It's Back !

Not winter but almost. Lower temperatures with rain showers is a nice change from the a little "too exuberant" days of spring. That would be in the high 70's to 80.  What is it about that? Come September we will be wishing for those temperatures that in those infant days of spring felt like 170 degrees . Always the way isn't it what we are accustomed to is a good part of our response when we find our selves in a new situation?

I won't complain that we have also welcomed back fires at night and a cuppa of that lovely raw Jersey milk with a spoonful of honey mixed in. Certainly makes for a deep sleep and peaceful dreams. However too much makes jeans tight. Perhaps it is a good thing it is time to come out of hibernation.

Love Is In The Air is the newest addition to my growing rose garden. The flowers themselves are almost crepe paper in looks. I am anxious to see what I will have when this sweet bush grows to maturity.

Speaking of roses. These beauties are from my second yellow rose bush that came March of 2013. It has been in several of my blog photos. These two huge blossoms had very short stems so I "floated" them in a favorite mug.

The Blueberries greening out and have some berries just beginning. I am afraid that this year will not be as much of a bumper crop as I had last year. In fact if something doesn't change soon I will need to supplement my blueberry use at Farmers Market.

My passion of the 2018 Spring season. I have always loved to have fancy hummingbird feeders. This one is new to me and I am getting one more after this. The more ornate are a bit more pricey than the cute red and yellow type . So with the addition of this cutie and another after this my total will be three with my original.
Hopeful to get photos of the happy hummers!

 




The umbrella to go with the 16 year old patio set is another new addition. When it was first purchased in Fresno it didn't need the umbrella as the patio had a roof over it. But not so much here. Only took me two years to find the one I liked and fit into the budget. Did I hear someone say procrastinator?








Below is an art batt of blue alpaca blended with some mulberry silk in yellow, green and blue. It is my first art batt and had fun picking and blending colors. I then ran them through my large drum carder to blend them. I am content with them and have some other additions coming to do some more batts with them.

Look closely at this woman . Especially her left hand and the contents there of. Kathleen gave a great talk at the Thursday fiber night at the alpaca farm. The topic was combing wool and fine fibers , such as alpaca. And also how to use combs with a hackle. The talk was amazing and she is such a super speaker. Inspired me to get a second pair of combs for fine fiber. And again click on the photo and check out those combs. You really don't want to mess with someone holding those combs. Perhaps we could have also subtitled the presentation "Self defense with mid evil fiber preparation tools".