A Wool Gathering

This is probably my favorite weekend of the year as it is the annual Wool Gathering in Yellow Springs!

There was plenty to see and do with live animals and tons of yarn and fiber related stuff. I thought this llama looked rather pleased with himself.


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I thought I had it rough grooming dogs. This guy's back has got to hurt by the end of the day.

Meeting up with my rabbit friends Annette and Lisa.




John and I. He gave up an agility trial today to come along with me and he even looks happy about it:>)

Sweet Annie

I discovered a wonderful herb last year with a very pleasant fragrance called Sweet Annie so I searched high and low this past spring and finally found it. It grows quite tall, around 6 feet and is likely to come back on it's own next year. I made a wreath out of it this morning.

Lest you doubt my wreath making abilities, the cat in the picture will attest to the fact I did not pilfer the photo:>)

Bruno

Wait... Scratch that. I WAS going to make this blog entry about Bruno but somehow it became more about Morty, otherwise known as the world's most jealous cat.

Bruno says, "whatever."

I've been dyin' to show you...

I am a huge fan of using Kool-aid to dye my fiber since it is so safe and accessible but I find the red drinks don't really give a good red dye. It's more of a deep orange. So when I was shopping at JoAnn's this past weekend I found a Jacquard dye called iDye color fire red that is suitable for natural fibers and it produces a true red. All you need is a little vinegar as a mordant to set the color
and voila, this is what you get...

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Pumkin harvest

This is it. Seriously... 2 pumkins. No kidding. I now know why they are so expensive.

It's been a while

I haven't been blogging for a while and had hoped to share some new baby bunny pictures but unfortunately the bunny gods were not accomodating. It's kind of hard to carry on a 'bunny blog' without new bunnies!!

So I will share some pictures of what has been keeping me busy:

I have been doing a lot of this lately. So much, in fact, I seem to be inspired to do little else. I see a light at the end of the tunnel though as summer vacations are coming to an end. If the dog looks vaguely familiar it's because 'Andy' has been featured on this blog before. He has grown! And so too has his hair.

I have been doing lots of this also but don't worry, this isn't turning into a cooking blog! The neigbor's garden was calling me. I felt the need to make LOTS of things with cabbage, zucchini, and those black berries growing in the back field. I think I am over it now.

More pictures to come...

Pumkins... Or not.

I have six pumkin plants that are all growing like weeds in various spots and not a one of them has a pumkin growing. I check daily and see that the bees are doing their job but yet, no pumkins! I feel cheated:(