Our show at the Presbyterian Church in New London, NH to benefit LSVNA Hospice

This is the 14th year of this show. I believe I have 

only done it 3-4 times. This is at least the 2nd (3rd?)

time I've done it in this location.

It is nice that Jerry helps me set up on Friday 

night and take down on Saturday afternoon.

 This is how it got rearranged Saturday morning. ;)

 I've been busy knitting and felting.

 A lot of the hats were down this spring during our

trips to shearing jobs and this summer while sitting

at farmer's market. I can't just sit still.

Two (maybe 3) more shows and I will then post

what I have available for sale of the blogs and 

on the Face Book pages.

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This was Friday night setup.

 The nice thing about setting up the night before

is that we can tweak it the next morning if needed.

The decision was made to hang the scarves.

I like to go vertical with displays as much as I 

can. I believe they are more visually pleasing.

I do thank all the customers who purchased from us

Saturday. We were able to buy 7 bags of grain.

It has been a hell of a week!

 Sunday we had a wicked storm pass through.

Serious wind and rain.

 The wind snapped this tree, and the top 

landed on the top two wires. The only

thing that kept it from taking out all of 

the wires was the branch. The power

blinked out at 10 pm Sunday night, but

it came back. It went out for good

Monday morning at 5:30 am.

 As I type this by generator power, it is 2 pm Friday 

and we still do NOT have power. Ever Source called

this morning and said that someone would be out.

I've yet to see, or hear, anyone checking it out.

It is getting quite expensive to run the generator.

But, at least I am not trying to fill buckets of 

water from the brook out behind the barn.

We've done that in the past, when we were younger.

 But, the animals don't know any different.

Stormy and his visiting girlfriend are using the 

temporary shelter. Fortunately they are both 

trained to the electronet, so it does not have to be on.

 The water has receded in the pigs' yard. 

Their acre was 3/4's under water.

They had plenty of  dry places to sleep though.

 The chickens kiddie pool was empty S.

They still had a dry place to  hang out outside

under the broken EZ-up

 No. They are not spoiled.

 Hiding in plain sight in the garden is Callie Calico.

She is an orange, white and gray tabby calico.

She has found the young catnip and is getting 'stoned'.

 You can see her better here in the lower right corner.

Below, Jack Black is coming to see what she has.

And, the chickens are working on cleaning out the garden.

 Have a good weekend all.

If you are out and about Saturday

from 9-1 come check us out

 at the Danbury Winter Farmer's Market. 

https://harvesttomarket.com/farmers-market/Danbury-Winter-Market

Update. We were 111 hours without power.

Just a little rain and wind.

 The seasonal brook and the culvert that

runs under Newbury Road. Just down from our road.

 The Lane River overflowed into the pig yard.

The blue thing is a 50 gallon drum (plastic)

that I had Jerry cut in 1/2 from top to bottom.

I then asked him to connect the 1/2s with

carriage bolts. Inexpensive water tubs for the

pigs.  And, they don't tip it over. Except when it's empty.

Busy, busy, busy

Somewhere there is a camera full of pictures waiting to be downloaded and then posted here.... I need to find said camera BEFORE this weekend.

Shearing has begun and we are STILL trying to get the last of the hay fields done. At least Hurricane Maria is pushing hot air into the North, and that is making hay dry quicker. The problem is getting the time to get into the fields. Jerry is not home until 1-1:30, and it is dark by 7. With my shoulder there is equipment that I can not change out one handed. Hopefully next year will be better. Hopefully we won't have long periods of rain in June and July when haying should be starting. And, Lord willing, we will have enough snow this winter, and no extended periods of rain in May, to get the gardens all in come Memorial Day weekend.

This coming weekend is the 29th annual VT Sheep & Wool Festival.

Next weekend is the 34th annual Wool Arts Tour. We will be in our usual spot at Spinner Farm in Deering, NH. And, even though Leslie's site says there will be a skirting demo at only one time, that is ONLY for the fleeces for the 2 sheep that Jerry will be shearing. OUR skirting table will be set up ALL weekend and one of us will be skirting fleeces off and on all weekend.

If you need shearing done, and haven't scheduled yet, you might be out of luck. Get in touch with us by email ASAP. Jerry goes in for hernia surgery October 12 and could be down for up to 6 weeks.
I go in for my 2nd shoulder surgery December 4th (edited to the 11th) and will be in a sling for 6 weeks. Expected healing time on that surgery is ANOTHER 6 months to a year. (7 months later on the first surgery, and the pain level is still very high!)

Lambing is expected February 1st to March 1st. If you are interested in purchasing lambs from us to raise on your own grass, let us know as soon as possible. What ever is left the week before Easter will be sold to the 'meat man'. Christian Easter is April 1, 2018 and Greek Orthodox Easter is April 8, 2018. So we need to know by mid-March. Lambing was supposed to happen earlier, but stuff happens.

Now. Back to the camera and the reason for today's post. I will be taking pictures and inventory of our fleeces and yarns at the next 2 shows. These will then be posted on the fleece page and the Face Book page. I know I've not been active in either one of these pages, and hopefully this winter that will change.

TTFN. Hope to see you at the festival(s)!