Diorama

Just the oddest things catch your eye while walking in the neighborhood.

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That is when you look inside gates and along stairways leading up the mountain side.

Spinning

There is this rather large bump of roving that I purchased some lifetime ago. Might have been over eBay, I have no real idea, only that the label says that this handdyed Romney was $14US for 3#- and it weighs out at almost 1500gm).

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And it spins to singles looking about like this –

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I don’t mind the pink, it gives it nice highlights. but there is a lot more natural brown in the carded roving that I had imagined. I think I am going to stop and ply some to see how it appears.

Audio Books

The Three Fates by Nora Roberts on the cassette player in my studio, and another Stuart Woods’ Stone Barrington in the car’s CD player. Ever notice (both authors) how the characters and plots get recycled? It is more than tropes, it is huge story elements that sound the same (to include dialog). Ah well, one is good spinning background and I certainly am not going to worry if I miss a track or five of Barrington’s behavior.

-Holly

About Holly

fiber person - knitter, spinner, weaver who spent 33 years being a military officer to fund the above. And home. And family. Sewing and quilting projects are also in the stash. After living again in Heidelberg after retiring (finally) from the U.S. Army May 2011, we moved to the US ~ Dec 2015. Something about being over 65 and access to health care. It also might have had to do with finding a buyer for our house. Allegedly this will provide me a home base in the same country as our four adult children, all of whom I adore, so that I can drive them totally insane. Considerations of time to knit down the stash…(right, and if you believe that…) and spin and .... There is now actually enough time to do a bit of consulting, editing. Even more amazing - we have only one household again. As long as everyone understands that I still, 40 years into our marriage, don't do kitchens or bathrooms. For that matter, not being a golden retriever, I don't do slippers or newspapers either. I don’t miss either the military or full-time clinical practice. Limiting my public health/travel med/consulting and lecturing to “when I feel like it” has let me happily spend my pension cruising, stash enhancing (oops), arguing with the DH about where we are going to travel next and book buying. Life is good!
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