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Spinning in the Bunny Barn!

Posted in Around the House, Spinning on December 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Today most of the bunnies had to vacate their barn so that my spinning friends could slog out to the farm and sit and spin (or knit, as the case may be). And I do mean SLOG.  All this snow that everybody was so crazy happy over, and the rain that was mixed in with [...]

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A Cold Day in….

Posted in Alpacas, Goats, Spinning on November 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »

It started off really nice today, although a bit overcast, but it didn’t take long to be come a cold day in the pasture!  The wind turned to the north and the temperature dropped 20 degrees in the time you could snap your fingers.  A bracing rain started and everybody except the guard dogs ran [...]

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Channeling Laurie

Posted in Alpacas, Spinning on July 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Laurie, one of my spinning friends, is the most out-of-the-box person I know.  In fact, Laurie is so out-of-the-box creative that I don’t think she’s ever IN the box!
Laurie came to spinning last week, spread a bed sheet over her lap and the floor, and started picking the vegetable matter and other unspinnable stuff out [...]

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Fun Times at the FancyFibers Open House!

Posted in Around the House, Knitting, Spinning on May 24, 2009 | 5 Comments »

All the fiber and a great bunch of fiber people came out to play on Memorial Day Saturday at FancyFibers! With an eye toward offering everyone an opportunity to play with fiber in multiple ways, we set up a spinning and knitting area inside, a sit and visit area outside under the tent, put up [...]

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New Stuff! Things are shaping up around here!

Posted in Around the House, Spinning on April 5, 2009 | 4 Comments »

It’s been a banner week in the New Stuff department!

First, the chickens got a new fence.  One that can’t fly over.  It significantly enlarged their yard, so we’re hoping they won’t try to dig out either.  A huge Thank You to my brother, Bennett, for building it for me to my exact specs.  Need anything [...]

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Jack Refuses to be a Dull Boy

Posted in Around the House, Spinning on March 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

“All work and no play makes Jack a very dull boy.” Isn’t that the way the little nursery rhyme goes?  No matter; that’s the way I remember it, and I consciously REFUSE to be a dull boy .. er, girl .. er, whatever.
We worked like Hebrew slaves over the weekend (that’s the way Ge’mar put [...]

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Fiber Fun!

Posted in Spinning on February 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I spent most of the day at the University for a session on Teacher-led Inquiry research.  It was interesting, and I walked away with a lot of ideas. 
But I was glad to leave.  I went to the feed store and picked up some rabbit feed, Calf Manna, and some laying mash for Ken’s girls.  Then [...]

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“There be baby bunnies here!” (with apologies to Mr. Scott)

Posted in Around the House, Spinning on November 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Only Star Trek fans will understand the title.  Remember the whale movie?  That’s all the hint I’m going to give you!
We have baby bunnies!  They are a week old today.  When I came home from work last Thursday, Ken met me at the door to tell me that Callie was in her nest box and [...]

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2008 Alpaca Day

Posted in Spinning on January 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Yesterday I had the time of my life playing in piles of alpaca fiber!

My good friend Cindy of Jacob’s Reward Farm invited Ann Mayes of Alpacas D’Auxvasse to come all the way from frozen Missouri to educate a group of fiber enthusiasts about alpacas. It was a WONDERFUL day. Not only did we [...]

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