Its been a Month Already!!

Wow, been a month and I haven't posted ANYTHING???

Well I have been keeping very busy. Things that have been keeping us busy include our gardens!! Which is slowly coming along. We have FLOWERS (whoo hoo!!) On just about all our veggie plants. The bunnies ate all but one of my begonia bulbs - Note to self - Plant begonias next year so that bunnies stay away from all of the other plants!!

We have a new addition to our pond. A stowaway painted turtle showed up in the topsoil we received from a local farmer. He or she?? is now living it up in the pond with our other painted turtle and about 100 of his cold blooded cousin frogs!!

On the Alpaca front - we started the planning for pastures and shelters and barns -OH MY! there is still alot of work to be done before we get our teddy bear friends! We have signed up for a seminar on Alpaca care and can't wait to attend!

We are still "pig sitting" and LOVING it. They greet us now when we go check on them. They really are cute!!


I have been catching up on all the podcasts on knitting, crocheting, spinning and owning animals. Its amazing how many there are on Knitting, but not so much on crocheting, spinning or even farm/camelid care, but they are out there.

On the crafting side of life - I have to say I only finished 1 project a hat made out of Llamma! The baby blankets are all still on the sticks as are some socks and baby hats. I think I have a serious case of startitis. My goal is to complete some of these projects by next month so I can work on spinning!!

I did pick out the christmas project/present for this season and have even started working on that. I know no-one really wants to think about it as its only June but now is the time to start planning out those projects.

Well thats it for me Keeping Busy this time. Here is hoping that you are keeping busy too!

Post holiday blues

Happy Memorial Day weekend!

OK so I'm a day late!! Its Tuesday and boy does it feel like a Monday! This weekend was filled with fun, work and hanging out with the family.

Friday I "helped" shear some alpaca. WHAT A BLAST. I never thought that being covered in animal hair and almost other animal byproducts :) would be so much fun. We laughed and laughed. Most of the animals were fine. I should say all but 2 were. The 2 that were testy just happened to be pregnant. I wouldn't want to be touched if I were pregnant either!

Saturday we jumped in the car for a quick run over to WEBS! I have to say if you are a yarn and fiber fan this is a must do trip for summer. Of course I only had a few minutes in this lovely bit of heaven, but I manages to grab a spindle and some really cool roving that I am planning to bring with me to the Knit and Spinning group tonight at the Library.

After WEBS we stopped at the Massuchussetts Sheep and Woolcraft Fair. It was great! A small show but we only had about an hour to spend so it was perfect for us. I purchased 2 hanks of hand spun alpaca and got to try a kromley spinning wheel. It just so happens that the lady we talked to is from a town close to me! What a small world the fiber community lives in!

Sunday and Monday were spent planting the gardens and tending to chores. We planted, beans (green and yellow), peas, beets, leaf lettuce, spearmint, oregno, chives, thyme, rosemary, catnip, lavendar, dill, zuchini, yellow squash, yellow and read onions, hot peppers, sweet pepper, bell peppers, cucumbers, and parsley. We also planeted all my annuals and perrinials in the front yard.

Then we visited the pigs who are living behind us (what cute babies they are now, all snortining and routing around). They will make even better bacon and sausage in due time :) After seeing the pigs my better half, I think understands how to build the pastures for the Alpaca! We even started to talk fencing and posts - WHOO HOOO! (baby steps foward are better then baby steps backward!!)

So now its Tuesday!! Back to work and planning for the weekend. I still have a few gift projects to finish, a hat, a felting project, a ton of socks, and of course all this roving to spin!!

Until Next Week!! Just Keep Busy!!

Who would have thought

That it is still freezing at night here in the middle of may.

That excercize could be dangerous to your health or at least my knees.

That there are great people out there willing to teach you the ropes if you are willing to learn

That you can blog while walking on a treadmill.

That no matter how many WIPs I have, there are always more to start.

That I would come to love a camelid.

What is your "who would have thought."

Today is Tuesday!!

and WOW what a Tuesday it is!! I am restarting my blog to bring everyone up to date. I just recently came to the conclusion that we should keep a few "farm" type animals at the ranch! So I have spent all my free time researching these BEAUTIFUL animals called Alpaca.

***Side note this is for the non knitters, crocheters, and spinners who read my blog and want to know what an Alpaca is. All you crafty folk can just skip this part***. Alpacas are the softest, cutest, animals you will ever meet. They are used for their soft/warm fleece. When I get a few picturs I will post them. But if you just too impatient and want to know what they look like (google Alpaca) and you will find all sorts of pictures/info on these great animals.

So by day, I am a mile mannered Account Executive at the very best place to work! And by night, and weekends I work with Fiber and knit, crochet, spin (so ok I haven't perfected this just yet) but i'm working on it, tweet, blog, and continue my farm research.

I am loving life right now. Stay tuned for more.

Something to ponder: Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Are you ready for it??