Settling in.

These are beautiful dish cloths a friend wove for me. I just love them. I can't wait until I can do something like this. For now I am weaving other things and mostly with my handspun. I have woven a couple of scarfs, and now a bag

This bag is one of my first attempts at weaving a rug.

I decided I loved it so much I would turn it into a bag.

Last week I went to a friends house and she lined it for me.

Now it is the most awesome roving bag ever. I love it.

I have been spinning some sock yarn for myself, and knitting socks for a friend. I did three pair last week and two more this weekend. I have a bunch to do. So between working on this and getting my MIL to her radiation treatments we are busy!

Spin on..................................Sheena

Some Great Pictures

I have several pictures I have wanted to post for a while.



I have to share this picture of Panda
and Dude. They don't usually get near
each other. This day Panda's bed was
in the laundry so she went in and laid
in Dude's bed. He loves the closet. He
went to lay down and his spot was taken.
He snuck in on his tippy toes and laid
next to Panda. I had to get a picture be-
cause I knew no one would believe it.



This is one of Drizzella (the one on the far
right, looking right at the camera) She got
sheared the other day.
(Last Thursday) Anyway, I am
getting better and it is getting easier. You
wouldn't know that to look at her, but really
it is getting better. She looks kind of pitiful
and maybe a little embarrassed.


AFTER












I worked on my knitting machine a lot today
I haven't done much since last spring. It's hard
when I'm working. I am getting ready to
knit some wool socks for a lady and then will
get busy on Christmas presents.


It is really hot here today (104-officially, 107 on my
thermometer.


I am knitting a scarf a girl at MK taught me. Also still spinning on Amy's yarn.
Should be done by next week. I hope I get to take it to her.


Spin on..................................Sheena

And more garden pictures

I took so many pictures of the garden and am just now getting around to putting them up. Most of these were taken a week ago.

squash and "Heart beets"

feeding Ron something green

Ron and I washing beets.
Tess and her new puppy

"Rain" Black Lab, so sweet.

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More gardening and canning pictures

Tony and Rhonda came over to help make pickled beets. Tony, always the artist, used a cookie cutter to make "Heart Beets" They are wonderful and pretty. We all had a great time and I couldn't have done it without them. We canned everything outside so we wouldn't heat up the house. I am still working on some stuff. Now I am dehydrating egg plant. I don't know what else to do with it. We have so much, no one can eat that much eggplant. I just had a friend tell me to merinate it in some olive oil and vinegar to use on salads later. I'm trying a small jar to see what that tastes like. I added some garlic just for giggles.

Ron's watermelon. It is so cool and it tastes

good too!

A look at the office

This is my desk.

Karalyn hard at work on my sweater. We are trying to knit a lace cardigan and I am not doing so well.

This is Deborah who sits behind me. We have taught her to crochet and she is doing pretty good. She has mastered the granny square and is moving on to the ripple afgan. She also made a tank top and it turned out really nice.

When we get done working I miss the people the most. We have a really wonderful bunch of people. The atmosphere is pleasant and everyone works together. I like that.

A View of the Races

I am writing about the races today, I want my grandchildren that love horses to see some of these beauties. They are so awesome and magnificent I wish you all could see them up close. The grounds here are so wonderful and compared to other parts of the country, the weather is perfect

I talk to people from every state in the Union that plan their vacation around this time of year, just so they can come to Del Mar. We have had a really mild summer, with some really warm days just starting this week. It was 83 at Del Mar yesterday. I hate to tell you what it was in Ramona. Someone called from Lakeside with 112. It was 99 at 6:30 when I got home from work. I knew we were in for it because it has been cool and foggy in the morning and heating up to about 80 during the day, for August that is cool.

Back to the races. We have been selling tickets like crazy. Everyone from Palm Springs and Las Vegas have been coming to get out of the heat. The beach is within view from the second level of the stadium.

We will be done on Sept 9Th. Then it's time to go back to playing full time. I am really looking forward to moving into my new studio and getting all my wool out to play with. I have been weaving and spinning and even some knitting.

Until then, keep on keepin on.

Sheena

More Garden News

On my day off this week we are going to can pickled beets. I will also make more pickles. Gotta make hay while the sun shines. I really must confess that I am enjoying all this. A long time ago I did this type of thing every year. I love the whole process.

I think I would have loved to have been a farmer. The fact of the matter is, we have had the best of both worlds. We had a little taste of farming/ranching, but our lively hood wasn't dependent on it. We had all the animals, steer, goats for meat and milk, chickens, rabbits, pigs, horses, and dogs and cats of course. But we just played at farming. We didn't have to depend on the weather which around here there isn't any and we had a well, so we had plenty of water. I haven't done this in years because of all the hard work and my back just isn't up to it. But I'm having a ball.

More garden pictures. This is beets and onions

Some of the harvest. Squash, tomatoes, cucumbers, crookneck squash funny little flowery looking zucchinis.

Now we have spaghetti squash getting ripe, and butternut squash too. Yummy I could be a vegetarian. Maybe a hamburger now and then or a steak once a month, but for now veggies are the best. Did I mention that we have 28 tomato plants. Big Boys, Better Girls, Roma, cherry, yellow pear tomatoes and a wonderful full size yellow tomato. They are so good.

When talking about the garden , I forgot to mention Ron's little corner of the garden. His friend gave him some seeds to grow water melons and cantaloupe. They are doing really good and that is what got him hooked on watering the garden. He has a vested interest. In fact I hear him saying things like" next year I'll do this" and next year I'll do that." He is enjoying the garden more than he thought he would and now sees the value of growing your own produce because everyone is so excited about the stuff, it must be good. (he doesn't eat vegetables himself, we count onions as a veggie just for him) I have been cooking lots of veggies and he has been eating some even when he doesn't know it. We are practising the "Don't ask, don't tell" rule around here when it comes to dinner. We also don't tell Nan that she is eating goat. that's another story.

I don't know how to tell when a watermelon is ripe on the vine??? I guess we'll just pick one and see. I am kind of waiting to see when they stop growing then waiting to see if they change. The cantaloupe are easier to tell and we have about 12 of them on three plants. There is also one that is starting to look like a honey due although no one admits to planting one. It's a renegade!

I'll take some pictures of the Watermelon tonight.

till then,

Spin on....................Sheena

PS I got some new roving on it's way. It is from Mollie who is 3/4 Moreno and 1/4 Ramboulet. Luscious chocolate brown. Can't wait!