It’s fun to be a volunteer

A couple of weeks ago our fellow spinner Pauline asked us to come to help her spin some yarn.  She is a dedicated volunteer at Lang Pioneer Village in Keene.  Several times over the summer they dye skeins of yarn using natural vegetation to show the visitors what colours can be made from dyeing with different plants.  They need to have lots of little skeins ready for this.  We had a fun day with a pot luck lunch to boot!

We didn’t get all the wool spun so some of us took some home to keep going.

Don’t you just love Beth and Jill’s handknit socks???

Jill even hand dyed the wool for her socks….. a very talented lady indeed!

Socks, Socks, Sock??

Ok so I couldn’t wait to show off my socks…… I have 1/2 of a black one to do to finish off the black pair.

A different French

So Lori came to me for a manicure and pedicure.  We got talking about the wonderful Shelac nail polish and decided to do something a little different.  A coloured French.  Hot Chili red with pink tips.  What do you think??

The Tree

News update on the poor tree that got hit by lightning.  Today they came and cut it down.  You would never know it was even there.  Antrim and I walked around to see the date on the large tomb stone that stood beside it.   1886 was the date . Who knows just how old that wonderful tree was.   So sad.

My Little Cutie

Ok so I am a little prejudice , I admit it .  Last weekend was spent with my daughter Abby, Chris and my sweetheart grandaughter Katerra.   With her Auntie Jessica (jbsmithphotography.com) she has been brought up in front of a camera so is quite the ham when the camera comes out.  We had a blast. And yes those curls are for real!!

Cat’s paw…

My friend Wendy has a cute little cat but she has extra toes…. she looks like she is wearing “mittens” .

Scary Thunderstorm!

A couple of weeks ago we experienced a very powerful thunderstorm.  At 3 o’clock in the morning it literally made me jump out of bed with an explosion.  I thought my huge blue spruce tree out front had crashed on my house.  I couldn’t get  Antrim to quit barking and the cats were terrified.  In the morning I walked up the street with Antrim and discovered what had made the terrifying noise . A very large Spuce tree had been hit by lighting and the bark had actually exploded off it.  The lightning tore a spiral strip about 12 inches wide all down the tree and blew it all over the road and the cemetery. I don’t know how the tomb stone standing by it wasn’t damaged.  The grass was also torn up right to the road.

You can see how the tree bark just exploded and landed everywhere.

This piece was about 2 1/2 feet tall and was quite a ways from the tree and sticking straight into the ground from the force. Unfortunately I think the tree will probably die because the bark was stripped all around the trunk.

I love socks

I love knitting socks….. they are a “no brainer” to knit and you can take them anywhere to work on.

So why just knit on one pair at a time and be bored????  Here I have 3 different pairs on the go…LOL..

Signs of Spring…yippi!

So we have all enjoyed this wonderful weather and all hope it doesn’t change.  Pineridge Golf course opened up this weekend but I was too busy to get out so hopefully I will be able to hit a few balls sometime this weekend.  Here are a couple of shots of spring that I took the past week. Oh ya…. I spoke to my Emily in Mexico on Monday and she was wearing a sweater while we were in shorts and tank tops…LOl

These were flowers outside of Holton’s Flower shop in Port Hope

We also watched the annual fish run of the Atlantic Salmon going upstream and trying to jump the fish ladder.  About 2 to 5 thousand fish actually make it . My camera wasn’t fast enough to catch one jumping but there were lots and just amazing to watch. This was at the Ganaraska River in Port Hope. In the first pic you can actually see a salmon jumping if you look closely .

And of course what is spring without a trip to Grace Clare’s farm to see her new born lambs.

Grace holding a day old twin

The little day old black twins with Mommy

This little lamb was only 2 hours old when I got there…..

 

These 4 day old twins were hilarious.. showing off with their jumping skills and so interested in my camera.

Grace’s calico barn cat who is fifteen years old has been raised with the sheep and takes no nonsense from them.  She plays with the lambs but look out if they get too rough… ouch with a big scratch on the nose.

Of course the horses wanted their pic done too.  So Happy Spring everyone!!  cheers…

I am special…

I felt really special when I received a gift certificate for a wool shop in Brighton called The Robin’s Nest.

Last week I took the time to stop in to get myself something special with it.  I ended up with this wonderful blend of Alpaca, silk and cashmere…… I can’t tell you how soft it feels.  I have never knit a lace shawl before so am challenging myself to knit one with this fabulous yarn.  Because it is hand dyed , no two skeins are perfectly matched in colour so I will knit the shawl using both skeins at once alternating the yarns to have a blended look.  Don’t hold your breath on this one folks as I need to talk myself into this one and also need to pick a pattern.