What a difference a day can make

Here we are in the production room with Ms. Audrey winding yarn which got shipped out on Wednesday

After I got home from shipping all the yarn and fiber I dyed 3 pounds of Merino Angora Cashmere, while the dye pots simmered I weeded and look at the Freckled Violets
I told you there was a lot of yarn to skein and there was more before we shipped it out and then I made some more yarn, so there is a lot of yarn here!
To reward ourselves for all the good work we did on Wednesday Ms A, our friend Marlyn and I went to the Aurora Colony Hand-spinners Guild all day spin in
It was so wonderful to meet new people and renew old friendships. While at the Spin in Shelley from Loops called wanting to know if Mariel was all right as she lives in Tuscaloosa Al. Thankful she is fine but our new intern Mary's house was destroyed. My heart goes out to all that went through this truly awful event.

We are having a "garage sale" and I took several cars/trucks over to Jeff who is getting everything running and helping us sell things, he has a one year old girl, these are her new rain boots.... I wish they had them in 71/2's....
Tomorrow is another day and I'm thanking God I didn't have to survive that awful storm.

Mike is continuing the remodeling of the kitchen, more electrical work has been done and now Mike and his buddy Jack are planning the plumbing.

Becky is planning another weekend of gardening as the weather is supposed to be nice here this weekend.

Steven is packing and getting ready to come north to Oregon on Monday, but again was the hero taking my Dad to the doctors and then to the hospital.

The Turrentine "North" Family is still planning on coming over for restful Sunday

Spent the day driving I did so much driving around the northern half of Oregon I feel like I could be in LA by now. Sadly Woodland Wool Works is closing so we made a last trip there today. I'm exhausted as I stayed up for most of the Royal Wedding this morning and Ms A was here at 9:00 am sharp, and now it's after 1:00 am so I'm going but I had to touch base with you!

These Happy Days

Yarning, I had a lot to do before Mike came up for our 30th Wedding Anniversary, make as much yarn as possible and then after he leaves more yarn. It was 4 days of wonderful fun but first the yarn; these are 5 skeins of Cashmere top two are Columbia Gorgeous and the bottom three are Multnomah Falls, which two of these skeins now lives at Knitterly....

These skeins are for an order, Northwest Autumn in Pillow Cashmere
Rain rain and more rain, the day Mike was coming was a really cold wet day
The next day Mike and I visited Emma, Don and the babies. This is an Elk's view of their property can you make out the little house at the bottom of the hill? The trees haven't got their leaves yet!
Mike Emma and Don miles ahead of me
This is Abel playing catch with the neighbor dog
Then it was off to the Oregon Gardens at Moonstone Lodge. Here are Tulips from the Tulip Festival making our table festive!
The next day we strolled all around the gardens and while being very cold the sky stayed clear. I thought this trellis was a good use of old ladders and thought about the ones we have up in the barn.....
In the children's garden was a little train, I sent the picture to my Dad to cheer him up!
We ducked under this roof to wait out a rain shower and Mike loved the sturdy craftsmanship
Spring!

There is Mike reading way ahead of me again
After we were done at the Oregon Gardens we took a drive up to Silver Falls, it was cold but brilliant!



See this little wildflower I spotted

We went back to Becky's house and dropped off our Anniversary present two wrought iron rocking chairs but Mike couldn't fit them in his car for the return journey so Becky is chair sitting for us!
Mike too soon was on his way back to California and I made yarn. The next day Becky, her friend Mary and I went on a tour of the Seabright Hosta Garden and then came back and planted more plants
While the weather was lovely I hung out to dry our new color-way Discovery Forest left to right Superwash Merino, Merino/angora/cashmere, the last skein is Cashmere/Silk beaded with beads and Petrified Wood!

Becky got busy and planted all the new plants with Mary's help


We enjoyed the warm afternoon with tea in the garden
Can you see Cleo in the top right of the fence!

I went to the Aurora Fiber Sale and got some more of Trish's sheep wool with Cashmere/Silk dyed carded into it. I've started a project!
While I knit Jan spun this skein of wool and silk
All too soon it's time to go back to real work. I was going to dye today but Cleo had to go to the vet and so I'm still waiting for laundry to dry and to continue packing up, after 10 days here in Silverton. We are watching Cleo as we aren't sure if something is wrong or too much strange cat food was eaten this weekend.

I know that I had way too much chocolate but ummm it was all good. Becky gave me an Easter Egg hunt! It was so much fun and the first egg hunt since I was 5, long time ago in the past Century even!

Steven comes next week to do a major business overhaul, Mike is working hard remodeling the kitchen in California.

Becky is so happy so many plants are planted. She is looking forward to more nice days, today isn't one of them and not hosting a sick cat.

Emma, Don and the boys are good, and I'm looking forward to our shopping day on Wed.

Thursday is the Aurora Guild Spin-in, which I will be attending. I look forward to seeing all my good mates.

Yarn is getting shipped out this week! Yeah

Happy Weekend!

Friday I started by writing to you, then got ready to start the real making of yarn for the day, when Emma called and asked if I needed help, well of course I said yes. I then went down stairs to get things ready and look at who was outside the window!

This was the scene last Tuesday hail, snow and more hail
What a difference on Friday so warm and sunny we had the doors open and Emma wore sandals
Still no Blue Bells blooming but at least the Daffs are almost all out
The dye studio in production
While I dye fiber I work on hulling lavender that has been drying since the summer, this makes the dye studio smell wonderful
Here is Mark enjoying some Train fun
These are Daff's that Emma took home to her house
Then to celebrate all the wonderful work I got done I settled down to spin on the Antique Spinning Wheel with some of "my" Sheep's, Trish's, wool and Cashmere/Silk that Jan had blended it is heaven....
Ahhh
Since I got so much completed and everything was still drying on Saturday we went to the Zoo!
Then I went for a walk around Portland by myself, stopped at Powells and had a bite out then collected the car at the Park and Ride
Got home to find this creature, who we named Melvin
Here, this is my shoulder....
Ann my neighbor removed Melvin (by taking the tweezers and pulling gentle at the head and then placed him in alcohol for the Doctor to test him) and administered Oban(Scotch)medicinally of course!

This is the most amazing Ephyllium the blossom is almost as large as a salad plate
This is called Peter Pan and the blossoms are just tiny but every bit as cheerful
Then Ms Audrey asked me to the Symphony on Sunday, what a great performance!
The Hall
Then we went for dessert
This was too much cake even for me.....
Back home to do a special spinning job

Drying yarn!
Drying fiber
While Ms. A and I skeined yarn and weighed out fiber Cleo slept in the Fireworks basket, how can this be comfortable?
Mike is coming on Friday! Can't wait to see him, but lots of yarn has to be made before that! Happy Fibering!