tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23010482655842550942024-03-14T06:22:17.296-04:00Loco Life of LindyInspiration and photos from a Kentucky farm girl and fiber artistLindy and Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05902911165627490484noreply@blogger.comBlogger265125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301048265584255094.post-58320778791029098592013-04-11T20:42:00.002-04:002013-04-11T20:59:31.900-04:00Life and Death on the Farm<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>Overlook by our animal cemetery</i></div>
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Spring is bursting with new life, from each swelling bud to the baby creatures that arrive during this "ideal" time of the year. We like to have our alpaca babies born in the spring, too, (though we've had them every month of the year), when there is plenty of fresh green grass and mild temperatures.<br />
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Last year was as problem-free with our alpaca births as we have ever had... We had trimmed our numbers down quite a bit which always makes things easier, but we never had a single issue with birthing or babies. Almost all of our spring-bred girls are due in May this year, but the recent short heat wave had me a little worried since the alpacas are in their fullest fleece (our alpaca shearers are coming next week) and 85 degrees with a fur coat on is HOT, even IF we pamper them with fans and such.</div>
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Today we moved the girls due in May to our "birthing" barn, and it wasn't much more than an hour later that a new cria was found, 3-4 weeks premature. Uh oh..... Premie alpacas can survive with lots of help and we have pulled some through, but they take full-on, intensive care from the start- I knew that even if we had chosen to take her to Ohio State or University of Tennessee, she wouldn't make the trip without intervention first. Often they are too weak to nurse, so it's important to substitute the dam's all-important colostrum (first milk, full of antibodies, etc.) for colostrum and/or plasma from another dam. In this case, we had both.<br />
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<i>Mom encouraging weak, premature cria</i></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">This was a beautiful, 11 pound white girl, very weak and floppy, so we burst into quick action. Our helper started drying and warming the baby, which seemed cold from the start when I put my finger in her mouth to test her warmness and suck reflex. She was floppy like a dishrag, breathing slowly, and unable to lift her head.</span></div>
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I quickly thawed some frozen colostrum and plasma to give to the cria. Alpaca babies are born slightly dehydrated and with low blood sugar, and this one needed all the help she could get since she wouldn't be able to stand to nurse. She was unable to suck from a bottle, so I tube-fed her while we continued to try warming her on a large heating pad made for piglets.</div>
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We also gave her oxygen supplementation, my only regret is that I didn't think of this sooner, otherwise I know that we did EVERYTHING possible for this baby. I guess she was just not meant for this world, and she died about 2 hours after birth.... We let her mom stay with her for a few minutes alone so that she would understand that her baby was gone, but a while later when she was back with her herdmates she still seemed to be asking us what we had done with her...</div>
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As I took the baby's tiny little soft body to a remote area at the back of our farm where we sometimes lay out creatures that have died, I reflected on how far I have come from being a city girl to living on a farm for over 23 years.... how I used to be devastated by a cria's death... and how now I was sad but quietly accepting it. I comprehend now that one animal's death is sometimes another's food (the vultures, foxes, possums and coyotes normally strip a dead animal clean within a few days), and that each and every baby isn't necessarily meant to survive. And sometimes there are unseen problems in a cria that won't allow them to live a healthy, quality life. <br />
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I know that when we lose a cria, there are usually others to look forward to. I realize that there are tragedies and challenges WAY more serious than losing a baby alpaca (even an especially valuable one), as I remember friends that are struggling with cancer, the unexpected death of a family member, hungry and orphaned children in remote places, and my own life challenges.</div>
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<i>Rest in peace, innocent one</i></div>
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Yes, I am sad... but I also feel so very fortunate to have been able to be close to this natural cycle of life and death on our farm. Faith and perspective, living on the farm has taught me about these things and so much more.</div>
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As much as I LOVE and appreciate our farm, it's nice to get away sometimes and go to the big city. In this case, our daughter and I went with her good friend and her parents to one of our favorite places, Chicago, during spring break. Wow, did we ever pack a lot into our time there!<br />
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SkyDeck on the 103rd Floor of the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower, tallest building in the Western Hemisphere!</div>
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One of my new favorite places EVER, the Art Institute of Chicago. I will never again visit Chicago without going back there. It makes me giddy just to remember the inspiration of it, SO many wonderful impressionist pieces (TONS of Monet's, and this favorite Seurat, above).</div>
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The Picasso exhibit was happening, I highly recommend a trip to Chicago just for that. Even if you don't think you "like" Picasso, the exhibit was fascinating and highlighted his prolific artistic life. He created up to 3 paintings per day at times, and took up ceramic sculpture in his 80's and 90's. </div>
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The modern art there was awe-inspiring as well (Diego Rivera and Georgia O'Keefe and Jackson Pollack to name a few!), and I want to return for more of the modern wing and also to visit Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art. </div>
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This was an interesting 3-dimensional piece that "spoke" to me, I had to learn more about it's creator, Lee Bontecou, and am eager to devour the books about her and Picasso that I just received.</div>
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My girl loves to travel, I am so lucky to have an adventurous daughter like her to keep me young! We loved going to the Signature Lounge on the 96th floor of the Hancock Building to watch the sunset.</div>
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On top of these highlights, we also went to the Shedd Aquarium (very crowded but the girls LOVED it!), Lincoln Park Zoo, Chinatown, sightseeing on The Magnificent Mile, dinners at Giordano's, Cheesecake Factory, and Bubba Gump at the Navy Pier. We walked through Millenium Park, enjoying the beautiful giant reflective sculpture, "The Bean" and had great shopping at Crate and Barrel, Watertower Place, and more!<br />
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And now, spring has arrived back at the farm and there is nowhere else I'd rather be, right here, right now, with memories of this wonderful trip floating through my imagination! Watch for spring farm photos in the coming days, and check out some of my photography and fiber art on my new website, <a href="http://www.lindyhuber.com/">www.lindyhuber.com </a></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">I had long anticipated getting the fleeces off our seven sheep, as I have really come to love working with their locks in my felting and their fiber was looking wonderful. It's nice to let their wool grow as long as possible, but if we wait too long, there's a greater likelihood of them getting messed up with excess hay and other vegetable matter.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJwJ21yfA-HM5-r-3u250y6iR4OFD1c-0njApd_YD4d4VXsmaqCxovIyqmCuR1g30bdJWLWxTyZwCX8K32qIKDK2phXmNBkxYvbZAitH_9zlRE3r75MS_zOyIHu-ZgtCUEsYFBvZLA19_m/s1600/Shearing4sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="401" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJwJ21yfA-HM5-r-3u250y6iR4OFD1c-0njApd_YD4d4VXsmaqCxovIyqmCuR1g30bdJWLWxTyZwCX8K32qIKDK2phXmNBkxYvbZAitH_9zlRE3r75MS_zOyIHu-ZgtCUEsYFBvZLA19_m/s640/Shearing4sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Our daughter and her friend took them out for a good walk the night before shearing, which they truly seem to enjoy! </span>I swear they even think it's fun jumping over logs!</div>
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The two shearers were fantastic and very experienced, leaving very few "second cuts" for us to pick out. (Here, they're trimming a ewe's feet).</div>
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Here I am with one of my favorite fleeces... and I've already washed a little bit of it, dyed it, spun some and put it to work as fringe on a new nuno felted shawl!</div>
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At the retreat, we always teach each other what we've learned over the year, and this time Cheryl and Donna were eager to try out the a fitted jacket/tunic/dress using the technique they had just learned at a demonstration clinic. The math involved in calculating measurements and shrinkage was not nearly as daunting as I thought it might be, and all three of us had successful projects!<br />
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<i>Another recent wall piece that will be available at The Collective</i></div>
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I've been doing a LOT of photography, too, watch for some of that to come in the next few days. I am completely addicted to <a href="http://www.instagram.com/">Instagram</a>, a photo-sharing social network for mobile photography- have you checked it out yet? </div>
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Lindy and Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05902911165627490484noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301048265584255094.post-33379092160875077982013-01-04T16:58:00.001-05:002013-01-04T17:00:19.058-05:00Farewell, 2012!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>The last sunset of 2012 at Siesta Key, Florida</i></div>
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Happy New Year! I don't think that I'm alone in saying good riddance to 2012, it seems that many people had a wealth of challenges last year. The new year is filled with such promise and <i>hope</i>, a clean slate and a time for quiet after the bustle of the holidays, and I am especially happy that it is now 2013.<br />
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<i>My mom's complete recovery from a serious illness last spring</i><br />
<i>The continued health of our family and many birthdays (and anniversaries) celebrated</i><br />
<i>The births of two precious new souls in our family- our darling first grandchild, Hudson and precious great-nephew, Michael</i><br />
<i>Valued friendships... special dinners, riding with friends, fiber retreats in Ohio and at Shakertown</i><i> Inspired creations, with new emphasis on photography and a special new gallery to be a part of (The Collective)</i><br />
<i>Some great trips- The Smokies and Siesta Key with family and a felting workship/art retreat to New York for me</i><br />
<i>A smooth and fruitful year of births and sales on the farm, with many healthy crias and lambs</i><br />
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May 2013 be one of peace, good health and prosperity for you and your family!!!<br />
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Lindy and Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05902911165627490484noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301048265584255094.post-5335653282852652782012-12-17T09:43:00.000-05:002012-12-17T09:43:33.305-05:00A bit of light..<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The tragic events of last Friday keep hanging over me like a cloud, and today's rain isn't helping, so I thought I would simply try to spread a bit of beauty and light. Because there is already enough ugliness out there....</div>
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Lest you think I've disappeared from the face of the earth, I thought I'd write a post on this soggy morning (I'm not complaining, we needed the rain but it's just so <i>gloomy)</i>. It's been a busy fall, filled with family, farm, fiber and photography (I like that alliteration, if you were to add in faith and friends, you'd have the core of my life in a nutshell!)</div>
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I joined a new artists gallery/cooperative in Lexington called <a href="http://www.thecollectivelex.com/">The Collective</a>, and have produced tons of felt projects to display there and to keep my stock up at <a href="http://www.damselflygallery.com/about.html">Damselfly Gallery</a> in Midway, too. I love the concept of the Collective- each artist pays a monthly "rent" (shared with the 19 other artists there) and instead of giving up 30-50% of an item's sales price in commissions, I keep it all! It's been a lot of fun to meet the other artists and customers, and yesterday I taught the gallery's first class there (Felting a Birdhouse). Having my work in a few regular, high-traffic areas has saved me the time of exhibiting at art fairs, for which I am truly grateful as I can spend more time with the family.<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">The Collective's other artists are painters, woodworkers, jewelers, mosaic and collage artists, vintage art creators and more- LOTS of great, diverse work. I have a special feeling when I go to the Collective in Chevy Chase (in Lexington, KY), as I lived on S. Ashland Avenue less than a block away when I was single and teaching school in the 80's. I reminisce about my unsettled young adult self, and how content I would be to know that one day I would be a happily-married artist, living on a beautiful farm with my family and tons of animals, and displaying my own artwork in a Chevy Chase gallery! If you haven't been out to the Collective yet, there are two upcoming Open House/intimate evenings for which you have my personal invitation- Saturday, Dec. 15 from 7-9 and Thursday, </span><br />
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Throughout this year, especially since buying my new dslr camera, I have put more time into my photography and have begun to sell my prints at the galleries and in <a href="http://www.alpacalindy.etsy.com/">my Etsy store</a>. It has been very rewarding to get a positive response to the photos I've shared, but even better is the time that I take to SEE the world through my lens, often in the great outdoors with my trusty dog Hoss at my side. These moments have truly helped me through some challenging times this year. I am grateful.<br />
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Lindy and Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05902911165627490484noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301048265584255094.post-85483409150902263022012-08-31T10:45:00.000-04:002012-08-31T10:45:01.024-04:00Lovely and Flighty...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It seems to have been a spectacular summer for butterflies! This one was spotted in our backyard...</div>
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And these were on a trip to the Smokies, where we encountered lots of butterflies on our hikes. Our son took it as a challenge to see how many he could pick up at once, and then to see if he could get them to stay on his face for a photo!<br />
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Yep, lovely and flighty... teens AND butterflies! <br />
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Fall is slightly in the air, and although I do love autumn, I'll miss the hummingbirds and butterflies of this past summer!<br />
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Next up... summary of the amazing felting class I took with <a href="http://www.bloomfelt.com/">Marjolein Dalinga</a> in the Catskills of NY!<br />
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Lindy and Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05902911165627490484noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301048265584255094.post-51387343844273590002012-08-15T11:46:00.002-04:002012-08-15T11:46:35.907-04:00Summer's Hummers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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... and no, I'm not talking about the alpacas and llamas (which DO in fact hum, if you're not familiar with them!) I'm referring to the <a href="http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ruby-throated_Hummingbird/id?wspapp=12227116744&gclid=CNLp68776bECFQZfTAodCB0Aaw">ruby-throated hummingbirds</a> that have been flitting around our home in increasing numbers and ferocity this summer. My husband is the bird-whisperer, putting out 4 feeders for them this year. They are such fun to watch, their territoriality seeming to intensify as summer progresses.</div>
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I am LOVING my new camera, a Canon DSLR (the EOS Rebel t2i), and trying to capture the maneuvers of the tiny hummingbirds has been a great challenge as I learn how to adjust the shutter speed, aperture and other settings on my new gadget! I hope you enjoy these shots, some edited with photoshop, mobile apps, or Instagram....<br />
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<i>Male ruby-throated hummingbirds have the characteristic red, and are smaller than females</i></div>
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August has been beautiful and even green so far, making up for the brutally hot and dry weather we experienced in late May, June and part of July. Our kids are happily back in school, and we're already anticipating fall. I'm going to enjoy the hummers as long as I can, before they head back to Mexico and Central America... such amazing, tiny creatures! Next time... butterflies!</div>
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Lindy and Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05902911165627490484noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301048265584255094.post-60284793796762269262012-07-30T12:32:00.002-04:002012-07-30T12:32:37.708-04:00Modern Nuno Baby Quilt!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It still feels strange to say it (since I feel so young and all!), but I'm going to be a grandparent soon! My stepson and his wife are expecting their first child, and I wanted to make something special that they'll hopefully use and keep. I decided that a quilt-like, lightweight blanket would be fun to make with felt, and I was inspired by the painting above...<br />
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First I died some big pieces of silk paj in varying shades of blues and green, along with two huge pieces of hand-dyed silk chiffon that I overlapped slightly before laying on fine merino wool and tussah silk. I cut and tore the silk paj into 5 x 5" pieces (132 of them, to be exact!), and laid them out so that the colors varied randomly. I then wet it out and used the tumble-dryer method to felt it, then threw and scrunched it to full it. The turquoise tussah silk seemed to run forever, but I finally got it to rinse clear! (Turquoise always runs for a while, and my hands sure showed it!)<br />
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<i>Silk pieces laid out on the base of chiffon, merino and tussah silk</i></div>
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<i>Back of finished blanket</i></div>
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<i>Close-up of finished blanket</i></div>
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The final product, a modern nuno baby quilt! I sewed on a little tag, and tied on one of my sheep cards. I think they liked it, and I can't wait to see that new little bundle of joy wrapped up in this!</div>
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I haven't felt much like writing this summer, and I've been pretty busy with the kids, but since I'm tired of looking at that last post I thought I'd at least put up some photos! These are a little self-serving, they'll be a good reminder to <b>me</b> of some of the past few months... </div>
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I've been a bit tied down, and have especially enjoyed playing around with photography this summer... there is always a lot of good content here on the farm, and I have gotten addicted to <a href="http://www.instagram.com/">Instagram</a> (you can follow me- I'm Alpacalindy) and various mobile photo apps, so fun! I recently bought my first DSLR camera, a Canon Rebel 550D 2ti. I'm loving it, and I hope to improve greatly on the photos I post here! </div>
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I've also done quite a bit of felting, and I plan to share some of recent big projects soon, including a couple of butterfly shawls and a special baby blanket.</div>
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<i>Mirian with Plum Pretty at AOBA Nationals in late May- she is available for sale! (PP, not Mirian!)</i><br />
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<i>We've had a lot of good family time.....</i></div>
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<i>I've gotten some trail riding in despite the horrible heat! It's been fun to have Hoss come along.</i></div>
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<i>We got to meet my new grand-nephew! Robert is practicing to be an uncle soon (and Paul and I are going to be grandparents!)</i></div>
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<i>Nearby horse farms provide great subjects for playing with photo apps!</i></div>
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<i>Jeffrey the lamb is finally off his bottle!</i></div>
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<i>Everybody is growing... kids, lambs, and Hoss who is almost not a pup anymore!</i></div>
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<i>We've had quite a few <a href="http://www.llamatreks.blogspot.com/">llama treks</a>, despite the hot weather! Here, Bob and Leo...</i></div>
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<i>I hope that you have had a good summer, too! </i><br />
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One of the healthier things that I do for myself is to walk regularly around our farm with the dogs. I am also doing a lot of reading, praying/meditating, listening to inspiring music and other things to try to stay centered.</div>
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The woods are so pretty right now that I decided to take a second round on our circular river trail. I was about halfway through the second time, and looked for a log to sit on for a few minutes of peace. I took just a few steps off the trail, and my eyes focused on this beautiful sight.....<br />
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A tiny, perfect new fawn curled up tight and still, it never even blinked the entire time I photographed it. The other thing that was so amazing is that Hoss never smelled or sensed it, coming within about ten feet on a few occasions (I was ready to grab him!)</div>
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The nature that surrounds us here is one of my most beloved blessings, and I have been very consciously counting. I came across this quote, a twist on the famous poem which quips, "Count your blessings, one by one...."</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">We've had some challenges keeping me from blogging lately... nothing I can talk about or share much (which of course makes it all the harder).... I've decided instead to just share photos of the beauty around me for a while, as a way of counting my many blessings.</span></div>
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<br /></div>Lindy and Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05902911165627490484noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301048265584255094.post-13152688866886869972012-04-27T11:01:00.000-04:002012-04-27T11:01:51.964-04:00This old barn....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">I am feeling so very content today while I sit with our sheep Shelby, (our daughter's </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">special ewe) and her two new ewe lambs in a stall built by Paul's Dad within this century-old tobacco barn. When we first decided years ago to convert the old bare-timbered structure for use with animals, "Big Harold" had a specific plan for stalls, and the talent and fortitude to build them from steel-hard oak. We thrifted the sliding stall doors from an old barn </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">which was about to be torn down </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">at the famous Calumet Farm. A bit of red paint still holds to the edges of the bars, and I wonder if any Kentucky Derby winners ever peered through them.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">I've been reflecting on all of the creatures we have housed in here in the nearly 25 years since Paul first bought what came to be called Seldom Scene Farm.... Reindeer, r</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">abbits, </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">rheas (yes, really!) and emus and a Tibetan yak...., goat kids, a baby camel, a baby racoon, a wild orphan bunny that was raised by a domestic rabbit with a new litter....llamas and hundreds of alpacas, and lambs and puppies and kittens, and a few nurse mare foals and donkeys.... Chicks and ducklings....and Lord only knows what else (such as Mother Nature's wild children... owls and snakes, mice and swallows and more...)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">For the most part, we have turned back to the more pragmatic and traditional in these past years.... what we can use in fiber and what can be eaten, and not so much for sales/profit or for the novelty of it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We don't really know when this barn was built, but I always try to imagine how suprised the builders would have been to walk in and see some of the creatures that have lived here.... and somehow I know they'd be pretty proud about it!</span><br />
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Softly they come</div>
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thumbing up from</div>
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protruding unharmed.</div>
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Easily crumbled</div>
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how they shouldered</div>
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the leaf and mold</div>
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aside, rising</div>
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breathing obscurely,</div>
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still as stone.</div>
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By the slumping log,</div>
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by the dappled aspen,</div>
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they grow alone.</div>
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A dumb eloquence</div>
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seems their trade.</div>
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in a sacred wood</div>
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Tomorrow we are gone.</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">I still haven't gotten over just what a beautiful spring it is, and there's no where better than the farm to enjoy it. I finally have the secret to finding morel mushrooms! Wanna know? Look EVERY DAY. This year I've taken woods walks almost ever day, and I think this was the key to such a great haul. We enjoyed these over a nice dinner with friends before we watched the NCAA Men's Basketball game the other night (which, ahem, Kentucky won!)</span></div>
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These baby ducks are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rouen_Duck">rouens</a>, which we bought from a pond expert- they are supposed to help cut down the algae on our pond, and they'll add to the overall farm environment! For now, our daughter is having a lot of fun with them, putting them in the koi pond to swim, and leading them around.<br />
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I've been walking in our woods regularly, just enjoying this amazing spring and reflecting on so many blessings, the best of which is my Mom's miraculous return to health. I've also been listening to a really good audiobook while on my walks, <u>Wild</u>, by Cheryl Strayed, about a young woman who hikes the Pacific Crest Trail alone- it's been good motivation to push myself just a little further! </div>
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<i>Morel mushrooms and a turkey feather found today!</i></div>
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My friend Marti has encouraged me to make more large felted wall hangings, and this one titled "Spring" was inspired during a moment of frustration with doing taxes. Both my studio and the beautiful woods were beckoning, so I decided to create and this was the result. You can find it in <a href="http://www.alpacalindy.etsy.com/">my Etsy Store</a>!</div>
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What are you doing that is inspired by Spring?</div>Lindy and Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05902911165627490484noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301048265584255094.post-82042645304653468932012-03-22T09:20:00.000-04:002012-03-22T09:20:00.492-04:00High Tech and Low Tech<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We have 3 pregnant ewes that needed shearing, and we were able to take them to <a href="http://www.kysheepdreams.com/">Dianne's farm</a> at the same time her flock was being shorn. We'll have our other 3 done when the alpaca shearers come on April 18th, but it helps to get the fleece off before lambing so the fleeces stay cleaner, and it's easier for the lambs to find their mama's udder.</div>
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This is my favorite ewe (top), and its pitiful but she still doesn't have a name! Any suggestions? She's a sister to Dianne's "Birdie" and she has the most gorgeous, lustrous white locks which I look forward to using in lots of felting projects. All three mature ewes are bred to an amazing Wensleydale ram, I can't wait for the lambs!</div>
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Shelby is our daughter's ewe, and she is soooo friendly since Mirian handled her a lot as a lamb. She sheared 12.5 pounds of lovely grey wool! I'm thinking of making a felted rug for Mirian from her fleece. </div>
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I love felting with raw locks, the natural, organic look is very unique so I decided to combine "low tech" with "high tech" to make an iPad cover from some of our own sheep's locks. First I had to wash the fleece... a process I enjoy for a short time, but it takes patience since the wool has so much lanolin and requires lots of hot water (I use the utility sink at the barn).</div>
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Here's the finished product! It's reversible, and has merino and tussah silk on the inside, with just the right thickness and cushion.<br />
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And yes, I'm one of those drink-the-koolaid Apple "sheep" that went right out and bought a new iPad (I sold my 2). How do I like it? I LOVE it! The enhanced camera allowed me to take all but this last photo, the retina screen is amazing, and I like having the availability of fast LTE with Verizon data access when I don't have wi-fi available. It does seem to burn up battery just a little faster, but it still has remarkable battery life! There's just something a little humorous to me about combining high tech and low tech like this!<br />
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Springtime is totally popping out here on the farm. The woods are bursting with tiny wildflowers and even the redbuds are adding a hint of pink to the landscape. Foals are romping over green-carpeted fields and my husband mowed our lawn yesterday.<br />
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And today? St. Patrick's Day, of course! Every spring is a miracle, but I have a personal miracle to share.<br />
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As I previously mentioned, my Mom was in the hospital (emergency gall bladder surgery). She got through that but just wasn't bouncing back.... Long story short, she was re-hospitalized with a serious infection and other complications.
My super close-knit family was faced with supporting my parents (married 62 years) through a very painful time. My parents have always been affectionate and expressive in front of our family, but I witnessed the truest of love over and over again when my Dad held and consoled my mom as she vomited and suffered day after day. My brother and Dad cried with Mom as she endured a particularly ugly wound dressing and I had to sit down for fear of fainting.<br />
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Mom was being fed through a line, and somehow over the past few days she began to regain her strength and appetite, slowly healing. Prayers and healing thoughts flooded in through family and friends, (some of them that I've never even met, except on Facebook!). Mom would beg Dad and I to tell her what we'd eaten at a restaurant, hanging on every word and moaning if we said it was good!
Eleven days in the hospital(with another stay just a few weeks earlier) was challenging her morale and on Thursday she was especially low and hard on herself due to not having been able to complete a diagnostic test (she just couldn't drink that nasty stuff). Mom, Dad and I all cried together as she expressed her frustration and feeling that she would never get out of the hospital. <br />
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For about the third time, she opined to Dad and I, "If only I could eat ONE BITE of lime jello...."
After a few minutes, I said "Okay, pity party is over, let's make this a good day!" Dad encouraged her and I reminded her that God was with her, and she was improving. She began to cry a little and said she wasn't feeling God's presence in the hospital. I reminded her that God was within each of her family members, and in each kind nurse, and in her doctor whom she wants to adopt!<br />
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Just a few moments later, in came a nurse with a tray upon which was perched a lovely bowl of green jello! We said, "What's this? She isn't supposed to eat!". The nurse said change of plan, the doctor had just approved clear foods for my Mom! She smiled and savoured each and every bite of that beautiful jello, as well as a small smorgasbord of other clear delights throughout the day, and she handled them all fine. Best of all, she got to go home yesterday!!!! Mom still has a lot of healing and recovery, but now she can do that at HOME, the most wonderful of places in the world. This has been a rare experience in an otherwise-healthy family, and has been a reminder that my parents won't always be with us, and all of us are here but for a time..... Healing has been done in ways other than physical as well. It's been an experience that we'd mostly rather forget!
But... I'll always remember how God answered my Mom's prayer with a simple bowl of lime-green jello (and our own prayers for her return to health).<br />
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The past few weeks have been eventful, as my Mom has been ill and I've been to Ohio a bunch. This past weekend I headed off with friends to Tennessee for the Southern Select Alpaca Show. I was on edge Friday as the weather predictions for the entire region were ominous... I've never heard such strong warnings about potential tornadoes and for the first time I can remember the schools in our county were let out early due to the storm potential.<br />
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As I was reaching Tennessee, my husband and kids were hunkering down on the farm... we avoided any damage, but there was HUGE hail for a very short time. Check out this photo! Yes, that is an egg in there for size reference. To give you an idea of the weird weather, it was 83 degrees when we reached Shelbyville, TN and as we came home last night we were trying to beat an incoming snow storm! There were tornadoes in our vicinity, and I was really uneasy being in a strange place during warnings but we avoided any problems. My heart goes out to those people in the towns that were devastated by the storms, and for those that lost loved ones....<br />
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The show was a lot of fun, and the highlight was a blue ribbon and Reserve Championship for 8 month old SSF Michelangelo's Oprah (at top)! As always, it was fun to reunite with old friends and to admire lots of beautiful alpacas.<br />
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Last week I picked these beautiful daffodils from the yard, and this morning we woke up to about 5 inches of snow! It's just gorgeous out there, and not too cold to enjoy it. Hoss and I went out for an early walk to enjoy the winter wonderland as I know it won't last long; he loves it!<br />
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I definitely get stuck on certain colors or color combinations from time to time in my fiber work, this time it's green! (My newest hat can be found in <a href="http://www.alpacalindy.etsy.com/">my Etsy store</a>). I guess it's my annual desire for spring, though we have hardly had a winter at all! (That could change this weekend, according to the forecast for Sunday in Kentucky!)<br />
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What's funny is that we are undergoing a kitchen re-do (updating after 20 years in our home... this is the last time you'll see the light blue formica countertops in the background of my photos). The cabinets have been painted a green called Olive Sprig, then lightly glazed- LOVE them!<br />
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My honey gave me this lovely plant for Valentine's Day- the green foliage is prettier than the flowers themselves.<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">When Hoss and I take our woods walks, I'm always on the lookout for green.... here, moss-covered rocks piled up on the hill.... I always wonder who stacked them there, how long ago, and why?</span></div>
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Now I'm off to my studio to work... and after writing this I can't stop noticing the green!</div>
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Daffodils soon to bloom by the studio...<br />
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A lichen-covered stick on the steps...<br />
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And more precious green fiber!</div>
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<br /></div>Lindy and Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05902911165627490484noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301048265584255094.post-29593753259442734652012-02-10T09:17:00.002-05:002012-02-10T09:17:18.215-05:00On a hat splurge!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Last weekend I was lucky enough to join some friends for another great retreat filled with fun and fiber. My friend Marti sums it up well here on <a href="http://www.happyart.com/adventures-in-art/creativity-in-a-serene-setting/">her blog</a>, with a beautiful video of our escapades. The photos taken around our weekend "home" at Shakertown really convey the serenity of the setting! We stayed in the beautiful Brick Tanyard house, and despite rumors of it being haunted the only spirit presence felt there was one of a friendly cat jumping on someone's bed!</div>
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I haven't been in much of a knitting mood lately, which is fine as I've enjoyed concentrating on my feltmaking. It was a little awkward at first to do wet felting in a room of people who were mostly sitting and spinning or knitting, but I soon got in a groove. I started making hats and then couldn't stop! Sadly, the first one and the one for which I spent the most time (above) by far didn't meet my standards.... I was playing with using cotton for some nuno instead of silk and I love the effect (around the band of the pillbox), but I kept making the crown part too flimsy despite 3 attempts! Oh, well....</div>
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These hats and a few more are now in my Etsy store. I'm trying, really trying to get things up in there, and have added some other new items as well! Have a great weekend, everyone :)</div>
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Wow, can you believe it? Two posts in 3 days (and I still have lots of felting to post about)!!!? It's a bright Sunday morning and I'm just back from a refreshing walk with Hoss. It was so lovely on the river trail that I stopped in to get my camera and we walked it a second time. Not a cloud in the sky, and the ground is slightly frozen, so nice not to be slogging in mud...</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">On mornings like this I have my religion.... I'm filled with gratitude for </span>my entire family both two and four-legged (and for teens safely slumbering in the house), for our health and my ability to walk our lovely trails, and for the opportunity to live in such a wonderful place.</div>
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<i>Handspun art yarn that I made on the retreat, I'm loving felting with this!</i></div>
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Oh, what a great time I had at my friend's fiber retreat in Northeast Ohio! As always, we learned so much from each other, ate lots of great food, drank good wine, felted, spun, carded, laughed, and just had a lot of fun. </div>
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We came with varying skills and experience, and each of us had something to teach. One of the best things about working together like this is that you always learn so much from other's teaching, and felting styles. Felting can be accomplished in so many different ways, each person has their own bag of tricks! That's one of the things I love about it, there is no ONE way to make felt. (Here are flowers that we made from mostly alpaca fiber).</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Madeline, whom I had never met before, is just learning fibery stuff, but she plunged right in and did beautifully with her projects. She's also a hilarious storyteller and amazing Italian cook, and we enjoyed her famous meatballs and sauce.</span></div>
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Both Madeline and Mary taught us how to do Japanese braided cords using a KumiLoom. It was great fun, and offers many possibilities! I always advice newer alpaca people to take any opportunity they can to learn from Mary, she's a wonderful and thorough teacher.<br />
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Here, Donna is working on a wine cozy. Mary taught us some great techniques for making really firm, hard felt and I look forward to using these methods in the future.</div>
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Here is my finished wine cozy. I seem to be a bit stuck on these colors!</div>
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Cheryl is a great host, and as always it was wonderful staying in her beautiful home. It was also refreshing to look out and see the snow-covered landscape, since we've barely had any winter weather here in Kentucky.</div>
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Cheryl and I devised a method to drink wine and felt at the same time. From the response this photo got on Facebook, we need to patent the technique since this photo was extremely popular among felters and was shared around the world!</div>
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Donna showed us some fun techniques for embellishing with craters/appendages, and I was happy with how my new iPad sleeve turned out. </div>
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Unfortunately, Donna didn't realize that she was using superwash merino for her cover (superwash means that the scales, necessary for felting/shrinking, have been removed through a chemical process). It was apparently mislabeled, and there is no way to tell by looking at wool if it is superwash. That was a tough lesson, as she had worked hard on the layout and it had seemed to be felting! Live and learn :)</div>
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We proudly gathered our samples and projects for photos before I left, not bad for 3-4 days!<br />
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There were many other things taught and learned, as well as sources and ideas shared, and I've been especially productive since returning. I have lots of new things to post, (a hat, fingerless gloves, mittens, a wall piece and a scarf) so check back soon! Thanks to all of my NE Ohio friends for such a fun time :)</div>
</div>Lindy and Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05902911165627490484noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301048265584255094.post-57331560321814074502012-01-06T09:42:00.003-05:002012-01-06T09:59:26.202-05:00Percolating<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I took a few weeks off from felting to "percolate" (letting the ideas simmer and swirl) as a friend calls it... it was a bit hard to get started again, but I think I'm back in the groove now! I really want to take some time this next month to do more experimenting and to just ENJOY the process, with no heed for schedules, art fairs and such.<br />
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I made a few hats yesterday and enjoyed working with some of my favorite colors. I really love the way the colors turned out in this part, felting always presents surprises! I'd gotten away from using these colors, but I've been sucked right back in! (I have a baby blanket to work on, these will definitely be included!)</div>
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This piece is still in progress, I'm just enjoying the heck out of the embroidery, and for some reason I just wanted to make lots of "craters" last weekend. I have no idea what I'll do with the other piece quite yet.</div>
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Stay tuned for a lot more felting experiments in 2012, it's going to be a great year!</div>
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P.S. This photo is in the running for a Cute Cria photo contest on Facebook- if you like it, please click on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2771792848266&set=o.297558410287784&type=1&theater">this facebook link</a> and Like it to vote- we could win free shearing for our entire herd!!!!</div>
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</div>Lindy and Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05902911165627490484noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301048265584255094.post-82553946175417086752011-12-29T21:18:00.002-05:002011-12-29T21:18:31.682-05:00Girl's Trip to the Biltmore and Beyond!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I have been in holiday mode ever since Art on the Farm, and doing very little felting or anything creative except to finish up some commissions right before Christmas. We had a great family Christmas, it seemed less stressful and as if there was just more TIME this year, which I really enjoyed. Our kids have had a pretty long break, and our son went to Florida with a friend's family so our daughter and I decided to go on a girl's trip to Asheville, North Carolina and the famous <a href="http://www.biltmore.com/">Biltmore Estate</a>, which is decorated for Christmas.</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">We did two of the "special tours" including a Candlelight Evening Tour which was breathtaking, as many of the mansion's fireplaces were lit, there was live music, and there were hundreds of poinsettas and dozens of beautifully-adorned trees. (Photos aren't allowed inside, so you'll have to go and see it for yourself!) It is fascinating to hear about the lifestyles of both the ultra-wealthy first residents as well as those that were in their employ (which we learned more about on the Butler's Tour).</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Despite the winter season, we enjoyed walking around the grounds and gardens, and it was wonderful to explore the Conservatory and it's many blooming plants.</span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FYhDGwyVBqg/Tv0YcGJBstI/AAAAAAAAE7Y/BGqcpXN3rEo/s1600/conservBiltmore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FYhDGwyVBqg/Tv0YcGJBstI/AAAAAAAAE7Y/BGqcpXN3rEo/s400/conservBiltmore.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
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We managed to find some time to drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway, wish we'd had more time for that, it's so gorgeous and relaxing, as there are NO commercial signs or development anywhere along the entire drive! </div>
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We stayed at two great B and B's on our trip, and enjoyed lots of time shopping and browsing Asheville's many art galleries.</div>
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One of the galleries even had paintings featuring Peru (our daughter's birthplace), so that was pretty neat!</div>
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I have to say that being exposed to so much amazing artwork has me feeling very inspired and I'm itching to get back in my studio next week and to do some completely new things with my felting!</div>
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We capped the trip off with a hike on the way back home on the <a href="http://www.appalachiantrail.org/">Appalachian Trai</a>l (with which I hold a lot of fascination, having read several books about people that have hiked the entire 2,100 miles). It was a lovely way to finish out what was a wonderful mom/daughter journey!</div>
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