Summer is a great time for rejuvenating the soul. We have gardens growing, a new baby goat, the chicks getting bigger, milk from the dairy goats is flowing, the sun is shining and the kids are swimming. It is wonderful.

Hope you are all having a wonderful time.

My father left this life in April. He is in a better place. My girls have not done any school work for 2 weeks almost.  Life got in the way. I have been knitting up lots of socks- 4 pair in the last 3 weeks.  My family was so well cared for while I was gone. My church family stepped up and showered us with love in the form of food, animal care, food, child transportation, food, cards and did I mention - food? I don't have to cook at all this week and maybe part of next! Humbled, blessed, grateful. My oldest brother has the brunt of the paperwork so i am praying for him. Will be back to blogging regularly soon...

Hug your children!

My goodness. Time flies when you are living life! The yarn tasting was fun- I have a nice new sassy scarf because of it. Best of all it is a sampler of the different types of textures out there. :) From silk and alpaca to llama and wool to merino to polymides to cotton to corn to milk fibers to bamboo...so it is fun to "read" my scart with other fiber artists.

Dd2 is giving me fits. Teenage years early.

My dad has kidney cancer. He is a believer. He is retired from metropolitan police and fire departments. He had a brain anuerysm 14 years ago with no side effects. I am blessed he has been around this long! I am so glad he is being encouraged to follow some diet treatment as well as AMA treatment. My sister in law and dad's wife are pursuing this. Yea!

This has been my February and it is not over.

Fashion and Food review are on Saturday for 4H. Fashion is finish for show but Food still needs to be deocrated!

One Day at a Time...

A new yarn shop opened in a city 30 minutes from me in September! It took me this long to find it- through a knitty friend who found it first! Thanks Psalm127! They are having something they are calling a Yarn Tasting-which sounds yummy! This is new to me- have these been going around and I never heard of one? For a nominal fee a limited number of guests get to gather round and enjoy a light repast (tea type stuff) and play with a number of yarns (in small quantities) just to see how they knit/crochet up! I am so excited! It is a BYON (Bring Your Own Needle) event....I may even warp up a small rigid heddle loom I have and do that instead...definitely want to bring knitting needles in different sizes and a book of stitches. Hoping to come away with a yarn sampler scarf or hat or bag or....something! I am taking one of my 4H girls (fiber arts) with me to see if this is something the rest of the girls in the project may enjoy- I know this one definitely will.  Oh boy !Oh boy! Oh boy!

Here is a photo from last week out my front door. So pretty in the snow! Such a cute little hamlet we live in!

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