Angie: December 2008 Archives

Merry Christmas, Love Steven

By Angie on December 25, 2008 1:53 PM | | Comments (6) | TrackBacks (0)

Santa is Early for Me!

By Angie on December 20, 2008 1:48 PM | | Comments (5) | TrackBacks (0)

Santa came early to my house this morning.

Bearing gifts only for me on this trip.

This is one gift.

Can you guess the other(s)?

:)

Templeton

By Angie on December 15, 2008 2:44 PM | | Comments (6) | TrackBacks (0)

He is living in my turkey house!!

Round and Round We Go!

By Angie on December 7, 2008 6:36 PM | | Comments (10) | TrackBacks (0)

In my efforts to  yet again feel efficient and to learn something new I have broadened my horizons yet again.
 
These lovely creatures you see below are angora goats. It is from the little beauties that we get mohair fibers.
 
I am trying to secure the little lady in the front, along with her sister, for myself.
 
 
Look at these faces! Aren't they the cutest bunch of goats you have ever seen - well except for that dark faced one. That's a sheep. LOL
 
The little tiny one in the very back is the one I have my eye on. Although I do plan to clip that mess out of their eyes. It drives me insane to see them tryng to peek out from under those messy bangs.
 
Do you think they would wear a barrette?

 
On Saturday we took a spinning class. I tested the waters of the spinning wheels trying to decide what would be best for me.
 
Colby prefers the Julia by Luet. She did spin some lovely yarn on that one. The one in the photo below - I forget the name - was a PITA. We all hated it. We couldn't get anything to spin on it without breaking.
 

 
Gracie and I tried several ourselves but we both loved the Symphony by Kromski.
 
Gracie did real well. As you can see as a first time spinner she spun some lovely yarn. This was a natural camel colored alpaca. It was buttery to the touch.
 
My favorites again and again are the mohairs and the baby alpacas.

 

Santa has his job cut out for him. He knows what we want!

What on earth could be next?

Hmm - maybe a 6 or 8 harness loom??

Round and round she goes. Where she stops nobody knows!

 

Preserving History - Go Away W@lM@rt

By Angie on December 4, 2008 8:39 PM | | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)

Big Bird

By Angie on December 3, 2008 7:01 AM | | Comments (9) | TrackBacks (0)

My mother is here. No time for everything!

This is the turkey I cooked for Thanksgiving. I thought my almost 3 year old would be a good size comparison.

 

He was so big I didn't have a pan to put him in. We took 2 of the 25lb disposable foil pans and pieced them together. We then made blankets of foil and wrapped them to be drip proof.

A bit of preparartion and in went the bird.

12 hours later we had turkey. It was the best turkey I have ever eaten.

Last years turkey (bourbon red) was not as good as this one.

 Next year?

I am raising Naragansettes. A rarer breed heritage turkey.

Dinner anyone?

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