On My Way to Walla Walla

Spring in St. Helens

These "Susan" cookies figured heavily this summer on our road trips
the new color-way Discovery Forest
Becky is having the back yard remodeled
Another sign of Spring

I'm off to Beth's house with 7 spinner boxes and 4 orders to ship today! There are lots of singles in be plied. A lovely evening with my daughter-man is she smart! Steven is holding down the fort in LA worried about choosing the right faucets and sinks, he has my back.

Angela is having a weekend in Seattle-girlfriend time.

Cleo is coming along with me to Walla Walla via the Honda dealership as "Ponda" (Pat's Honda long story) needs things (code A126).

Emma and Don (and boys) are spending the week fixing there car too. I'm hoping to see them next week.

Meanwhile it's on the road!

More of the same

It has been awhile for me to feel that I can get to jobs that I haven't had time for. For months it's been hurry up and make as much yarn as fast as possible. This week while laying low to give the bod time to heal I've been working on the little jobs. One was get laundry done. I had a tangle of hangers and had no energy to untangle them so found the beauty in them as a sculpture.

Yarn Market News Conference was amazing. Ladies kept telling me about the goodies bag well here is the contents.....
the Toilet, I'm not sure if I want to make that many decisions...
I felt compelled to put make-up on as it was set up for a fancy lady!
The sitting room
My bed! I didn't spend enough time here
Best Mates! Cynthia (Knitting Central,) Chloe (Knitting Central) the famous Lisa Hoffman (Designer and String employee)from left to right at dinner
One for the road umm who had wine?
My project while listening, everyone had knitting
Chloe working while eating her favorite Potato chips Kettle!
Dinner with Angela at the fancy restaurant in the hotel
After the Conference I was still buzzing and so marched Angela to Elephants in Portland for lunch. I was so impressed with this gals artistry I had her make me a fire baked pizza
A very famous designer is going to work with this, again chasing the greys away
Angela and Cleo having Fluffing fun!
We are shipping out yarn this week Yeah!

Grey Days

Mom always said wear bright clothing on dreary or "dirty" days like today. I always think of her putting on some bright color when the back ground is like today. Grey. While spring is here, the daffodils are just starting and the crocuses are doing their best, it's still pretty grimly grey.

If you go in the shops, people are grumbling about the grey, go outside and get pelted with hail or a sudden downpour. The streets are grey, the clouds are grey, the lavender plants look like big soot piles on the very green lawn.

Since I am fighting the chest cold that is going around, my mood has been grey. Yarn has to be made so I've been spinning Erica's Sunstone and Calypso Cove.

These are very bright and a perfect way to help with the doldrums of this "endless monsoon"

Ms Audrey and Farmer Al came by yesterday to fix up the new mail box. Al is not one for these modern fancy things. I bought a locking box so as not to loose anything important, and hopefully break the bat of the next mailbox baseball gamer that drives down the lane. Al not impressed, "it'll just be that much more of a temptation" said Al. Grey. If you are waiting for some Calypso Cove or Erica's Sunstone- good chance it's coming your way very soon! Combat the Grey wear the brightest colors in your closet! cough cough sniff snuffle.....

Keep going

Cleo is snuggling up close and I was glad as it's been quite the process getting the Yarn factory in order enough to get really amounts of yarn completed

One joyous occasion was Val came to Oregon to have Girl Friend Fun with Becky and I here we are on First Friday at Silver Grille having dessert they are sharing Flan....
Angela and I shared this...
Val and Becky like nothing better than cooking in the kitchen! Becky was having the ladies from work over for a knitting tea party...
Becky had to go to Wisconsin for business so Angela and I took Val to the Oregon Gardens as another one of our passions is gardening
At the Oregon Gardens they were having an Orchid Judging and we got to see some of the submissions


Outside again was this fountain love it!
It's really looking springy here in Oregon
One of our fun times with Val was to go to Jan's house to look at sheep and have tea! Lemon Curd that Jan made
Jan's stock ready for a show
Jan showing Angela and Val her studio and her glass works
All too soon Val was going home and we are back to work
Happiness is full spinner boxes going out to spinners
And Full bobbins! This is Sterling Silver beaded yarn,
While we were having fun in Silverton we went to a Seed Exchange... I exchanged Money for this lovely Pansy
Angela plying
I survived the Yarn Market News Conference which was wonderful. Mariel is in New York doing Internship interviews. Angela is fluffing fiber for spinning. Mike is having a Birthday today and took the day off to do more demolition on the kitchen which is almost ready for the construction. Cleo is with Becky whom is sick. Ms. Audrey is doing paper work in the office, poor Audrey....

Cynthia (Knitting Central) is back from YMN and all my new and old friends that were there.

Steven is tying all my accounts together, so now Facebook, Twitter and the Blog are all coordinated, as per one of the many classes I took this past week. I'm resting today because I exhausted with all the moving, house sitting, parties and then Yarn Market News Conference. Today I spun on the antique wheel that sits in the front room watching the day unfold, the deer that just ran by, the crows that are pulling all the broken branches from the terrible rain and wind storms that we've had in the last week to make nests with and the rain, hail and sun-breaks that have all happened here. David Greenleaf (my arborist) has planted two more fruit trees, another peach, and an asian pear. The asian pear looks like it's getting ready to bloom, the native rose bush I got at Black Sheep many years ago is also budded up. The Blue Bells are up and the buds are just starting to poke out from the bottom of the greenery. Ms. Audrey says it's time for me to get to the office work so break time is over. I miss all my friends and Mike today, but glad to have some quiet time.....

Factory Update

This is what Angela and I left behind... Los Angeles traffic. We were stuck for about 2 hours and moved 7 miles in that time. Why? They closed a lane for construction....

We made it up to Fairfax and were hosted by Pat, Bill and John. We dropped off Yarn at Atelier Marin and Knitterly. We were towing the trailer but the car was well packed!
On our way up we checked and there were sever weather warnings so Angela got to see the Redwoods and we stopped to see the elk
We had lunch at Crescent City and viewed these California Sea Lions
Angela having lunch
Scooters in the surf with one large rain drops

We drove up 199 from Crescent City to Grants Pass Or. when we hit the snow
We had to stay with Becky for a few days as the roads to St. Helens were too snowy and icy
Finally we made it to St. Helens. There was some snow on the ground but it started again when we arrived and when we woke up the next morning we were snowed in...

We were fine and it melted the next day but it was really lovely while it was here. Not if you had to drive in it.

We got to visit with Emma, Don and the boys and I have pictures. Don loaned me the Internet so I've got it for a while. Tomorrow Ean comes to visit with Angela, but before that Angela and I will go to the Aurora Colony Hand spinning Guild's Antique Spinning Wheel Showcase then Angela and Ean have a full weekend planned. I will be meeting up with a lot of my yarny friends for the Yarn Market News Conference here in Portland Or. Meanwhile lots of dyeing and spinning is happening as Spinners Boxes have been sent out in mass. Look for more posts shortly!