She is home

She is home.
The moment I have been waiting for so long. Fiona came here on my birthday....and what a present it was. She is adjusting well, happy, healthy and has plenty of dapples.. She rolls, she sleeps laying down like a little bunny in the warm sun. She is making friends with the fam and the dogs....chases the tractor and whinnies when I come with hay. It is truly unreal to me - like a dream. Chef built a garden shed last year to be used for, yes the garden, who knew.... it has become my tack room. I have made a beautiful arena to ride in and train her, planted aspen and roses around the fence.

No matter rain or shine we work- I have been lunging her in torrential rain storms that we have been having lately until we are both sopping wet. Grooming her in the warm sun- till she shines so beautifully, practicing my "old man walk" (if you watched the Buck movie you know what I am talking about) we are bonding.

I have been riding my trainers horses to get my stamina back ready to begin riding Fiona this month, (she makes it all look so easy) and has been working with me in the rain and the wind...I feel like I have been training for the Olympics...I so appreciate her dedication to me and getting Fiona ready.

2 days before my birthday the last day Fiona was at the stables- she surprised me and said

"Today is the day".

I rode her for the first time.

Imagine having the most beautiful present in the world, lovely packaged in brightly colored paper and beautiful  ribbon...but never opening it, just loving it for what it was. Well, I did get to open my present- by riding her, I cried the whole time...my trainer just laughed.

I feel as if I am 12 again.

Blowing out my candles on my birthday cake this year I wished for all of my families dreams to come true.

Mine had.

This is not just about having a horse- this is getting back something that I thought I had lost-
Me. 

How can you wish for anything more when your dreams have come true?

Yarnalong

Here is my project-

way behind schedule 

 for my mom on mothers day.

I was inspired by Lori and found the pattern thru her.

SOTHIA

 I am using my own hand dyed merino- which I think gives a little uniqueness.

 I have never knitted a shawl so this is the first!

Joining Ginny at yarnalong today

Also a little good-bye for now.

My mom flies in from Oslo, Norway tomorrow for a month - a trip she does twice a year

 to visit us here in Montucky

so I want to spend all my time with her.

May will be a super busy month-

 Chef is hopefully opening Base Camp Cafe

My sweet pea "Fiona Clementine "

 is coming home

Hoping to ride her for the first time on my birthday coming up

eeeeap!

(I'll be checking my messages if you need to shoot me an email
if you have any questions about my yarn or whatever else)

~

So with that

 I will see you next month
~

Love to all

peace out

 beansprout

Birthdays & Bucket lists

Foghorn

 turned 7 years old last Friday

 and we surprised him with a trip to Missoula

 we whizzed by mountains

barns

Flathead Lake

Cherry Orchards

More mountains

 more lake

"Hill"

( Yep, for some I guess )

Lets see that again

and again

  the Mission Mountains

Almost there...

The oldest and the youngest

-You can never be too old to ride the carousel

Kodak moment

 they are ALL smiling!

and happiest of Birthdays for Gabriel it was.

 Such a wonderful day trip to Missoula

( and mom checked off:  " Foghorn riding the carousel " on her Bucket list)

New Yarn & Logo- a mystery solved and some help please!

Some new things with Twist & Twine

New Logo

My graphic designer Renee, did such a great job.

She is also working on updating my website and biz cards.

 New yarn

can be found
Twist & Twine

Introducing 2 new ones:

Isabella sock

 this one is a lovely British Falkland Merino fingering yarn

Cordelia DK

This is the softest ever- I just want to knit hats or baby stuff all day with this.

4ply DK weight

100% British Falkland merino

Twist & Twine ETSY shop has also some new yarns.

100 % SW Merino fingering & worsted weight

Sock yarn 75/25 merino-nylon

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A Mystery has been solved!

I use my hands all day
 spinning, dyeing, knitting
 and now horseback riding

~ I finally figured out why my hands were hurting so dang much these past months ~

The doc told me I had RSI
and needed to have my hand in a brace and take it easy.

 Easy?
 Are you kidding me I don't have time for that.

A year ago I started working out 4-5 times a week using a 10 lbs kettle ball
it's is an amazing workout
but not for my hands

it can get really heavy with the constant swing motion
 I feel so stupid- but also so grateful
 that I figured out that is the reason for the pain!

 There is nothing so depressing when knitting is just so excruciatingly painful

so I guess it's back to running
and more yoga.

***

 Okay, now I could use your help

(Having trouble with my new tag line)

  

1.  Poetry in color

 2. Fiberlove

3. Dream. Knit. Love.

4. Art with a heart

5. Knitting pretty

6. Your daily fiber

7. Knit in color

8. Knitbliss

9. Imagine color

10. Celebrate color

11. Knit Happy!

12. Hand-dyed fiber

I could really use your feedback

pick 2 of your faves

-would loveit if you had any other ideas?

Happy Campers!

The sun is shining

 and our hearts are happy

 Chef and feel like we can breathe

Finished taping and sheet rocking

so

this weekend we painted the interior of Base Camp Cafe!

Chef wants to frame my paint pants-

thinks they are a work of art

with all the paint I have gotten on them over the years.

We  picked a warm "latte" color

It's an incredible feeling to feel that we are

 on the other side

and accomplishing our dream

Now the fun stuff starts

all the finish work

landscaping

and of course

fine tuning the menu

Weaver gravel did an amazing job

 with all their digging and getting the pipes ready to install

and asphalting the parking

 here is the finished ADA parking

All I can say is that we have

major happiness infusion

here @ 140!

 Happy Campers

weeeee!

Yarnalong

Cardi c'est fini!

using the"over dyed yarn"

HERE

 It was a fun little project.

Very simple pattern I made up as I knit along.

using garter stitch and elongated seed stitch/moss stitch.

I kept it simple letting the color shine thru

I think what I am happiest about is the fit and also that I re- dyed yarn that would other wise not be used for maybe socks?

I did use Anns puter buttons

I think they look beautiful against the blues and greens.

 The wool is so soft that this will be easy

favorite to wear on colder nights.

No books today

 to busy working on Base Camp Cafe

- I dive into bed at night.

What are you knitting?

Joining Ginny today.

Everyday beauty

Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush. 

~Doug Larson

Spring time is a season that I notice all the simple beauty around me.

Waking up from winters slumber I see the world around me with fresh eyes.

The little details that mother nature shares with us everyday that one passes by

 

now... becomes noticed.

 

like bright yellow Dandelions

Little water droplets

that sparkle like pearls in the sunlight

Maybe little fairies stop here to take a little refreshing sip?

A time for rain mud, sun and everything in between

I think it's going to snow again today.

Happy 1st of May.

Spring is nature's way of saying, "Let's party!"

  ~Robin Williams