Up And At Em

Teapot and Daughter #1 are home. Yeah.... they are both exhausted and so I am up this morning by myself, full of vim and vigor. Yesterday I managed to finish my first Level 3 sample again. I spun ginned cotton and it looks very nice actually. Now I'm going to work on the second cotton sample. I might just work on cotton because it is relaxing. Level 4 is put aside for the moment while March break is here. I'm into too many things that require timing, thought, and not mindlessness. Cotton can be spun fairly mindlessly. So I will work on that for the moment.

It's an overcast day and once again I'm craving sunshine. This has been the longest and most dragged out spring on the face of the earth... I DO NOT want wind. Wind will take the snow away too fast and I want it to just rot and melt down into the ground and replace the ground water which has been so badly decimated over the last few years. It might mean a greener summer and hay supplies that are more reliable, which would be a bonus after this last year... always, am I thinking of hay. Still a little sunshine would perk me up in no time... I'm sure.

Dex is definitely doing better. He's definitely sturdier on his feet. My lambs from last year are beginning to look healthy again. After a long winter, I need to get out in the barn for a day and give it a good clean out. While all year long we try to keep against the fecal matter that accumulates in there it does freeze in the cold temperatures and so by spring there is a dreadful build up... so I need to have a  few good warm days where I can get in there and rake it all out. Nasty job, that! But there's nothing for it unless you want to tear down the old barn and build a new one every few years. Uhhh No! Sometimes I wish I had a little tractor. Then I could clean up poop no problem.... but then I'm sure you don't want to hear about poop this morning.

Well, it's Saturday morning and the coffee pot is brewing.... mmMMMmm... the smell of coffee is permeating the whole house... there's a pastrami on rye sandwich in the fridge with my name on it... for brunch, and North By Northwest is on CBC radio.... oh and cotton waiting to be spun... I just love Saturdays. And Sundays are good too.

Hope your weekend is great!