08.24.08
Posted in Redwood Living at 12:22 pm by Lynette
so little time. Has it been a week since I last posted? Is school really starting in just 7 days? Is summer almost over? Is tonight the closing ceremonies of the Olympics? Where has the time gone?
I have so much to do and so little time. 
The canning started this week with 80 lbs of Glo Haven Peaches.
Probably the pears will come this week and tomatoes the following one. The potatoes are dug and tucked in their crates with shreded paper.
Socks, don’t even ask about that. I’ve decided to wait until the kids get back in school in a few days to get started on my inventory. I’ve been finishing up customer’s orders and shipping them out.
The kitties are doing fine. Here they are in their normal afternoon sleeping configuration.
We call this picture Ying/Yang.
With all that Black and white it is sometimes hard to see where one ends and the other begins!
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08.15.08
Posted in Redwood Living at 5:42 am by Lynette
I really like humming birds. When we moved I was sorry that I was leaving behind a family of hummers that I had fed for 18 years. So I purchased a feeder and put it outside my office window. The first day I had one show up, second day two and yesterday three. It is amazing how fast they found the feeder. The kittties love sitting on the window ledge and watching the battle as the original humming bird defends her food. The other two have worked out a good plan of distraction so, in the end, everyone get a taste.
Yesterday the battle went on all day, you took your life in your own hands if you stepped outside onto the deck.
This morning it seems they are getting along.
Socks
Every Friday I will be putting up 3 pair of socks in my ETSY store for sale. Sometimes they will be specific sizes, other times they will be knit to your shoe size. Get those lists started….It’s time to start thinking Christmas!
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08.13.08
Posted in Redwood Living at 9:25 am by Lynette
No, not our financial bank but the ‘bank’ behind our house.
Ugly I know.
Last week I visited our local nursery and purchased loads of heather. I think this will work. Thanks a bunch go out to Rosie’s Backyard Nursery in Crescent City. They specialize in heather and are converting to natives. Bonus for me as I got 3 flats of overgrown unidentified heather to put on the bank. I think I’ll separate it as best I can and do kind of a patchwork look with blobs of color together. I also have my eye on some rosemary from a local resort. They will bet trimming it soon and have promised me to save some.
Just call me the salvage queen!
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08.04.08
Posted in Redwood Living at 7:11 am by Lynette
My life, for the last 6 weeks has been, well, (abby) normal. With the packing, moving, contractor ‘conversations’, bank dealings and DH on 3 weeks vacation, I’ve really not felt settled.
Today is the DH’s first day back to work after what seemed like a very LOOOOOOng 3 weeks. But, he actually said this morning (at 5:30) that he really didn’t want to go back to work. That living up here gives the desire to stay home. This is a change as always before he has wanted to get back to work and not stay home.
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Last the DS and I went for a quad drive looking for elk. The DH wanted to take a picture to work with him today showing the fellows that he was being serious about an elk herd right next to our property. But alas, we did not see any elk. As we were taking the senick route (read the long way) home the thought flashed into my mind that the logger has seen several Black Bear in the area. In fact it is Bear hunting season. So we stopped and I told the 13 year old son that if we came upon a bear to either 1. turn around fast the get out of there or, if we cannot turn around 2. put the quads in high and drive right past as fast as possible.
We arrived at our desitnation without misshap. It was a beautiful evening,no wind, not much fog and this
Boardman State Park.
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Kitty Bliss
Our two kittens are seeming to become more interested in us. Saturday they plopped down beside KT as though she was their mom and took their afternoon 2 hour nap.
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Garden update. It has been a frustration for my friend LS to grow her garden this year. She is trying to grow a large garden on previously logged land. To complicate matters, she is going totally organic. So there is no quick fix for poor soil. Yesterday she called all excited about getting 20 yards of composted cow Poo Poo delivered from our local organic dairy. How many people do you know who get excited about Cow Poo Poo?
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Knitting, socks, vending and Rainy Day Yarn Club
Now that life is back to semi-normal for me I can get back into a routine. During the day I knit socks, finish them at night and ship out the order(s) the next day. Sometimes in the evening I work on the Mystery Shawl that I’ve been knitting on for about a year. I’m almost done.
The Rainy Day Yarn Club - here is the blurb and follow this LINK to the web page.
Fernwood Woolworks is announcing sign-ups for 50 participans in
Fall/Winter 2008 Rainy Day Yarn Club.
Fernwood Woolworks is located in Southern Oregon and is an independently owned business that specializes in hand painting self-patterning sock yarns. Each skein you receive is from superwash wool raised, processed, manufactured and hand dyed in the USA with the colors and patterns reflecting our surroundings - the Redwood National Forest, Pacific Ocean and Southern Oregon.
Past offerings have included:
Iris
Cornicopia
Burr
Tulips
Wildflowers
To mention a few….
This years yarns will be new colorways available first to Rainy Day Yarn Club Members
How it works:
Starting - October 15, 2008
Ending - March 15, 2009 (No shippment in December)
You will receive 1 skein per month for five months of sock weight yarn. The skeins for the yarn club are are 400 yards each. If you think you’ll need an additional 100 yards for a large men’s pair of socks or a complicated pattern, just let me know when you sign up and I’ll include an extra 100 yards per month for an additional $15 for the club membership.
Yarn will be Superwash Corigdale Wool, sock weight with these limited edition colorways available to Rainy Day Sock Club members this fall and winter.
Cost $115 per membership (limit 2 memberships per person)
Includes:
5 (five) skeins superwash sock yarn
5 (five) packets Soak Wash
Free Shipping to you monthly.
Included is shipping to the USA. (Choose the Worldwide option for outside the USA)
To sign up
To reserve your membership in the Rainy Day Yarn Club, ‘purchase’ this item and
You will be notified of your membership by email where you can complete your registration.
Please Note:
As each skein is hand paint we will be limiting sign ups to 50.
These will go fast so sign up now!
Sign Ups close September 15, 2008
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