I have been working around the yard trying so hard to clean up. I will say my yard is a mess. A friend said it best, "Your yard is feral." Oh, well, that's the way it is. I have been picking up things left lying around and put my tools away in their little shed. I have run the gas through the lawnmowers to put gas stabilizers in the engines.
I also picked up and swept the deck. I put the indigo buckets and the dyeing jars under the table. I have the big ole iron pot tipped over.
Inside I have also been nesting, trying to get the toys situated in the rooms and by the chairs that I want them. I feel like Goldilocks with my new e-spinner. I think I have finally settled on a chair and a small bench to place it. It seems to work well so far.
It is strange, isn't it, to have a spinning project in the studio and in the living room. Nice!
Patty is looking like a poor wooly dog. I really should break down and take her to a groomer for a little trim. Noodles is in snuggle mood. If I am sitting he wants in my lap. If I get up, he snuggles in the warm spot. I placed a felted wooly thing in the bottom of a basket, and he is there at the moment.
I think the majority of the cleaning out of my friend's storage units is done. There is a little bit of nothing left in one unit. JH helped me recyle almost all the rest of the books and National Geographics. All the metal stuff is recycled. Whew! Just some burning left to do.
A friend's landlord makes extra money by selling used appliances-washers, dryers, air conditioners, etc. He was able to get one of the old washers inside tub for me. I am going to make it into a fire pit for this winter. I like to sit by the fire and watch the flames. It will be nice when I finish it.
So all the preparation is almost done now to settle in for the winter and the winter projects. I am knitting a simple easy top-down raglan sleeve cardigan. I am on the body of that now. Then I have to decide what to do for my winter project. I don't think it will be as complicated as last year's.
The birds are into full-fledge feeding at the three feeders. It took some time to get the suet going, but I noticed two Downey's fighting yesterday and then the winner gorging on the suet. It is a sign that the weather has turned.
I am spinning some yarn for me. I love the subtle coloring of the deep steel gray with slips of reddish pink, yellow, and teeny bit of green. I think it has to be something for me. I also saved some purple for another something. So the spinning is for me right now.
I have discovered a sight on Facebook that auctions fibers periodically. I won two a while back, but only 4 ozs of each. The last one I bid on is two skeins of orange-y colorway. I am spinning one of the first ones, and it is really pretty. I am imagining it to be a chevron patterned scarf. I think it will be pretty that way. 4 oz should be adequate for a scarf.
Nothing else new. Just a little chat for the week. Have a great rest of the week.
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