End of winter break

This past weekend was a whirlwind of wonderfulness.  Saturday I went down to Freeport for one day of the NETA Spa Knit and Spin weekend.  I met some friends down there and we enjoyed the whole day at the Hilton Garden.  All kinds of vendors inhabit one of the conference rooms and attendees sit and [...]

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Winter break

It hasn’t felt like much of a winter.  A break from the craziness of work is welcome, however, as shearing is just the beginning of upcoming farm events.  Everything is now focused on getting ready to welcome our lambs and this is the week that I need to be organizing that. In the meantime we [...]

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In the company of friends

Both human and 4-legged! As opposed to last year’s shearing, we had a gorgeous day Saturday.  None of those bitter cold temperatures, and what little wind there was, was quite pleasant.  Emily arrived about 10 and we got Fuzzy Lumpkin out onto the shearing floor.  (We usually do the white sheep first, so there aren’t [...]

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Coming up for air

Finally.  This week has been insane.  One more work day until winter break.  Phew!  This actually may be the third night in a row that I am eating a piece of toast for dinner.  Meetings have been the word of the week, and it feels as if I have not had a moment to breathe. [...]

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Memory lane

Yesterday was my birthday.  58.  Yahoo.  It’s always nice having a birthday on the weekend, so the whole weekend actually feels like a celebration.  The cold weather has descended upon us and I was in the mood for doing some baking.  John makes some of the most fantastic bread on the planet, but I have [...]

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Gauge swatches R Us

Lucky for me that I spent the time to do them!  Most of the spinners in our spinning group are attempting a knit-along sweater of their choice, and most of them are already into the project.  I dyed the yarn for my cardigan with some variation in color, but I tried to keep it fairly [...]

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Really missing my dad

This time of year is always a little sad.  It is the 37th anniversary of my father’s death.  I was 19 or 20 when he was killed by a drunk driver on the evening of January 30th, revived, and lived for 1.5 days, then died on this date.  I was living in Jerusalem at the [...]

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Soapy weekend

Our friend Chris came over on Saturday and we had some soapy fun!  I have definitely not been keeping up with my soap-making and my inventory is seriously depleted.  I am freezing some goat’s milk in exact amounts for the recipe I use on a regular basis, so I am prepared in case I really [...]

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