Adventures in fiber

Today was full and yet I feel as if I didn’t get anything done.. I got up at 4 and did some knitting, but the weather has been warm enough I wanted to get an early start outside. So I read urgent email, put in a load of laundry, then went out to the greenhouse, where I picked another 2 gallons of tomatoes and the same size bucket of greens. There were even a couple cucumbers ready. I brought those in and washed them as the potatoes boiled. We had fried potatoes with onions, broccoli and tomatoes for breakfast.

I washed up the tomatoes and set about 1/2 of them aside and peeled and am cooking the rest of them along with Sunday’s pickings for pasta sauce. I’d really like to get several quarts canned for the winter.

We ate breakfast and cleaned up, then I went out to water the greenhouse. It was now time to pull weeds from the entrance to the house. The ground is so dry, I don’t understand how anything grows, but there is a very persistent water iris that we thought we had completely taken out. So in the morning I will soak the front really good and then try to tackle the water iris new shoots.

Then I went to the strawberry patch to try getting weeds out of there. I hired a teen boy yesterday and the prior day, but apparently he doesn’t quite understand work. He did plant another bed of strawberries and put straw down. For the amount of time spent – enough said. I need to get the weeds out and put straw between the existing plants. And clean the aisle he said didn’t have any weeds left, then redistribute the straw.

At noon we took off for Bellevue (3 hour round trip) to the Blind Alley to find some blinds for our bedroom. They had a very good selection. However, we have not yet made up our minds.

Back home we came and I had many steps still to do for my Fitbit, so spent an hour doing that, made dinner, turned the sprinkler on the strawberries as I would like the weeds to actually come out of the ground easily.

I’ve been thinking what to do for the blog. So after dinner, I came to the sewing studio to make a Block for one of the BOMs that I am doing. I made 24 flying geese blocks to show you that is the first part of this block and GUESS WHAT! After they are nicely done, I see that the colors are reversed. Tomorrow I plan to make them reversed of what you see here.

It feels as if I have been going all day, with nothing to show for it. Tomorrow must be better.

The animals are fed and bedded down, so off to do the last half hour of walking and then to bed.

Jen brought the boys over for a fun visit.   After they picked about 3 gallons of tomatoes, we went out to lunch.  Their request was for Mexican and so we did.

After lunch, what else, but a good game of Sorry in which of course, only the losers are Sorry.  Since it is a game for 4, I pulled out my knitting while they played.   But I think I enjoyed watching them as much as they enjoyed playing.

Today the men came to make our master bathroom new again.   The toilet base was cracked and unknown to us leaking under the floor.   The tub is not yet leaking, but was headed that way with the old fixtures.

So we spent some time at the showroom picking out new fixtures including faucets.   Sometimes the difference between models is not visible to me.   I mean – a toilet is a toilet – right?    The bathtub we had, we really liked, so picked the same look, but without the Jacuzzi which was the part that was threatening trouble.     We chose a nice mottled marble for the floor.

And here is how it is looking this evening.   The floor and toilet are out.   The tub will come out and there will be a new toilet, tub, floor and door, but it will look much the same.   Only the floor will really look different.  But it will take the rest of this week and perhaps some of next week.

This post is a bit personal, so you are welcome to delete right here because I’m just a tad upset about being misunderstood and therefore labeled.

It has been hinted at more than once that I am a hoarder.   I do not think so, my belief is that I simply have a studio with a good supply of ingredients and many projects to do.   Some in all stages    To prove my point, I have gone through the house taking photos.  Nothing has been staged, just snapped as I went through the rooms.

The first room is the sewing/quilting/crafting supply room.   There are several photos here.   Notice that items are hung, boxed, labeled etc so I know what is where and can find it immediately.

The bags hanging on the front have current BOMs in them.

This is two of the 4 shelving units like this with folded yardage.  Actually there is yardage on each side of a unit which makes 8 sides.   I do need to get the flannel blankets done and off to the church as that would eliminate some immediately.

Holiday decorations and fleeces in buckets are in this cubby under the stairs.

OK, that is the room off the studio.   Next up:   the studio

The quilt hanging at the far end is the “mistake” quilt that I finished binding this morning.

Here is a bedroom that holds my fleeces from last year and this year and the reason I am refreshing my spinning skills.   Next year the fleeces will be sold as there are enough here for a few sweaters, scarves, etc.

These are photos of the downstairs rec room/kitchen which is only used for the large cutting table it has and for preparing animal food.   There is a large TV there, but isn’t used.

My closet is fairly small, but since I have few clothes, I can fit knitting  current yarns in here as well

These are the living room, dining, room and entry areas

This is the kitchen/family room area

and this is the entrance hallway storage.

OK    You have seen a large amount of materials, but would you call it hoarding?   Does it really look like a hoarders house.  Please comment.