Just finished planting 50 strawberry plants. Only 450 to go! Note huge maple tree cut down and brush piles to be burned. Lots of work being done here.
We’ve Moved
Future Strawberry Field We moved to Gilmanton, NH at the end of January, 2011 and have been right out straight since. The house needs work which we did 6 weeks prior to moving in. Then we jumped right in to set up the maple syrup operation. We have such great plans for our new spot.… Continue reading We’ve Moved
Russian Mittens
I just finished a class on Russian Mittens and here they are. Not bad for my first colorwork. I love taking classes as they motiviate me to get my homework done for the following class. Now I need to buckle down and make Christmas gifts. I took a spinning class last month. Way cool. So… Continue reading Russian Mittens
New Soap
Made a new soap called Oatmeal Stout. Looks good to eat doesn’t it? This soap as well as other soaps and 100% beeswax candles are available on my Etsy site: http://www.etsy.com/shop/mparker32
I’m Bad
I’m bad. I just typed a huge long post and lost it! Now it’s double bad as it’s been over a year and I haven’t blogged. The gardens were great earlier this year. Nicely weeded – they looked like they belonged in a magazine. So why didn’t I take pictures? Beats me. We have been… Continue reading I’m Bad
One parting shot…
Isn’t this a great picture? Taken on June 6 at Twitchell Lake in New York state. The moon was amazing!
And finally…
I finally finished my first pair of socks. Hey, it only took three months!!!! I don’t know how people make a pair of socks in three days. I don’t get it? Here’s a picture. So of course, I need to start another pair. My first pair of lace socks, toe up. I really like these……..… Continue reading And finally…
Camera is water logged
Sad news, now that I’ve decided to use my camera alot and post pictures on this blog I go and drop it in a lake. Luckily it wasn’t too deep so I grabbed it but the camera is dead; however I pulled the card out and the pictures are saved. So what follows are several… Continue reading Camera is water logged
Here comes the color
On Sunday the tree and plants had several buds on them but were still closed up. I took these pictures Wednesday and the cherry tree was totally blooming – all flowers were opened and all Lungwort plant were open and flowering just beautifully. Very colorful!
Sock KAL
Ok, I bought Wendy Johnson’s new book: Socks from the Toe Up. Some kind person on Ravelry decided to start a group based on this book. We are knitting a pair of socks each month based upon a different pattern in Wendy’s book. We get to practice one until June 1st when we offically start… Continue reading Sock KAL
