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Ok folks, I think I’ve turned off the "waiting for moderation" preference so I don’t have to approve all comments (including my own!). As long as we don’t get spammed, or get something gross posted here, I will be able to keep it that way! Am at work (shame on me) so big brother (or is it big sister) is watching!!!
Terry
I’m not a very good photographer. When it was time to take photos of yarns for the website, I struggled. The first few attempts made the yarn look like something my dog hacked up. Really.
Then I placed the skeins in a wicker-type basket. So-so results, but I needed more contrast. Then I got the bright idea (ha! no pun intended) to put a white towel in the basket before the skein.
Now I had my contrast, but the skeins still looked like dog barf. I’m still working on taking better photos. I’m totally open to any suggestions (ha! like anyone is actually reading this thing!).
Hondo, my cat, however, thinks my yarn-photo-basket is just dandy (and you can’t really tell, but he BARELY fits in that basket).
He was much more cute when he was splayed out across the basket. But I wasn’t sneaky enough to get that shot. He’s looking at me for some serious pets or snackies.
Spent alot of time yesterday dyeing Pygora fiber and flicking out dyed Cormo locks. When Susan suggested we look at a Cormo fleece at BSG this year, I wasn’t all that excited. Until I stuck my hand in that bag of fleece. Whoooo-eeee is that stuff NICE. And so I began playing with the Cormo and I really like it blended with Pygora. I don’t know if anyone else will, but I don’t care - MORE FOR ME! Heh heh heh……
Terry (the fiber pig!)
Yesterday was a lot of work! And wouldn’t you know the temperature got up in the 90′ again. I don’t have a large barn for my spinner’s flock of 4 Pygora wethers. It’s a small, but very cute barn that my husband built. There is a "mini-loft" that can store about 10-12 two-string bales. After paying a rather large feedstore hay bill last year, I began eyeing our outbuildings, seeking a larger hay storage area to offset that horrible bill.
Since we sold our motorhome earlier this year (and yep, we’re sure glad because we couldn’t afford to fill the darned gas tank now….) there is now room in my husband’s BIG ROOMY three stall shop. Did I mention BIG AND ROOMY? I politely pointed out that the tractor could be relocated to his shop where the motorhome sat - and I wanted to take over the "rabbit barn". We no longer raise rabbits and the building is just sitting there. Half of the building is just an unfinished room with a sand floor where the tractor was stored. That my friends, is my new hay storage area. Nice idea, and I knew from the get-go that I would have to shuffle bales occasionally from the rabbit barn to the goatie barn. Ok, I’m ok with that. I bought local hay and stashed it in my new storage area.
One month later (yesterday)….. I was out of hay in the goat barn, and it was 90 degrees, I really only had to move ONE bale and be done with it. But I had this urge to fill up the mini-loft while I had the time. I ended up moving 10 bales and sweating some pounds off (not nearly enough pounds off, but I like to dream!). I had four helpers, of course! I wish I’d zoomed in on this photo because Chip is ON the 4 wheeler….
This is how I move bales: get 4 wheeler and hook up the trailer and load trailer. Then go down to the goat barn and lock goats in barn and open gate. Drive load through gate and close gate. Let goats out of barn. Let them eat on bales while I unload. I have to unload one bale at a time and using a chain-block, get them up on the loft. Once they are high enough to reach the loft, I let down the chain block, then crawl up there on a ladder and stack them. Yeah, it’s a little bit of work, but it won’t kill me.
That plan and method of shuffling bales is ok, but there is a flaw! Spanky, my Pygora wether with the most personality decides he’s going to join me up in the loft via that ladder unbeknowst (sp?) to me until I head the ladder crash. Holy crap! I turned around in horror as I just knew: 1) I had a hurt goatie and 2) I’m stranded up in this loft and dear hubby is NOT home. Well, goatie didn’t get hurt and the ladder was still within reach. Whew! Now I tie the ladder off to prevent that from happening again.
This is a view from the goatie barn looking up to the rabbit barn. Those who raise goats will hopefully be impressed with that apple tree growing in the middle of the goat pasture!
Terry