On the Road

We are heading out. This is a long awaited trip. We are going to Kansas and then on to Alabama.

Kansas ???? you might say, yes Kansas. Our Son is stationed there while attending school. I know there is no ocean in Kansas, but the Navy sent him to school there anyway. So from there we will go to Alabama to see our Daugher. She was sent there by her company "Fast". Yep that's their name. Computer programs for doing taxes at the State level or something like that.

I plan to stop at several fiber related places along the way. Wahoooo. I am so ready to hit the road. We have lots to come back to so we might as well go now.

Now what?

I've been home from work for one week. Can it be true? It seems a lot longer. I have been very busy and running around getting things done. I feel like I have "jet lag". I have been sleeping later and just pooping out for no reason. I have continued to work on wrapping up loose ends such as unfinished knitting and spinning projects so I can start on something new. WHy? Because I start feeling rattled and have nothing to show for my time? partly, but the real reason is so I can start a bunch of new projects without guilt! I have two new pair of socks I want to knit, and two new sweaters in the wings. There are no knitting or spinning police (nice to know) but I have to disipline my self, or I am all over the place. Enough!

We have been having such beautiful sunsets I have to share. This is my favorite. See the awsome palm tree. It reminds me of a view I had as a kid. I am miles away from that place, but there is the palm tree in the sunset. That's incredible. We had a bunch of humid filled days and I think that is what caused the sunsets. It is usually pretty dry here.

Yesterday Rhonda came early in the morning andwe finally got to shear Molly. Oh my I can't believe how beautiful her wool is. It is pretty dirty because she wasn't jacketed, but still pretty nice. She is the new one that is 3/4 Morino. I don't think I will be getting any more of those kind, or atleast not if I have to shear them myself. They are so thick and full of lanolin that they are hard to shear. Now with 10 to be sheared next spring, we will probably have a shearer come here.

Poor baby, not her finest look. But I have all her awsome wool in a big bag. Yum, ready to be processed. Until next time, sit and spin on.....................Sheena

What a sun set

Here is a picture of our itty bitty lamb. Her name was Cao Coa and then the kids named her Dutches. Now she is just Itty Bitty. She is a Border Leister. She is the same age as the others, but just hasn't grown much. She's not skinny, just tiny. Even her little hoofs are little.

It's been really hot around here lately. But we get the most beautiful sunsets when it does. Some of it is caused from the cloud cover that comes from the east. It also causes humidity. Oh well, there's always pluses and minuses in everything.

I only have one more day of work and I am off until next spring. I am so ready to have some free time. I have lots to catch up on and alot of cleaning to do.

We are having a baby shower for one of the girls that work at the races. She has been such a blessing to all of us. She just keeps getting bigger and bigger. I didn't think she would make it until the races were over, but it looks like she did. (unless she has her baby tonight)

I've been knitting alot of little things to finish up things I had started and for a few gifts.

Sit and spin on.............................Sheena