Like another hole in my head....

Jacob Wool

....that's how much I needed more fleece. But this was a deal in a farm's fiber destash, not quite up to selling standards because the sheep managed to get wood chips in their wool on shearing day. I just got it yesterday and haven't been through it much, but it certainly looks worth the price, even with the chips!


Just doin' my job, ma'am....

Once upon a time someone started remodeling the closed in porch of my house. Then he went fishing....and after a few years we split up. The porch still isn't finished, which is convenient for the outside cat, Deuteronomy, because he can get inside whenever he likes. And he likes to come in frequently, as there are luxury accommodations and plenty to eat out there. At noon I went home for a break and there was a mouse lying neatly just where I would step on it when I came into the porch. Thanks, Dude....

And this morning when I got up there was half a mouse in the kitchen, thanks to Barnabas and his diligent guarding of his food bowl, no doubt. Fall must be rapidly approaching, since the mice are trying to come in.


We got a new toy.

I've been spending my one day off a week trying to keep up with the rabbit chores and do a bit of gardening. About a month ago we bought this little thing, which is really a riding lawn mower but I'm calling it my garden tractor. At the age of might-as-well-be-50 I mowed my first lawn on Tuesday and Wednesday. Can you believe I was terrified the whole time? Oh, and that's not me in the picture....

Tuesday we went and got a little cart for the tractor to pull along and on Wednesday I filled the wagon up with bunny poop and proudly drove it up to dump beside the garden. Not so scary that time, so I guess I'll get used to it. I got half the bunny house cleaned out, since my hired helper isn't able to help anymore. Hoping to get the rest next week. A brewing grumbling storm drove me inside before I could finish, so I worked on freezing tomatoes and pears. After the little bit of rain that fell with all that fuss, I went out and got Zeke, a nice German buck, and sheared him off. He seemed very happy to get rid of all that fluff! After a nice supper of grilled fresh local veggies and salad, I settled in to more spinning of the blue dyed Texel roving. I'm going to empty that basket one of these days!

VDOT (Virginia Department of Transportation) is outside on the main road. Looks like they're painting lines. I always want to run across the wet paint and leave footprints!