I decided to take some pics of that “texture” snow, just for fun, and when I downloaded the photo of the hood of my car I found, to my delight, Real Snowflakes! I had to rush back out and, sure enough, if I looked closely I could actually see them when they lay in a single layer there against the red. This is so neat I just wanted to share it! I’ve clogged up my whole families email programs with gobs of photos but I’ll just post one here. :laugh: But this is just too ‘cool’! There is blue in the sky now but the flakes are still drifting down. I bet I could count them as they fall! And they are so light and dry that you can’t even call it falling. More like floating down. Well, I feel like a kid, but what a lovely discovery for a cold Friday morning!:P

Quite unlike the east coast, we are getting what sis termed “texture” this morning. The snow is so fine and light I can hardly see it falling but it’s gradually turning things white. The temps are up a good 10 degrees from yesterdays 16. for which I give thanks! :laugh:I know there hasn’t been much fiber related here lately but my weaving is a ‘secret’ so far, I’m not ready to share that, my knitting has been hardly progressing, I have been busy, but just the regular boring things of life in the country.
I have posted some photos of some of the special woods Randy has made into looms, if you haven’t seen them take a look: http://hspencer1.photosite.com/Album1/
And I’m having problems with my printer… :angry: …it looks like they’ll be a new one here next week. So, I guess that’s about it. Just wanted to say… I’m still here, if anyone was wondering. 😎

Just an example of the excitement this week. In sweeping my kitchen porch, I discovered that in a few years I’m going to have a nice black and white wool carpet there. it started as a scrap of indoor/outdoor- the green stuff- but it’s where Jack spends a lot of time and tho he sheds pretty much year round, in spring it’s prodigious! Some came up but most of it just packs into the green stuff and hangs on tightly! Well, I think it’ll be unique. Maybe. Come to think of it, the carpet in the studio is beginning to look like that, too. Taz is also shedding! I guess it’s a good thing we’re all used to “fiber” around here!
That’s Jack doing his shedding in the leaf pile for awhile and Taz wanting to know what I was up to.
Other than that, there are little green things poking optimistically up out of the mud. I’ve been raking the leaves I hadn’t raked last fall. Tho the nights are still in the mid-20’s the days are sometimes hitting 70! Whoo! I needed that!

Just an example of the excitement this week. In sweeping my kitchen porch, I discovered that in a few years I’m going to have a nice black and white wool carpet there. it started as a scrap of indoor/outdoor- the green stuff- but it’s where Jack spends a lot of time and tho he sheds pretty much year round, in spring it’s prodigious! Some came up but most of it just packs into the green stuff and hangs on tightly! Well, i think it’ll be unique. Maybe. Come to think of it, the carpet in the studio is beginning to look like that, too. Taz is also shedding! I guess it’s a good thing we’re all used to “fiber” around here!
Other than that, there are little green things poking optimistically up out of the mud. I’ve been raking the leaves I hadn’t raked last fall. Tho the nights are still in the mid-20’s the days are sometimes hitting 70! Whoo! I needed that! 😀

It’s been awhile since I showed you any results. I’m binding off the shoulders now. I have to make them flatter than the pattern calls for since I have flat shoulders. I don’t think I’m going to get it done by Valentines day, tho. What’s the next holiday? :laugh: Not the right color for St. Pat’s, so I guess it’s July 4th! Ought to be about right! Still working on the feather and fan table cloth and the Anniversary Pi, the Shetland I started (below) is into the horseshoe pattern now. I am still working on the weaving of hats and bags, too. Wow! Do I sound busy?! Why am I sitting here at the computer when I have things to do?! 😛
Stay warm!

It was so slushy outside today that even Cori spent most of it indoors. Snowed awhile, rained awhile, melted awhile, and them did it all over again. It’s raining at the moment. She had all the naps she could handle so we played tug-a-war with the ‘cat burglar’ (his corpse is there in the background) and now it’s catch. I finally got the ball under the dishwasher where she can’t reach it so she went to bed with Randy.
I didn’t get much accomplished today, either. Worked in the shop, knitted a bit, laundry, finished up a woven project. That’s about it. Now I’m listening to Harmony Square (Barbershop singing) on XM radio before I take my book to bed.

Hope the sun is shining on you! 🙂

Okay, I gave in. I decided not to join the anniversary Pi KAL because I have too many projects and also I could not get the pattern of my desire to work! :crazy: but… oh well. I may or may not get though it but I’ve started, anyway. And speaking of starts… I’m sure Ms Emily is a clever knitter but I can’t seem to get her cast on to work either (it must not be my year for knitting! :confused: lol) but I came up with my own that I think is much less complicated and looks quite nice in MHO. The pattern starts with 9 CO so I cast on three and knitted three into each stitch. Each on a separate dp and went from there. It lays flat and there aren’t any noticeable lumps or holes. So this is how far I am. Only time will tell if it gets any bigger! :laugh:
Good luck with yours!

This is one of the passes I have to cross to visit Sis. I got to spend an extra day with her this last time because it was snowing and chains only. Here it is in bright sunshine and still wearing it’s new winter coat. Very pretty. I wasn’t able to get a pic of Scott Mt. pass this time but it was also extraordinarily beautiful! The crews had both lanes open when I came back but going up I negotiated a single grader blades width, hoping there was no one coming the other way! lol Lucked out. Not much going on here, knitting, weaving, laundry… you know. But just wanted to say Hi to any visitors. Maybe we’ll try switching “comments” back on and give it a try. There was so much spam we had to turn that option off. 😦 My email is dorleska (at) tds.net if anybody wants to email. I do enjoy hearing from you all. 🙂
Hope you’re all staying warm!

Well, I did it. And himself got it together so I did my first 20 minutes today. Petty wimpy, I’m sure. I started slowly as they recommended and got to a top speed of 2.5mph. The machine said I went 3/4 of a mile and burned 80 some calories. That doesn’t even cover breakfast but I’m told the effect keeps burning extra ones all day. And I’m sure it’ll get better. I did do the heart pulse thing but I forgot what it was and don’t “get” that anyway. I’ll have to do some research. I’m pretty sure it wasn’t much. I was just breaking a sweat but my legs could feel it. I’m told to pansy along for a couple weeks. Well, maybe. 🙄 However, I feel justified because it’s snowing this morning. I couldn’t go out to walk, I’d freeze my buns off! On second thought… lol :laugh:
You can see Robin checking it out there at the bottom of the photo. He was NOT impressed. I didn’t see Taz at all. She hid when I got out the vacuum and hasn’t come out yet! 😛

Here we are warbling away on Christmas in 1978. I can guarantee it didn’t keep me young! lol That’s me in the green there in front. Sister Rosy in yellow concentrating on the accompaniment. X-sis in law in blue, and the one who looks like a hungry baby bird is sister Elsie. I’m pretty sure the red shirt in the background is brother John strumming along on his guitar The lady in the striped shirt is Momma, our soprano. We used to be pretty good, actually. Rosy kept it up and has recently sung with a community chorus. Elsie sings with her church group, as did Momma. Johnny is a guitar maker and singer, too. He’s had a band and his original music is featured on our weaving DVD. I croak along with the radio these days but too many years of The Bad Habit pretty much took away my singing career. Still, it was fun and I think there still survives some taped evidence.
Ahhh… the Good Old Days!