From the monthly archives:

February 2007

Valentine’s Day Blizzard

February 15, 2007

On Tuesday, we went out to stock up on groceries and stuff, along with the rest of the state, of course. When we got back, there was yet another sheep break-out, which is really frustrating. I think what happened is Bill and George, who are in with the llamas, worked open their gate, which doesn’t [...]

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Spinning, and more

February 13, 2007

I made my second skein of llama yarn yesterday, and this time it just flew. I’m spinning it finer, I think, as I get better. It is definitely more consistent. I did up two bobbins full without a single break in the yarn, and I think I’ve got the hang of the long draw now. [...]

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Making Sawdust Again

February 12, 2007

I took advantage of the nice weather today (20 degrees), to fire up the sawmill for the first time since we got back. If I don’t get going, we’ll have to buy wood for the chicken coop. Kevin had been using the mill, of course, but it was close to 18 months since I had. [...]

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Smart sheep?

February 10, 2007

Minxy, Minxy. Somehow I seem to say that a lot these days, my girl. Mid-morning today, we had yet another sheepie breakout, and like I’d feared the last time, what I did was tell Minx exactly where the pellets were stored. That time, she’d gone around behind the house where they were stored last year, [...]

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Fiber Friday

February 9, 2007

It’s been really cold outside, which makes for a really good time to work on fiber projects. We’ve got less than three weeks to get the chicken coop built, but doing it outside in single digit temps just doesn’t sound like much fun at all. We go out and feed the critters in the morning, [...]

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Got snow?

February 3, 2007

Doesn’t it look like one of those “Got Milk?” commercials? That’s my Suessical, so musical, coming up to be sure that there isn’t more grain. I got a really nice email from Barbara Webb from Jager Farm, the place where Sue was born. She told me some about his father, and Sue sounds so much [...]

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Order, restored

February 2, 2007

The sheep have all gotten a little wilder with our year away. I think it was just more than Valerie could handle to keep them all tame and handle-able, while doing everything else on the farm, plus working, plus college. I know they were spoiled as much as she could do, and treated well, but [...]

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