Merry Christmas Everyone

Granny 2 Died

She's one of our black & white speckled hens. They lay super dark brown eggs. The boys called her "Mean Granny". She was the one to put a contrary critter in it's place ;) Always talking and sqawking. She left behind her sister Granny 1 "Fatty Granny" and 14 other assorted hens and roosters. Before she died she sounded like a lizard. Lost her spunk. We did not know how old she was when we got her but she was well loved here by the boys and I.

Winner is chosen

Ok!
Looks like Heather is the winner. Congratulations!! Just send me your address and I'll get them to you soon :)

Did It Really Freeze? & a Contest!

I can't tell.

Can you?


On a side note the remember the 6 baby black chicks that hatched May 27th? Here they are.....


How many big shiny black roosters did you see?.....

This is the Contest! My Rooster Conundrum :)

Every once in a while I hear the strangled cries of a young one learning how to crow. But which one? I think .... thought there were only 3. But now I am not so sure. What do you think? And how does one tell? Their mom is a Black Australorp. The sire was a Rhode Island Red. If they were RIR's it would be easy for me to tell ;)

Just leave a comment and my youngest will pull a name randomly on Thanksgiving Day for the winner. November 27, 2008.

The Prize is a set of 6 revised McGuffey's Eclectic Readers & Primer. All it needs to be a complete set is #5. Here is a picture of the actual barely used books.

Busy Busy

I dyed 6 rovings and 12 yarn hanks this week! Most of it was sold, traded or bartered before it ever made it to Esty. I'm happy and it was a TON of fun! Here it is...


It's on it's way to places from Texas to Canada :D So this week I have more rovings to do and list.

Project wise I have finished Phillip, Derek and Deven's hats. I'm working on Logan's now. This is just the 1st 1/2. The other 1/2 will be shades of green and a bit tan. Same yarn as Phillip 1 side of hat.... Let me find a picture....

Here it is!

I wonder if dad would wear one of these things? (In blues) Or would he rather a new Texas A&M baseball cap? :)

I'm learning to knit 2 socks at the same time. That is super cool! It feels like it takes longer, but really it's not, because by the time I am done. I will have 2 socks to wave around instead of 1!!!
These are for Day of the Dead competition. I will probably lose because I decided to try and learn this at the last second and had a few problems ;) But that's ok :) I will be using this method from now on socks. I really wish I had know about it a LOOONG time ago hahaha

The project I started for Shirly is creeeeeping along. I have a hard time with charts that don't have full written out words for back up. So I have set it aside untill after the holidays. Maybe I can get it done intime for her birthday. If not maybe Christmas next year :D

Mom's Christmas yarn finally came in as did her replacement yarn for her Bday. To bad bday is almost tomorrow and project is huge. I had to replace the yarn because it was 70% alpaca/30% silk It was beautiful and sooooo soft. I got it on sale years ago. It screamed MOM. I just didn't know what to do with it until this year LOL. This year is when I found out I was allergic to Alpaca. I can knit with if fine (suuuure) it's when fibers start to float and land on my face... My face welts up where the fibers land cry. So last week I was wandering the internet and found some 50% Merino 50% silk Angel Wings by Fly Designs in Teal Lake And got it on SALE!! So Mom you will get a super nice Bday/Christmas present next year.

I guess that's it for now

Dale isn't climbing the fence

He's leaping the fence like a dear. I saw him do it!
And I think we found a new owner for both Dale and Nona.
They live down the road and need a new buck. :)

Dale is driving me nuts!

2 weeks ago he got out of the pasture and discovered the pear tree. Every since then he has derived a plan to get to the pear tree at least 2x a day! All fencing areas have been fixed. I think the unknown 1/4 of his breed is mountain goat ;0 and that is how he is getting out now. Only because Nona hasn't followed since all the repairs have been made. :) He does follow me back to the gate everytime. Like a little boy in trouble. Head down and all haha. The pears are just too much temptation I guess. He'll be after the persimmons next month.....