We are down the road from Kadoka by the time the clock read six am. The sheep had their water removed (it would spill all over) and another half-bale of hay given to them. South Dakota went by very quickly thanks in part to their eighty mph speed limit on the interstates. We crossed the …
Both C and I are morning people, so the early morning isn’t particularly difficult for either of us. We are both up in the five o’clock hour and fully ready to go before the clock turns to six am. We go out to the truck and trailer which has already been thoughtfully provisioned with water …
I awoke this morning to the sound of honking geese. They were flying low near the window of the bedroom I had been sleeping in. I peek out the windows to look and the first thing that I notice are the mountains. I’d not been able to see them the previous evening/early morning when I …
I am sitting in the Des Moines airport writing this waiting for a flight to Denver. This isn’t the original plan. I was supposed to be flying out of Cedar Rapids to Chicago then onto Denver but due to weather issues I am now flying directly to Denver. So, score one for me, oddly enough. …
In less than a week I will be flying out to Montana to get a flock of sheep. I have not had a lot of spare time to write here of late as I have started the new job and it is taking even more of my time than I thought it would. It is …
Spring is usually busy, but this year is even more so than usual for me. First up, it was my brand new niece’s baptism last weekend. I decided to make her a Christening Shawl/blanket for the event. I then decided that it should really be hand-spun Shetland laceweight. With wool from Shetland of course! Well, …
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I am taking a class through Annie’s Project. It is a program that is designed to help women engage in farming in a different way. In the past, women were there to raise the children and cook the meals and often to help with farm work when needed, …
This weekend I took a class through my guild. It was a class that I have wanted to take for some time now and finally had the opportunity to take it. Since I have had a loom in my possession for some time now, I thought that it was high time that I learned how …
Today I used something that I purchased a bit ago and hadn’t had a need to use. I live in Iowa where these aren’t considered…..unfashionable, like they are in other places. I got myself a pair of Berne women’s insulated overalls. Not sexy, but I was toasty when I was outside shoveling the walk:-) I …
So, in case you haven’t guessed, it’s winter around here. There’s not a whole lot going on that I haven’t already talked about. Or maybe I should really put it this way, there’s not a lot going on that I feel that I can talk about yet. Yes, that means that there are plans and …
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