Archive | October 2024

Another Monday

Oct14

Well,  My sister who set up my original Blog named it  “My Life in the Country” so today’s post is just that. Everyday stuff here in the woods.

More chores today, but household, not shop. Making bread, more on-going laundry. I washed sheets and the napkins. Somehow they all got in the trailer and all got used. We had to resort to paper towels for dinner last night! Cleaning bathroom was so I could put down my new rugs! I got new rugs for in there because the backing doesn’t last on these things. After what seems a few  washings and it starts to peel off. Maybe I am going to have to find some more expensive rugs.

 Cleaned up the corner by the bayout window because its time to move the house plants in. I lost my oldest one. One that moved from Florida. I’ve given starts all over but didn’t have one going this summer. Too bad. Still have two I brought with me, my String of Hearts & the Drunkard’s Dream. That one almost died from too much water last year. The Angel Wing Begonia died from a lack of it this year. Both I blame on him, tho I should have watched closer. He’s supposed to be in charge of the auto watering systems. Oh well, there is no lack of plants. I have three big geraniums. They’ll need pruning, and a small pot of starts I “collected” from the Dixon Fairground. Plus two plants of Rosy’s. My little corner of limited winter sunshine will be full!

The drunkards dream, the little one Is the start I gave Rosy. The big one is mine, recovering but not well.

I also printed out a bunch of photos for the travel journal. That’s his project mostly these days. I started it when we first got the 5th wheel, but seemed to have lost interest at some point. He adopted it a couple years ago. Our style is totally different, of course! I wrote about scenery and things that happened or that we did. His is more about routes from hither and yon and best free campgrounds, with some scenery and some notes on trailer maintenance. How long it took and where we fueled up. And he wants a photo of each camping spot with the trailer in it.

He’s getting the woodshed filled. There’s a lot in there but not enough for the winter, apparently, so the spliter is getting a workout, as is he! I don’t do wood anymore. My back says no. I can bring some in if I need it but the stocking up is left to him these days. When he can’t do it any more we’ll have to rely on our cheap electricity.

And the Woodbine is turning red!

He used the weed eater to mow the meadow– our lawn– as it is too wet to use the mower. We’re hoping this will help it dry a bit. It needs it’s last ‘haircut’ before winter. And he’s exploring ways to put power out in Le Shed so I can see what I am doing out there. It is badly in need of organization. A lot of that will be getting rid of stuff and yarn. If anyone is interested in some misc.  yarn  it’s free but you’ll have to come get it.

Okay, I guess that’s enough life in the country for today. It’s nearly time to start dinner. I think that’ll be beans and maybe corn muffins. Sounds like something fitting for a cool evening. Hope you have a nice dinner and a lovely week!

After Lambtown

Oct12

We headed up into the Sierra’s looking for some cool! It was hot in Dixon that weekend. We found some, too. Our last morning at just under 6000′ it was 29 degrees! That was cooler then our first night at just under 7000′.  I wanted to get a picture of the 8000′ sign but there was no place to pull off the road so had to compromise with this one!

It was lovely up there, I haven’t been since Pop took us all when I was a child.  We explored a lot back then. But even for a mountain girls, this was an adventure. Our mountains are also lovely but not nearly as rugged as these and our rocks are different, tho also plentiful!

We got lost a few times so saw some country we would have missed otherwise and there was this, of course:

Standard for summer since it is difficult to do road work in the winter. Up there it would be impossible! The snow will hamper that just a bit! The small green sign says 7000′. They were putting in culverts.

 

   

Quacking Aspens in full color and a nice breeze to set them shimmering. The Ponderosa forests are impressive, too. I didn’t get a really good pictures but here’s one. I love the red trunks.

   And some shots just for the Beauty of them.

We came down into Nevada on the way home. We had a nice surprise there, too. Diesel at $3.49! If you’re in California, you’ll know why that was exciting!

 

Nevada and back into California. Janesville is near here somewhere!  This lake has always been dry when I’ve seen it before but is nice and wet this year!

We enjoyed the trip and have the trailer mostly unloaded. The groceries are hauled in and the laundry has been washed, the looms and teaching stuff is put away for next year and he’s working on firewood. We had rain last night and it never got over 60 today. Time to bring the houseplants in. Winter’s on the way.

Hope you are having a lovely fall and missing all the exciting weather they’re having back east.

 

In hot central California…

Oct6

In hot central California..

Its Lambtown in Dixon. There were 7 enthuiastic weavers signed up for my lace class on Friday. We spent 6 hours exploring possibilites for the 4 inch looms. We also discovered that the one extra pin on the Multi loom does make a slight difference for weavers using that plastic one. And since the old Weave-its & Weavettes are also short corner pins, for them as well. But its not a big difference. If my row ends o1, u1, those will end o1. Or if it works better for the pattern, you can modify the start instead. Be creative… or buy a proper loom! ;-D

The other exciting thing this weekend is that Jane Grogan is here! If by any chance you are not aquainted with Jane, she is a well known teacher on our looms from Michigan & a friend. I will have a picture of us weaving on a peg loom, but will have to add that later. This afternoon I’Il be showing more weavers how to get going on tbeir peg looms.

We’re having a last blast of summer heat here in Dixon. Its predicted to hit 100 today. But they are keeping it cool in Madden Hall to encourage shoppers to remember that even here those lovely wool yarns  will soon be timely and weaving sweaters and socks comfortable again!

We’ll leave here on Monday morning, Katt will have to spend a few more days in the Weaverville Pet Motel, while we explore highway 88 & Carson Pass. Up there where the high for that day is predicted to be 68 degrees! A few degrees cooler than home. A ’few feet’ higher in elevation, too, of course! It sounds like a lovely place, just the right sort of vacation spot for a mountain girl! But then its home to finish the tag ends of the garden & making sure the woodshed is topped off and the summer tools put away… you know the sort of things that need doing before winter sets in.

But now it looks like its time to go to work. I’ll post pictures when we get home. Hope you are keeping cool & dry!