Last Friday, Tom had the great idea of going to the Corner Pub. It is kind of in the middle of nowhere in the Samish flats but has great food and ambiance. It used to be a gas station, and the sign is still there.
I had fish tacos, and Tom had the chicken parm sandwich which was a special. We ran into our brother-in-law Brett there which was a surprise. It was nice seeing him.
That afternoon I skirted the last three fleeces. Priscilla’s Shetland fleece was nice, as expected. I look forward to spinning it.
Maybelle’s Gotland-Shetland fleece was mostly felted so will make a nice rug. But the neck wool is pretty so I may spin some of that.
Mr. D’s Nigora fleece was mostly felted so heavily skirted. What is left is soft but has guard hairs. I may spin this as well. So plenty of projects from my animal’s fleeces.
This is Wally enjoying the back porch in the afternoon sun.
Saturday morning I saw Summer trying to lick Jameson through the fence again.
The turkey poults are getting bigger.
Saturday afternoon I went to another lecture about the Equality community. It was really interesting, and now I have a better idea of its location. Here are some of her resources, most of which I have.
I finished a great book. It is about a young woman from California who unexpectedly is responsible for a Norwegian sheep farm. It is an amazing tale of her year there. Highly recommended.
Sunday morning I was greeted by a farmy scene from the back porch with a donkey, cow, and tractor.
That morning we tried again to introduce Summer to Jameson hoping again it would go well. Initially it did.
But then it didn’t.
We are now going to give up. We will dry off Summer and bottle feed Jameson. It is not worth it to keep endangering him and ourselves with this.
The turkey poults continue to grow. I love watching them.
Sunday afternoon I did take some time to knit in front of the Mariners’ game. It was nice.
That evening I made a cocktail inspired by one on the menu at the Corner Pub. I thought it was pretty with the blue color and jelly beans in the bottom. The skull vodka bottle looks amazing in the sunshine. The drink was not tasty to me so I will not recreate it, but it was fun to do once.
Monday morning in the barn I was surprised by something I haven’t seen before. Bambam’s horn was intertwined with Diddley’s. It appeared to have been going on for a bit as it appeared that Diddley had been dragged around.
When I got a closer look, I realized how bad it was. Diddley’s horn was completely encircling Bambam’s at the base. The only way to disentangle them was to inch Diddley’s horn down Bammy’s, but they kept fighting me. I didn’t think I could do it. I tried calling Tom for help.
I was able to get Diddley’s horn down Bammy’s and finally I was able to separate them. Bammy ran away immediately, but Diddley was more subdued. He ended up staying in the barn all day which is unlike him. But he then recovered. That was scary.
On Tuesday I performed a spring ritual. I made my annual nettle pizza. The last couple of years it hadn’t been as good, and I think it was because I overloaded it with the nettles. So this year I carefully followed the recipe, and it turned out much better. I did add garlic oil to half of it which I also think helped.
Yesterday I spent 2.5 hours online because some FIFA World Cup tickets in Seattle were going on sale. After the 2.5 hours I found out that the cheapest price for individual tickets was $1525 up to $2650 for the USA versus Australia game. So I am not going to see a World Cup game even though they are in Seattle.
Yesterday evening, after the Mariners game (a win!), I turn the channel to the Stanley Cup playoffs for background noise. But then we witnessed something we haven’t seen before. In the Philly-Pittsburg game there was a huge fight. And afterwards there were eleven players in the penalty boxes. Five for Philly and six for Pittsburgh. That was a crazy game.
Today was just standard chores although I was able to participate in my zoom spinning group which was really nice. I tried to get a photo of my three older sheep’s black noses getting their morning bread. But I waited too long and only got two of them. They are getting gray too.
During the spinning zoom in my fiber room, Wally joined me to sleep while I spun. Ryeleigh joined me as well. It was all very perfect.
This afternoon a Red Racer snake (Tom’s nomenclature) was on our front juniper. She seemed to be sunning herself and not worried about us. We are wondering if we will have more cute baby snakes again this year. The grandkids loved them last year.
That is what is happening here. I hope you all had a good week as well,
