Sunshine and wine..
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artemis42Spent a lovely day at the Spinning at the Winery event at Retzlaff Winery in Livermore with 70 or 80 other spinners and fiber artists. I loved being able to look around the crowd and see 30 or 40 flyers all whirling around simultaneously, all engaged in making yarn. There were spinners of all ages and genders, and many excellent conversations were had, as well as some stellar potluck. The winery's organic Port, half a bottle of which we sipped throughout the day, is delectable.
I won a really cool raffle prize, a transparent paint can filled with a rainbow assortment of naturally dyed(!) Romney wool fiber. Here's a photo, along with all the new fiber I bought there, before it gets absorbed into my stash.
I left a gorgeous whole Merino cross fleece purchased from Nebo Rock Textiles with Morro Fleece Works to be processed with love and pin drafted into wonderful roving. I love that I can buy a fleece and hand it to a fiber processor all at the same event. I'll get it back, ready-to-spin in a few months, so it's like sending myself fiber joy in the future.
Homsar will likely be gone by morning, leaving only Plecos Bill in a very empty seeming tank. Tomorrow will probably find me changing out the filter, most of the tank water and cleaning the gravel again. After all that, we'll watch him for a week or two, and then maybe think about getting another goldfish or two if no symptoms manifest. So much siphoning work. Stupid bacteria/fungus, eating my beautiful fish buddies.
At least Iris is in good health and vigorous spirits, demanding love, treats and pride of place on the top of my head. She's so cute, she must be evil.
Oh, and speaking of bird love.. I got to pet a chicken today. A happy, free-roaming gorgeous chicken that was only mildly annoyed by my patting it. They're not too smart, but I like them anyway.
Off to sleep now.. hanging out in the sun, even for a little while, always wipes me out.
Later.
-Me.
I won a really cool raffle prize, a transparent paint can filled with a rainbow assortment of naturally dyed(!) Romney wool fiber. Here's a photo, along with all the new fiber I bought there, before it gets absorbed into my stash.
I left a gorgeous whole Merino cross fleece purchased from Nebo Rock Textiles with Morro Fleece Works to be processed with love and pin drafted into wonderful roving. I love that I can buy a fleece and hand it to a fiber processor all at the same event. I'll get it back, ready-to-spin in a few months, so it's like sending myself fiber joy in the future.
Homsar will likely be gone by morning, leaving only Plecos Bill in a very empty seeming tank. Tomorrow will probably find me changing out the filter, most of the tank water and cleaning the gravel again. After all that, we'll watch him for a week or two, and then maybe think about getting another goldfish or two if no symptoms manifest. So much siphoning work. Stupid bacteria/fungus, eating my beautiful fish buddies.
At least Iris is in good health and vigorous spirits, demanding love, treats and pride of place on the top of my head. She's so cute, she must be evil.
Oh, and speaking of bird love.. I got to pet a chicken today. A happy, free-roaming gorgeous chicken that was only mildly annoyed by my patting it. They're not too smart, but I like them anyway.
Off to sleep now.. hanging out in the sun, even for a little while, always wipes me out.
Later.
-Me.
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Date: 2008-06-02 02:02 am (UTC)I'm sorry about your fishies. Bacteria/fungus suck.
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Date: 2008-06-02 08:02 am (UTC)They did have some alpaca fleeces there, but I just bought a big bag of wonderful soft black alpaca recently, so I went for a merino cross fleece instead. I should get it back from the processor as pin drafted roving sometime in August, if her turnover rate is the same as last year.
I have some sexy yarns you may enjoy for knitting, though.. as well as fleece and handmade spindles!
I'll have to bring some cool fiber goodies with me whenever we can come see you again!
*huge hugs*
-Me.