Got a bee sting? I have a fix!
Monday June 17, 2019 Saturday night, I was cleaning up some bits of fiber from the garage. As I was walking in to the house my thumb started to sting really badly. What the what? It’s only fleece – but … Continued
Happy Dad’s Day!
Sunday June 16, 2019 Happy Father’s day to all the dads out there who care for, love and teach the little ones in your life. My hat’s off to you. Put your feet up today and take the day off. … Continued
Chillin’ at home
Saturday June 15, 2019 It feels like a long time since we’ve had a normal weekend around here. We jumped from an open barn day to shearing day and then to a family wedding in Chicago. All good stuff of … Continued
Our new hat model
Friday June 14, 2019 It was a good day just being the Yaya yesterday. Now I’ll get back to chores and fleeces and pasture clean up. We did get a bit of a downpour last night so I hope things … Continued
Let’s make yarn!
Wednesday June 12, 2019 I hope to be skirting fleeces most of the day today, well, between feeding animals and such. We are lucky enough to have a wonderful fiber processor as a dear friend in Salt Lake City, so … Continued
Lock ’em up!
Tuesday June 11, 2019 I guess it had to happen. We’ve enjoyed country livin’ and the safe feeling of not having to lock the doors. But times are changing. 🙁 In the past month we’ve had several instances of people … Continued
Waiting for summer
Monday June 10, 2019 Good morning faithful readers! We made a quick trip to Chicago for a wedding this weekend and it was beautiful indeed. Reconnecting with family is always the highlight of any trip to the Midwest. ❤️ It’s … Continued
I ❤️ gray fleeces!
Thursday June 6, 2019 Well I spent an hour or more this morning trying to repair my web site which told me I was out of space and could not publish any more posts!! Whaaat? But you know you can … Continued
Life is good
Wednesday June 5, 2019 As I open the bags of fleece and start to skirt them, it amazes me what these creatures grow on their backs with almost zero effort. Eat hay, eat grass, and grow fleece. It just happens … Continued
Learning new faces
Tuesday June 4, 2019 I think I’ve relearned about 80% of the faces for sure. Some members of the white families do look quite similar, so I need to get behavioral clues and then relearn something unique about that new … Continued
Our sweetest alien 💛
Monday June 3, 2019 One day to recover is all we get then it’s right back at it. 😉 The barn cats have returned to the barn, all 3 of them vacated for shearing day as they wanted no part … Continued
Shearing day!
Saturday June 1, 2019 It’s shearing day! I got a phone call form our shearer yesterday that he was stranded in South Dakota after the transmission on his van died. Oh boy. But he did find us another crew, who … Continued