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!!