Altered Visions

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Wow Where Do I Start!!

Well here we are..... already in a NEW YEAR and I have finally gotten a bit of time to post here again!! Things have been busy , snowy and cold here!!!  Lots of stuff has happened since my last post so I will try to remember it all and tell you all about it!!

Thanksgiving was uneventful and yummy! We spent dinner at my sisters, now that she is moved down here closer to us ,which has been great fun, we get to do that more often!!!! We then moved into Christmas and lots of fun times with our boys, my sister , her hubby and son and his new GF!! I took loads of pics and posted tons and tons on Flickr!! You'll have to wade thru all the new yarn pics to see some of the holiday photos!! and speaking of new yarn pics! I got myself a New Majacraft Aura wheel right before Christmas and I am having a blast spinning on her!! What a dream to spin on! She's effortless! I have named her Athena!.... More news....our youngest son is officially engaged! He gave her a stunning ring Christmas eve and totally surprised her!! We are thrilled of course!!

Well I thought there was so much more to talk about, but I seem to be at a loss of anything else exciting to say!! We have had some bitter cold weather and lots of snow but missed a lot of what ended up moving out and dumping along the east coast a few weeks ago now! but we have been getting our fair share and not much melting either as the temps have been mighty chilly and below freezing for some time! Oh except the few days we actually got near 60 degrees!! yeah that didn't last long!!

So I'll leave you with a few pics but please go to my flickr or FB page to see them all!! My new yarns are all posted in my etsy shop so stop in to see what I have been doing and maybe you'll find something you will just have to have!!! I will try to do better in the New Year and post more regularly!! Sorry I have been AWOL for so long now, but as you can see there wasn't really that much exciting going on, just lots of busy stuff!! I hope you all had wonderful holidays and may the New Year bring you peace, happiness and lots of creativity!! Stay well and happy!
my new baby!!! Athena!
Christmas at my sisters! lots on Flickr!
our son made the best prime rib for Christmas day dinner!! awesome!
our boys opening their gifts!! to fun!
our GD shouting LOOK DADDY!!! hehehe!
yarn already sold!
yarn already sold!
yarn in my etsy shop!
yarn in my etsy shop! there's more this is only a couple!

Here I AM AGAIN!!!

Not too much exciting to report! Weather here has now gone into the real fall mode. We are cold and windy and most of the leaves have now fallen off the trees and the furnace has been stoked with wood non stop now for a while!! We had snow on the east side of Cleveland but luckily we missed that all! I have added some new batts to the etsy shop last Sunday and today so stop over and take a peek! Lots of pics also on flickr too! There are pics too of my Art Gang meeting with my friends a few weeks ago and yarns I spun as well!! You just have to go back a bit to see them all!!

I hope to have more exciting things to post next time! For now I will leave you with a few pics of my batts, baby dog and the last of our flowers now a bit froze!!Then I'll get back to the last bit of my laundry! Have a great week!!!

 

It's Been Forever!!!

No I have NOT fallen off the face of the earth and I really am still alive! I am sorry I have neglected my poor blog so much lately! I have been busy though, so I have lots to tell and pics to share!! I have already posted all on flickr and facebook too so some of you have already seen them and know I really have been around,just not here on my poor little blog!!

So that being said let's see!.... I have managed to finally take a class with Jacey Boggs from Insubordiknit fame and I even managed to spin a few yarns too that weren't too awful with her fabulous techniques!!! She is truly delightful and so much fun to hang out with! Lucky me it was for 2 whole days!! wow it was amazing!! check out Flickr for LOTS of pics! (all to be exact!) I will only post a couple here so as not to make the post insanely long!

Then let's see..... I got to go to Rhinebeck with my sister, mom, dad, nephew and 2 of my sister's friends! (we all flew in separately! ) There I met up with my dear online friend and buddy Laura and her sister Sarah too! I also got to meet Nicola Brown, Heather Karlhiem, Cindy of Studioloo fame and Steph from Loop!! wow how can you beat that!! It was really amazing!!! So wonderful to make new and meet old friends!! I had the best time!! Please stop and see all the pics in flickr or on FB too!! I hope to finally get back in the swing of things now this coming week and do a much needed shop update! so please stop back to see what I come up with!!

I will try to do better with my posting here and keep you all up on the goings on! The weather is slowly turning more fallish and much cooler temps etc on the horizon so guess time to break out the long pants and warmer tops etc!! I have more pics coming of my BD fun with my friends yesterday too, so see there will soon be another post for you all to read!! have a great week! I'll catch you all again soon!!

the entrance to the Sheep and Wool fest had accidents both days and traffic was insane!!

Me, Heather and Nicola!

Steph and I!!

Laura and I

Laura, Cindy and I!!

my sample yarns from Jacey's class!!

Jacey and I!!!

Good Grief Where Does The Time GO???

Well here I am back at school/work already a month and I haven't posted here in forever!! All is well, just trying to get used to getting up at the Butt Crack of Dawn. The work day is a bit longer as well and always seems to be so busy and me so tired!! I still have several fleeces to dye and new prefelts as well as some silk! I hope to still accomplish all that, now esp as we are heading into fall and the temps are cooling down!(well that said we had record highs in the 90's just a couple of days ago!!) so I am hoping for a bit of Indian summer and maybe clean up my messy garden!! I am also working on some small knitting projects for Christmas that I can take with me to work and even if I only have a few minutes I can get some done and relax!!

I need to get some felting time in too! Thanks to Pam McGregor I really have the felting bug and if anyone ever gets a chance to go to one of her classes and/or her studio you will NOT ever be disappointed!!! What fun I had and she is such a dear!! Here is her Web site Tarvey Cottage Studio so you can drool over some of her wonderful work! I posted pics on my flickr this summer so take a peek! She will be teaching again at Woolfest next summer (I will be there for sure!) and also at the Gathering too and I hope to make that as well, but will be right when school starts so will see! Her work is amazing as you will see at her website!!

Now in Oct I am taking a spinning calss with THE Jacey Boggs of Insibordiknit fame!!! I am so excited!! She is coming thru the Medina Spinning and Weaving guild and I signed up 1st thing this spring!! Then on the 14th I am heading to Rhinebeck and meeting my little sister for the big fiber fest there at the Dutchess Co Fairgrounds!!! YIPPPEEE get to meet my online friends too as well! I am so excited about that and even my folks will be there! too fun!

So that is my excitement for now! Sorry no pics right now but I will take some for you soon!! Have a great week to come and I will try to be more dilegent on posting so you don't think I am dead!!! hehehe!

A Little Sad My Summer Is Over!

Well as of tomorrow my summer will officially be over and it is back to work again for me!! :((

I did have a great summer despite all the heat and humidity here and very little rain!! We finally had a nice shot of rain last nite and my brown crispy and crunchy grass is a tad bit happier!! As is my poor garden which is slowly going into fall mode and starting to look VERY scraggly!! still a lot of tomatoes starting on my plants as well as some peppers so I hope thy will still make it! My cukes have since gone along the way side though:(( but they were great while they lasted!! Happy that I have the Amish produce stand just a tad south of us so I can get a few more things still till fall really sets in and we have a frost! (yikes can't believe I said that!!) So I hope you all had a lovely summer and I'll be posting more etsy shop updates and spinning now again and also hope to do a lot of wet felting as I have lots of locks and fiber to play with!! Here are a couple of pics of my little wet felted bowl I made and the etsy shop has some fun batts and goodies there too!!

I will try to be back soon! I am hoping this will be a good year at school!!




and last but not least the baby!!