A Summery holiday weekend

The day began with heavy fog and clouds, but it has finished up as a gorgeous, sunny afternoon.  I am afraid that it’s the non-stop Fiber Frolic preparation weekend, but we were pleasantly surprised with some unexpected company this afternoon as well. Our friend Jocelyn, of the Salt Bay Treadlers, came up to get some [...]

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Big fun day

I have to say that yesterday was probably the highlight of my school vacation.  A group of Salt Bay Treadlers spent the day at our friend Chris’ house.  Last year we took a field trip to Portland, had lunch and then went to a spin-in at the Portland Fiber Gallery.  This year we stayed a [...]

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Merry Christmas, 2011

From all of us at Ruit Farm, we wish our friends, neighbors, family and readers a very safe and Merry Christmas!  Our girls happily posed for some holiday shots.

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Happy Hanukkah & more goatie adventures

So last night was the first night of Hanukkah.  Happy festival of lights!  I had a very enjoyable evening watching the candles in the menorah burn down (the menorah is a little disabled… it lost one of it’s arms so it is actually two candles shy of a full deck.  Hopefully John can mend the [...]

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Thanksgiving 2011

The storm yesterday didn’t hit us as hard as we thought it might, but we still ended up with about 4″ of snow which turned crunchy and icy overnight.  The day has been beautifully bright and I am taking my time with the meal preparations.  We are going to celebrate this evening with our elderly [...]

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Spinning-in the New Year

I don’t know why the change of numerical date carries with it such a weight… I have never really enjoyed New Year’s Eve and all the partying.  We have not gone out for New Year’s Eve in a very long time.  I usually sleep through the changing of the calendar date.   This year I [...]

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Fiber Field Trip

Yesterday our fiber group, the Salt Bay Treadlers, decided to take a field trip to Portland.  Now, we are a very dedicated group of spinners, weavers and knitters and are motivated by fiber of all types, but we also can be swayed very easily by good food.  So we decided to combine the two and [...]

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It’s a white one!

We did get 3 or 4 inches of snow on Wednesday.  I got to work (my farthest school, 26 miles), began to enjoy the staff holiday breakfast, just to get the word that we were going home.  It was an adventure, but not too bad.  The snow really began to add up late in the [...]

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Happy Solstice Night

All the holidays of the cold season that involve lights are very satisfying to me.  At this time of year, when I am doing chores some days in the dark both morning and night, coming in to light the Hanukkah candles or to the tree and twinkle lights, just makes everything seem a little better, [...]

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Signs of the times

Brain on overload.  Large conifer in the corner.  Dining room table that can’t be seen again.  Baking, or at least attempting to bake, and knitting.  Basically, trying to do too many things at once.  It’s been a lot of fun, though, as our grandson is at the age where he is really beginning to notice [...]

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