The best fiber show in the East...Rhinebeck,NY at the Duchess County Fairgrounds. What a beautiful weekend it was. A bit chilly to start both days but the sunshine was abundant, the fall colors glorious and the attendance without par. I didn't get a chance to take too...
RDS....as in Rhinebeck Derangement Syndrome. This is the weekend for the NYS Sheep and Wool Festival in Rhinebeck, NY along the Hudson River. I have been running around like my happy chickens do for weeks preparing for the show and promise to have many beautiful yarns...
The chicken house is finally complete. It took a bit longer than planned as it was almost impossible to decide where to build it to consider four seasons. It needed to be near electricity and water in the winter, it needed to be sunny in the fall and winter but cool...
One of the highlights of the year is when the wild apple trees start to drop apples. Most of our pastures have an apple tree and the first thing the sheep do each day is run to that tree to grab up the fallen bounty.I also gather up golden delicious from one tree we...
The freezer is starting to fill up as fall approaches now. We have zucchini quiche, green beans, brussel sprouts, carrots and broccoli. Plus we made 24 jars of peach jelly the other night. The peaches were prolific once again and absolutely juice laden! We have plenty...
That's the way a native to these parts will refer to a man who works with draft horses.This is Reggie. He lives in town and has been logging with his horses up the road from us. I see him go by in the early morning, the mist still in the air as the sun tries to push...
What a fabulous workshop..."Dyeing As If The Earth Mattered".Not only was the content great but so were the students. From as far as Montana one came, and all were cheerful, eager to learn and willing to work. This is a strenuous workshop between lectures and then...
Our first of this week's two Earthues workshops is finished: Surface Design on Woven Cloth. The weather was beautiful, the students a great mix of talent and personality and the results were spectacular.Below are a few photos of the workshop including lunch which was...
Here are Della(eating) and Lucy (looking at me) a day later. All is well. And our rainy pattern may have finally broken yesterday. The air is crisp, the skies are blue, perfect August weather.
The time has come for Della and Lucy to join the rest of the flock. They have become quite comfortable with the comings and goings and although they are most used to me, they are not as skittish around other people and the dogs as they were upon their arrival.Everyone...
