Fiddlehead Mittens

My Fiddlehead Mitten kit arrived today. I had first found the pattern on Hello Yarn's website and I loved the colors in the mittens she had knit. Tanis at Tanis Fiber Arts www.tanisfiberarts.com has been putting together these Fiddlehead Mitten kits in several colorway groupings, with just the right amount of yarn. I'm finally going to be able to make myself a pair.

This Years Rams and More

Meet Three Ring Henry. Allena was too generous and loaned him to me this fall. He was a Spring 09 lamb, not very old but he's getting the job done. I like his size, fleece length, and overall looks. Is AFD was a low, 23.6. The only thing I'd fault him with it a high CV at 33.5.

Fletcher Crescendo has a gorgeous head. I really like this ram. He's double coated and his numbers are pretty good for that type of coat I.M.H.O. -AFD 26.4, CV 32.2. He was born in 06. He has 2 of the girls.

Lettie is a Crescendo daughter.

Glory (Parr T on the Bar) and Geno (Poco G Sassy Lady) were up waiting on us. Glory is the 2 year old filly(Buckskin) I bought this spring. She has a fantastic disposition and has thusfar been easy to work with. I've several rides on her now. We named her Glory after the kids kept saying her name was Party on the Bar, at church and everyone knows how some people can be. Geno came with her name. Named after a friend of the previous owner. She has been a wonderful horse. She had been used for everything-from shows to rodeo. She is definitely a cow horse as she is amazing to watch when she is let loose with the calves. She flies around penning and sorting a calf or two out. While she is chasing them off, she is watching the others to hold them in their "corner" of the pasture.

Several years ago a big gust of wind and blew a big Walnut tree, like the one pictured below, over. It was sudden and the wind was indredible. My husband thought a tornado was down, but it was just straight line winds. Anyhow, it crushed half of our garage. For the last few years there has just been a gaping hole there.

This is only half seen in this photo. The Black Walnut trees can be huge.

This afternoon I noticed a flock of Bluebirds in our yard. They are my favorite bird so it was a treat to see them.

Superman is our white Silkie rooster.

And finally, our Peacock was roaming around. He's almost 2 and has a few eye feathers on his back. I've heard that it takes 3 years for their adult feathers to come in.