Trying To Stay Upbeat... (which is really hard)!

It is really hard to be up beat when all around me there is the terrible devastation of this drought. The soil in my garden is no longer soil it is dust. Every good thing in it has dried up and blown away. This morning there is smoke on the air which means that somewhere there is a fire. I had a look at the CBC news and I'm sure half of B.C. is on fire. It really is scary how dry everything is. I just wish that some of the rain that is causing havoc in Saskatchewan would fall on us. Last night I sat out on the deck and watched lightning all around us on the horizon but no storm hit here and certainly no rain.... it was hotter than Hades last night.
But enough about that. It's just too depressing.

I started working on some knitting for the level 4 homework last night and though I haven't finished level 3 I decided to go ahead with the level 4 knitting sample for my percentage dyeing because sometimes you just don't want to spin.... knitting last night was just what I needed. I am making a small bag using colours in such a way that they run together.... I am sure it will look really great when I finish. Besides I miss knit night and haven't knit all summer.... so it felt good to have the needles in my hands again.

I went to FSJ yesterday and took the Daughters to The Sorcerer's Apprentice. It was a nice little movie but all the way to town I kept thinking about hay. I have enough hay for today's feeding and then I am out. So it has really become crucial that I find a source of hay today. I thought I had one. On the way to town yesterday I passed a farm that seemed to have lots of bails out and there was a sign with "Hay For Sale" so I stopped to see what was what. They had hay but it is hay that has a high alfalfa content. Well I figured even though that is not so good anything is better than nothing. So I talked to the lady and she said she would have her husband call me... I waited and waited last night but nothing.... so now I am not sure that there will be hay for me. I will call them today but I have to get hay..... absolutely... if not from them, from somewhere.

In the meantime I have a friend dropping by today... we will sit and spin.... and no doubt gab. I haven't caught up with her in ages... not since before Olds.... so I am looking forward to that. I figured it would be a good time to try those t.p.i. questions again since maybe while I'm distracted I might just spin the t.p.i. that I want exactly.... hmmm ... not likely but it's one theory... ha!

Teapot will be home tomorrow and I am so glad our time apart is over I can't wait. I can tell you that after 10 days apart, I know I do not want to be the sole owner of a hobby farm and I certainly wouldn't want to raise two girls on my own. Both are daunting tasks, better done by two than one.

So that is it for today... hay, spinning, a little knitting.... lots of colour.... and some watering of animals. I sure hope I can get hay.... I have until 4 p.m. tomorrow to find a bail.

Wish me luck..... and wish my poor sheep luck too.... Saturday is culling day.