This is a discloth (knit by Peggy?) and the sweetest little tea light candle holder in the shape of a leaf! I just love it and have it sitting here on the window ledge next to my desk. Oh, and there was also a fragranced tea light that I have already had burning in the kitchen ;)
I have a package to send to my swappee - Kay at The Rustic Cottage (who might think I have forgotten all about her....I haven't Kay, I promise!) I have had the package ready, all it needs is a trip to town and the post office. I hope that might happen today or tomorrow. I need to get this off before Autumn becomes Winter!
Yesterday, we had a work-bee at Serenity Farms! Friends (and my Dad!) gathered to help me clean out the barn in preparation for winter. The skid steer loader and younger arms and backs than mine made some pretty quick work of it all!
(Note to Family ~ a skid steer loader is now at the top of my Christmas wish list - grin. Only I would like one with a smaller bucket across the front...something that will fit through the five foot wide box stall doors, please. And thank you in advance ~ I know I will love it and use it often!)
The manure pile is gone - spread across the now empty bean field to fertilize, and I have a pile of mostly composted sheep manure sitting next to my perennial beds waiting to be put away. I made a simple lunch for the workers of beef stew and buttermilk biscuits, warm homemade applesauce and chocolate cake with ice cream for desert. I know that Bill really enjoyed the company, especially at lunch! Last night was a lovely full moon that rose in the east to shine in my bedroom window and set in the west in a glow of orange while I did the morning dishes.
Next up is putting the storm windows in the barn and then - happy day - putting the rams and ewes together for breeding season. Autry is more than ready, and spends his days at the gate to his pasture staring intently at the barn (ewes are on the other side of the barn) This is him, along with his buddy, Alex's wether Carson (who has managed to lose his coat. And Autry's is torn, needs patching) Don't you think he looks a little lovesick?
There is always work to be done on the farm. Simple, satisfying work.
3 comments:
I loved reading about your day! It sounds so peaceful even though filled with lots of work! Don't you worry about that package -- just get it mailed when you can.
Hugs and blessings,
Kay
Oh, Hon how sweet! I did not knit the dishcloth though, that was one of the treats I purchased from another gal online. Isn't is nice?
HUGS!! I love those little tealights!
Oh, I have one of those! Well, not the same but similar! :D One of the plusses of owning a business that sells business materials. It doesn't fit in my stable but it does a great job putting up the menure outside, so the pile is higher and not so wide spread! I did it myself for the first time the past weekend, so satisfying! :D
And no spinning here yet. :( As I had been getting a lot of negative comments on all my spinning and knitting materials being out and about I moved them all up in the knitting room again. And since then didn't have time to go upstairs and spin for a hour or so. Hopefully over the weekend.
I love seeing your sheep!
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