Cold days, warm dyepot

I have spent the past day getting some much needed dyeing done. Stock is low at the local store so I have dyed 2 and 1/2 pounds and am mordanting another 4# today so I can do more dyeing this week. It is bloody cold here! No other way to describe it. The wind is about 10 mph and the day temps are hovering around 10 above. But I closed the shed door to warm it up a bit and I can do the dyeing with one foot back in the kitchen. Works really well actually. The dyes from left to right are simple: logwood purple, logwood purple/madder and weld. Love that weld! Love them all really. The two left batches are on gray yarn from our Jackie and the weld is on white yarn from our Crystal. Back to the mordanting….

A lookout

Jack took off for a few hours while I was dyeing, said he’d be back and he’d have a surprise. Late this afternoon we rode together on his ATV up the trails to what we call ‘the ledges’. It’s a huge outcropping with a very steep front, high up on the east side of our land. We always thought it would make a great spot to sit and look out on the view. We can see the village of Westmoreland to the left and down to the farmlands straight ahead. It is amazing how high up we really are. Well this is the view so far. It’s a bit dicey cutting on the front of the ledges, most of which will wait until the snow is gone. There is a good 2 feet of snow up in those woods. Besides I always wondered if a bear didn’t hibernate lower down in the ledges. Let him sleep! What a neat surprise today!

Words to live by!

Eat dessert first, life is uncertain.

Shelley lives these words every day as she always eats her treats before she eats her meal. I have never argued this philosophy with her. She always lies down to eat her meals and treats. She learned that from our lab, Koko, who always lay down to eat. Koko and Shelley were good friends for the few years we had Koko. She was a rescue from a wretched situation in our county. Koko was a gentle, easy going dog who got 3 years of good living before she passed away. with us, she got to eat dessert first every day.

Webster’s personal assistant


Webster has a personal trainer…kind of like going to the gym. It’s called the Undercover Mouse and it runs on batteries, has adjustable speeds and basically is a maddening little mechanical mouse whose tail is the tease, that flits around under the yellow cover promising hours of cat and mouse games for any cat. Even Sidney, in the background is entertained! I turn it on and go about my business and Webster has his own source of entertainment. Ahhhh.
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