This summer I have gotten the chance to attend two fiber festivals near where I live. The first was Shepherd’s Harvest which is held in Lake Elmo, Minnesota. This was the 15th year that Shepherd’s Harvest had been held and it shows. There were 3 buildings of vendors… a building of sheep and goats… and …
The past 6 weeks or so have been unbelievably hectic for me. I am, for all intents and purposes, living in two places. I feel like I am moving on a weekly basis as I pack-up clothes and kit and go from the apartment to the farm, farm to the apartment. Between these commutes, I …
I know that I haven’t been on here very much of late. A lot of this is due to the aforementioned work + travel. Some of it is because it is spring and that means GARDENING!!!! I’ve not been able to have much of a garden for a few years now and I never really …
I’m sorry that I’ve not been on here much. My internet at my apartment in Ames sucks big-time and the past few weekends I haven’t had a lot of time at the farm for stuff on the computer. I promise that I have several posts that I hope to get up this coming weekend with …
A random sunset over Iowa cornfields.
In the coming weeks, I am planning on doing something a tiny bit different with the blog. Don’t worry, I plan on still giving you lots of updates on what I am knitting, spinning and crocheting, but I am also going to be giving you a little virtual tour of Iowa. You see, I travel …
I feel like I’ve been working on this blanket for little Matthew forever, even if it really hasn’t been all that long. It’s just that it’s, well, boring. With my normal scrapghans, I can change color whenever I feel like it, thus alleviating the boredom of non-stop half-double crochets. However, with this blanket, there’s no …
Today I made an appointment for little Miss Sweetie Pie to get spayed next week. Since it is warming up rapidly, I want to get her out of my room!!!!! She is a teensy bit destructive and annoying and I am tired of being scratched and bloody (it’s how she shows her affection… purr, purr …
Quiet. That’s not what my life has been lately. Unfortunately, not a lot of what has been going on with me has been blog-able. Work has finally kicked into full-gear and truth be told, I don’t feel like I have a lot of time to myself anymore. However, I’ve not forgotten you, my determined blog …
There are times that being a farmer really sucks. No, strike that, when being a human really sucks. Those times that make you realize that life is way to short and way to precious and can be taken from you in an instant. This is one of those times for me. You see, early this …
Sarah Jane Humke 