Waiting

This week 64 is due to lamb then 27 (Amanda) a few days later. We have some barn work to do. I will post pictures as soon as I get them.

Not a Morning Person

I have never been much of a fan of getting up early, but sometimes I must. This morning was a must and by the time I got back home, this is what was there to great me:


I had to get a little closer.

and closer still. I love sun rises. I wish I woke up every morning to see them.

Another purse

I finished working on the 2 owl sweaters and I had enough of the Cascade Eco Wool to make this purse. Since I prefered the look of crochet to knitting in these felted purses, that is what I did here. This will be up on etsy sometime this week.

Truely interesting yarn shop

Yarnia, in Portland, is a place I would love to visit. You pick out a combo of threads (wool, nylon, sparkly, red, green, gold, whatever) and they will ply it into a unique yarn just for you. You get 1 lb cones, so there are not as many ends to weave in.

Beginning Running

Runners World has some great articles on how to begin running. One plan that I am using along with my running plan is helping me to go faster.

With this plan, I am running faster than I normally would on the running times and resting until my heart rate gets down to at least 69%. That is about the same time as they have for the walking recovery. I neglect the walking days because it just is not enough and I run instead.

You can buy a Runners World subscription through Amazon.com for about $1.25 an issue. I am thinking about doing that. Their articles are always interesting. It is one of the few magaizines that I will actually read instead of look at the pretty pictures. I get full use out of this magazine since I read it almost cover to cover whenever I get it.

More bands

Osip, Button and Kodiak's little one, has also shown a fleecy sensativity to feed changes. You can see there is a grey-brown section at the tip. That was fleece from when he was eating hay in the barn after he was born, about 4 months. Then there is a creamy section that is when he was on pasture, about 6 months, then there is a new grey section from now, in the barn, eating hay again. Strange sheep I have!

Reworking Wisteria

I am almost done with the yoke. This is looking even better than the first time I did this.

Dyeing

For Christmas my mother got me 2 dye kits:

I am excited to get going on this new project soon.

Think on these things

I was reading another blog today (linked from a favorite of mine). This blog reveled in anger and sarcasm, nothing nice to say at all. I kept thinking about Philipians 4:8 "Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things." (NASV) That got me to thinking about how addictive anger and sarcasm is. I ended up leaving that site to go find some good words to dwell on.
"So why do you condemn another believer? Why do you look down on another believer? Remember, we will all stand before the judgment seat of God. For the Scriptures say,
“‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bend to me, and every tongue will confess and give praise to God.”
Yes, each of us will give a personal account to God. So let’s stop condemning each other. Decide instead to live in such a way that you will not cause another believer to stumble and fall.
I know and am convinced on the authority of the Lord Jesus that no food, in and of itself, is wrong to eat. But if someone believes it is wrong, then for that person it is wrong. And if another believer is distressed by what you eat, you are not acting in love if you eat it. Don’t let your eating ruin someone for whom Christ died. Then you will not be criticized for doing something you believe is good. For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of living a life of goodness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. If you serve Christ with this attitude, you will please God, and others will approve of you, too." Romans 14:10-18 (New Living Translation)

There, I feel much better now.