Rowan modeling a new hat that I made!
Hello again from Maybelle Farm. Its Sunday Nov. 25 and Thanksgiving is over and everyone is stuffed and staying inside because it's now very cold here in Southern Vermont. Thanksgiving Day was very nice but very busy. I cooked a turkey, made stuffing, Gilfeather turnip, gravy ,apple pie, raspberry pie, chocolate pie and an apricot/cranberry tart. We went to my sister Bev's house Thanksgiving in the afternoon. Darcy, Rowan and Declan came to dinner with us. It was a very relaxing day but I certainly was ready for bed that night. We have had some snow flurries and I guess its time to think winter.....ugh! Time to plug in the heater buckets and get out my long-johns! I would rather stay in the house by my lovely soapstone stove, curled up with a good book but farm life doesn't allow that! Its a nice idea but won't happen.
My cousin Angela came to the farm last week and helped me skirt 16 fleeces to take to Battenkill Fiber Mill. I did two more today and tomorrow Jonathan and I will take all 18 fleeces to be processed into yarn. It's so nice to get that many bags of fleece moved out of the barn. I still have a lot more to skirt but at least I'm making a dent in the pile of bags. I'm teaching a Fiber Class at the Newbrook Elementary School in Newfane on Monday afternoons and tomorrow the students will learn needlefelting. We are going to make either a santa or a snowman.
Last Sunday my niece Deb went with my sister Bev and I to the Saratoga Mall. We had a wonderful lunch at Ruby Tuesday's then shopped for awhile. Next we went to the Casino for a little fun for Bev's birthday! We didn't win anything but had lots of fun. We were home by about 7:30 p.m. and had a great day.
One of my very special sheep "Arwyn" has been sick. The Vet took some blood to check for several different things. He gave her a shot of Thiamine and some gastroguard paste. He said she could have an ulcer because she wouldn't eat. I had to give her a thiamine shot three times a day and the gastro paste twice a day. She is doing much better now and the bloodwork didn't show anything. Thank goodness, she is doing so much better! Next at the farm is deciding who will go in with Thistle (one ram) and who will go in with Custer (white ram) for breeding this year. I'm planning to put Colby, Snowflake and possibly Star in with Custer. I will put Winnie and Lyra in with Thistle.
Well I need to go do some work and then off to bed. An early morning to get to Greenwich,NY with the fleeces. So-long from Maybelle MaMa.
My cousin Angela came to the farm last week and helped me skirt 16 fleeces to take to Battenkill Fiber Mill. I did two more today and tomorrow Jonathan and I will take all 18 fleeces to be processed into yarn. It's so nice to get that many bags of fleece moved out of the barn. I still have a lot more to skirt but at least I'm making a dent in the pile of bags. I'm teaching a Fiber Class at the Newbrook Elementary School in Newfane on Monday afternoons and tomorrow the students will learn needlefelting. We are going to make either a santa or a snowman.
Last Sunday my niece Deb went with my sister Bev and I to the Saratoga Mall. We had a wonderful lunch at Ruby Tuesday's then shopped for awhile. Next we went to the Casino for a little fun for Bev's birthday! We didn't win anything but had lots of fun. We were home by about 7:30 p.m. and had a great day.
One of my very special sheep "Arwyn" has been sick. The Vet took some blood to check for several different things. He gave her a shot of Thiamine and some gastroguard paste. He said she could have an ulcer because she wouldn't eat. I had to give her a thiamine shot three times a day and the gastro paste twice a day. She is doing much better now and the bloodwork didn't show anything. Thank goodness, she is doing so much better! Next at the farm is deciding who will go in with Thistle (one ram) and who will go in with Custer (white ram) for breeding this year. I'm planning to put Colby, Snowflake and possibly Star in with Custer. I will put Winnie and Lyra in with Thistle.
Well I need to go do some work and then off to bed. An early morning to get to Greenwich,NY with the fleeces. So-long from Maybelle MaMa.
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