I promised pics of the plants actually growing in the deadfall at the base of Lily’s windshield, so here it is…
Even with a low quality phone picture that is unmistakenly life on death. The shot was taken from the driver’s seat while LR, er, my lovely assistant Trixie handled the lighting. It does look vaguely like the mother ship is landing though, don’t you think?
Wow. That’s depressing. So I’m giving in and talking about yarn. Today a couple of friends and I hauled my entire stash out of the RV and cleaned it up, culled the herd, and shoved it into new and improved packaging.
Yeah. I… I may have a small problem. But! It’s my job and my hobby, so I think that works out. Plus, some people have children and other collections of things that serve no real function. Even if I’m not actively knitting or spinning anything, the raw materials possess *potential* purpose.
Aw hell, I just like string. I’m not gonna make excuses about it anymore.
In fact, I like string so much, I make my own. This is my newest wheel. It’s a Roadbug model from the wonderful people at http://www.themerlintree.com/merlin001.htm
I’ve done my own finishing in walnut, not complete yet but I keep spinning rather than working on the wheel. Mom dyed the fiber in the pic btw. It eventually became the Venus doll (http://www.darktwist.com) that I gave to the Yarn Harlot (http://www.yarnharlot.ca) when she came into town and had a reading from her latest book.
And I am totally exhausted. I’d have more hearse updates, but apparently the repair fairy is out on a date right now and is unable to answer the phone. As for the RV… we’re not going to talk about the yarn and fabric that had to be thrown away because the mold was so bad. Nope, not gonna mention the leaky roof until after the hearse is put back together.
I may have to hurt someone.
