InTxxdUWPMP9sIss/w314-h400/10:21,shawlmagnet.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Between getting spindles shipped, catching up on graphics jobs, and Rick's birthday celebration, my loom has continued to sit idle. My mentor hasn't called to suggest we pick up my introduction where we left off, so I assume she is busy, too. Time will tell; it may be impossible to shoehorn weaving into my busy life.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In 'farm news,' the advent of wetter weather has brought an end to pasture season for the horses and makes training Stella more of a challenge. I'm still putting the non-breeding ewes/ewe lambs out on pasture as often as possible, both to save hay and because the Sheep Sheraton is getting deep and badly in need of stripping. I sure hope I can get help with that massive job before the end of this month, when I plan to break up my breeding groups.</div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwxxOmB9UXigukLsadAEyNIsM7HfPACMrRj1VfVInGUDrTcxkjEvDHjNIHaiAOjWcp9yz4A2-ltahnxBwSS1bTZhI2yUkM2tWw_Mm_3ExSo2wKjEdCkwrDK6aMRpIlbTf7CXIXxtt4iKqF1FsPe9ATF2AHp4_7SOtn5yq2iqq8PGxu6eIeC-I2/s2489/10:22,ewelambs.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2489" data-original-width="2381" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwxxOmB9UXigukLsadAEyNIsM7HfPACMrRj1VfVInGUDrTcxkjEvDHjNIHaiAOjWcp9yz4A2-ltahnxBwSS1bTZhI2yUkM2tWw_Mm_3ExSo2wKjEdCkwrDK6aMRpIlbTf7CXIXxtt4iKqF1FsPe9ATF2AHp4_7SOtn5yq2iqq8PGxu6eIeC-I2/w384-h400/10:22,ewelambs.jpg" width="384" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">my three ewe lambs</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBnt-5a7Ror4jk9ncGnkqluJLyVC3n5JtxMP5YRlcZSaEbfO8HOE5fHhyYzG-oLc_O11tCIin_XgVPgyVI0MqGTrXjVyCc2V60iGY82SGVSCBMMPoKjTzE29QxmF_7pIP9dovAr2PwelEE90C5LyD1F1ly1LAHagZOu-GM_p3KhlHky6MzHf6W/s4032/10:22,4eggs.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBnt-5a7Ror4jk9ncGnkqluJLyVC3n5JtxMP5YRlcZSaEbfO8HOE5fHhyYzG-oLc_O11tCIin_XgVPgyVI0MqGTrXjVyCc2V60iGY82SGVSCBMMPoKjTzE29QxmF_7pIP9dovAr2PwelEE90C5LyD1F1ly1LAHagZOu-GM_p3KhlHky6MzHf6W/w400-h300/10:22,4eggs.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">The hens, from whom we've only been getting an egg or two in recent weeks, have started picking up production a bit. The other day I got four eggs for the first time in months. In response <span style="color: #444444;">(not really)</span>, the henhouse got a new window on Sunday. We've been swapping out the window for a heavy wire 'screen' during summers to keep it cooler. Rick recently put the window back in to keep the rain out, but the air quality took a nose dive. So we discussed options to improve the situation and Rick set to work building a new, hinged window. Problem solved!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggfcalvyksXVcHWWtY5zcPO9m-xvRIqObqnbFSFQmxPZPH_PeZDE666F8h_mVajcwLHaZQQnEXtzoWSaEO4u9fZ-kDNWvchSNoM02QAXlcIUJ0u2YimZzLMWXiOGUiPJtA8xQK_MSBsJt3uAX2ZdK8li46Dmmb3Vw1k3LoumuVGTmuKnIHAHyh/s4032/10:22,henhousewindow.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggfcalvyksXVcHWWtY5zcPO9m-xvRIqObqnbFSFQmxPZPH_PeZDE666F8h_mVajcwLHaZQQnEXtzoWSaEO4u9fZ-kDNWvchSNoM02QAXlcIUJ0u2YimZzLMWXiOGUiPJtA8xQK_MSBsJt3uAX2ZdK8li46Dmmb3Vw1k3LoumuVGTmuKnIHAHyh/w400-h300/10:22,henhousewindow.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqTS8ubFJPzdjNvOtgxwcK1Hg7ft5reQ3SyiPictcCGlCCdg35obDWWzHnVv_GkPyBLE_VjHWvDpMmG261p0Of2GRq2nzUlPF-64aISffTv_OvchmtK7HAvAvWDoC9Mr15UT4tPUOOoji8wWfr4D0EvpQY8oYeripb-_S8nlChNmu4V44pl-5J/s4032/10:13,sunrise.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqTS8ubFJPzdjNvOtgxwcK1Hg7ft5reQ3SyiPictcCGlCCdg35obDWWzHnVv_GkPyBLE_VjHWvDpMmG261p0Of2GRq2nzUlPF-64aISffTv_OvchmtK7HAvAvWDoC9Mr15UT4tPUOOoji8wWfr4D0EvpQY8oYeripb-_S8nlChNmu4V44pl-5J/w400-h300/10:13,sunrise.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">a colorful sunrise before the clouds took over</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">The days are getting dramatically shorter and lately have been 'dawning' with only a slow paling of heavy, gray skies. This week is noticeably colder and a fire would feel good, but we haven't yet built one. There are still apples on the trees and good intentions to make one more batch each of applesauce and apple pie filling before they drop and rot. In the meantime I readily turn on the oven and stove for cooking, welcoming the additional heat in the house as I am loathe to turn up the thermostat.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">That's it for now from . . .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbnLodOtQPFAmd59vFSK-nuDiFQz2Mqw38nhu8yDas2Cl6IKDhIITWj7X7ljll_S7TovaDqgyj1NYsbhwWZX1ocx-PAGCvC4OnZbHFtSoDhyPXUXFz7e0mZE1qsKiZLLdsPrbMrYsl9AgsNie504ajbieAjwHpFD4Szy0YI5_0Tl1-EAizTcKi/s229/logo.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="54" data-original-width="229" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbnLodOtQPFAmd59vFSK-nuDiFQz2Mqw38nhu8yDas2Cl6IKDhIITWj7X7ljll_S7TovaDqgyj1NYsbhwWZX1ocx-PAGCvC4OnZbHFtSoDhyPXUXFz7e0mZE1qsKiZLLdsPrbMrYsl9AgsNie504ajbieAjwHpFD4Szy0YI5_0Tl1-EAizTcKi/s1600/logo.gif" width="229" /></a></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671898.post-82160235483146804382023-10-18T20:19:00.001-07:002023-10-18T20:19:36.462-07:00OFFF and its aftermath<div style="text-align: left;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd68ITscfEzCSzU-rux9F8tC182JZ6LYzJBTGLfcdAZfZirpr5jIzUBZ1uHZSX2vk7ts7GZRdhEMEOjWC2e4EnQRl00hlgfCYLa1EYYEfYgtnUVrCQ2Xt2taojMr3ABGA7GgCuVKQnm_L1YMsfH2nFKCmEeMG3jyY4BZ1A1nl_5anwGeF3HhMJ/s3804/10:15,OFFF.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3023" data-original-width="3804" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd68ITscfEzCSzU-rux9F8tC182JZ6LYzJBTGLfcdAZfZirpr5jIzUBZ1uHZSX2vk7ts7GZRdhEMEOjWC2e4EnQRl00hlgfCYLa1EYYEfYgtnUVrCQ2Xt2taojMr3ABGA7GgCuVKQnm_L1YMsfH2nFKCmEeMG3jyY4BZ1A1nl_5anwGeF3HhMJ/w400-h319/10:15,OFFF.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">It was a beautiful day for a fiber festival!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Last Sunday the friend who gave me the loom (not to be confused with my weaving mentor friend, who didn't return from a camping trip in time to go) and I spent most of the day going to, walking around at, and coming home from the Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival (OFFF). Once again I spent most of my time at the Jenkins booth, not only because they have the most beautiful, functional spinning tools in the world, but also because I offered to be a proxy shopper for those not fortunate to live this close to the Jenkins and the events at which they vend. Trying to buy their spindles online has become an exercise in luck or frustration because they get snatched up so fast; attending an event or having a proxy shopper allows people a guaranteed opportunity to acquire their spindles. Well, </span><i style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">almost</i><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> guaranteed. Lots of people want to get their hands on a horn or antler spindle but Ed makes very few of those (there were none at OFFF), and Ed debuted </span><i style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><b>three</b></i><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> new styles at OFFF – one of which sold out, and one of which was mostly just on display (people could put their name on waiting lists).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRloWWGaZbWyEtK3kV-G4gO3_eORgNBJfLu505M1pG7lKIEhrc1EfVxkfsnlyQhXop14RaPftRElmR_X5DHRyRknSYPnjw49q0ObOPhMwqwM0RGpWK45sC8tkanQxHxCoqFwjh0akKqv-dOwfePo8oW_qFwjC3S0kG7OOdG-q9qyxhyuo8f_zj/s3355/10:15,OFFF,Ed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3355" data-original-width="1976" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRloWWGaZbWyEtK3kV-G4gO3_eORgNBJfLu505M1pG7lKIEhrc1EfVxkfsnlyQhXop14RaPftRElmR_X5DHRyRknSYPnjw49q0ObOPhMwqwM0RGpWK45sC8tkanQxHxCoqFwjh0akKqv-dOwfePo8oW_qFwjC3S0kG7OOdG-q9qyxhyuo8f_zj/w235-h400/10:15,OFFF,Ed.jpg" width="235" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ed holding Merlins, one of his new styles</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">I ended up with a shopping list of spindles for 23 people before I finally started turning people away. The shopping itself was actually a lot of fun, like playing Santa's helper. Like a <a href="https://myshetland.co.uk/shetland-pony-sales-2023/" target="_blank">blogger</a> I follow said about shopping at a Shetland pony sale: </span></span><span style="background-color: #cccccc; color: #444444;">"<span face=""Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">I am thrilled for her and there is something nice about not coming home with another but having all the fun and thrills of helping with the purchase."</span></span><span face=""Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #cccccc; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> (Only I <i><b>did</b></i> come home with another . . . cough, FOUR spindles for myself as well; more on them later.) </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzGR05VHjJnjuQYv389Z9IXXH9hmBwzfUtvXkheme3pZ9PrKORk1qCkRAQ594pxafj4l22qfmKWwT27nIOsapFuogq-4xmq7URT9sm_okVQN_Uhn19P9_dAp2rZg034_fYup6D-4np-ZiF8rTRWihSi1H9RkwYRWJDNrA-q1mSosvD_8-vFrp-/s2524/Jenkins&me,bags.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc; color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1860" data-original-width="2524" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzGR05VHjJnjuQYv389Z9IXXH9hmBwzfUtvXkheme3pZ9PrKORk1qCkRAQ594pxafj4l22qfmKWwT27nIOsapFuogq-4xmq7URT9sm_okVQN_Uhn19P9_dAp2rZg034_fYup6D-4np-ZiF8rTRWihSi1H9RkwYRWJDNrA-q1mSosvD_8-vFrp-/w400-h295/Jenkins&me,bags.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">In addition to spindle-shopping and visiting with the Jenkins, I picked up the roving I had had processed (Bling for a customer and trashy Broadway for myself), met up with several friends, Ravelry-pals, blogpals, and the Shetland breeder with whom I traded lambs this summer, and window-shopped at some other booths with the friend who traveled with me. The only other item I actually purchased (other than a pin loom for someone else) was this stone shawl closure. It has a super-strong magnet on the back (so strong it's not safe for those with pacemakers!) so you can use it through your shawl </span><i style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">and</i><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> a blouse or t-shirt to hold it in place; the vendor was recommended by both Wanda and another friend.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCdhDRY1LfAoYOzZGc7q7V-fB3VNdIETT01MiI_8XXK3cLXc_RWfpN_5jaTQrU4-FRwwgXVf1w-o8zTMTkiyEY3yJiPRI1Av6oyraiHh7lKgIgZJPiiqAtzsRmKNaZ_jfSskTtZAAH5FQORKdgmePHLC3qr6AKFjg_y8Ah4CYR9luX4nSQa4rk/s3034/shawl%20pin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3034" data-original-width="2506" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCdhDRY1LfAoYOzZGc7q7V-fB3VNdIETT01MiI_8XXK3cLXc_RWfpN_5jaTQrU4-FRwwgXVf1w-o8zTMTkiyEY3yJiPRI1Av6oyraiHh7lKgIgZJPiiqAtzsRmKNaZ_jfSskTtZAAH5FQORKdgmePHLC3qr6AKFjg_y8Ah4CYR9luX4nSQa4rk/s320/shawl%20pin.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">(Sorry for the background color of the text above,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but it's not a quick and easy fix so it stays.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZTjzktbYHK6xuisFuJYOrk0qPExEQocJN_rWjh20-hwkpj0E05IaZw0K26TrPAujHhRacIeA5_VPZ_najPx4ZurbXsow3O5Zqw_499BCzhfVWa2PUa8YUHlOK7pKUgB3PcUDkf57pNI51fBAzz6jrqWFD1XQEz8bwXr_VacLwTiqdVt35wK2X/s3989/10:15,draggingarena.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2954" data-original-width="3989" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZTjzktbYHK6xuisFuJYOrk0qPExEQocJN_rWjh20-hwkpj0E05IaZw0K26TrPAujHhRacIeA5_VPZ_najPx4ZurbXsow3O5Zqw_499BCzhfVWa2PUa8YUHlOK7pKUgB3PcUDkf57pNI51fBAzz6jrqWFD1XQEz8bwXr_VacLwTiqdVt35wK2X/w400-h296/10:15,draggingarena.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div>I didn't plan to be gone so long, so there wasn't much 'day' in which to get things done upon my return. Rick was finishing up grading the arena after blowing out leaves (again), a much needed and long overdue maintenance chore made easier by our new tractor. I would love to have ridden a cooped-up Stella but couldn't justify taking more 'me time' after being gone from 9 to 5, and he didn't finish until about sundown. <span style="color: #444444;">(I should have just done it, because I didn't have another chance to get her out until yesterday afternoon and she was practically self-combusting after four days!)</span></div><div><br /></div><div>While proxy-shopping is fun, the aftermath is a bit of a slog. I take photos to send, figure out shipping so I can give each person their total due, find boxes to ship them all, pack them up and take them to the post office. As of tonight, after three busy days, most of them are sent, and it makes me happy to think of the joy all those packages will bring when they are opened by eager hands.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjba31veMETDwmaZkLzhdIDyhEJAM5Xk0-u7l1ZDpIuWZWHZmlrmD8hoH2Gjs5ccQwPTcT1KgXWgU6Xf_QtFRXKKguF3RPzbOKh2FMUOSZBw0mvzCK6GAJUUQnyyFspd2B_HFX9A9E0k_dEjusKKf44_qLQryvLEG_H-cxSfbcxdQxilmACQ-Jo/s3886/10:15,Jmaple.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2869" data-original-width="3886" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjba31veMETDwmaZkLzhdIDyhEJAM5Xk0-u7l1ZDpIuWZWHZmlrmD8hoH2Gjs5ccQwPTcT1KgXWgU6Xf_QtFRXKKguF3RPzbOKh2FMUOSZBw0mvzCK6GAJUUQnyyFspd2B_HFX9A9E0k_dEjusKKf44_qLQryvLEG_H-cxSfbcxdQxilmACQ-Jo/w400-h295/10:15,Jmaple.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>That's it for now from . . .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhifQVkDUfMe0MDpMdwUBylF9mx1P1cczQBdJXheN6KSFuynKErdyitgT7g2RDKQ6ZuObTd6w8jKx_UGTsAtojuXK5AHCPYwqfFH-FVj2RhKyjlZFMUaIY_rrF3lSou_Msmu__4fStDDiGzXpUjGgwJHlZgCWBYfluy15-Kr1PImuTSvvAJRAUh/s229/logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="54" data-original-width="229" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhifQVkDUfMe0MDpMdwUBylF9mx1P1cczQBdJXheN6KSFuynKErdyitgT7g2RDKQ6ZuObTd6w8jKx_UGTsAtojuXK5AHCPYwqfFH-FVj2RhKyjlZFMUaIY_rrF3lSou_Msmu__4fStDDiGzXpUjGgwJHlZgCWBYfluy15-Kr1PImuTSvvAJRAUh/s1600/logo.gif" width="229" /></a></div></div></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671898.post-80020374719507535972023-10-08T23:24:00.003-07:002023-10-10T08:13:54.596-07:00Today's tally<div style="text-align: left;">Today was the last of a stretch of warm, sunny days in the 80s. Since I spent much of last Sunday at an agility trial and I'll be spending much of next Sunday at the Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival, I felt pressured to make the most of it, and the available bounty. The results? Five quarts and one pint of 'strawberry' grape juice; eight pints and one quart of condensed tomato soup; and seven quarts of applesauce. I <i>planned</i> to make a peach pie out of the last, tired peaches saved for the purpose, make double that amount of applesauce, and prep a batch of apple pie filling for canning in the morning but ran out of daylight and energy. Guess I will pick apples in the rain tomorrow and carry on.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Rick spent much of his day diagnosing and addressing fluid leaks in his vet truck, which was less than he wanted to get done. Brian did whatever Brian does in his room most of the day, but did blow the leaves out of the arena and off the driveway around the house for us before the coming rain.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-5fs81fzRndqGeoR4JJ3m_fnVh3Tv9hNcPD9a1xU0ZKfO3ROyy5Y5-hHx49uWcuprowtJSDLPcB-CBY92maVN1sw6ljpGvFmv1YOZjH5ltYLdjUyxPEBYwGqYNjw2Acky4P6CpBexHkCq4DUC-nVnJOaPN-oX6HtPkhhr41neVE_nvBAPJH-/s3284/9:28,Sanson&girls.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3284" data-original-width="2838" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-5fs81fzRndqGeoR4JJ3m_fnVh3Tv9hNcPD9a1xU0ZKfO3ROyy5Y5-hHx49uWcuprowtJSDLPcB-CBY92maVN1sw6ljpGvFmv1YOZjH5ltYLdjUyxPEBYwGqYNjw2Acky4P6CpBexHkCq4DUC-nVnJOaPN-oX6HtPkhhr41neVE_nvBAPJH-/w346-h400/9:28,Sanson&girls.jpg" width="346" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">All three of the ram lambs were showing interest in their ladies today, but none of the ladies appeared interested in return. Five months from now would be a very good time (for me) for the ewes to lamb, but there's nothing I can do to facilitate that.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Nothing is blooming here, but at a friend's where I'm doing chores and at our church there are some beautiful blooms:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifc-Y0MGZjeaYG9Pn0tAh3yYKWZDhRJnWhnxZCu_zR5-f2lNTD1NY3e-2fY0Kb8KhCYjygjTQGPqmuHY-WanK1NUXPYBYi1f5RPhtZiPyHZTR4jjZF_am2qVghqOB2glLk2JwxwrODsq8qJD48WMx27XEMkkcRzGo6qzujcxt6QidWuRxVakiu/s3729/10:6,rose.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3729" data-original-width="2987" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifc-Y0MGZjeaYG9Pn0tAh3yYKWZDhRJnWhnxZCu_zR5-f2lNTD1NY3e-2fY0Kb8KhCYjygjTQGPqmuHY-WanK1NUXPYBYi1f5RPhtZiPyHZTR4jjZF_am2qVghqOB2glLk2JwxwrODsq8qJD48WMx27XEMkkcRzGo6qzujcxt6QidWuRxVakiu/w320-h400/10:6,rose.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3776" data-original-width="2966" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0AfEqwTCj053-erKrboPIvgL95pMgvxVgxhrsDbLTk9bSaPvzZhxRHAi328J8YwlWc4msKKq4ecY136L6C-Me2wNAIfP8Sl_vdQoOEBWZeEztlSKYMFzJHPQyxGPH3oId5aU8bdVdP0f_48JdpEc-A_mdo73n8ECqgg9CZP0MTAfqJDfiQY-4/w315-h400/10:7,rose.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><div><br /></div>There <i>was</i> a wee, bright green frog in the arena yesterday; I finally got close enough to snap a shot when it got to the side board:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtnTBYGJ8hsQlAlZH4UctU1-vuBISxAW-uHbLvr6rAUxHVdVBSHvbyBjHFKi1K6pDsa8IpD5sbvtEQxPYfQml04mHD1-Fop45oGjbAXqmO62ly61ZbalOKQlDm3oTOVYP9p8SVJpaNmTMtsLJ5xgYCaaWAPzRyvZs-UpSmHiHbqKJnms-Z7hy/s4032/10:7,frog.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtnTBYGJ8hsQlAlZH4UctU1-vuBISxAW-uHbLvr6rAUxHVdVBSHvbyBjHFKi1K6pDsa8IpD5sbvtEQxPYfQml04mHD1-Fop45oGjbAXqmO62ly61ZbalOKQlDm3oTOVYP9p8SVJpaNmTMtsLJ5xgYCaaWAPzRyvZs-UpSmHiHbqKJnms-Z7hy/w300-h400/10:7,frog.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Chuckie is hard to get a photo of because <i>he</i> tries to get too close to <i>me</i>:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjEqR_6o86YHyI0Hmj_krgZy5EIHEMHrXGD_AhP_hx1Ywbceph9mlhmke8WQF1NyFVPHInZndH6B_c034DkWKaEdYCbNYI__XqYOOh3PJg24i2EMEhfcIixmqcTqdiMRuZNOoMyiUO54X-GRpo6Vy3eEO4ranKFgZQhkeCzT8gTtbYGAH5j9d7/s4032/10:3,Chuckie1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjEqR_6o86YHyI0Hmj_krgZy5EIHEMHrXGD_AhP_hx1Ywbceph9mlhmke8WQF1NyFVPHInZndH6B_c034DkWKaEdYCbNYI__XqYOOh3PJg24i2EMEhfcIixmqcTqdiMRuZNOoMyiUO54X-GRpo6Vy3eEO4ranKFgZQhkeCzT8gTtbYGAH5j9d7/w400-h300/10:3,Chuckie1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihe6cEyJn0eg48qABimMHzD0G7l4nYXFEI0HZ4qgu4M-8PA5Dodho4pVcPBpSzNBHRyP2uV-fqD5fYqGKWcdyCHVW1iFqbN90N8kx2WPPvel9ZO3ECiTBPAyIjf_fz_CMb74SmtUrNHEASTmdYQ9J7qB-8FaDzsRksmTwSrNDBlcAUvF98acje/s4032/10:3,Chuckie2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihe6cEyJn0eg48qABimMHzD0G7l4nYXFEI0HZ4qgu4M-8PA5Dodho4pVcPBpSzNBHRyP2uV-fqD5fYqGKWcdyCHVW1iFqbN90N8kx2WPPvel9ZO3ECiTBPAyIjf_fz_CMb74SmtUrNHEASTmdYQ9J7qB-8FaDzsRksmTwSrNDBlcAUvF98acje/w400-h300/10:3,Chuckie2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">That's all for now from . . .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Z6BRn99wsryLn7Qr5RUElbA7QnmKr9iJ4dBCOcj2LM8zCMvric4oXHlBa3yNOkGTrkS71DpGO0KYRi1VYD9Jg1wfVjUDNhOljNeG29LARFuvaqzaiBRvZIYgwpRkx-UZPkgwGmiwrKqs3kExev4b8ueHGHZgIej1z1S-bH4I1wUq_GVMuaej/s229/logo.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="54" data-original-width="229" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Z6BRn99wsryLn7Qr5RUElbA7QnmKr9iJ4dBCOcj2LM8zCMvric4oXHlBa3yNOkGTrkS71DpGO0KYRi1VYD9Jg1wfVjUDNhOljNeG29LARFuvaqzaiBRvZIYgwpRkx-UZPkgwGmiwrKqs3kExev4b8ueHGHZgIej1z1S-bH4I1wUq_GVMuaej/s1600/logo.gif" width="229" /></a></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.com6