Laura's big date

Today Laura had a date with a vile of 19 year old frozen semen. We are hoping in 62 days to have not-so-frozen puppies. We tried this one other time using a different male's frozen semen but unfortunately it didn't take. We are hopeful the integrity of this sperm is better and we will have success! Keep your fingers crossed.

In the first picture she is (hopefully) being impregnated.

Laura must now keep her rear end elevated for 5 minutes. She is very cooperative for this.

I thought this picture was kind of cool even though you can't see it very clearly. It is a slide of the very mobile sperm. They graded it at 60% motility which is pretty good. I think it is great for 19 year old semen! They looked like little tadpoles swimming around.

Pink, pink, pink

Did I ever tell you how much I like the color pink? Well, I REEEELLY like the color pink. Not sure what I am going to do with all this pink yarn but it sure is fun to make and look at. Enjoy!

Angus' find

Over the past couple of days Angus has been patrolling the fence line and barking quite a bit. I could never see what he saw until today. Can you see it?

It's a baby raccoon! This is one smart raccoon to stay out of his way.

The baby raccoon is not to be confused with this little creature roaming our backyard, which may or may not be a distant relative of a raccoon:>)

What makes him happy, what makes me happy.

Today was a good day for John and I. After 15 months John got his '63 corvette split window back, completely restored to it's original condition. He picked this car up in the '70's that was tucked away in some person's barn in very bad condition. It made many cross country moves with John and sat in our garage for years, with only a stray cat getting any use out of it by sleeping on it. I was just thankful SOMEONE was appreciating it! Isn't she a beauty!

Now for what makes ME happy... Ice blue rasberry lemonade and berry blue Kool-aid dying my yarn! I am addicted to Kool-aid lately but not for drinking (do people actually drink this stuff?) I can't spin fast enough to use all the colors floating around in my head. The second picture doesn't do the hank of yarn justice. It's such a pretty blue.

How precious

I got a cryptic message from my brother that he had found 'something.' Of course I called and the last thing I expected was this! Apparently this little orphan turned up in his yard so he directed it back to the woods thinking it would eventually find it's mama. A day later he woke up to his new friend 'calling' him outside his bedroom window. It was wet from rain and shivering and still no mom in site so he took it in. He was able to locate a rescue organization the next morning who is now caring for the little guy.

Isn'the darling?

No Bunnies:(

Unfortunately, I do not have new bunnies to brag about. Too Sexy was indeed pregnant, however, she had one bun on the wire that probably was born dead and the other required a trip to the vet to come out. It did not make it either. So it goes with breeding...
I will have to live vicariously through the wild bunny nest in the backyard. It is the third this year! Pictures to come...
Once Too Sexy recuperates, we will try again.

Dye pot

While I anxiously awaited the arrival of baby bunnies (hopefully) I played mad scientist in the kitchen. I LOVE to dye fiber! I pulled out all my vices ie. Kool-aid, Wilton's cake decorator dye, and some commercial stuff. The posibilities are so overwhelming I never know which direction I am headed in so I keep my mind open to whatever I get. Of course, I always seem to want some element of pink so anything short of that would be dissapointing.

Here's the scene of the crime.


Double bubble, boil and trouble! I added two custard dishes with Wilton's dye and stuffed a portion of the skein in each. In the pot is the fusia commercial dye. I was thrilled with the way the colors bled together. I get a little worried at this point since there is no turning back. Fortunately, I liked it.




Oh so pretty!

A side note, this skein of angora is made from 'seconds' or the stuff that most people would throw away. It is mostly matted fiber from the rabbits belly and legs. I really enjoy spinning it because it spins up faster than the 'good' stuff and has a lot of character with lumps and bumps. It does have a slightly cottony feel but is still quite soft.